Vincent is cursed

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:03 pm

A while back I posted about how my regner vincent had an excessive burner howl (you could hear it 2 gardens over)
well a couple of weeks ago a new burner arrived and as me dad was putting it in for me (I was busy) he found it was a little tight going in and as he tried forcing it in he broke the boiler off its mounts, bent the burner and mangled the pipe work

I dont know how to refix the boiler because of the reduction drive it has to put up with a lot of vibration and it looks like itll be needing a new boiler. :-|

I wish Id never bought it its so depressing. :-|

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:22 pm

thats a shame mate
you can give it to me mate

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:27 pm

pauly wrote:I wish Id never bought it its so depressing. :-|

I think it should be you wish you never gave it to your dad to fix it... if it wont go in, that means it wont fit. Therefore forcing it will not make it go in, but break something else

Try and see if the dealer could fix it if you can't, or contact someone locally (ie if you have a mate in the 16mm assc or whateva), see if they can do something...

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:23 pm

tooks some pics

sorry about the poor quality 1 of the mounting rods these are very small

bent burner

its better than I thought
if I strip it down then Ill be able to see if I can properley reattach the mounting bolts

just to prove that the boiler isnt attached

Endless, Nameless · Post by **Endless, Nameless** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:41 pm

That's quite impressive, you must have put quite a lot of effort into that

Hope you manage to get it fixed without to much grief- but for hell's sake, if it does give you grief stop and ask for help!

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:01 pm

I bought it

didnt make it

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:10 pm

Iv came up with a new name for it

maldecido, or in English, the cursed 1

Endless, Nameless · Post by **Endless, Nameless** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:03 am

pauly wrote:I bought it

didnt make it

I meant put quite a lot of effort into breaking it

alan2525 · Post by **alan2525** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:58 pm

What's with all your broken loco parts lately. I think someone needs to treat these little engines with a little more care, it's not like working on a car where you can snug a big wrench onto a nut and torque it right up. Loco's are made of much dantier stuff. If it doesn't budge or you have a problem, take a step back and go through in your mind what you can do and think, whats the worst thing that could happen if it goes wrong?

Sorry to sound a bit preachy, but it's sad to see what should be a nice loco damaged after owning it for such a small time too.

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:34 pm

alan2525 wrote:What's with all your broken loco parts lately. I think someone needs to treat these little engines with a little more care, it's not like working on a car where you can snug a big wrench onto a nut and torque it right up. Loco's are made of much dantier stuff. If it doesn't budge or you have a problem, take a step back and go through in your mind what you can do and think, whats the worst thing that could happen if it goes wrong?

Sorry to sound a bit preachy, but it's sad to see what should be a nice loco damaged after owning it for such a small time too.

1 , I do treat my engines very well :?

2 , it was me dad who broke it

3 , what do you mean all my broken engines the only other engine of mine that is broken is an old diesel that overheated due to dodgey wiring.

alan2525 · Post by **alan2525** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:24 pm

pauly wrote:
1 , I do treat my engines very well :?

2 , it was me dad who broke it

3 , what do you mean all my broken engines the only other engine of mine that is broken is an old diesel that overheated due to dodgey wiring.

I thought your Roundhouse Millie had the regulator busted off in the thread too? Didn't you need to get some parts from Roundhouse? I'd keep any new loco's away from your dad though!

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:54 pm

alan2525 wrote:What's with all your broken loco parts lately. I think someone needs to treat these little engines with a little more care, it's not like working on a car where you can snug a big wrench onto a nut and torque it right up. Loco's are made of much dantier stuff. If it doesn't budge or you have a problem, take a step back and go through in your mind what you can do and think, whats the worst thing that could happen if it goes wrong?

Sorry to sound a bit preachy, but it's sad to see what should be a nice loco damaged after owning it for such a small time too.

We tend to think of our model locos of being well made and engineered, but as you point out they are still small things and therefore not always as strong as they appear.

I'm sure we have all broken things, or had our things broken through being a bit impatient or frustrated.

Good advice for all of us Alan, take a step back, think it through, and don't try and force anything if it doesn't move.

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:10 pm

Unless you buy an Accucraft, everything apart from the banjo bolt is bomb proof expecially the boiler

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mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:46 pm

Oh well, you can learn from mistakes! Good look with fixing the Vincent Pauly...

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:49 pm

Yup Good Luck.

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:13 pm

Iv found someone who will gladly fix my vincent for me

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:19 pm

Excellent

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