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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Videos The Office of Steam Cinema => Topic started by: txlabman on May 31, 2020, 02:59:32 pm
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Thanks again to Nick for the tip on the reversing engine in the video.
Here are a few photos from my shoot.
Family Portrait:
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My earliest B-43 with Oscillating Engine and Chrome Boiler Bands:
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B-43 with Pressure Valve (only produced in 1933):
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No. 43:
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Wow. Nice group well displayed. Enjoyable video
with good info.
So, I have a particular interest in the #43
with the pump. I have one, with the pump,
and it all looks good but the pump will not
go up or down. It twists in the tube and the
knob and threads are in good shape. It does
not appear anyone ever went gorilla trying to
fix it.
In your video you mention that you had one
apart to replace the bearing and spring. How
easily did it come apart and did you need a new
bearing and spring? If it is a straightforward fix
I'm up for the try. Your video already put me
closer.
Otherwise, I had to replace the heater as the
original was a burnout. It was caused, no doubt,
by water dribbling down the sides of the boiler
when filling (bad engineering). I didn't do it!!!!
I replaced it with a 200 watt cartridge heater. The
engine runs at a leisurely pace because 200 watts
is not much, but it is never likely to burn the boiler.
I'm thinking of upping it to at least 300 watts. That
would give it some giddyap.
Happy EMPIRE owner, looking for a water-pump accessory,
Wayne
Wayne:
I sent you a PM.
Charlie
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Wow. Nice group well displayed. Enjoyable video
with good info.
So, I have a particular interest in the #43
with the pump. I have one, with the pump,
and it all looks good but the pump will not
go up or down. It twists in the tube and the
knob and threads are in good shape. It does
not appear anyone ever went gorilla trying to
fix it.
In your video you mention that you had one
apart to replace the bearing and spring. How
easily did it come apart and did you need a new
bearing and spring? If it is a straightforward fix
I'm up for the try. Your video already put me
closer.
Otherwise, I had to replace the heater as the
original was a burnout. It was caused, no doubt,
by water dribbling down the sides of the boiler
when filling (bad engineering). I didn't do it!!!!
I replaced it with a 200 watt cartridge heater. The
engine runs at a leisurely pace because 200 watts
is not much, but it is never likely to burn the boiler.
I'm thinking of upping it to at least 300 watts. That
would give it some giddyap.
Happy EMPIRE owner, looking for a water-pump accessory,
Wayne
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Nice video and makes good reference material for all.
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Such an impressive collection on its own! 8) Really glad you got that recent one with the reverser and fun to watch it self-reverse in slow motion 8)
We may like all the little variations, but our wives probably think differently :D
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I have seven B-43s and No. 43s in my collection.
I recently acquired one of the rarer versions on the cheap thanks to a tip from Nick. I steam that one in this video. It is an early Empire B-43 Oscillating Engine with a Reversing Lever and the Water Pump (part of which is missing).
I also explain some of the variations in the seven models in my collection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKjdQCi4JI