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Looking forward to Morval rally next weekend, we are always made to feel appreciated and welcome, enjoy working the engine threshing, and helping the organisers raise huge sums of money for charities. Steve |
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Scooby, my love of steam starts at home, we had a great time last weekend and enjoyed our own steam !
Steve. |
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So i understand a white vapour commng away from exhausted steam is excessive water,noting that the engine is also blowing off i would guess that the boiler pressure is at 200 psi ? at this presure the steam should be carrying less water vapour than at say 100 psi so should not be visible at the exhaust . Also the exhaust noise of the engine changed several times during the accent of the hill, useing the "button" to gain sound effect? this would cause an engine to lift water if a little on the full side . This is how i understand it but if im wrong so be it , but all i do know to be fact is that our ashpan fits tight and doesnt give us this appearance on the road going up steep hills unless we are too full of water.
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OK, this is it, I can`t stand it any longer,I must clear my conscience, so hear I go.
Hello, name is Vincent and I am a primer,Im sorry,what can i say but that`s the way it is ,Infact I`ve primed a lot of engine`s, foden`s, burrell`s fowler`s, aveling`s, a foster and a ransome`s Wot can i say, I`m sorry I really am, I know I need help ,because deep down I know I`m going to do it again ,I suppose I can take some consolation in the fact that at least I`ve never dropped the plug, now that would be something to be ashamed about!! |
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My ash pan is airtight and the engine will give off white vapour when shut, by airtight i mean any gaps at all sealed. that air tight the fire would go out if the damper was left shut and when pulling hard you struggle to open it or prehaps i go around priming all the time aswell.look through your firehole door with no fire on the grate damper shut then you will see how airtight your ashpan is if you see no light......
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See the photographs earlier in this thread. It must have been a prime.....look at my wife holding up an umbrella; but then again it could have been all the hot ashes (cooled by the water)!!
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