Thursday 19th January 2012
Attendance: 3
A strange day on D9531, where not much was physically done, but a lot was sorted and planned.
Chris Mills was in attendance early and made a start on giving the side frames a fresh coat of black gloss. Chris Baily arrived and made a start on a few outstanding jobs, firstly sealing a bung in the 2" train pipe by the brake frame, and also sealing a pipe from the distributor to the brake cylinders which was leaking on the connection to the distributor.
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Chris Mills applying black gloss to D9531's underframe |
In order to get to the distributor another section of pipe had to be removed as it was in the way. Chris removed the offending pipe and cleaned up the ends on the pipe and distributor and rebuilt what he had dismantled.
With this done Chris B departed to the stores in Bolton to source some parts, mainly for the drivers seats. With mild success, it was late afternoon when he returned. Alan Lee had arrived and the pair discussed the next steps and identified pipe fittings required for outstanding air system completion.
Friday 20th January 2012, Carriage & Wagon Works
Attendance: 2
A more productive day. Chris started by attempting to replace the pipe to the ROPS & SOPS pressure switches, although discovered that the replacement was too short in length, so he had to rebuild the old pipes to them. He then moved on to replacing the 6mm emergency signal pipe from the brake controllers under the cab desk to larger 8mm pipe which took quite a while to complete.
Alan Lee had arrived and was busy sourcing fittings as discussed yesterday. Chris then moved on to wrapping the signal pipes from the brake controllers in a protective cork so they would not rub on the metal as they pass through the cab bulkhead to the brake frame. He also took opportunity to 'P-clip' the pipes to prevent them from moving about. Chris then took the air filter out and removed the old internal material, replacing it with some newly aquired.
Last of all Chris made a start on filling out a water filler fitting, as it was slightly smaller than the original. This took quite a lot of time and effort, so with the evening drawing in Chris called it a day.
Saturday 21st January 2012, Carriage & Wagon Works
Attendance: 8
The day began with Chris drelling back the edging on B end roof section to remove any surface rust ready for the paint team on Sunday. Once done, Alan and Chris shunted D9531 across over on to the pit road.
Martin Tottle arrived and made a start on finishing the vacuum chamber pipe work from the tank to the release valve and gauges. Chris went on the hunt for some suitable fittings and Alan Lee went underneath to connect up wiring to the middle fuel tank sender unit. It wasn't long before Martin had finished the vac chamber pipe-work. He then removed the 100 Psi feed pipe which needed to be cut so that a 'T' piece could be inserted. This was completed and the pipework refitted.
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D9531 sat on the pit road in the Carriage & Wagon Works |
Alan wiring up the middle fuel sender unit |
Jim and Dave had been tasked with adding supports for a fuel feed pipe that runs from the fuel header tank to the power unit and similarly the small coolant system bleed pipes in the engine room. Kris Mason arrived and went round the fuel system pipework nipping up some joints that were weeping.
Carl Holt turned up and offered to do some jobs, the first being fitting a storm drain to the exhaust and unblocking the coupling for it. He removed the fitting and attempted to remove the nipple, but this was seized and had to be left in. The opening was unblocked using a punch and file and Carl then went on the hunt for a suitable piece of solid pipe, which he found, but the fitting on it was Ermeto and not BSP. A further search for fittings proved fruitless, so he took what he needed and will source suitable fittings during the week.
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Jim & Dave securing pipes in 'A' End |
Carl holt showing off a curved piece of angle for the cab floor |
Carl then offered to look at making a pair of curved kick strips for the cab floor where the doors open. He found some suitable 1" Angle and experimented on the bending machine, it took a few goes to get right but a suitable piece was produced, although with no more angle in stock he had to call it a day. New angle will be ordered so Carl can finish this in the next week or so.
After Lunch, Martin started to install the 100 psi pipe run from the brake frame down through the cab and into the engine compartment to feed the front sanding valve and exhauster speed up choke. This began under the loco with a straight length of pipe intalled upto an elbow and small female connection end. This was secured along the frames using the original existing brackets. Next a run of pipework had to be bent to pass up and along the top of the final drive and transmission beneath the cab including a 'T' piece to feed air to the horn and windscreen wiper systems. With this done a short 8mm run was made to connect the horns and wipers from the 'T'. Martin then moved into B end over the transmission where another 'T' piece and spur is required which will eventually feed the Cab manifold for the controller regulator air supply.
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New 100psi air run ready to turn up to the cab |
Martin plumbing up to the forward and reverse relay valves |
Meanwhile, Chris B & Dave Mylett finished fitting the water filler started the previous day, then both moved on to cleaning up fittings for the forward and reverse relay valves. Dave then mounted the fittings ready for Martin to plumb the associated pipework in and also finished clamping down the 2" vacuum train pipe in the B end. Jim & Dave G had meanwhile moved on to P clipping the pipe work to the vacuum tank situated on the back of the shunters step, this required drilling holes through some very thick metal, so took a good while to complete!
Chris & Alan had a bit of a tidy up along 4 road where most of the work had been happening. After this they both went through the drawings for the ratcheting cylinder and made a list of pipework and fitting needs. By this time Martin had reached the forward and reverse EP valves with the pipe work although had realised that he needed to install a choke into part of the pipework he had done but, with 7pm approaching, tools and equipment was packed up and put away and we all decided to call it a day.
Another good few day's work and the snag list is getting smaller!< Prev | Workgroup Reports | Next >