. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . edto slam when rclea^ed to close it when Within fifteen minutes of the first man,another reported, Cylinder packing brok-en on right side and blowing bad. Thesecond man guessed wrong; it was on theleft side. This mans mistake cost thecompany $, besides depriving them ofthe use of the engine during the time con-sumed in locating his error. BALANCE STRIPS Bt-OWINC. And yet nothing is easier to locate thantwo such blows as reported. First the valve. The easiest and surestway to detect on whi
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . edto slam when rclea^ed to close it when Within fifteen minutes of the first man,another reported, Cylinder packing brok-en on right side and blowing bad. Thesecond man guessed wrong; it was on theleft side. This mans mistake cost thecompany $, besides depriving them ofthe use of the engine during the time con-sumed in locating his error. BALANCE STRIPS Bt-OWINC. And yet nothing is easier to locate thantwo such blows as reported. First the valve. The easiest and surestway to detect on which side the balancesprings are broken is to put your foot onthe valve stem when engine is workingsteam. The side having the broken stripwill jerk or tremble, and if throttle is notclosed occasionally every few miles to geloil to valve seat, the engine will begin togo lame on that side, and eventually cutvalve or break the weakest part of valvegear. When a balance strip is down, no oilwill get under valve when working valve becomes dry. Therefore thefriction between valve and seat is in-. HOW THE OIL GETS IN. engine is working, it shows that your draftis obstructed from beneath, either bydampers being down or by a heavy clinkeron grates. In this way, you see, you should gener-ally be able to detect what is wrong withyour engine; but if you are still in doubt,open front end the first time you stop ona siding and examine it yourself. Do notdepend on the man in the roundhouse,who may make a change for the worse. From the front end we will pass tovalves and cylinders. STEAM BLOWS. Many men seem to experience consider-able trouble in locating a steam blow. Isaw a report not long ago: Think bal-ance springs are broken in right valve; ifyou dont find it there, look in the leftside. As it happened he guessed right:but you can readily see that it was allguesswork on his part. Suppose he hadguessed wrong, his mistake would havecost the company not less than $l, and ifa stud had
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