Tools supplied with Caradac

[Old Tom]

OK, I can work out that (from left to right) the 10BA nut runner is worth it's weight in gold if you want to take the loco apart, that the nuts and bolts could be useful sometime and that the Hex wrench is for removing the knob from the regulator...

but what is the T-piece for??

Yours,
Mystified of Crawley Down

 

[dragon]

Without seeing a close up of the end it is difficult to judge.

 

[Old Tom]

Here's a close up. There's just a hole in the botoom - no thread at all....

 

[MRail]

OK, I can work out that the Hex wrench is for removing the knob from the regulator...

but what is the T-piece for??

Tom,

I believe the hex wrench is actually for re-gauging the wheels.

I haven't seen the T piece before.

 

[andyspencer]

T piece is for undoing the lub drain, and water level drain if its tight. All the new accy locos now have 'O' ring seals so only need to be finger tight, so you should never need to use it. But the older engines had a cone shaped seal, which sometimes leak if not tightened up.

Happy Steamin!

 

[bobg]

I have two of those, one for Countess and one for Excelsior. They are for undoing the valve on the bottom of the displacement lubricator. Quite why they are the shape they are escapes me as they are not very convenient to use, and don't really fit. You just pop it on the peg and pull sideways. I'm sure I could probably design something much better if so inclined. They also fit the boiler overflow valve (if fitted). It helps when the valve is hot....saves one from burning ones digits!

 

[Ferrysteam]

Actually,I don't think anyone really knows what the tee piece is for,it's certainly the wrong shape to tighten the oil or overflow taps.

 

[New Haven Neil]

No, that's what it's for Allen, you use the hole up the end to go over the T piece! Sort of as an extension to the T bar. We used to call them 'wheel keys' at sea - as in valve wheels.

Pretty usless really, but that is is it's intended purpose.

 

[Ferrysteam]

We used to use an angled forked bar in the steelworks.

 

[Old Tom]

Thanks everyone, my mind is at rest knowing that I haven't missed something important.

 

[brianthesnail96]

Stops you frazzling your fingers on the hot drain when getting steam up!

I always call them "noggins" but no-one ever knows what I mean when I do.