Member postings for tiger rye 1

Thank you Jason, i see what you mean, i'll try a bit later to flip the valve chest and hope it lines up. It will eventually be steam run once the boiler is made.

Love your video, thats stunning. don't half get a move on doesn't it.

really appriciate your help

appears to be an exhaust 'hole' right next to the inlet, but no fixing. did try running on a little air before the tools came out and seem to run correctly

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Hi everyone, kinda getting back in to ME slowly. hope everyone is well. Have aquired a little twin cylinder pumping engine but it has no markings to identify and i have no plans. But seems to lacking any exhaust. any ideas or whats missing would be greatly appriciated so i can try and figure out where it exits from, appoligise i can't turn my pics

Mod edit, turned the pictures.  No need to apologise, wonky photos are a forum feature!

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 04/02/2023 15:25:50

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 04/02/2023 15:26:49

Thank you Noel and Luker, we will definitely keep you all posted and will try the suggestions. Probably won't be for a couple of days as hubby has been over doing it and isn't too well, so a couple of days rest.

Thanks again.

Julian, Just to put your restless mind at ease. We don't currently belong to a club. The hydraulic test was for peace of mind and yes just the boiler was removed all bar running boards which would have to be removed but definitely none of the running gear. Yes my hubby isn't in the best of health and yes the ever caring wife is trying to help. We built the loco together and would like to see it run again, all be it in the garden. Its definitely coming from the nozzle and no where else. All connection are all good.

thanks again everyone. J Hancock- yes appreciate that, always so careful.

Noel- he only removed the boiler. Running gear, pistons etc weren't touched, thats whats so anoying, it was running fine last time steamed.

DMB yes might be an idea, after all it is suppose to run on steam not air lol

He has now removed and put in new grafite string on the pistons just to be sure. Making sure to note postion and placement as not to disturb the settings. unfortunatley due to inside inlet it;s not really possible to deturmine the postion but like i said nothing had been moved. will keep you all posted

thanks to you both, yes she has piston valves and as far as possible to see are working fine, obviously not easy to see inlet (inside inlet) but the exhust port is visable when the piston is in the correct possition. tbh the forward reverse has been one of those things i forget which way it should be for the forward motion. wound back towards the cab or full forward. i thought it was one of those back to front kinda things. We do have a society nearby and a member is also a member of our model boat club. Other than a that moving fine

Hi everyone, hope this is in the right place. We have a 3 1/5 gauge britannia loco.

It ran lovely for quite a few years and due to health and a move it sat idol. Just recently my hubby decided to strip the loco in order to get another hydraulic certificate. Reassembled and set on compressed air to check and it won't run, jyst blows straight out the chimney. Checked the pustons and gave her a clean and new grafite string, still not running. He wont ask for help but i hate seeing him so down after so much work. Ease if you could keep the answers fairly simple. I'm quite up to speed on steam but no expert. Thanks in advance.