| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Mamodevon
Junior Member
Joined: 10 Aug 2007
Posts: 178
Location: Plymouth, Devon
|
 Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
| Graham-Jilly wrote: | well i just rebuilt my slk1 tonight with the new o ring piston kit
going to take a bit of runing in but it makes a lovely chuf chuf sound
loving it. just waiting on a displacement lube to finish it off and have another marvin now need a name for the sl1k |
How are you pistons going. I fiitted the O ring upgrades to my SL1K Pandora. She also has a new high pressure boiler with regulator and uprated safety valve and meths burner. But the pistons are really tight and the thing won't move now. Is this normal and just in deed of running in?
MD
_________________
www.mamod-steam-railway.co.uk
www.dream-steam.com
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Mamodman123
Steam God!
Joined: 19 Jul 2006
Posts: 31110
Location: Midlands, UK
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:49 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Mamodevon wrote: | | Graham-Jilly wrote: | well i just rebuilt my slk1 tonight with the new o ring piston kit
going to take a bit of runing in but it makes a lovely chuf chuf sound
loving it. just waiting on a displacement lube to finish it off and have another marvin now need a name for the sl1k |
How are you pistons going. I fiitted the O ring upgrades to my SL1K Pandora. She also has a new high pressure boiler with regulator and uprated safety valve and meths burner. But the pistons are really tight and the thing won't move now. Is this normal and just in deed of running in?
MD |
the springs on the new cylinders for me are an overkill! IT should move even if its a bit stiffer. Use the old springs and it goes real well, just stretch the springs a bit and it's fine!
_________________
Solid Fuel tablets explode
You could get a nice flatbase for that
www.mamodsteam.tk
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
wyvern
Junior Member
Joined: 01 May 2007
Posts: 169
Location: South East England
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject: |
|
|
When I spoke to the guy at IP engineering about the new mamod loco he said he had some problems with the ones he had principally with the wheelsets which seemed pretty fragile. But once running he said they ran very well  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Titan
Full member
Joined: 19 Jul 2006
Posts: 687
Location: Derby
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Will mamod ever make a loco with decent wheels ? 
_________________
It's a Mamod Jim, but not as we know it!
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Graham-Jilly
Steam Legend!!
Joined: 04 Mar 2007
Posts: 4156
Location: Brisbane Qld Australia
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Mamodevon wrote: | | Graham-Jilly wrote: | well i just rebuilt my slk1 tonight with the new o ring piston kit
going to take a bit of runing in but it makes a lovely chuf chuf sound
loving it. just waiting on a displacement lube to finish it off and have another marvin now need a name for the sl1k |
How are you pistons going. I fiitted the O ring upgrades to my SL1K Pandora. She also has a new high pressure boiler with regulator and uprated safety valve and meths burner. But the pistons are really tight and the thing won't move now. Is this normal and just in deed of running in?
MD |
this is how it ran
http://modelsteam.myfreeforum.org/ftopic5460-0-asc-150.php
_________________
 http://www.freewebs.com/aclr |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Graham-Jilly
Steam Legend!!
Joined: 04 Mar 2007
Posts: 4156
Location: Brisbane Qld Australia
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Mamodman123 wrote: | | Mamodevon wrote: | | Graham-Jilly wrote: | well i just rebuilt my slk1 tonight with the new o ring piston kit
going to take a bit of runing in but it makes a lovely chuf chuf sound
loving it. just waiting on a displacement lube to finish it off and have another marvin now need a name for the sl1k |
How are you pistons going. I fiitted the O ring upgrades to my SL1K Pandora. She also has a new high pressure boiler with regulator and uprated safety valve and meths burner. But the pistons are really tight and the thing won't move now. Is this normal and just in deed of running in?
MD |
the springs on the new cylinders for me are an overkill! IT should move even if its a bit stiffer. Use the old springs and it goes real well, just stretch the springs a bit and it's fine! |
tried mine with the stand ard springs streched as u sugested mm and it just pissed water every where so went back to the supplied springs and just ran it for hours on blocks and now its fine. also i laped the faces. I have a kit that is use for lapping glass fiber connectors and has extreamly fine paper . did a test lapping and it showed how un even the surface of the cylinder assebly is.
done both side on the lapping board whis is a piece of high quality flat glass for suporting the paper. now there are no leaks and the piston runns great
cheers G
_________________
http://www.freewebs.com/aclr |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Minor1PJG
Hero Steamer
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Posts: 1545
Location: Surrey
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Running in seems to be the key for these Locos. Mamodman was the savior for my SL1K which I can only assume was never run as it was terrible when I received it.
Now it is a very strong performer. That's a lovely track layout you've got there G-J. What track is that you've used - surely not all Mamod as that would be expensive??
_________________
Chuff chuff!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Andy
Steam fanatic
Joined: 05 Jun 2007
Posts: 1047
Location: SHEFFILD
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| James wrote: | 
The 4th ever made?
I wouldn't steam that bugger, it'd be in a glass cabinet somewhere!  |
i would run it james that what it is made for i wouldn't but any model if i wasn't going to steam it |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
rangerssteamtoys
Steam Legend!!
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
Posts: 2126
Location: Houston Texas, USA
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:03 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I finally got around to looking at the video and its great, just need some more tweaking and it will run.
_________________
Best Regards, Ranger Moore |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Mamodman123
Steam God!
Joined: 19 Jul 2006
Posts: 31110
Location: Midlands, UK
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Minor1PJG wrote: | Running in seems to be the key for these Locos. Mamodman was the savior for my SL1K which I can only assume was never run as it was terrible when I received it.
Now it is a very strong performer. That's a lovely track layout you've got there G-J. What track is that you've used - surely not all Mamod as that would be expensive?? |
I don't think many of these locos were fired that much! People probably tried it once and away it went for another year and so on....
_________________
Solid Fuel tablets explode
You could get a nice flatbase for that
www.mamodsteam.tk
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
)