Keith has cleaned the vast majority of the brake gear and so far most are sitting in primer. During this process we did say good bye to one of our grinders, but to say it had last since late 2012 is pretty good going.
Today's progress was in two forms. Keith spent the morning cleaning yet more brake rigging, mainly anything not done which seems to be the small items. Meanwhile underneath, the two release valves and the east connecting pipe were taken off, much to the surprise of yet more oil still in the pipe. This was again collected in any spare container we could find. Also this is an interesting task, as some bolts are actually stuck in place till other items are dis-assembled.
Copyright Tommy Lees 2014
The photo above shows the west release valve. If anybody has or knows of a spare then please do get in touch as we ideally need one for our other project at present A6071.
The afternoon work today concerned the ever so tough job of removing four bolts, that connect the T pipe with the barrel. The problem was they were a mix of bolts. No two were the same which made moving them tricky. Never the less, with an adjustable spanner, a metal pipe, 7 smaller spanners and two team members using their lunchtime energy, the job was completed in an hour and a half. Who ever put the bolts on knew what they were doing.
Copyright Keith Lloyd 2014
The Photo above shows A6581 from the east side, showing the missing brake gear and the amount of weathering which has occurred. We have tried to take as many photos as possible as the Shell Lubricant Oil writing is fading quickly.
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