An in-depth look at the Locomotive Saved from Scrap!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Hello Everyone,
Well. It's home. Thanks to you lovely lot. Now the hard work begins, but just how bad is Ruston 393303 the locomotive rescued from scrap?
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A video featuring:
Lawrie, Presenter - very excited to get stuck in!
Charles, Cameraman - amazed to see a real 'scrapped' locomotive
Tom, Cameraman - already getting stuck in!
A video edited by Lawrie
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Tear it all the way down to the frames take the engine and gearbox apart and clean paint and lube everything going back together. Its as bad as its going to get right now so you might as well go all the way down son you dont need to come back and do it agin.
I don't want to do the gearbox unless I have to. Friend of mine did his and said its the worst job he's ever done 😂
@@lmm Transmissions are not fun, but you’ll be so glad you did it in the long run.
The engine and gearbox will have to come out anyway to clean paint the chassis
@@lmmIt's been sitting for so long, you really should. In the long run, it's the safe option. Restoration should mean fixing everything.
I agree! It’s time to go all in, it’s done then. Plus you’ll learn more stuff and you know she’s done fully.
I have subscribed after watching you collecting it from scrapyard i think it is worth the effort
It’s a big project but pretty straightforward, I’m involved with similar work all the time , take lots of pics of everything, bag up and label everything, it’s the old saying, how do you eat a elephant, one slice at a time
Paddington Springs we rebuild the springs for you
Hi Lawrie, did it have an enclosed cab, like your existing Ruston48,or did it have the earlier steam loco style cab-sides, like Queen Anne, on the Strathspey?
It's newer than 294266, so it'll be the same design
I wonder if Mr Hewes and FitterMatt would come down and do some needle gunning
Fair play mate have to break a few eggs to make an omelette, looking forward to seeing this old girl come back to life
Which railway is this on? I don't remember the Mid Suffolk acquiring Mk1s
Lawrie it's a Ruston not a Rustoff!
13:04 Bro thinks he TF2 Engineer.
If you want a big pressure guage i have a crate full of them .
Oh really? That could be superb!
What's your email ?
@@snowflakemelter1172 Lawrie@lmm.media thanks!
Aw, don't try to run it since the funds are available it should be left to professionals.
Now it's a Ruston. When you're done with it, it will be a Rustoff.
I'll see myself out.
😂😂😂
i hope he names it "RustOff" now.
RustOff the Ruston
I thought it was a Rustin'. Yes, I'm sure: it's a-rustin'.
XD
Why replace the other 3 springs? that sounds like chucking original, historic parts for replacements. if original leaves are sagged but not cracked, then add leaves in addition to originals to restore original height. only replace cracked leaves.
Opening up the crankcase is a good place to start. Before you get a boatload of bull##it ideas filling up the comments here I thought it would be a good idea to mention that more than likely the piston rings are stuck in the cylinders. Since the fuel injection has been open to the weather for who knows how long it’s advisable to pull the injectors as a starting point. After the injectors are pulled fill the cylinders with a 50/50 mix of acetone and transmission fluid either thru the injector tubes or straight thru the intake. The same mix is also good to pour over the valve train under the rocker boxes paying special attention to soak the valve stem’s under the valve spring retainers. Doesn’t hurt to soak the valve stems as it allows the mix to run into the valve guides further helping free up the valve train. Finally, after you’ve soaked the cylinders and top end for a couple of days warm up the outsides of the block with a propane weed burner, doing so for quite a while. The heat from the weed burner helps more than most folks realize to expand the cylinder bores as they’d be while running adding extra clearance is usually all it takes to free the rings from the cylinders. Rocking the engine at the flywheel with a pry bar after it’s been warmed up is usually all it takes to break an engine free after that no matter how corroded the pistons are, even after having cylinders filled with water in most cases. I’ve only had two engines that this didn’t work for and both of them had the crankcases filled with water and mud for years. As far as the injectors, start soaking them in kerosene before you begin disassembling them after they’re removed from the engine as parts washing solvent or gasoline have hardly any lubricity. You may luck out with the injectors after a good soak and avoid rebuilding them altogether since it’s been used as a yard engine.
Anyway, good luck with your newest bad decision.
Ahhh... 50/50 mix of acetone and transmission fluid - Mustie1´s "magical juice" :)
Looks like all the important bits are there and largely intact. A mate of mine who does mechanicy stuff on TH-cam managed to persuade Plus gas to send him some as a freebie (has has around 3k subs). Might be worth giving them a shout and see what they can do for you - it looks like you are going to need a lot of it!
That's a great idea!
I don't think the holes in the frame would be a bad thing to keep. It might make transportation a little easier.
Highlight it, make it a feature.
It's part of the locos history.
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When it has its buffers installed, they are the lifting points.
There will be no functional need for a few rough cut holes in the chassis.
That said, if they don't pose a structural risk, I think they should be left as is, and maybe even by painted in a bright colour to highlight them, as they are a clear visual representation that at one point in this machines life, it was considered to only be worth as much as the weight of the metal that could be melted down.
A restoration is all about preserving the history and this "vandalism" is a part of its history.
Just think, some person sees this bright yellow area with a messy cut out hole and asks, "what's that for".
You have just been presented the opportunity to tell the story.
No repair then fit lifting eyes when restoration is finished .
I like restorations like this because it's basically a "Build your own new-old machine" kit.
There is a little steem engine in a garden the village I live in that needs saving
How much they wanting for it?
@@napsbrickrailways2290 I don't have a clue it looks like it's been in that garden for years
Cool
First thing to do is to get the engine and gearbox out. Then get the wheelsets sorted and make it a rolling chassis. Once you've got the rolling chassis nice, you can gradually sort bits of it out and bolt them on. The YT rail restos where they do the cosmetic bits first, then realise that the work all has to be undone to fix the basic structure - do my head in. (Names will only be mentioned under duress)🤣The order of battle really does matter.
oh boy what fun I envy your task. I'm in the USA so I will just have the luxury of watching. What a great little locomotive!
i vote you name this one after Sir Williams Wife, would make them a matching pair :3
or after you, both are good
I just found this channel recently and damn, I can't wait to see this slowly get restored, love your content, keep it up!
Just donated 50 pounds to the fund. Good luck on the project! I'm from the States, and I would love to see this engine be returned to service.
Thank you!
you'd be surprised on how plants grow in strange places. The museum ship I give tours at had some teak wood deck planks replaced with douglas fur towards the end of its life which turned to mulch. So we had moss and grass growing out of the deck and I would joke during my tours that we had the "Battleship Zen Garden." the deck is nearly done being replaced after many many years of work
Nature, uh, finds, a way :)
Is that jersey your referring to?
@@jamesbuckner4791 Yes, I've been trying not to brag too much about her recently, but I've been there about a year now
It's one heck of a project Lawrie! When you get to the stage where you need electrical work done, give me a shout (electrician by trade), I would be only too happy to help.
I recently bought a 1974 Austin Marina GT, one of about 20 US-Spec Marina coupes left in existence, from a retired mechanic in my town after sitting outside since 1999 with the engine/transmission out. This video makes me feel much better about it.
To unseize some of those things, try using a mixture of 10 parts of the cheapest vegetable oil you can find to 1 part acetone, well mixed and dump it liberally onto those seized up things. The acetone will lead the smallest oil molecules into the tiny nooks and help get things moving.
Ruston 48? More like RUSTED 48, am I right? lol But seriously though! I'm just a broke nobody from the U.S, but I'm so happy for you and that poor forlorn little locomotive! It's so nice to see so many folks support keeping the little machine around. It tells the story of the folks that built and operated it. It's a shining example that we indeed CAN have nice things if we try!
If you’re getting a taste for rescuing Ruston’s from scrapyards…there’s 2 hidden deep in a corner of a scrapyard in Shipley 😜
I was going to mention these, but I didn’t know they were Rustons. I don’t know if the yard is still there,sometime ago there was talk of he site being redeveloped; it was still there in January, but there seemed to e much less scrap in it than there used to be. The yard was rail connected, and there used to be two Diesel shutters in use, but I only saw one the last time I went past. The other two, in the corner were obviously not in use, but I don’t know what condition they are in internally. If they are Rustons, are still there,and the yard is closing they might be for sale. A possible source of parts for this project?
The yard is on the left of the railway just before the line enters Shipley from the Bradford Forster Square direction. The two locomotives are in the corner of the yard nearest the station and could clearly be seen from a passing train. It would be a pity if none of the four locomotives there was saved, or at least used for parts.
Not anymore. They have been cut up
Sounded like an EBay reseller saying “Almost Mint Condition” in front of it.
I would love to see a video of you getting the engine unseesed and running in a hour or longer video if it's needed
I'm sure that's in the future. Unseized.
Just don't screw it up like the people who tried to save a b29 in the snow
Succes with the restoration 🚂🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚂
Strip down and clean up crew required first. Pretty much the start of many a project. You will need a lot of angle grinders with wire brush wheels and a whole lot of green anti corrosive paint. Talking of colour schemes what have you got planned for this loco as it would be interesting to see a interesting industrial livery.
I'm looking forward to the restoration. Good luck 👍
Lawrie, let me know if you need a new "Ruston" Insignia for the nose cut, I have some contacts who could cut and ship it from the US... Dimensions? (Also, thoughts on sponsorship with a rust removal/Rust converter brand? lol, love the content Lawrie!
you say you are in debt to us, i say you can pay that debt by getting a big model railraod and a ruston model train.
Yes there is no way he doesnt do this. he owes us ya know
It's a shame I live in South Australia otherwise I would be there every second weekend helping out, I'm a retired boilermaker with a lot off diesel engine and mechanical experience and this little Ruston would be right up my alley! I know it all comes down to money but if it was up to me I would rebuild the engine and box for good measure not just free it up and hope for the best.
Maybe you could use some bridging pieces with captive nuts inside the frame and fit some neat plates over those gas axed holes? Then you would be preserving that part of it's history but 'tidying it up' a little.
First job strip it back to bare frames and shot blast it weld what needs to be and paint up the main chassis you'll be glad you did if you weren't so far away I would enjoy getting involved with this but unfortunately not feasible for me
I have had some experience in restorations of vehicles like yours in the open air and I would advise you to spend some money and buy a container. A 10 ft one would not be expensive and you would have somewhere to store the bits you take off under lock and key. As I have found to my cost certain people go around sites like the one you are in looking for anything they can steal and sell, better to be safe than sorry.
Arguably better than mint condition: mints only have one hole through them, this locomotive has several!
Hi lawrie wellingborough wagon works had a yellow, green and black ruston. which do you have? were in Cransley scrap yard.
Looking at what's left of the paintwork, looks like green on top and back below.
I think the wagon works had L4, L8 and L10 which were all Ruston 48's
Some original paint left on it
I bet b&q can colour match it 😂
I’m going to nickname this Ruston project as “Rusty”, not because of its current appearance but because Rusty originally saved Stephney from Scrap in the Thomas series and now its his turn, to have the roles reversed and now he’s been rescued in the modern age. Also I think the final finished Ruston would look awesome in Bright orange….😅
Almost complete and ready to drive, it just needs to be completely rebuilt. After all, he has a template of what it should look like.
It truly is a Rust-on 48 lol, super excited to see more on this engine!
That diesel in the tank would be completely knackered
Absolutely in for the work party. Roll on the rebuild!
Talk to the people from Bovington Tank Museum about restoration, at least no one has shot up the loco.
Need to get that motor and transmission off to the machine shop since the funds are already there.
Personally, with all the work needing done I'd very tempted to upgrade as many things as you can while you can to make a sort of super 48. For example the engine has as much power squeezed out of it as possible, better cooling, better breaks, sanders, anything that could be done to upgrade the little loco.
Is there any more info on this at Wellingborough wagon works me and a mate of mine (purple vision) love the history around the area of Wellingborough and this loco could well be a big part of it
Was pleased you managed to save it 😎😎.
Ever so pleased to be able to donate at the very beginning to get her saved.
Enjoying every moment of progress.
Love from Reading Model Engineers.
David and Lily.
Ooh !
That's not far from me.
Been hoping to visit for ages.
wks nos 224345 mod longmore,393303 and 235517. From cohens book by jeffery grayer.
Can't wait until you start tearing into the motor cuz I'm really curious of what the condition of that motor is you know when you start tearing the valve covers off and the head off to be very interesting to see what it's like inside of that engine hopefully you make videos of that
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You need a friendly person with a laser rust remover. If you have not seen then working, they are awesome.
Where was the scrap yard?
It's a gem . Looking forward to seeing it restored
Made a small donation in the original fundraiser and I will happily buy a bag of rust to live on my shelf of all things that are good ... chunk of fordite, mylar from an apollo saturn 5, piece of the berlin wall, bolt from Fred dibnah etc etc
I kind of hope you will keep those gas axe holes in the chassis.
This would be great for one of those Laser rust removal machines to go ham on.
Definitely lives up to its name! Rust-on
For rust removing, i,ve seen a video about DRY ICE BLASTING, with frozen C-O-2.
Would be fun to come out and help out, but I’m in the US… looking forward to future vids
also picture of the 3 in his book.
I would happily help out, I do live in Norfolk & acrually not far away fom Whitwell & Reepham, but I have basic DIY skills at best 🤣
PB Blaster works wonders on rusty things.
I'm not sure if it's sold in Europe. But I imagine it is. Unless your country has some crazy law against it. Lol
Living the dream, How long do you think it will take, 6 months before its up and running.
Looking forward to your progress. 🚂🌄
Do yourself a favor lad take it back to scrap yard lol they'll be making money off you two times You bought it from them and now you're going to pay them to take it back😂
I saw a video on you tube called The Rise and Fall of The Hovertrain - RTV 31 (UK) . at 12:51 minutes in can you id the little loco
Wish I could afford to donate but fair play to all that have well done 👍
Me too.
Soon it will be a posh machine pulling a sleeper, a baggage car, and a dining car. I can almost smell pancakes, butter, and maple syrup.
Copple things 1. call it Skippy 2. a 50.50 mix of atf and acetone is better than diesel 3. that thing you called a alternator liiks like a dynamo to me but i can be wrong
I might be building my own railway museum when I’m older, so I’m probably gonna have to do this sometimes
You'll need to get a good job to fund it all!
This is really terrible of you to toss out that good black soil you bosted about people paying good money for and you tossed it on ground what is wrong with you, you need too go church and explain your sin of bad behavior, and be punished for it in way of less people watching your video and may you have later problems on your rebuild, next time don't be foolish.
There is one of these as a static at Epping Ongar railway, it still has the engine and gearbox in it and is fairly complete, I think you may like to try and buy it off them as they seem to be selling off their stock
Well it's a 88ds, not a 48 ds but it is a fantastic loco
I would love to help you un-stuck that old diesel engine, but im in the USA and i haven't money enough to bring all the tools id need.
He looks like his name would be swanto. I don’t know why, but that’s what my mind is focused on.
Resolve yourself to a lot of disassembly and sandblasting. Might as well do it right.
Lawrie, you’re an absolute life saver. Once restoration is complete, what colour are you gonna paint the rescued Ruston.
I see we have a video series for the next 15 years
Les waffle more work..
mechanically speaking it looks a lot worse than it actually seems, id love to get involved but i have my own locomotives to look after and i live on the other side of the planet. will be an interesting project to follow, best of luck with it. not many engines are saved from the scrappie like this anymore
Fair play to you, put a bit of heat on bolts and some wd,nice project 👍
Great job, so just asking wouldn’t your first job be to get the wheel set fix up so at least you would have one working Rustin . Keep up the great work.
@lmm i would pull the engine and transmission completely strip it to bear metal via sandblast then have the block checked same with the transmission
2 steps forward 1 step back. The diesel will be full of algae.
Thanks Lawrie, good effort! 🙏🙏
A few rattle cans of paint and it is as good as new again.
A bit of welding and a lick o paint and it should be back on the rails!
Is it a worry that on walking into the front room just now my toddler greeted me with... 'Hello Daddy, welcome to the LMM', turned around and continued playing with his Brio? I'm not sure if I need to worry.
He does call the channel 'Man about trains', got to start him early!
I love that 😂
"Almost mint condition," meaning "major issues, needs tuning" lol In truth, I'm looking forward to this restoration. Well done with getting this loco saved!
"I should probably change the oil" means "I have never changed the oil".
Where can we go to learn about getting involved on a work day?
I wanna hit it with a wire brush, just scrape alllll that rust off
I can recomend Jones Springs in the midlands,
>:D LETS GOOOOO so happy you got to save it!
Do not use a, pressure washer on it or it will dissappear
you should rename its to Sr. Lowery