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TOOL KIT
The following items are included with your locomotive.
One 60ml bottle of special steam oil for use in the lubricator.
One 60ml syringe with plastic tube for filling the boiler with water.
One water top-up pump bottle.
One gas filling adapter.
One set of spare washers and ‘0’ rings.
One spare gas jet.
One Allen key for cylinder socket cap screws.
One pair of protective gloves and one cleaning duster.
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’ completely. Also, the loco
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.
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
cylinders, refer to the Trouble Shooting section.
ACCESS TO THE CONTROLS
For normal operation, all controls are accessible without the need
to remove any part of the locomotive, however, to give access to
the lubricator when filling, the cab roof hinges up. Care should be
taken when opening the cab roof. Gently grasp either side of the
roof hinge at the rear of the cab and lift the hinge vertically
upwards. This will lift the hinge clear of the cab and allow the roof
to then tilt to the rear.
The gas tank filler is under the dummy coal load in the rear bunker.
The gas regulator is accessible in the right hand cab doorway.
The On / Off switch for the locomotive R/C equipment is under the
tool box lid on top of right hand side tank.
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