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Emfinger
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Hello, I'm looking for some local help with my Columbia 2-4-2 Stephenson valve timing. Is there anyone who lives near the http://www.jtsrr.org/home.html ?

Or Yucca Valley, California.

Thank you
Tom

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Bill Shields
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If you can follow directions...I have a very good write up from 100 years ago...by fred colvin.
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Emfinger
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I don't see any directions.
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Bill Shields
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Send me an email at bshields@mehrs.com and I will send back a pdf
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Bill Shields wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 2:11 pm Send me an email at bshields@mehrs.com and I will send back a pdf
Bill mind if I do the same? Sounds like an intetesting read
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One word YouTube!

When I had to time the Walschearts gear on my engine I read a few old write ups and I just had a lot of trouble getting it all to click. A few mins of YouTube watching and it all made sense. Lots of videos these days on there on timing all the major valve gears.
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Anyone that wants a file...send me your email.

Alternate is to look in Google books for Fred Colvin locomotive valve gear

Happy to send files to anyone
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Bill, yes please send me anything that will help me with the timing.

emfinger@frontier.com

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Tom
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Here you go - just download it

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id= ... =1up&seq=6

there are several books there by Fred, all are helpful, but this is my favorite
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