hey im back
not been too well since my last post
a touch of the ol freshers flu yay :S
so yeh woah last week i was just working on the moelwyn
and thats looking fab engine in gearbox on
pretty much all the exterioir systems like radiator cooling fan exhauster and what not bolted on
and heck its looking like a prettty mean machine
ruddy said he would let me take it for a spin when it was done which is going to be coool
ok this week
monday and today were well annoying days
merrdddin had its dry boiler exam this afternoon so peter and myself have been getting it ready for this for the past couple of days
so ive been in and out of those bloody fireboxes at what seems like 60hz lol
so yeh jobs done to get it ready were
clean out smokeboxes + remove the baffles and spark arrestors
the baffles are difficult at the bottom end thanks to the flipping ejector so muh swearing was done at this before the smoke box reliquished it
also cleaning the fireboxes and ashpans out
and taking the firebox doors off and then a certain someone (yep me) had to go in and retrive the brick arches which all had sort of fused together thanks to all the impurities in the coal and whatnot attatching themselves to the bottom so one hammer and chisel later and the arches were free
but bloody hell it was dustier than the wild west in those fireboxes and tbh im a little tall for them i sorta have to sit on me arse with me head bent forward very comfffy
then steam cleaning the smokeboxes and fireboxes oh yay
so me and pete spent most of monday gettingsoaked and frozen
oh yeh we also did a boiler wash out at this point too
then we shoved the loco inside and proceeded to takeout all the boiler wash out plugs and fusible plugs
one of the fusibles was a right little fighter and we ended up getting chris and a gas axe to warm him up to get him out
we also had to take off the gauge glasses and the pressure gauge
the pressure gauge was carted off to be calibrated by wol
and we got new gauge glasses as we maybe kinda sorta broke one
we then fitted new smokebox door packing to make sure that there was a good seal and replaced the joints on the blowers
then we whipped off the top of the domes and the safety valves and broke the safety valves down and gave them a good clean
then the nice boiler inspector came round and well inspected and im assuming that everythings fine as weve started to put things back on and the management hasnt said that were wrong to do that so hopefully thats all gravvvvveeeey baby
welll amys here now and falling alseep so i think im going to go put her to bed so nighty nights
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