Technical

Hi all,

I've started stripping my Mallard down as per the advice on here, and I'm following the video tutorial, however the cylinder support just seems to pop off when you remove the valve gear in the maintenance video.

Mines stuck fast. Am I doing something wrong?

Dear everybody,

I'm the owner of A3 Flying Scotsman leave steam (used) and faced the following issue. The Regulator Drive Rod has been somehow broken and "fixed" by soldering (see pictures).

Now the regulator seems working, servo and gears rotating, even the drive rod moving. But the steam valve not working, no steam flow and, of course, no train movement. Control LEDs at certain switch from green to red, then both light at the same time, which I also think is abnormal.

I would be grateful for any ideas on how to fix this.

My Golden Fleece wasn't working well, 4 coaches was all it could pull. Time for a microscopic look.

(When I do my maintenance I have the loco on a rig I have made which isolates the driving wheels from any road contact thereby negating any friction from wheel and rolling road. To do this I remove the loco body and the front of the loco is held on 2 pins in the front mounting holes and the tender is on some track for the power.)

I discovered the timing on Golden Fleece was very lumpy, and even adjusting the settings on the timing adjuster didn't improve the problem. So, looking further afield I thought the glad nuts were screwed in too much, a quarter turn was all that was required and voila! it can now pull 8 coaches with ease.

Fine adjustment on the rig I use is easy -…