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cleaning steam engines
« on: September 14, 2025, 11:15:15 pm »
i want to start a business  about cleaning mini steam engines do you have any dirty engines that you don't want that i could have to practice on and then send them back.


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« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2025, 05:47:15 am »
An interesting idea, but I imagine most of (being particular) would be hesitant to put a loved engine through the "riggers" of the postal system & very real potential damage . & if it were an engine we didn't care much about, we wouldn't spend the funds (both ways) to have it cleaned by someone other than ourselves.
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« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2025, 06:20:43 am »
yes that makes senses that you don't want your engine to go through that. thank for the info

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« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2025, 11:18:04 am »
I would be very careful and have an understanding with the customer as to what happens while the engine is in transit or in your hands.
I don't offer to repair engines for viewers to my site for that reason, it is not always obvious that a particular part is fragile and easily broken. Some parts are next to impossible to find so I may end up buying an expensive engine just to get that one part.

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« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2025, 04:10:33 pm »
wow. thank you I just did a wilesco d5 cleaning for some one and they love it. it was sitting in a basement for 40 years it was a lot of fun to clean. thank you so much for your comment and your info.

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Re: cleaning steam engines
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2025, 04:35:36 pm »
Glad you made it over to the forum from YouTube.
Keep checking out eBay, there's some really good (lucky) buys on there sometimes and being in the U.S there's a fair bit for sale on there.
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