08-03-2021, 07:16 PM
Hi.
Progress has been impeded by the EF50 valve bases. Both of the two on the main chassis are falling apart. The snag with this is the base forms part of the chassis and the base is a one off type for B/D16T sets. The only way forward is to totally strip the area of components and tag strips and take the chassis to an engineering shop and drill out the chassis to accept a standard base. Quite time consuming plus as yet my local engineering shop is not working to full capacity due to Covid19.
This is certainly going to slow down the repair time.
Progress has been impeded by the EF50 valve bases. Both of the two on the main chassis are falling apart. The snag with this is the base forms part of the chassis and the base is a one off type for B/D16T sets. The only way forward is to totally strip the area of components and tag strips and take the chassis to an engineering shop and drill out the chassis to accept a standard base. Quite time consuming plus as yet my local engineering shop is not working to full capacity due to Covid19.
This is certainly going to slow down the repair time.
Cheers.
Trevor
MM0KJJ. Member of, RSGB, GQRP, WACRAL, K&LARC.
Trevor
MM0KJJ. Member of, RSGB, GQRP, WACRAL, K&LARC.