TOOL KIT
The following items are included with your locomotive.
One small bottle of special steam oil for use in the lubricator.
One 60ml syringe with plastic tube for filling the boiler with water.
One spare gas jet.
One set of spare washers and ‘0’ rings.
One Allen key for cylinder socket cap screws.
RUNNING IN
All locomotives are test run before leaving the factory, but will
require several hours of running in, when new, to overcome initial
tightness and allow valves etc. to ‘bed in’. The locomotive will
waste a proportion of its water and steam until ‘run in’ due to
leaking slide valves, a tendency to prime more, and simply
overcoming the initial tightness of the moving parts. Take note in
the ‘Lighting the burner’ section regarding this matter.
As the model heats up and cools down each time you raise steam,
screws and nuts have a tendency to stretch and loosen a little so
you will also need to make regular checks and ‘nip up’ any that
become loose. Most are quite visible and easy to get to however if
there is any steam leaking from the valve chests on top of the
cylinder or front cylinder covers, refer to the Trouble Shooting
section.
Note: - When steam has been raised and you are ready to run, it is
advisable to connect a heavy truck or flat wagon with a weight (up
to 20lbs) for the locomotive to pull. The design of the model is such
that when the boiler is initially full of water, opening the regulator
may allow water to pass through the steam regulator. As this
reaches the superheater, the water will flash into steam causing the
locomotive to accelerate rapidly. An alternative method is to initially
run the locomotive on blocks or a ‘rolling road’.
After 5 to 10 minutes the water level in the boiler will have reduced
and the model can be run light, if desired.
When the locomotive is fully bedded in, this tendency will lessen.
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