Hornby Black 5: Service Request 

Another happy loco after a bit of Bills treatment . Great to see.

Another fine job carried out Bill . Your video's are a joy to watch.

I Love the In and Out the Shed Business 👍🏻 You never Fail to Make me Smile with every Overhaul that’s completed. Awesome Transformation to this Classic Black 5. Thanks for Posting ✨🙏🏻👍🏻

An excellent video. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.

Black 5, beautiful loco!

There's always a great sense of achievement when a loco returns to working order. Another great repair, Bill, and a great looking loco. Thanks for shaaring.

Lovely bill, I have a class 25 from 1977 after watching your videos I successfully stripped it runs lovely now👌

Good to see another locomotive running well again. I have quite a few tender driven locomotives and I'm happy 😀 with them. Regards Paul 🚂.

yet another entertaining instructional video thanks

Great to see you again Bill

Bill enjoyed your latest video you done. Thanks David.

Hi Bill. The 'scooch-meister' strikes again. Excellent job, well done! 👍 P.S. Can we have our 'Calcutta Cup' back please. 👹

This is a very good summary of your 'normal Ringfield service', Bill. I really have no excuse, now, for not tackling my sluggish Black 5: an eBay purchase with missing valve gear (now replaced), it's never run right. The tender always tries to overtake the loco! Must try giving the loco axles a scoosh...!

Don't overdo it Bill, as much as I like watching your videos.

Brilliant job.

Another good job done.

Sounds very similar, actually quieter than mine, to my Black 5. Surgery required!

Thanks for that bill, I'll be sure to take care of it :)

Hi Bill, The Black 5 is one of my favourite loco's. I wanted one long before Triang/Hornby made one. To the point where, like many, I butchered a Triang Princess to make one. Nice to see another one saved. Was just thinking that a Wrenn 4mt 2-6-4 tank would look nice on your layout for suburban use. I know you have the Hornby one, but the Wrenn engine is IMHO a much nicer engine. But then again I am biased as it is my favourite loco. All the best, and thanks for another great video.

Great video Bill, very educational, great to watch, have you found anymore rogue sheep lately? HaHa. Cheers Bill for sharing......

Hya Bill I got the 4f back from you yesterday afternoon thanks very much and I am going to give it a run this afternoon on my layout I will let you know how it goes

Interesting that they fit proper handrails down the boiler but the moulded coal in the tender is still total pants.

Bill, how do the motors get so dirty, do they pick up muck from the track. Apart from cleaning the rails , on a regular basis I vacuum the track to remove any dust build up.

Well done Bill you made my day putting the engine in and out of the shed,it really made the video :) I have one of those Black 5s i bloody love it,like most it comes with the date it was made stamped on the service sheet.I would much rather have this old engine than some of the rubbish Hornby knocks out these days Haha! Stay safe and happy :) Oh yeah i forgot to ask where do you buy that contact cleaner from ?

Another brilliant video. One thing I wanted to ask when doing a cd motor conversion and you use diodes to reduce the voltage to the motor how do you wire them up and do you use the Zena type?

Do you use the wd40 contact cleaner to clean your track or do you use ipa Regards Mick

I hope that you didn't send it back to him like that Bill.... The valve gear on the left hand side of the locomotive is incorrectly assembled... The combination lever should be in front of the crosshead not to the rear of it. It's correctly assembled on the right hand side of the locomotive for comparison. Best Regards, Jules.