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| Ross |
TE1A restoration **ITS DONE!!**i won this off ebay nothing special looks like the chimney has been bodged but i am going to replace it anyway here's some pictures off the auction.
i will post stage by stage what i have done here i am planning to paint the boiler navy blue but really dark navy and the wheels black and some of the acseories off steam for fun but they are closed till the 24 of august because of family holidays 
the next post will be in a week when i get it as i am off to the lake district next week 
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| Wallace |
Looks like a good engine to work with 
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| Burnmafingers |
Look foward to the updates.
why not take the engine on your hols with you, give you something to do if it rains lol. |
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| Ross |
i would love to but there are two reasons 1. it has not arrived yet i only bought it yesterday 2. we are off on monday 3. my parents probably wont let me
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| redbilly |
I have this model ;bought it new.I have run it a few times and find that the tractor will seldom pull its weight.I think its to heavy and the belt drive won't do what gears will do.I favour the Wilesco with a lighter frame. Comments please
jerry |
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| Ross |
i have another new and a wilesco the wilesco has much more trque than the mamod as it is gear right and a better piston but i think mamods have quite alot of character and are a really strong model but like you say it makes it heavy 
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| Ross |
just orederd loads of parts off steam 4 fun wont be posted till the 24th at earliest though
but it gives me time to strip and repaint the engine and redo tht chimney 
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| Les |
Good luck with the restoration and have a great holiday. 
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| Burnmafingers |
Dude, thats three reasons, not two! Enjoy your holiday though, there may be some nice steam boats on the lakes for you to get your steam fix with
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| Ross |
theres a full size steam gondola near our village should get some good pics of it just leaving now bye
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| Jack |
I will enjoy seeing it in its new colours, enjoy the rebuild | ||||||
| Ross |
got it today the canopy rivets are loose but i can replace them it looks as if he has repaired the chimney with epoxy or something like that
also i am planning to shorten the canopy has anyone got any ideas for the supports to go on the front of the canopy to stop it falling forward ill put a post in help me anyway |
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| Ross |
just steamed it runs like a beast! going to start and strip it down now
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| Ross |
took the chimney off it was just epoxy and i could get a knife underneath it was wobbly and i can see why they fixed it although it was a bit overkill putting that much epoxy on  im taking off the wheels and giving them a lick of paint tommorow 
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| Ross |
cleaned the pistons up and shortened the canopy at the kglr workshop!
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| Ross |
heres the wheels which are now black just need one of those gold paint pens to do the dots.
all the parts engine isnt fully stripped down yet 
the shortened canopy 
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| AzRob |
Keep us updated! Have you thought about getting some Meccano gears and making it gear-driven? I've thought about doing that if I can get my hands on another TE1A at a decent price. | ||||||
| Ross |
re painted the canopy scuttle supports and fire box i am srting to flat off the boiler also. i brought some brass well its a cylindrical strip to keep the canopy up right on the front end
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| Ross |
i see you have found one on the for sale page
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| Dampfmaschine |
I'm watching this with interest - Feeling some inspiration to try something along the same lines - Looking good so far - keep the posts coming
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| Dr. Rog |
I know this is not the right thread but this sounded like a plea for help. Well redbilly the best thing you should do is run the engine a couple of dozen times "light" to run it in. Once the surface of the piston is rubbed in it will do a lot better. Try and get forward and reverse to work at both slow and fast using the "notches" on the reversing lever. Use plenty of oil. If not all positions work there may be a blockage or misalignment. If so you should take it back as faulty. If a head of steam makes the engine work well in both directions it just needs to be run in. When you are happy you have a free running engine make sure you lubricate all the wheels and it should run just fine. I have a number of Mamod TE and SRs, The one I had as a lad has been steamed loads of times and goes like the wind. The newer ones are stiff and can be unsatisfying. One won't go forwards and clearly needs work. Please persevere, one way or another it will be rewarding.
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| Ross |
put the first coat on the boiler today it looks good i will get some pics later 
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| Ross |
painted the boiler today and yesterday just got to paint the smoke box but i am going to let the paint cure for about a week or so
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| tom1 |
Hi,
I thought about buying a mamod steam roller off ebay cheap and restoring it. But with only starting the hobby in the last couple of months would it be hard to restore one? i do have acess to my dads workshop with all tools you could think of!! Thanks, Tom Very nice Restoration your doing of your TE1a. |
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| Ross |
thanks
i have an sr1a which is in the slow process of restoring also. the tools at the most basic are a drill and a riveter you can get spare parts and customizable parts from this website my parts for this one should be coming soon it also depends what condition it is in but all the tools i have used for this is a drill and a hand riveter and a bit of elbow grease! http://www.steam4fun.com/epages/g...gories/%22MAMOD%20ENHANCEMENTS%22 a bit of inspiration http://www.steam4fun.com/epages/g....com/Categories/%22ENGINE%20PHOTO'S%22 hope this helps |
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| simon hudson |
Nice colour I see you have painted full boiler.What paint have you used VHT? and is she to steam.
This afternoon I stripped a TE1a with nitromorse I am about to start a SR1a so as to make a long boiler roller and short traction engine I want to do the roller black and hope to do the TE Navy blue but can't decide colour for wheels thinking maroon or even yellow Ilike the short canopy hope you don't mind if I copy it -Si |
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| Ross |
i used this paint it says it is heat resistant to 120c im going to let it cure for a week im glad you like the canopy its very easy to cut with a saw i riveted mine back toghether today as well on my last post with the urls there is a shortboilerd te1a and a long boilerd sr1a have a look and good luck
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| simon hudson |
Yeah! I keep giving Simon at "Steam for Fun" money he has that gift LoL cant wait till tomorrow hope he gets my order off t before yours again LoL seriously he is a good guy and I do get a lot off him mind I stared using Forrest Classics as well and ended up buying a SW1 Where did you get the paint by the way- Si | ||||||
| Ross |
sorry i forgot about that 
every time i order from steam for fun they are closed and i have to wait but hopefully they will come by the 26th as i am at a wedding for 2 days arghhhh i could be poainting then 
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| simon hudson |
Have you used plasticote before and most important have you fired an engine up after curing it. Curious because I have only painted part of boiler that is seen and top of boiler behind firebox. Like you I'm waiting for some bits from S4F namely early Mamod early green paint-Si | ||||||
| Ross |
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| Ross |
did the dots on the wheels for decoration makes them look much better
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| simon hudson |
Wheels are looking good like the dots-Si | ||||||
| madeinenglang |
Got ya bling looks good I did it to one of mine
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| Ross |
[quote="madeinenglang
Got ya bling looks good I did it to one of mine[/quote]
sound system is coming on thursday
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| Burnmafingers |
Making good progress with your 'blinged out' Mamod Kart lol. | ||||||
| madeinenglang |
sound system is coming on thursday [/quote]
Don't forget your neon lights and your gold rims pimp my mamod 
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| AzRob |
Almost! Awesome price, but I underestimated the cost of shipping across the pond, sadly.  Someone got a great deal on that. I may just end up pulling my one and only TE1A apart and "hot-rodding" it anyway.
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| Ross |
Don't forget your neon lights and your gold rims pimp my mamod [/quote]
ok heres the plan: you get the idea
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| madeinenglang |
ok heres the plan: you get the idea
[/quote]
 is that Xzibit there saying We turn lemons into lemonade that you can drive down the block with your head held high! http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/pimp-my-mamod
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| Ross |
got the parts from steam4fun today my canera has gone A.W.O.L so i will just tell you what i got
-belly tank -improved chimney -smokebox dor and dart -boiler bands -black fire box cowl im going to put the cowl on this weekend and probably start slowly reassembling the engine just got to pain the smoke box though
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| Ross |
painted the parts i got today
all of the parts curing in the boiler room
the belly tank 
and the custom chimney 
i am painting the smoke box tommorow haad to sand it down to bare metal as the paint was reacting must of been some celuose
hopefully i can star reassembly next week
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| Ross |
did the chimney and smoke box black early this morning and put the chimney on the smokebox with the smokebox door also.
did a line around the flywheel for a bit more bling and polished up the band of the smoke box
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| Ross |
did the gold stripes round the scuttle just got to wait for the boiler bands to arrive and it will be finished
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| simon hudson |
Looking good like the colour, You are a faster worker than me!! I should be putting a coat of paint on the SR1, but sitting here playing on comp and looking at the forum!! | ||||||
| Ross |
i think i will put her toghether tonight not revealing her yet though as there is still things to do
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| Ross |
ok so heres the last picture before i reveal it i might put the revealing thread seperate to save this from getting clogged up
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| newsteamer123 |
very nice
now put some spinners on there
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| Dr. Rog |
Absolutely fabulous
I note you kept the flash marks around the chimney, interestingly authentic.   (jealousy).
The chimney and smokebox door look very good indeed. The "proper" brass top is so much better than the "drop on" type. Your paint finish is very attractive indeed. I hope you keep this thread, I hate having incomplete threads, I can never find the next piece of the story.
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| Les |
That looks good and please carry on with the final reveal in this thread.
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| Ross |
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| madeinenglang |
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| Burnmafingers |
Your works looking really good. I like the colour choice too. | ||||||
| Ross |
put the piston and wheels on also put the belly tank on it going to do some sign writing fo the canopy tommorow at school
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| straughany |
you rebel!!! painting ur mamod at school!! it was my 1st day back 2day! and there was a fight and an ambulance showed up... the lad bit half the other lads ear off!!! and spat it at him!! true story!!! |
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| Ross |
i sneak in and nick the machine without anyone looking
the air ambulance was called to our school once because of a fight it was pretty nasty i wasnt involved of course
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| simon hudson |
Sounds like Harry Hill FIGHT fight fight.
Engines looking good I went to home bargains tonight medium tin Brasso £1.75 small tin .97p.I wont ge much work done on my ;ot am of home to good old Co Durham got the fly and spinning rods ready hope to be Seatrout fishing this weekend Keep up the GOOD work Si |
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| Ross |
you have a good time fishing should be done by the time you get back
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| Ross |
i will post pics in a moment just waiting for some epoxy to dry its a stunner!
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| Ross |
ok here it is i will take more some more pictures with better light this evening camaera batteries are charching
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| Les |
What I can see looks good but they do need to be ligher.
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| Ross |
yup my camera died it goes dark when it is low on battery
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| Ross |
some more without the canopy i found some duracel plus batteries canopy is drying still so youll have to wait until the complete but it will only be until this evening
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| madeinenglang |
looks good mate a lot better now nice | ||||||
| Ross |
slight improvment on the original
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| madeinenglang |
yes I suppose grand job there well done paint job looks good dose it run that's the big question
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| Ross |
ran it with a compressor pistons got a tight spot but thats no big deal
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| Ross |
canopy is on now
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| bessytractor |
looks the stuff, well done! | ||||||
| AzRob |
Looks gorgeous! | ||||||
| Les |
Stunning.
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| Burnmafingers |
I like the bling and the colour scheme is nice Your camera is not doing your work full justice though.
Well done Kart, that is a great job you have done! |
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| Ross |
sledge hammer time me tinks
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| straughany |
did you fix the piston tight spot?
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| Ross |
used some wd 40 it was some grit and muck on the bore i didnt really check it before it took it apart
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| Ross |
just took took a picture outside with new batteries whoop! whoop!
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| Burnmafingers |
Much better picture ^^^^^^^^ and your work looks even better! | ||||||
| straughany |
wow! what a transformation!!
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| straughany |
ohh good.. looking good is one thing.. but making it work is another! its the sam with women... if they look good they dont usualy.. "work"
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| Ross |
good comparason!
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| Dr. Rog |
Very nice indeed!
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| prid |
Very nice good job
Is that the TE chimney and did you make the smoke box door ? |
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| Ross |
got all the stuff from steam4 fun the chimney i got from there also |
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| Ross |
im doing the sign wrtiting for the canopy at school tommorow hot the machine
i will post piccies if i goes succesfuly
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| madeinenglang |
that's better well done
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| simon hudson |
Top marks cracking looking machine | ||||||
| igy569 |
Nice! I like what you did with the canopy.
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| Ross |
darn hopefuly do it tommorow there was some yobbos on detention in the classroom so i could not go in
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| ministeamer |
I'd also like to get that chimney on my mamod TE
...but maybe I'm being a little bit over the top, 'cause I'm also trying to figure out a few other things. |