Burnmafingers
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Pile o' junkI was given this heap of crusty stuff (the pile on the left), it appears to be all there really bar the canopy. I also have the boiler (omitted from photo) but the steam pipes are kinked and will need re-doing.
It seems this project will not be one of my quick strip and flash over with brasso/belgom/autosol/autoglym but will probably take me a goodwhile to get to grips with!
At least I will have plenty of time to decide whether to return it to original order, or do a carlos fandango paint scheme on it 
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alan2525
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All the Mazac parts look very corroded, it there much left that can be used?
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Atticman
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You may be surprised some wire wool 000o grade and autosol may give a good result. It does look BAD though 
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Les
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I would love to see that come back from the dead. 
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IndianaRog
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Might be more than an oily rag is going to be needed, but they always look worse than they really are. Once you get the loose crud off it might not be too bad, but I'd think twice about investing a lot of time in it that could be better spent on something in nicer shape.
I hate to say it but I can't even figure out what the pile on the left is?
Rog
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Les
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| IndianaRog wrote: | Might be more than an oily rag is going to be needed, but they always look worse than they really are. Once you get the loose crud off it might not be too bad, but I'd think twice about investing a lot of time in it that could be better spent on something in nicer shape.
I hate to say it but I can't even figure out what the pile on the left is?
Rog |
It was a TE1 or TE1a. 
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igy569
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| Les wrote: | | IndianaRog wrote: | Might be more than an oily rag is going to be needed, but they always look worse than they really are. Once you get the loose crud off it might not be too bad, but I'd think twice about investing a lot of time in it that could be better spent on something in nicer shape.
I hate to say it but I can't even figure out what the pile on the left is?
Rog |
It was a TE1 or TE1a. |
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tmuir
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Wow! That is bad.
I notice the steel and brass parts also have the same coloured white fuzz on them.
Is it corrosion or has it had something spilt on all the parts?
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Burnmafingers
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It was at some time a TE1
This evening its had 2 hours bathed in white spirits which did next to naff all on the tin and alloy bits (although it dislodged some of the cack off the brass stuff) followed by a 2 hour soak in parffin which did practically zilch.
Its now soaking in seawater and will do all through the night until about 5pm tomorrow when I will boil it up, unless it hasn't already disolved into a big pile of sediment in the bottom of the pan by the time I get home from work!
I phoned Grandad earlier to ask him if he new why it was in such a state but he was at a loss. Howver, he told me to use some man-made salt water (if you get what I mean) to soak it in.
I told him not to be so disgusting but he pointed out that when he was fighting the Japanese in India/Burma in the last war, the British issue mess kit had a tendancy to corrode worse than say the American issue kit, but the way around it was by using pee to clean it, it kept the corrosion at bay longer. The best blend of pee was after a night when they had a fair bit of grog to drink and steak to eat.
The Mrs is going grocery shopping tomorrow so i had best put my order in
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Burnmafingers
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| tmuir wrote: | Wow! That is bad.
I notice the steel and brass parts also have the same coloured white fuzz on them.
Is it corrosion or has it had something spilt on all the parts? |
Like I may have mentioned earlier or in a different thread, I think that the white stuff was what was applied by the previous owner as a cleaner or stripping agent and just left for yearsm, hence the cack on both the brass, alloy and tin parts. He came from Sussex originally so maybe the water is real hard up there as well which has exacerbated the problem. The white stuff is really hard.
The pile o' junk was stored in an outhouse and already in parts while the MM1 on the right of the picture was stored indoors.
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tmuir
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Ahh, that explains it.
I missed your other post.
If you can get the crap off there might be a decent engine to restore under it.
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alan2525
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The parts look like they have been stored buried in the soil or at the bottom of the north sea!
I have an old Lesney Diecast Lorry I dug up in the garden that is in better shape!
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Wandering-Willie
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would you sell the morris minor?
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Burnmafingers
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| Wandering-Willie wrote: | | would you sell the morris minor? |
I have no Morris Minor to sell, thats a car . The Mamod Minor above needs me to clean it, so sorry, its not for sale.
I have typed up this post 4 times now, and each time I submit it my PC throws a fit and looses the post.
So briefly, the overnight soak helped to remove the cack, aided by a good scrub which removed the top layers. I then boiled up the mix and scrubbed it for a couple hours (The cack was really hard  ) and it came up well. I finished off with a quick paint strip and rinse, then slapped the bits together......
If this was a motoring forum, this would be classed as a 'rat look'.
I think there is life in this one but I won't be doing anything for a day or two! I've been at it all evening, my hands are aching, my sinuses are frazzled and my shed is trashed lol.
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Les
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That is a better pile of crap and I can see that it is a straight levered TE1a.
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alan2525
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Thats suprising, there was a Te1 under all that! It needs some work, you could go to town on it, a Mamod Loco double acting cylinder, copper boil with some extra water tubes on the bottom, gas burner and hey presto, slow speed running and bags of power too!
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igy569
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Way cool. I like the rat look. 
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tmuir
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Diagnosys has moved to critical but stable now.
I can now see this running again.
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Wandering-Willie
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Where did I get Morris Minor from? I meant Mamod Minor!!! 
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ministeamer
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| alan2525 wrote: | | Thats suprising, there was a Te1 under all that! It needs some work, you could go to town on it, a Mamod Loco double acting cylinder, copper boil with some extra water tubes on the bottom, gas burner and hey presto, slow speed running and bags of power too! |
\I was considering doing that with my TE1AB, because apparently, mamod may have the new double acting tractor cylinders as spares as well soon! But it'd be expensive.
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Wandering-Willie
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would any adjustment be needed to the pipework ect though, or would you just put it on as if you were replacing the standard single-acting oscillating cylinder?
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ministeamer
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| Wandering-Willie wrote: | | would any adjustment be needed to the pipework ect though, or would you just put it on as if you were replacing the standard single-acting oscillating cylinder? |
It would need adjusting, as with the normal oscillating cylinder the steam pipes go through the side of the cylinder, as opposed to the double-acting one, where it goes through the back.
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Wandering-Willie
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ok
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ministeamer
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| Wandering-Willie wrote: | | ok |
Yeah, sucks, doesn't it?
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Wandering-Willie
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yes, im no good at soldering etcetc
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metalhead100
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If and when it comes back from the dead that TE will be one of the most revived on the forum!
Seeing all the fluff on the mazak I am amazed you saw any value there.
Looks better underneath than iI would have bet.
What a project!
Jim
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johnreid
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That one will be one of your favorites when done.
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Burnmafingers
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Thanks for the encouragement, I have a feeling this one will be resored to standard spec, albeit of a different paint scheme.
Not done much at all to it other than sorting out corrosion on the wheels a couple of weeks back.
Got rid of the worst of it, but to get it all smooth would have involved too much material removal.
Thats all for now due to the box of bits have been 'hidden' in the garage during one of the Mrs's tidying operations. All I have of it to hand are the 2 front wheels 
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Dr. Rog
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| Wandering-Willie wrote: | | yes, im no good at soldering etcetc |
Try some practice
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