At 12:35 PM 12/19/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Cox was bought a few years ago by another company, but is still in business
>and still producing their engines and various other products.
Thanks for this information Steve. Worth looking into, expecially if the
remote valves are such that they could be tr
Cox was bought a few years ago by another company, but is still in business
and still producing their engines and various other products. OS engines
now fits remote needle valves to its engine line so modelers can keep their
fingers out of the propellers. Go figure after 50+ years in a hobby som
> I don't like the straight through exhaust solution because of all the
> oil that will be ejected on to the finish of the engine. However the
> restricted flow idea has merit.
I have C-16 #42 serial 086, and (fortunately) the older style engines don't have front
brakes, so there's no transfer
Hi
It has been a while since I flew control line model airplanes. but you used to
be able to but the needle valve assembly for .10 sized engines and larger as a
separate part, aside from the engine. Had something to do with people like me
who crashed a lot and broke them. Check hobby shops that s
Thanks, Harry, Jim and Vance for the help on transporting trains.
No Walmart here--now to K Mart.
Geoff
At 12:15 PM 12/18/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Harry et al,
Hah! I knew that would lure the critter out of his hiding place!
I agree with Geoff on the lubricator valve business. I've often wondered
if there was some product already available that could be adapted to make
this building job
Harry et al,
That's why every displacement lubricator should have a regulating valve!
Easier with a dead leg. My talented "loner" friend nearly always installs
an adjustment control.
As a point of interest, he built a lubricator on one loco with a reservior
utilizing a steam powered piston
