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| steamgranny |
Krauss Mohr uprightAlthough I instantly fell in love with the very sad remains of this Krauss Mohr upright & its horribly wonky flywheel, I did wonder whether my brother’s combined talents would be sufficient to restore it to life…
It has taken a while & despite new safety valve & 3-groove piston it still wouldn’t run. The problem was finally tracked down & although cylinder is correct for model it probably doesn’t belong to this machine or was badly drilled from the start, as port holes were slightly misaligned. Once this was fixed it finally deigned to work but I still had to wait for recent UK trip to pick it up... I have only repainted firebox, leaving original paint on flywheel & the somewhat worm-eaten but still sound wooden base. Here it is back in the world of the living, thanks to my brother & Colin Andrews’ expert help & advice: 
I have no idea of model or year & only found one similar machine on Internet but lacking details: 
If anyone has any info…..? Video here – http://modelsteam.myfreeforum.org/sutra394696.php#394696 |
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| tmuir |
Your brother has done a grand job again. | ||
| steamgranny |
Agreed!! 
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| johnreid |
Brought back from the dead. your brother did good | ||
| Sandman |
Excellent job Alicia. 
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| Burnmafingers |
Nice job on rescuing that one! | ||
| Lozza1 |
Beautiful engine Alicia 
Well restored and well worth the effort 
Is your firebox brass too? I'm off to watch the video
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| logoman |
if only they still made things like that. | ||
| steamgranny |
No it's not, nor does it have a whistle, as in the Internet photo, that is possibly a more sophisticated version of same model? |
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| Steve_S |
Wow, that looks nice!
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| Les |
That is a great restoration indeed.
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| Caprice |
Not much to add here, my vocabulary is limited, very steamy sounding!
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| RocDoc |
Wow, certainly does look very nice. Fantastic job, well done.
Pete |