Here is a link to Traveling Tom's video from riding behind the SP18 when the piston broke. Piston failure occurs around 35 minutes. th-cam.com/video/tVh0lpmgJ3Q/w-d-xo.html
WHAT A WHISTLE!!! Sent chills down my spine, especially the quick toots while switching... sounds very similar to Nevada Northern's 40... here's hoping for a quick recovery for #18!
Just a great video that brings back the old days of steam railroading. Stuff happens and this is how they did it back in the day. I am sure that the 19 will be back better than ever and sooner than later!
@11:54 that cylinder bore is really damaged. all those dents in it.. since they have to make a new piston.. they might be able to design it with a super wide piston ring.. to ride right across those gouges. it will need to be probably a composite piston ring.. with a tool steel or stainless steel main section and a T shaped cast iron insert to reduce friction on the liner. i don't know if pacific piston ring in culver city can create a piston ring combo that large.. they might be able to. that could allow the damaged bore to be run with a fresh custom piston. might also make a steel piston with a bolt on cast iron 2 piece flange.. so the wide piston ring can be assembled to the piston easily.. the outer is still cast iron to reduce wear on the bore.. but the center is steel.. its just a thought. i don't know how the piston is attached to the connecting rod.. but there are enough hydraulic cylinder shops around that a used piece of hydraulic ram shafting could be sourced fairly easily.. tractor wrecking yards might have some donors also for a big hydraulic rod.. scrapers, big bull dozers might have something. of the a larger diameter and longer length than is needed..
The way the cylinder cover failed indicates at first, the nut on the piston shaft came loose, but the photo of this detail appears to show it welded to the shaft, (odd engineering) therefore the piston must have fractured around and behind the nut, allowing the piston to move forward to contact and hammer the opening in the cylinder cover, the question is what caused the piston to fracture, several explanations are, metal fatigue, water carry over some time earlier (water hammer) causing the fractures to finally fail due to the combinations of steam pressure and poor or lack of lubrication, a more detail examination may reveal other factors not evident in the photo's.
Possibly water "carry over". If the water level in the boiler was to high and the engine was working hard upgrade it would be possible to pull liquid water through the dry pipe, down into the steam chest and into the cylinder. There is very little clearance between the head and the piston at dead center and because water doesn't compress something has to give. This is why steam engines are equipped with "cylinder cocks" to give water somewhere to escape when the engines are cold or have been sitting where steam can condense.
@@oldiron1223 But water carry over- is very unlikely from a superheater boiler while its working up a steep gradient. it's also punched out the middle of the cylinder head so did the retaining nut come loose?
So..., 2 Locos did the exact same thing on the exact same side on the exact same line??? WTH? How does this happen and my heart goes out to them~!!! Good Luck on #13 and #18.
I agree with your comments (oldiron) and I am well aware of priming and causes as you have indicated, there was no sign of that prior to the failure in the video's that day, but damage may have occurred days or weeks before if at all, as I suggested it maybe only one of many possible causes for the piston to move forward on the shaft and impact with the cylinder cover, and the failure was unfortunate, but quick action by the crew and the low speed at the time reduced the damage, I have seen more severe damage to locomotives when water carry over or priming occurs at higher speed, bent con rod, bent piston shaft, front of the cylinder casting fractured or broken away, resulting in the loco being written off, (scrapped) they were lucky.
Is the left piston being lubricated when it is being towed and the rest of the drive linkages on both sides as well? I know nothing about steam locomotives. I was a kid when they were fazed out but they still fascinate me.
On the #18 the piston and valve are only lubricated by a hydrostatic lubricator that's puts oil in the steam. Since no steam, they manually oiled them up before they headed back and again at Hermosa. The other stuff is always manually greased and oiled including filling gravity oil cups.
Hopefully when she let go nothing was knocked out of time, likely the cylinder head was intentionally the weak spot to save the main cross casting, Wont take long to weld back together and ram up a aluminum casting to cast the iron one. Couldnt have happened at a better place with world class shop and mechanics. As I mentioned before at leaste no one was injured. Thank you for sharing.
I thought everything on D&SNGRR seems to have some tilting! That's what makes it charming. And, yes, the cab appears to slope to the rear; perhaps to discard rain?
Hi Ford Lover, parts are in or coming in and being machined. They plan some work train runs in July and revenue runs in Aug. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Looks to me like it will need to be sleeved, course thats the diesel mechanic of me looking at that, not sure if its a sleeve, or can be sleeved. Should be able to seriously upgrade the pistons, maybe even some forged ones.
Hi Evan, Thanks for watching and commenting on my videos. It's my understanding that the old piston was in poor shape and repaired when she was previously restored. Funds and intended use did not warrant a better repair at the time. She was working her hardest when the piston came apart. Fortunately it did not damage the cylinder.
That Powell 3 Chime on 482 sounds like a ghost train that can be used for a Halloween Haunted Ghost Train on Halloween night in October. Picture this, the heavy mist and fog rises along the track with the full moon rising on Halloween night, and then out of nowhere came a ghost train blowing it's lonesome Powell 3 Chime whistle. Be careful this Halloween night because you might be next in line! And every year on the date of the accident, it runs again as a warning to others. Plunging into the gap, shrieking like a lost soul.
If it was water how would it only damage the front it should have damage both sides they would open the cylinder Cox and you would notice one plugged my guess is metal fatigue especially if it's cast iron
Considering the age, I could say cap OR piston. But both? No mater what, the piston had to go 1st. My guess we will never know. They will tear into the repair & ditch the junk & not waste the time or money on investigation on the old parts. @@plymouth-hl20ton37
I hope so too I hope the Durango & Silverton can make a new one if the Piston is broken because keep in mind that they own one of the most modern steam locomotive repair facilities in the world
Hi Wolfgang, I was surprised that the cylinder wasn't damaged. Having worked in the D&S machine shop it's not a difficult repair. Just need new parts cast. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@whitcraft2 I would imagine since the one that didn't fail was cast by the same place as the one that did, they would just as a precaution have two new ones cast. Or am I wrong to think that?
Hi Weldy, The cylinder head was broken from a piece of the broken piston getting caught between the piston rod and the cutout/relief machined into the cylinder head. Watching and listening to videos from others, what was left of the piston was not attached and moving 100% with the rod when the hole got punched and the cover fell off.
Cameron Johnston thank you for the information. I know I’m not in charge of this or anything but it’s just a suggestion. Any way of maybe switching 482’s Powell 3 Chime and 480’s new Nathan 6 Chime? I feel like 6 Chimes fit 482 better as it has worn a variety of 6s over the years and 480 has worn a variety of 3s over the years. Again, I know I’m not the one making decisions, but I just thought I’d ask and make a suggestion. :)
Hi Scott, good question. On the #18 the piston and valve are only lubricated by a hydrostatic lubricator that's puts oil in the steam. Since no steam, they manually oiled them up before they headed back and again at Hermosa. Some engines have a/or additional mechanical lubricator that works off the wheel crank/eccentric.
The clank of the rods is always there, it was the solution to binding on curves. Before they figured this out, engines had blind (flangeless) wheels on the inner drivers.
Good question Bob. I thought the same. Disconnecting the main rod would have been a lot more work than driving out one key on the end of piston rod and pulling the rod out the front they already had off.
What was the lubrication situation for the #18 (being pulled back to Durango)? The mechanical lubricator should take care of some but what about the "steam oil" parts? And it goes what out saying, another great video.
Hi Joel, I wondered the same but don't know exactly. The D&S shop crew is familiar with towing dead locomotive and several involved with her "Retrieval" were part or her recent restoration.Thanks for your kind words.
I've actually heard this same sound on alot of towed steamers, I believe it is because there's a bit of slop in there by design, as I assisted with some parts on Rio Grande 223, I noticed quite a bit of slop with alot of things like rods and linkages
Hi N&W 2156 Y6a. Anything plowed and gets sun is dry but accumulation and piles of snow will be around for a while at Cascades wye. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great video I sincerely hope that the 18 will get repaired and I didn't know that the engine was on loan to the railroad I thought she was only visiting
Hi Tex, The D&SNG and CCR are both committed to making all of the necessary repairs in a proper manner so that #18 will again operate on the D&SNG prior to it's return to California later in the year. Statement from Carson & Colorado Railway web site.
@@whitcraft2 how long is the number 18 going to stay at the D&SNG? Are they basically using her as a duplicate for the crew to have a feel of an oil-fired locomotive so don't know how to operate the 493 when she's brought back to life as an oil burner?
Hey Tex, I have heard that the Slim Princess will be here through the summer. I hope through fall colors that is mid/late September. Her visit here has many benefits as you mentioned but also many railfans have come to love and see her.
@@whitcraft2 hey Bob I sincerely hope that the dsng will be able to fix and replace the broken piston I'm starting to see comments that they have to get donations to do that
Cylinder liner failed causing the piston to shatter...they're going to use the undamaged cylinder to make a patter to forge a new one, and replace the cylinder liners in the other cylinder at the same time they put new ones in the new cylinder, and a new piston as well.
@@zaklex3165 that makes sense to replace the other one as well. If one failed it is near certain that the other could go next as well. Good to hear that both will be replaced and not just the one that broke. Better safe than sorry.
@@Robotechnology101 They only mentioned about replacing the cylinder liners as the failure of that is what caused the piston to blow out, piston and cylinder itself are not being replaced.
Hi Hachiroko, according to Jeff Johnson, general manager of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad they are completing repairs on the SP18 in the shortest timetable possible so it may run this summer before returning home to Inyo County in September. Thanks for watching.
Bob Whitney Jeff Johnson is a very good friend of my Husband's and mine, (he's a good fiddle player too,) you can trust him. God Bless You.
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She'll be just fine. It's a straightforward repair. The only trick is going to be insuring the replacement parts are cast from material that's at LEAST up to the spec the 1911 engineers wrote. Much of the cast iron I've received...and rejected...from China and India was poor grade porous mystery-metal, made from melted down scrap of unknown composition. Not acceptable.
That's a problem the world is facing. Cheaper is....cheap. I have a friend who has recently closed down his engineering factory because he can no longer get competitive prices on our steel (Australia) and the fail rate of the Chinese crap is astronomical. I've lived and worked with chinese for many years and it is way past time we in "the West" understood these people and their idea of business better than we presently do. They are not of our mindset and they just don't care about tomorrow.
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@@petercallaghan9851 Thanks for your input. You'd be amazed (well, maybe not) by the number of times people have screamed "racist" at me when I've spoken about the poor quality of much of what is produced in China. Never mind that my observations are always based on personal experience and lab testing. Political correctness has NO PLACE IN ENGINEERING.
@RedFox1 Even though I'm Australia I am a huge fan of a site called "Shorpy", which is a photographic history of the best of America. I miss John Wayne's America!!!!
@@1racemate hey John that was the joke J-B weld is an epoxy putty you buy an auto parts store that you mix together and people use it to fix many things
Here is a link to Traveling Tom's video from riding behind the SP18 when the piston broke. Piston failure occurs around 35 minutes. th-cam.com/video/tVh0lpmgJ3Q/w-d-xo.html
Really great video. Love everything about it. The snow in beautiful and so is the train and scenery. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Valerie, Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it.
WHAT A WHISTLE!!! Sent chills down my spine, especially the quick toots while switching... sounds very similar to Nevada Northern's 40... here's hoping for a quick recovery for #18!
Hi Jon, thanks for watching and commenting. I liked it as well.
Nothing beats the sound of a steam whistle sounding off on a cold day!!!!!
Just a great video that brings back the old days of steam railroading. Stuff happens and this is how they did it back in the day. I am sure that the 19 will be back better than ever and sooner than later!
You mean 18? Lol
Hi Charles, Thanks for watching and the kind comments. I agree and, She will be back!
I hope the repairs are filmed. I would like to see that.
@11:54 that cylinder bore is really damaged. all those dents in it.. since they have to make a new piston.. they might be able to design it with a super wide piston ring.. to ride right across those gouges. it will need to be probably a composite piston ring.. with a tool steel or stainless steel main section and a T shaped cast iron insert to reduce friction on the liner. i don't know if pacific piston ring in culver city can create a piston ring combo that large.. they might be able to. that could allow the damaged bore to be run with a fresh custom piston. might also make a steel piston with a bolt on cast iron 2 piece flange.. so the wide piston ring can be assembled to the piston easily.. the outer is still cast iron to reduce wear on the bore.. but the center is steel.. its just a thought. i don't know how the piston is attached to the connecting rod.. but there are enough hydraulic cylinder shops around that a used piece of hydraulic ram shafting could be sourced fairly easily.. tractor wrecking yards might have some donors also for a big hydraulic rod.. scrapers, big bull dozers might have something. of the a larger diameter and longer length than is needed..
Put a sleeve in that cylinder?
@@buddyy999 that would take care of it.. looks like it already got one from the last blow up. there are videos of line boring 4014's cylinders..
That's a nice powell 3 chime on 482.
The video while you were pacing the tow was wonderful (@13:20)
Hi Stan, Thanks for watching and your "wonderful" comment.
Thanks for doing this video for us! Saw the piston video and enjoyed it. Thanks for taking the time to show us the after!
No bell too! Just lovely steam music!!
The way the cylinder cover failed indicates at first, the nut on the piston shaft came loose, but the photo of this detail appears to show it welded to the shaft, (odd engineering) therefore the piston must have fractured around and behind the nut, allowing the piston to move forward to contact and hammer the opening in the cylinder cover, the question is what caused the piston to fracture, several explanations are, metal fatigue, water carry over some time earlier (water hammer) causing the fractures to finally fail due to the combinations of steam pressure and poor or lack of lubrication, a more detail examination may reveal other factors not evident in the photo's.
Possibly water "carry over". If the water level in the boiler was to high and the engine was working hard upgrade it would be possible to pull liquid water through the dry pipe, down into the steam chest and into the cylinder. There is very little clearance between the head and the piston at dead center and because water doesn't compress something has to give. This is why steam engines are equipped with "cylinder cocks" to give water somewhere to escape when the engines are cold or have been sitting where steam can condense.
@@oldiron1223 But water carry over- is very unlikely from a superheater boiler while its working up a steep gradient. it's also punched out the middle of the cylinder head so did the retaining nut come loose?
First time I've ever heard another engine using the same whistle that NN#40 uses.
So..., 2 Locos did the exact same thing on the exact same side on the exact same line??? WTH? How does this happen and my heart goes out to them~!!! Good Luck on #13 and #18.
Rhiannon, where do you get "2 Locos did the exact same thing" and #13?
Please explain 🤔
@@jamesm6638- Like watching the replay...... and making the same bad bet?
Very sad that this happened, but great footage & update. Great channel & I just subscribed 👍😎
Thanks and welcome, thanks for watching.
Wander if it was wear n tear heat cycles got a fatigue crack it took that fire up and hour trip to do the piston in.
I agree with your comments (oldiron) and I am well aware of priming and causes as you have indicated, there was no sign of that prior to the failure in the video's that day, but damage may have occurred days or weeks before if at all, as I suggested it maybe only one of many possible causes for the piston to move forward on the shaft and impact with the cylinder cover, and the failure was unfortunate, but quick action by the crew and the low speed at the time reduced the damage, I have seen more severe damage to locomotives when water carry over or priming occurs at higher speed, bent con rod, bent piston shaft, front of the cylinder casting fractured or broken away, resulting in the loco being written off, (scrapped) they were lucky.
Is the left piston being lubricated when it is being towed and the rest of the drive linkages on both sides as well? I know nothing about steam locomotives. I was a kid when they were fazed out but they still fascinate me.
On the #18 the piston and valve are only lubricated by a hydrostatic lubricator that's puts oil in the steam. Since no steam, they manually oiled them up before they headed back and again at Hermosa. The other stuff is always manually greased and oiled including filling gravity oil cups.
Lovely shots 👍🏻
Thanks for watching and "Lovely" comment.
You're very welcome ! :)
Hopefully when she let go nothing was knocked out of time, likely the cylinder head was intentionally the weak spot to save the main cross casting, Wont take long to weld back together and ram up a aluminum casting to cast the iron one.
Couldnt have happened at a better place with world class shop and mechanics.
As I mentioned before at leaste no one was injured.
Thank you for sharing.
Hi David, Thanks again for watching and commenting.
Hope they take great care of SP 18
She is well taken care of by the D&S. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Poor Number 18, Hope she'll be back steaming soon!
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great video thank you for Sharing! Great videography
Hi bmw, Thanks for watching and your kind words.
Anyone else think the cab on the 18 is leaning backwards?
I thought everything on D&SNGRR seems to have some tilting! That's what makes it charming. And, yes, the cab appears to slope to the rear; perhaps to discard rain?
It really sucks seeing a steam locomotive broken like this, hopefully good old 18 will be repaired soon.
Hi Ford Lover, parts are in or coming in and being machined. They plan some work train runs in July and revenue runs in Aug. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Looks to me like it will need to be sleeved, course thats the diesel mechanic of me looking at that, not sure if its a sleeve, or can be sleeved. Should be able to seriously upgrade the pistons, maybe even some forged ones.
Was the reason ever found on what caused the piston to fail???
Hi Evan, Thanks for watching and commenting on my videos. It's my understanding that the old piston was in poor shape and repaired when she was previously restored. Funds and intended use did not warrant a better repair at the time. She was working her hardest when the piston came apart. Fortunately it did not damage the cylinder.
@@whitcraft2 I see and glad she got fixed and continued running til she left in fall 2019
That Powell 3 Chime on 482 sounds like a ghost train that can be used for a Halloween Haunted Ghost Train on Halloween night in October. Picture this, the heavy mist and fog rises along the track with the full moon rising on Halloween night, and then out of nowhere came a ghost train blowing it's lonesome Powell 3 Chime whistle. Be careful this Halloween night because you might be next in line! And every year on the date of the accident, it runs again as a warning to others. Plunging into the gap, shrieking like a lost soul.
You paint a haunting visual. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@whitcraft2 Brian Falzon nicked that from the Rev. W Awdry (Percy's Ghost)!
When the incident occurred, that cylinder was very dry. Didn’t look as if it had any oil in it at all.
Looks like water locked piston blew & took out the head cap too.
They said it blew while moving, I would tend to think, water would clean out on the move.
Maybe consider parts for left side too, before a 2nd blow out.
If it was water how would it only damage the front it should have damage both sides they would open the cylinder Cox and you would notice one plugged my guess is metal fatigue especially if it's cast iron
Considering the age, I could say cap OR piston. But both? No mater what, the piston had to go 1st. My guess we will never know. They will tear into the repair & ditch the junk & not waste the time or money on investigation on the old parts. @@plymouth-hl20ton37
That's not good news, let's hope the piston damage can be repaired. So that the locomotive can drive again soon.
I hope so too I hope the Durango & Silverton can make a new one if the Piston is broken because keep in mind that they own one of the most modern steam locomotive repair facilities in the world
@@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan I hope that this locomotive can be repaired again. It would be a pity for such a rare locomotive.
Hi Wolfgang, I was surprised that the cylinder wasn't damaged. Having worked in the D&S machine shop it's not a difficult repair. Just need new parts cast. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@whitcraft2 I would imagine since the one that didn't fail was cast by the same place as the one that did, they would just as a precaution have two new ones cast. Or am I wrong to think that?
Hi Weldy, The cylinder head was broken from a piece of the broken piston getting caught between the piston rod and the cutout/relief machined into the cylinder head. Watching and listening to videos from others, what was left of the piston was not attached and moving 100% with the rod when the hole got punched and the cover fell off.
482's bell reminds me of 475's Bell a little bit
Have 482 Return to Rio grande Paint for a photo freight
That’s not good with 18. That Powell 3 Chime in 482 sounds pretty good! Any idea if it’s going to stay or if it’s temporary?
Thanks again for watching and commenting.
Bob Whitney you’re welcome
The whistle is an employees whistle. All of us in the shop like it so it'll stay for now
Cameron Johnston thank you for the information. I know I’m not in charge of this or anything but it’s just a suggestion. Any way of maybe switching 482’s Powell 3 Chime and 480’s new Nathan 6 Chime? I feel like 6 Chimes fit 482 better as it has worn a variety of 6s over the years and 480 has worn a variety of 3s over the years. Again, I know I’m not the one making decisions, but I just thought I’d ask and make a suggestion. :)
Will it run again
Yes, it will
Definitely
Is the piston that is still moving getting lubrication during a tow like this?
Hi Scott, good question. On the #18 the piston and valve are only lubricated by a hydrostatic lubricator that's puts oil in the steam. Since no steam, they manually oiled them up before they headed back and again at Hermosa. Some engines have a/or additional mechanical lubricator that works off the wheel crank/eccentric.
@@whitcraft2 Thanks for the answer. I want to get out there soon.
The "clank clank" of the unloaded 'rods' (correct terminology?) on #18 is ... sad.
'Rod clank' of the main rods is normal from a drifting engine or one being towed.
The clank of the rods is always there, it was the solution to binding on curves. Before they figured this out, engines had blind (flangeless) wheels on the inner drivers.
And the main rods were not disconnected?????
OK i see what they did, WELL DONE
Good question Bob. I thought the same. Disconnecting the main rod would have been a lot more work than driving out one key on the end of piston rod and pulling the rod out the front they already had off.
@@whitcraft2 Thanks Bob, great reply
They don’t need to be disconnected. They will still go round and still be well lubricated during the tow.
What was the lubrication situation for the #18 (being pulled back to Durango)? The mechanical lubricator should take care of some but what about the "steam oil" parts?
And it goes what out saying, another great video.
Hi Joel, I wondered the same but don't know exactly. The D&S shop crew is familiar with towing dead locomotive and several involved with her "Retrieval" were part or her recent restoration.Thanks for your kind words.
Joel Harrison 18 does not have a mechanical lubricator. Only a hydrostatic lubricator
I’m not so sure those drive rods clanging is good. It sounds like another problem about to end up like the piston failure was.
I've actually heard this same sound on alot of towed steamers, I believe it is because there's a bit of slop in there by design, as I assisted with some parts on Rio Grande 223, I noticed quite a bit of slop with alot of things like rods and linkages
@@sgtwylde1996 I remember seeing 223 rotting away in liberty park. Can't wait to see her run again.
I love the 482s whistle, very unique. Also was there snow at the Cascades wye?
Hi N&W 2156 Y6a. Anything plowed and gets sun is dry but accumulation and piles of snow will be around for a while at Cascades wye. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Are those east broad top hoppers ?
Hi Farmer Dave,They are EBT hoppers.
The steam whistle was rather annoying, every few seconds wa wa wa!
Sorry Graham, I will keep this in mind when I capture and edit.
Great video I sincerely hope that the 18 will get repaired and I didn't know that the engine was on loan to the railroad I thought she was only visiting
Hi Tex,
The D&SNG and CCR are both committed to making all of the necessary repairs in a proper manner so that #18 will again operate on the D&SNG prior to it's return to California later in the year. Statement from Carson & Colorado Railway web site.
@@whitcraft2 how long is the number 18 going to stay at the D&SNG? Are they basically using her as a duplicate for the crew to have a feel of an oil-fired locomotive so don't know how to operate the 493 when she's brought back to life as an oil burner?
Hey Tex, I have heard that the Slim Princess will be here through the summer. I hope through fall colors that is mid/late September. Her visit here has many benefits as you mentioned but also many railfans have come to love and see her.
@@whitcraft2 cool thanks for telling me great to hear
@@whitcraft2 hey Bob I sincerely hope that the dsng will be able to fix and replace the broken piston I'm starting to see comments that they have to get donations to do that
How did that even happen
Cylinder liner failed causing the piston to shatter...they're going to use the undamaged cylinder to make a patter to forge a new one, and replace the cylinder liners in the other cylinder at the same time they put new ones in the new cylinder, and a new piston as well.
@@zaklex3165 that makes sense to replace the other one as well. If one failed it is near certain that the other could go next as well. Good to hear that both will be replaced and not just the one that broke. Better safe than sorry.
@@Robotechnology101 They only mentioned about replacing the cylinder liners as the failure of that is what caused the piston to blow out, piston and cylinder itself are not being replaced.
How long is the ol' 18 staying at the D&SNGRy for?
Hi Hachiroko, according to Jeff Johnson, general manager of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad they are completing repairs on the SP18 in the shortest timetable possible so it may run this summer before returning home to Inyo County in September. Thanks for watching.
Bob Whitney Jeff Johnson is a very good friend of my Husband's and mine, (he's a good fiddle player too,) you can trust him. God Bless You.
She'll be just fine. It's a straightforward repair. The only trick is going to be insuring the replacement parts are cast from material that's at LEAST up to the spec the 1911 engineers wrote. Much of the cast iron I've received...and rejected...from China and India was poor grade porous mystery-metal, made from melted down scrap of unknown composition. Not acceptable.
They should have bought Baldwin's extended warranty.
That's a problem the world is facing. Cheaper is....cheap. I have a friend who has recently closed down his engineering factory because he can no longer get competitive prices on our steel (Australia) and the fail rate of the Chinese crap is astronomical. I've lived and worked with chinese for many years and it is way past time we in "the West" understood these people and their idea of business better than we presently do. They are not of our mindset and they just don't care about tomorrow.
@@petercallaghan9851 Thanks for your input. You'd be amazed (well, maybe not) by the number of times people have screamed "racist" at me when I've spoken about the poor quality of much of what is produced in China. Never mind that my observations are always based on personal experience and lab testing. Political correctness has NO PLACE IN ENGINEERING.
@ Political Correctness in Engineering sounds like the M.D has already signed off on the autopsy.
@RedFox1 Even though I'm Australia I am a huge fan of a site called "Shorpy", which is a photographic history of the best of America. I miss John Wayne's America!!!!
A little J-B Weld and things will be good
Hi Leo Menchey. Thanks for watching and your funny comment.
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@@1racemate hey John that was the joke J-B weld is an epoxy putty you buy an auto parts store that you mix together and people use it to fix many things
Guy