Sold August 2023 Back to Archive

It's recently come back, now complete and running, after a fashion...

A brief run down of our workshop notes gives the following needing attention:

• Injector is piped up for water and steam but not delivery
• Coupling and connecting rods require rebushing
• Safety valves accumulate
• Chassis runs in forward gear, not in reverse

Paintwork - what there is of it - is to a uniformly drab standard (and included painting directly over the unclad boiler insulation, which is something we've not seen before).

On the plus side the engine has had little, if any use since completion - the CE-marked Blackgates boiler remaining in as-new condition, it was as tight as a drum on hydraulic test.

Work required is time-consuming rather than costly of parts or materials - there's the potential to make a decent engine from what, prima facie, appears a rather uninspiring start.