01-08-2018, 06:41 PM
Well it's a new year and a new winters worth of work in the restoration shop. We have avoided another government shut down, " for now ", and have pushed ahead on a few projects.
This weekend we set about swapping out some worn valve bridges in 664's prime mover. It's an easy task that only takes a few minuets to do on each cylinder. When your done you end up with a bucket of scrap metal like this. My boot size is a 10 1/2 to give you a sense of scale for the pic.
We have also received the new fan controller for 664. We will probably start the install on this unit in two weeks ( the museum is closed next weekend ) . It is basically a brain box that turns on and off the roof top cooling fans depending on the temperature of the engine. The brass probe on the right is what replaces the original temperature sensor in the unit.
Another project was to remove all the old generator brushes and clean the commutator. We will replace the brushes with new ones next work session after the solvent has all dried up.
All clean...
On top of that the Steamtown crew has dropped the prime mover back into the NKP Gp-9 # 514. I'll get a few shots of that next time.
This weekend we set about swapping out some worn valve bridges in 664's prime mover. It's an easy task that only takes a few minuets to do on each cylinder. When your done you end up with a bucket of scrap metal like this. My boot size is a 10 1/2 to give you a sense of scale for the pic.
We have also received the new fan controller for 664. We will probably start the install on this unit in two weeks ( the museum is closed next weekend ) . It is basically a brain box that turns on and off the roof top cooling fans depending on the temperature of the engine. The brass probe on the right is what replaces the original temperature sensor in the unit.
Another project was to remove all the old generator brushes and clean the commutator. We will replace the brushes with new ones next work session after the solvent has all dried up.
All clean...
On top of that the Steamtown crew has dropped the prime mover back into the NKP Gp-9 # 514. I'll get a few shots of that next time.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew