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Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« on: September 17, 2023, 09:01:55 pm »
Hey fella's,

Any hints on how to get to the screws to replace the sight glass on a Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365?

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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2023, 09:12:04 pm »
Yes, grandkid with small hands :D
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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2023, 09:17:42 pm »
Can you fit this in or will ratchet hit sides? Or Use a wrench on screwdriver bit.

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« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2023, 09:18:29 pm »
Or is it a spanner? :D
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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2023, 09:21:53 pm »
LOL Nick

Mate they certainly didn't make this an easy thing to get to that's for sure!
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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2023, 01:03:08 am »
Been there done that .
Do not take any short cuts .
 Completely disassemble the roller and remove boiler from chassis .
 Some of those screws look dodgy and non original .
 And while the boiler is out remove the screws and also in my opinion unsolder the ring from the boiler as it is a weak spot on their boilers . Flatten the edges to get a good solder .
 Any more help just ask .
 I have had more than 1 wilesco here to repair boiler

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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2023, 05:40:59 pm »
Thanks fella's.
I did eventually get the broken sight glass out yesterday.
Back story - someone through a friend found out that I'm into steam engines and they asked me if I could fix their childhood steam engine 'toy' that hasn't been out of its box for 25 years!
This is 25 years of water in a boiler......what do you reckon the rust is from?

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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2023, 05:53:07 pm »
Oh, that looks just delicious!

Shouldn't be anything iron inside that boiler, so perhaps from the house pipes of the tap water that was used to fill the boiler?

I must say that rust looks a bit excessive to be from that source however?!?!
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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2023, 06:00:12 pm »
They would have needed to mix their drinking water 50/50 with WD40 to walk :)
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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2023, 06:46:50 pm »
That there's ugly. One way to look at it is it can only get better,  or go into the bin.
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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2023, 10:08:46 am »
Jim, I would be inclined to get a new Wilesco boiler with sight glass and retaining ring installed...what you have looks to be a problem child!

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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2023, 10:52:09 am »
Having that gunk in the boiler, the pipes and cylinder can't be far behind. Good luck with the cleaning.
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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2023, 07:01:40 pm »
Thanks fella's, this is one of the most mucked around with engines! He admitted that when he was a boy and he had it he fiddled with it a lot.
I'm thinking that he must have dropped something ferrous into boiler like nuts or bolts.....when I broke the sight glass more to get it out I found why
I was having difficulty removing it as it had been bedded into silicone.
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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2023, 07:36:49 pm »
Mucked around with sounds like serious understatement, especially considering the rust muck left inside of it all these years. I'm sure you are right about him dropping something ferrous into the boiler as I can see no other way for that rich thick rust muck to have formed!

It will require a whole lot of luck for that red mud not to have gotten into the steam pipe and cylinder, but perhaps you are over due for a little luck on this project!?!?
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Re: Replacing sight glass on Wilesco Old Smoky Steam Roller D365
« Reply #14 on: October 02, 2023, 06:18:36 pm »
Replacement bits and pieces finally arrived to have a go and see if it fires up and runs, do I just install with gaskets dry?
Long time since I replaced a sight glass in any boiler.

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