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| V8Nick |
All I did was post a video!As you can see if you follow this link...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA3jkbeVnWo I put a little video on YouTube, and got an invitation from Mamodman123. Thank you! Let's have a bit of history. I've had Mamods for longer than I can remember, and had a small collection of SEs, and a battered TE1A, in my school days, several of which came from Oldham market. None of these had seen the light of day for about 15 years, and then, about 4 years ago, I got into eBay (I'm sure that I aint the only one this has happened to) and decided I could buy myself a new project. I picked up an old SR1A and stripped it down, got half way through the rebuild and got distracted onto a bigger project (rebuilding a Land Rover). About this time a work colleague mentioned that his father had a TE1 that didn't run very well, and asked if I could have a look at it. So I took it home and steamed it up. It leaked quite badly at the cylinder face, and probably always had done, (Also the piston was not perpendicular to the crank, but I wasn't prepared to desolder someone else's engine) so I set about lapping the cylinder & valve face to a closer fit, and steamed it up to see if it'd improved. That's where the video is from. Colleague's father is very happy with his improved TE1. Recently I set up a YouTube account as a place to show my off-roading videos on the many Land Rover forums (or fora, you decide!) which I inhabit. Rooting through my office computer, I found the video of the TE1, and thought I'd upload that too. And that brings us back to the start of this post, except to say that I spent most of yesterday evening pouring over the forum, when I should have been fixing my Landy. That just goes to show what an excellent forum you have. I'll be posting a few pics of my engines, and have a few bits I'd like to pass on to those who can use them. I'll get that SR1A finished as well, and then I'll fix up my rotten TE1A.  V8Nick
P.S. Anyone want to tell me how rare that TE1 in the video is? |
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| Graham-Jilly |
Welcome to the forum and hope you have many hours of pleasure on here like we do.
Mamaodman is the best one to answer that question or go to the steam bible http://www.toysteambible.org/ which is being setup by one of the members any welcome Graham and Jilly |
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| Sandman |
Welcome to the forum mate.
You'll have all your questions answered here by some of the biggest names in toy steam. I hope you enjoy your stay and I look forward to chatting steam with you in the near future. 
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| Mamodman123 |
Welcome to the forums Nick 
That TE1 is quite rare, its built using nuts and bolts instead of rivets. Does it have the canopy? It could be one of the first ever made 
I look forward to seeing your collection and your input on the forums
Enjoy your stay
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| tmuir |
Welcome V8Nick but watch out. I bet you thought restoring Land Rovers was expensive but that's cheap compared with collecting steam engines as there is always just one more engine you must have....................... | ||||
| SPOKESMAN |
HI Nick, great vid - sound terrific with the volume up!!!
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| Lewis |
Welcome to the forums mate
cant go wrong with a TE1 one of mamods best engines in opinion the one you have was only produced from 1963-1965 so its quite rare
Lewis |
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| Manxman |
Another welcome. Enjoy your time with us and make sure you have time to play and have a little fun. | ||||
| steamyjim |
WELCOME TO THE FORUMS | ||||
| James |
Ayup mate!
Welcome to the forums! 
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| IndianaRog |
Hi Nick,
Welcome to the forums and this addiction that will rival your Landy for funds!!! TE1 video was super. Look forward to more chats. cheers, Roger |
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| MTA |
Welcome Nick!
Landys and Mamods, a classic mix! 
All the Best, MTA. |
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| V8Nick |
Thank you all.
In honour of being invited to join the forum, I've been steaming my other TE1A. It's one I got in a job lot of eBay stuff, in grotty condition, with a burnt canopy. I chose to run that one because I just realised that I have never run it, and I'll be wanting to sell it in a little while, so it'd be good to know that it ran. And it did run, though the hole in the reverser must be a few degrees out of place, as when the lever is fully forward, the engine will not run. I'll post a video of that later on. Cheers, Nick |
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| Griffin |
Welcome to the furum Nick.
Though's TE's are great little engines. |
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| Mamodman123 |
Sounds good Nick! I look forward to the video . Some Te's can have problems with the reverse levers.
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| Steve_S |
Welcome to the forum!
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| V8Nick |
The video is now in the 'Videos' section. Well, it seemed like the right place to put it. 
Here's some photos of the three mobiles I have with me at the moment (I have some stationarys, tucked away at my folks place). My TE1A, which I've had for approx 15-20 years, and is next in line for a full strip and rebuild. 
As of yesterday 
As bought, all those years ago. My SR1A, an eBay purchase, and an unfinished project. 
Yesterday 
3 years ago. Modelling my handmade bunker. The new TE1A which I steamed, for the first time, today. 
Cheers, Nick |
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| mc_mc |
Welcome to the forums. I'm sure you'll find some here to interest you. But be warned that collecting toy steam engines is very addictive.
I must say I'm a little bit concerned about your choice of domain hosting your steam engine pictures.  
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| MooseMan |
Welcome Nick! | ||||
| V8Nick |
If you mean www.tamponalert.org.uk , that's because I maintain the site on behalf of my folks, who run the campaign. Alice was my sister. Feeling embarrassed? Don't be. You weren't to know. And it's not as if I gave you any clues, after all. Cheers, Nick |
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| steamgranny |
Big V8Nick.
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| Wallace |
Welcome to the forums Nick
Hope you enjoy it here. I like the idea of V8 in your name too 
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| Titan |
So, Deltics, ORRP, Mamods, are you sure you are not my twin?
And yes half the reason my Range Rover is not fixed yet is because of messing around with steam engines, so say goodbye to having any spare time !!! Welcome on board, Titan, Aka Andrex! |
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| V8Nick |
It's a small world (but I wouldn't want to paint it!)
The V8 tag comes from the engine transplant for my Series 2A Landy, which I still have not got arround to! And my V8 SD1s (I've had a couple). 
Cheers, Nick |