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My two cents is simple: A basic boiler wash has never hurt. Scope your boiler and see what it looks like inside. Worst case, even if it wasn't the best wash ever done, you did something. And it won't take too much time to do either. believe me if it was up to me i would in a heart beat. but my dad ...

At this point I would try Steve's suggestion of using more LSB8000 for a couple of cycles to clean things up. well ive take your responses marty and everyone else's and put them in one big email to my dad. so now it's all up to him and what he wants to do. but i really do appreciate you and everyon...

thank you everyone for your feedback. my dad and i have been going back n fourth on this and now we are wondering if doing a boiler wash is really necessary at this point. our boiler has done well for going on 30 years of service. there is no leakage inside or outside of the boiler. the LSB8000 is d...

Ah . So Dave said that he used galvanized tube. That clarifies. Having worked with industrial boilers for a large chunk of my life, I generally recommend that water treatment be geared toward what you know is the chemical composition of the water. It sounds like you really care about the loco (as y...

Interesting Assume that it was Fred that advised use of galvanized tubing during initial construction? Answers to Marty's questions will provide proper responses to your initial query. As a matter of personal interest: Do you know the chemical make up of the water on which the loco is frequently ru...

Steel tubes are common...but galvanized water tubing ☹️ No idea how he would have made a roll fit into the tube sheets since galvanizing varies greatly in thickness. Nylon shims...I understand and have actually seen that used by others to help reduce stiction in leaf springs. Thx no problem bill. y...

Just a question -> Galvanized water tubing? In the flues? yea acoording to my dad dave sclavi cut alot of corners with our hudson so instead of putting in copper flues. he used galvanized water tubing for flues and they crapped out after only 4 years of service. that was when we had fred boufard re...

Marty_Knox wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:49 pm Is the steam dome removable? Do you have any way to drain the water, any blowdown valves?

the steam dome dad and i are not sure, we'll have to ask dick cudd who finished the locomotive for us when dave sclavi failed to do so. but we do have 2 blow downs.

Dan

this is for marty knox. marty, my father and i want to do a boiler wash on our hudson locomotive. it's a steel boiler with copper tubes. the boiler shell is all original from 1997. it was reflued by fred boufard about 4 years after the original galvanized water tubing that sclavi had used failed. si...

glad you liked it guys. i was telling some of my friends from NJLS that this is the 2nd Y6b type locomotive i have seen in our scale. im attaching pictures of another one coal fired in england. which is just as nice as this one that bruno platzer built. enjoy

just like the subject title says for all N&W fans out there. this will spruce up your voltage. enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW23-b7GpVA

Daniel