Managed a steam up yesterday, in a dry spell betwwen the drizzle. Cackler ran beautifully, sporting a new Enots valve picked up at Exeter, and a cleaned check valve - no more hot water being ejected into the cab from the filler...
Still having fun & games with the MSS; having steamed on blocks to test the new 'super wick' material (also acquired at Exeter), she seemed to be steaming well, and did a few laps of the circuit under her own steam. However, problems started upon refilling the boiler. This caused a steam leak from the filler valve with nearly complete loss of pressure. After cooling, I thoroughly cleaned the water fill valve & having re-steaming this seemed to do the trick, but couldn't raise enough steam to get her to run on track, with the wheels easily stopped by touching. I'm hoping this is just a problem with the cylinders, as a) everything else seems in order, & b) I've ordered a cylinder upgrade kit from www.dream-steam.com. Sometimes it seems all the tinkering & expense hasn't led to much of an improvement from the loco as bought (best not tell my other half though ;-) Oh well, such is the lot of a mamod owner...
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