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Re: Jensen # 5/5 twin steam plant
« on: March 22, 2019, 08:23:50 pm »
That's a nice build Bruce and runs surprisingly well off the single boiler - will be watching it on Ebay. Just out of curiosity is the pressure gauge base/double steam feed lines setup difficult to make?
No , not really Larry, since your joining 2 engines with one common banjo hub, one has to go....generally you can twist them off, sometimes you have to de:solder them, actually both need to come off because you need to drill straight through the "keeper" for the other steam line to join into, then re:attach & solder, you also must flip the left hand engine around, on a Jensen #25/75 its just a matter of unbolting the steam chest, flipping the engine around & reattaching it. on the Jensen #5's you might have to de:solder the steam line from the steam chest...flip 180 degree's & re:solder, or if your lucky it may just twist around for you.
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