d tracks at the same time. It will also stop wheel
spinning because of the added friction.
Arthur---Mexico City
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From: "PATRICK DARBY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monda
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of steve speck
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:03 AM
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Subject: Re: Mikado springs
Norm Saley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] found some springs that have worked well
for me. They replace the springs in the re
Vance,
You don't have enough rear to have a sagging problem!
Bruce
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:30:15 -0700, "Vance Bass"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Patrick, I looked in the mirror this morning and noticed that my rear is sagging,
>too. If
>you find a fix for this, please post. :-)
>
>
>-vance-
>
My Aster Mikado is sagging in the rear. Does anyone have a source for the
stronger springs for the rear truck?
Pat Darby
Covington, LA
Also worth trying, vacuum hose for automobiles. It is readily available and
has a thick enough wall to withstand the pressures of our loco's. It also
works well in an above average temperature environment.
Keep your steam up!
Walt & Lunk
Don Plasterer wrote:
>
> I replaced the water line from my tender pump on both my Roundhouse Sandy
> River and Aster Mikado with black windshield washer hose from NAPA auto
> parts. The hose is cheap and so far has worked fine.
The DuBro brand of black neoprene tubing found in shops that sell m
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>To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Electric water pumping station (was: Aster Mikado Springs)
>Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 00:43:28 -0500
>
>Hi Chuck:
>
> I base this assumption on replacing the broken feed line on
Phil and everyone,
I have a couple of the hand pump type bottles that I've converted to top off
bottles. Pumping gets old after a while and that's the exact thing that I was
trying to avoid. I've tryed using squeeze bottles (no pump, just a bottle with a
nozzle) and found that they work, but no
Greetings all;
The way it was explained to me was that the aeration lets more oxygen in
the water which is an oxidizer and will do as Walt says.Like Walt says, I am
not sure if the act of mixing air bubbles in the water will have this
effect.
Sulphur springs sells a special modified hand
Hi Chuck:
I base this assumption on replacing the broken feed line on my
Roundhouse SR & RL 24 with silicone fuel line. When I tried to pump water
from the tender to the engine against the 35-40#'s of pressure, it blew the
fuel line up like a balloon. I finally got some small diameter thick w
Hi,
I'm a little leary of the compressed air filler. I've read and heard the 7.5"
gauge steamers say that boiler water should not be aerated, the less exposure
to air the better. Theory is that aeration results in more ":crud" buildup in
the boiler. I have no scientific basis for this, just wha
Trent and the List,
I am thinking a little more clearly now myself, because it is Saturday
morning and I was able to log about ten hours of needed sleep last night. I
want to close on a few items regarding my earlier pump comments.
I overlooked the obvious safety issue with trying to use an aqu
Paul,
Thanks for jogging my memory. I remember that article now.
I might make a container from stainless steel tubing and fittings and give it a try.
Later,
Trent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There was a article in Garden Railways It uses a
> Tank partially filled with water and then cha
There was a article in Garden Railways , that was written by Jack Verducci It uses a
Tank partially filled with water and then charged with
compressed air . this might work as a carry around type tank or one that is installed
permanently.
Paul Gamlin
Trent Dowler wrote:
> Walt, Steve, and oth
Walt, Steve, and others,
Ahhh, now I see. I had everything mixed up in my head (again). You are actually
filling the tender with a water spout. I will be limited to using the pump in a
Goodall valve configuration. That was the reason that I thought that I needed
high pressure (to overcome the b
. Paskos
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 12:01 AM
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Subject: Re: Electric water pumping station (was: Aster Mikado Springs)
I doubt that an electric pump designed to work at filling R-C fuel tanks
will work on a Goodall fitting against 30-40 lbs. of boiler
I doubt that an electric pump designed to work at filling R-C fuel tanks
will work on a Goodall fitting against 30-40 lbs. of boiler pressure. I
could be wrong.
Phil.P. Reading,PA.
> When I flew r/c planes, I used to fuel them with a small, very powerful,
> battery powered pump. Good pressure
: Aster Mikado Springs)
Trent,
I'm using a DC pump called "Super X" It is about 1.5 x 3 x 1 inches and is
available in hobby stores. I run it on an old Aristoctaft gauge 1
transformer, therefore speed, or volume is variable depending on the
transformer setting. Using plastic tubing
Trent,
I'm using a DC pump called "Super X" It is about 1.5 x 3 x 1 inches and is
available in hobby stores. I run it on an old Aristoctaft gauge 1
transformer, therefore speed, or volume is variable depending on the
transformer setting. Using plastic tubing, 3/16 ID and 1/8" ID inside the
1/
Trent,
Look into small 12-volt electic bilge pumps for pleasure boats. The smaller
ones are designed basically to deal with accumulated rain water on an
intermittent basis. They are small and not too expensive because they do not
have the capacity or robustness for emergency situations.
Fish pon
Walt and Lunk,
Care to elaborate on your electric pumping station setup? I'm probably
overlooking an obvious great source for pumps that are appropriate for this use.
I was going to try a small aquarium air pump but never got around to it. The
reasons that I was going that approach was due t
Walt,
Thanks!
Joe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Joe,
> As it comes from the factory, there is a small screw holding the steam dome
> to a 10mm hex plug that screws into the boiler. Norm used the plug to make
> the fill valve. He then puts a pin in the steam dome so it fits in the hole
> in th
Chuck, you know I'm of Scottish decent, but let me tell you that I fixed, to my
satisfaction, anyway, the weak truck springs of an Aster C57 by using some
nylon washers introduced above and below the old springs in order to increase
the lift. It worked for me. Jim Burns
"Charles W. Walters" wrote
Joe,
As it comes from the factory, there is a small screw holding the steam dome
to a 10mm hex plug that screws into the boiler. Norm used the plug to make
the fill valve. He then puts a pin in the steam dome so it fits in the hole
in the 10 mm filler. The dome is thus easy to lift off when you
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Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 5:10 PM
Subject: Aster Mikado Springs
>Has anyone replaced the springs on the Mike? Mine are very weak and cause
>the Mike to lean slightly left looking forward from the backhead. I may
>stretch them, but would prefer to replace the
Chuck:
Victor Lacy of this group suggested inserting a 1/8" o.d. spring inside the
existing rear axle box springs. It solves the rear sag problem.
Jim
Walt,
How is the steam dome fitted over the filler plug modified into a
Goodall valve.
Does it fit snugly or tightly over the valve or is there a set screw
holding the steam dome in place?
What do you use to pump the water into the boiler?
Thanks in advance,
Joe
P.S. I'm going to get the axle
Advice is free, so take it for what it is worth! By all means do the axel
pump. Forget about the hand pump in the tender and send the plug under the
stean dome to MRTRAIN and have Norm make you a "goodall" type valve for the
initial filling.
Mr. Lunkenheimer authorized the maintenance crew of t
Senior moment -- one of the list members sent me two springs when I talked
about the problem some time ago. I regret that I do not remember who was so
thoughtfull and sent me the springs. They replaced the ones in the trailing
truck. That helped the "trim" a great deal, but the Mike still is a
Chuck,
I haven't done this yet. I don't know if I will. I do remember a post,
http://www.mail-archive.com/sslivesteam@colegroup.com/msg02560.html ,
that may have the answer. If you search for "Aster Mike Springing" in
the archives, you'll find the rest of the thread.
I still have to do the ax
Has anyone replaced the springs on the Mike? Mine are very weak and cause
the Mike to lean slightly left looking forward from the backhead. I may
stretch them, but would prefer to replace them. At least the four rearward
ones. That way it would help the slightly leaning backward affect also.
Y
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