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 to force the oil into the cylinders. Trouble was; altho the system worked very well, it was a pain to close the steam admission to the lubricator when the loco was stopped, and the piston kept forcing the oil into the engine. I suppose RC buffs could use one servo to close the regulator (sorry, throttle!) and the lubricator steam feed at the same time. As for me, the more oil, the better, (like the beer in DH! ) there are always a lot of young chaps (Like Lunkheimer's Asst) around to wipe off the track at DH after I have steamed and to pick me up later at the bar! Well yer lucky, I am only bringing one small loco- (Aster Pannier ) by UPS. I am worried about a hassle and possible loss putting a loco or two in the check-in luggage--it is screened now at our little airport . Some security employees understand little steam locos but with all the changes and the Feds involved, I am very dubious. Then there is UPS-with the surplus outdated rockets I suspect they use to blast from one unloading dock to the next. Well, there is always the back yard track, but it's always raining--and-- I mean RAIN!! Geoff. At 09:58 AM 12/18/01 -0800, you wrote: >>Howdy all. >>. . . . . . . The bad news is the engine is still using excessive steam oil. > > Must be that pumpin' action we've heard so much about. :-) >hw >
