What now?!

made-in-england · Post by **made-in-england** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:32 pm

Well as some will know i have bought a SL1 set and am now loco and stock hungry!!

I need to get two boxes of track and have £40-50 left but dont know what to get!

Suggestions and help please!

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:53 pm

Somthing from I.P Engineering, or buy some more helpful upgrades for the mamod.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:47 pm

I'd surgest the same as SillyBilly, although with that money you could by several mdel people from Busy Bodies to make your line more realistic.

Chris Cairns · Post by **Chris Cairns** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:58 pm

Water top up valve and a meths burner are a must to get a Mamod running better. Followed by an uprated safety valve.

Unless you have a very good runner, performance on solid fuel is quite poor for average old style Mamods, and if you have been provided with out of date solid fuel be very careful as once it gets damp it tends to explode quite violently when used later. You will need to use the MSS square tablets as Mamod only now produce circular tablets which are not a good fit in the solid fuel burner tray.

Dream Steam was considering offering various packages of upgrades aimed at starters like you.

Have a look at his website, and ask him if he is still going to introduce these package deals - www.dream-steam.com

made-in-england · Post by **made-in-england** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:56 pm

I was lucky in the fact that in the Set there was a meths burner (all be it needing some new wicks) and uprated pistons and all the old stuff.

Chris Cairns · Post by **Chris Cairns** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:39 pm

uprated pistons

The MSS ones, or the 'O' ring pistons?

If it is the 'O' ring pistons then you will need to fit a lubricator. Dead leg one from Dream Steam works OK, and here is a guide to fitting it - http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/about400.html

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:53 pm

As an interim meaure though, in case you can't afford a Meths burner right away, one of my friends said to me once that it helps to boil the water in a kettle before you put it in the boiler when using solid fuel tablets, as otherwise they tend to run out of fuel just when they raise pressure!

Perhaps someone can verify whether or not this is a good idea?

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:58 pm

Very good idea, I do it on my Edrig, not only does it help raise steam, but also removes whatever limescale's in the water.

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:03 pm

i agree with sb

made-in-england · Post by **made-in-england** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:46 pm

Yeah i allready do this picke it up from the other forum

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