Cylinder Casting checks

Hi Everyone,

Just thought I'd share these pictures of the piece of core left behind in the cylinder near the regulator. we dug it out but it could well have caused problems later down the line if it had made it's way into the ports or cylinder.

there is also a thin piece left behind between the steam port and the regulator machined face that we'll probably remove once we have the parts for the cylinder. I think a stainless plate gets bolted in the recess here.

It's worth checking your cylinder blocks for things like this including sand and try to get it removed.

What you might also consider:
At the bottom side of the cylinder block, there is a cover that is used to close an internal passage between HP and LP cylinder - or so I assume. After discussion with Steve, I removed that plate to get access to the channels inside the cylinder block.



I tried to poke into the passages and hoped to remove as much casting sand as possible, if there was anything left over.

As a final precaution I took the cylinder block to a car engine rebuilder who has a washing machine and ultrasonic cleaner for car engine blocks and cylinder heads. For a small fee he put it into the cleaner. Although I am not really sure it was needed, still it gave me much peace of mind.

In the end I refitted the cover using loctite 510 as per suggestion of Steve.

Cheers

Elwood