fridays dust

so thursday was a hell of a day
it was raining and gale force winds were sweeping through the lodge
but at least in the morning i was warm inside while i layed a fire in M/E then it was time to get wet while i got it up to blowing off
this was to test that both saftey valves worked
they did
afterwards it was just get in get dry carry on with the moelwyn which is what we did
we had to fabircate a new bracket for the pivot on the gear selector linkage so lots of time was spent cutting and cleaning up bits of metal with the grinder
the finished job was beautiful lol
so friday morning was the day of the M/E's live steam boiler test so someone had to get it in steam and guess who it was yeh me
within 30 mins of getting to work i was soaked through and cold again a pattern has emerged
but after it was blowing off i could go in and get dry fewwwwww
after that it was just a case of carrying on with the moelwyn
we fitted a spangly new cooling fan and wired it in before lunch
and then continued with modifying the various brackets for the loco so that all the components for the engine can be taken off without being released from the body work first
then me and monkey boy removed the fuel and header tanks from the bodywork to see how new ones could be made
after this i had to cut the old lugs that secured the old radiotor cover to the frame of the loco
then tidied up the metal as i had been a little over enthusiastic with the old angle grinder
then it was home time
well not really it was time to go to aber to get drunk with harry saville
he was broken in good time
then my car broke and so it returned to minffordd on the back of a AA lorry with a new alternator waiting to be fitted so thats what i did today (sunday ) with help from dylan
and it was blodddy raining
i know now that ford means fixed on rainy days garh
peace out a town!