John and Tony, Received your posts. Tony, I will answer in detail tonight, as well as post a couple of photos that I took last night.
John, I do not believe that there is any dead space in the cylinders at the extremes of the piston's travel. The piston travel duplicates the Jane loco's, and of course the cylinders were intended as Jane or mamod replacements. My Jane loco runs fine with it's stock cylinders. The fundamental problem could still be excessive condensation because the cylinders don't maintain a sufficiently high operating temperature. This could happen if the steam pressure (and temperature) isn't high enough (not a problem with air, so it runs okay on lower pressure). Or because the cylinders aren't mounted right next to the boiler and firebox as in a stock Mamod or Jane. On my loco the cylinders are used in a twin vertical engine configuration and mounted away from the boiler/firebox. Steve __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
