Re: Cox P-40 engine boil

Marleysky Tue Mar 10, 2020 2:50 pm

@rsv1cox wrote:
@Cribbs74 wrote:You could just slip it over an appropriate sized dowel rod instead of using your finger. Bob is just a man’s man.

Nah, I'm just a wimp. Cried like a baby when I laid my finger on a hot soldering iron. And you thought three bladed props were dangerous.

You hit send a trifle before me Rene.

Does your P-40 engine have P40 under both exhaust ports???

Yes! Bob, my Cylinder does have p40 under each exhaust port! just checked. each a little different. Must have used individual letter/number stamps to imprint each side. Kind of like what GM use to use to stamp blocks and transmissions.
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Levent Suberk Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:01 pm

@balogh wrote:
@Levent Suberk wrote:Sorry to hear what happened. I also know that well. Wish speedy recovery. Hobby isn't important than our health. We are getting older, so we need to be more careful.

You only get older if you give up fiddling with COX engines, that we do not do... check my slogan under my post.

I greatly appreciate that Very Happy

rsv1cox Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:31 pm

Small price to pay for enjoying this hobby. But it actually happened Saturday while my son was soldering the wiring loom on my S scale locomotive. I reached across the workbench for a screwdriver and......No big deal and not much of a badge of courage but I'll accept it. Smile

Just came up from the basement to check his work (been doing the P-40 engine) and it took off right off the edge of the track.

Looked like this when I got it:

getback Wed Mar 11, 2020 6:44 am

Nice rebuild Bob , heck that train came out pretty nice too , I like the looks of the Pittman motor as you do , she looks torquee Very Happy

DrCox Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:47 am

@rsv1cox wrote:
Looked like this when I got it:

Bob, I have been following this thread and learning some good information. Then I saw your progress on the locomotive which as far as I am concerned is fantastic.

But wait...I spy white rims on the drivers yet somehow the Riviera is still neked. Laughing

rsv1cox Wed Mar 11, 2020 1:56 pm

You have a long memory Doc, but not to worry. Someday I will nail down my son long enough to apply those whitewalls. Meanwhile they are safely tucked away in the same envelope that you sent them in.

Bob

DrCox Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:18 pm

Just ribbin' ya Bob.

Restos look great. Living my model life vicariously through you. Keep up the informative threads.

Levent Suberk Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:01 pm

Very good job. Look like factory new.

rsv1cox Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:27 pm

@DrCox wrote:Just ribbin' ya Bob.

Restos look great. Living my model life vicariously through you. Keep up the informative threads.

I know Doc.

I'm just happy that someone is actually reading my rather disjointed threads. Smile

Thanks Levent and Rene, I'm glad that we finally cleared that one up. Smile

Initially I only could see one stamp on mine, then when I cleaned it up the other side appeared.

NEW222 Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:28 pm

Thanks for teh tutorial of how you clean your springs, living on the edge style... I will be giving one a try one day when mother nature finally decides to make up her mind and stay warm here and melt away all this white stuff. Also, that train looks very nice now.

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