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Mamodman123
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Its not as bad as I thought it would be anyway!
Should clean up a treat that one! A light rubing with t-cut may remove the staining under the canopy!
Get those wheels cleaned up and it'll be a treat! 
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tarbyonline
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Good stuff. As i say, after a good scrub it isnt half as bad as i thought. Is a different engine already! |
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Dauntless
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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looking good up to now tarby!
cant wait to hear about when you run it!
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MooseMan
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen far, far worse ones! Bit of spit and polish and she'll be good as gold.
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Wallace
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:28 am Post subject: |
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| tarbyonline wrote: | | Good stuff. As i say, after a good scrub it isnt half as bad as i thought. Is a different engine already! |
Looks good mate. A good clean and polish the wheels, it'll be great just as others said
So it's an alan screw in the flywheel? Good idea as they are less likely to break, compared to a normal grubscrew that requires a flathead screwdriver to undo.
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SPOKESMAN
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:44 am Post subject: |
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That shouldn't take too much! As the guys say - Ive seen far worse!!!   |
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tarbyonline
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Ok, an update. Got to B&Q today and got some dremel bits - 400 for £9.99 (own branded ones - don't have the cash to buy genuine dremel parts!), some wet and dry and a good set of allen keys. The flywheel IS an allen bolt believe it or not and takes a 1/16" allen key! Have now stripped the rear wheels, flywheel, and crankshaft off and am steeping them in some soapy water for an hour or two. Then they are booked in for a meeting with mr dremel and the wet & dry
Hopefully my parts will arrive in the next day or two and I will be steaming again by the weekend!
Has anybody and idea how to get the handle of the steering rod back to its original condition? At the moment it is stained gray by all the gunk that was on it  |
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mj
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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The handles i think are made from beech, which characteristically stains to a grey colour with water/steam ingress. Rub it down with 150 grit paper (aluminum oxide paper is best for wood), this should get rid of most of the staining depending on severity. Then coat with 3 or 4 coats of clear varnish.  |
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Mamodman123
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Sounds good!
One tip, don't dremel the chrome on the firebox or it'll be gone in 5 seconds
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tarbyonline
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Mamodman123 wrote: | Sounds good!
One tip, don't dremel the chrome on the firebox or it'll be gone in 5 seconds |
The firebox has come up well with just some soapy water and a light brilloing. Gave the flywheel a bit of a dremeling first with the wire brush, a bit of grinding where the pitting was severist and off course the felt wheel to buff it up. Pretty pleased with the results but still some very severe pitting. |
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Mamodman123
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| tarbyonline wrote: | | Mamodman123 wrote: | Sounds good!
One tip, don't dremel the chrome on the firebox or it'll be gone in 5 seconds |
The firebox has come up well with just some soapy water and a light brilloing. Gave the flywheel a bit of a dremeling first with the wire brush, a bit of grinding where the pitting was severist and off course the felt wheel to buff it up. Pretty pleased with the results but still some very severe pitting. |
You may not be able to get ALL pitting out, but you can get the worst of it out the mazak . If a metal corrodes it can leave marks or pitting
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SPOKESMAN
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:22 am Post subject: |
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| Nice to see this TE when its done - sounds like you are getting into it Tarby! |
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tarbyonline
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Just finished cleaning. Need to put a bit of wax on and such before photos, but just test running now! |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| tarbyonline wrote: | | Just finished cleaning. Need to put a bit of wax on and such before photos, but just test running now! |
Good stufff! |
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tarbyonline
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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Not running fantastically (can only propel itself for about 2 mins), but i've seen it go worse. Need to get some new washers on and will see how it goes and also not impressed with the modern fuel tablets. Much preferred the square brown box one i originally used. It going meths when i get some money! Waxing commences tomorrow!
Looks like i'm gonna put what I've learned to good use now. Got a SR1 for myself, and a te1a for my dad on their way! |
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