Chris. I hope all Accucraft C-16s are the same. Mine is a 268 Black. The 278 is the same. These engines have a plug on the boiler back head which was to be connected with a hand pump in the tender. The holes for the pump were drilled and fitted with screws and the fittings were on the tender front wall, but no pump! I removed this plug from the backhead bush (thread M5x0.5) fitted a Ralph Reppingen (Germany) clack valve into the bush and that's it finished. (choose your own valve supplier)
The amount of cold water which is being pushed in by eg. an axle pump is not enough to be noticed. I would suggest a second gas tank in the cab connected to the main tank with a snap connector this way you increase the gas supply to match your extended run and at the same time always have warm gas. Fill the tender larger gas tank only after connecting to the cab tank. The cab tank naturally to the burner. All of this work can be done on the kitchen table and leaves the engine so that it can be returned to its original condition at any time. Hope this is of help. Regards Bert, in the wet snowy alps. ------------------------- Bert & Edmunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
