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Title: Re: Empire #62 Added to My Collection
Post by: RichSteamTx on June 06, 2023, 05:09:14 pm

Oh, the base has 4 extra holes and they really don't seem to have been done as a user modification.  But I am not sure why it would have left the factor with these 4 holes either....

Title: Empire #62 Added to My Collection
Post by: RichSteamTx on June 06, 2023, 05:05:21 pm

Got in my Empire short boiler #62 yesterday from a eBay purchase (not slowjoey).  The engine was the seller's fathers and thought he got it in 50s or 60s.  I am thinking more the 50s as the engine isn't a UL marked engine but I am not really sure when Empire started with UL stampings.

She isn't a beauty queen but then again I been spoiled by the items I have been getting from SlowJoey (from Carl's collection).  The engine cleaned up nicely but nearly every area that could leak, leaked!

• Glass seals replaced with: 3/16" ID x 1/4" OD @ 0.2 inches ZerksPlus High Temp Silicone Tubing.
• Lower Pipe nipple from Tank removed and resealed with pipe dope (glad I didn't break this one).
• New paper gaskets around screw fittings (top steam fittings & smoke stack))
• Teflon tape on steam pipe to piston.
• Spare whistle base installed.
• Oil all around the moving parts

Seems to run a bit slow or as compared to my #43 short boiler that is very similar.  Though the engine is stamped "300 watts" and my #43 is stamped "350 watts" both @110 volts.  Perhaps that extra 50 watts is makes the #43 much faster?

https://youtu.be/TlGkObC7UOs