Great - always check the working of the safety valve every time you use it as they can stick. Also be very careful not to cross thread it and tighten it gently - I have seen pliers used and the mount shears off the boiler! Let us know how you get on and play safely!
Love my D-40. Much safer than a sports car for my mid life crisis toy! Interesting that my front end looks different. Yours looks almost like the "Steam Roller" version.
You are right - or a high powered motorbike! Stick with the steam models! Not sure why mine looks slightly different. Some of the Mamod ones look very similar. I have a steam train from Mamod with some track - must get that out too. The joy of these toys is, even though they are expensive, they last forever and can be handed down. I loved the ones my father got for us as kids.
@@AnthonyFrancisJones i have got one made by Mamod. my Dad originally brought it as a special birthday gift for My Grandad. it turns out that my Grandpa didn't like it very much as he loves classic cars so he ended up giving it to me despite being eight at the time. me and my brother loved steaming it up. i have recently fitted a new boiler to it as the original was damaged when the engine fell off our kitchen table while i was cleaning it up back in 2011
Great story - yes these are the sorts of things that should be handed down in families. Glad you have got yours working and looked after it too! I have a steam train as well. Must get that out!
@@AnthonyFrancisJones I have got a steam roller version of this, its the black and brass version. my dad got it me as a Christmas gift one year. I have got a traction engine made by Mamod
Am getting a Wilesco D40 Steam Tractor off ebay for a £100 it's rarther rusty needs a strip down and repaint looking forward to renovating it. Got some HYCOTE VHT Blue heat proof paint for it there.
Thanks Stewart. Sounds to me like it has been run not with deionised/distilled water so you will have some limescale in the boiler. You can dissolve this with the usual methods or just leave it. If it is not all coked up with limescale elsewhere then it should be fine. Get it started gently and see how you get on. Always make sure the pressure relief valve works!! I would not attempt to take the glass out and clean it unless you really know what you are doing. Remember you can get deionised water from the shops - it is battery top up water (not acid!). Let us know how you get on!
@@AnthonyFrancisJones thank you Anthony I think it would be hard work getting that glass off I will have to check that valve than you for a quick reply
There are add on remote controls that I think you can use on older models too. They affix to the very rear and have a rod that drives the front steering. I think that is all they do. Not seen one that throttles steam output or operates the whistle but I am sure some modellers have built 'home brew' kits!
Good question - no I don't but I use deionised/distilled water and leave it for as long as I can to dry. I work on the principle that using pure water you cannot do too much harm! One of my steam tractors has the glass boiler window completely frosted up - someone before me must have used tap water a lot - the water where I live is very hard too!
@@AnthonyFrancisJones you mean to say you remove the whistle and safety valve to remove the water thats still inside the boiler after the engine has cooled down?
@@eliotreader8220 I just remove the safety valve not the whistle. It allows you to remove most of the water and of course check the valve again physically and visually.
