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ENGINE STARTUP
First startup inside 37 372 with exhaust fitted.
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| The oil supply pipework from and back to the tank has been made and temporarily installed also. The oil tank is set to one side so that it is away from the exhaust.
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| The exhaust system has been installed temporarily to check for fit and to allow pipework and conduits to be arranged to avoid conflicts. Note the lack of a silencer....
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Work is now ongoing on the auxiliary generator, one of the bottom brushboxes obscures the as yet untouched commutator.
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| Brushbox removed for refurbishment and the commutator cleaned and undercut.
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| The newly made exhaust section, no silencer is to be fitted at this stage - the Napier noise will emerge unquietened!
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The newly made air intake which also contains the air intake filter.
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| After a couple of aborted attempts - factors outside of our control - the power unit was installed in 37372 yesterday (Thursday, 16/4/09). Here it is being lifted out of the VDA in which it had been built. The non-horizontal angle is deliberate - the clearance between the auxiliary generator and the van roof was tight, this allowed a little more clearance.
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| Once out of the VDA the power unit rermained suspended for ten minutes or so while the loco was shunted into position. The use of a 4-leg chain for an engine lift is not ideal although the number of times the unit is lifted does not justify a specialist beam.
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With the loco in place, the power unit is lowered down....
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| ....and into the body.
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| The new mountings (see earlier) were left unfixed to allow judicious manoeuvering with the power unit suspended. After remarkably little adjustment and only 90 minutes or so after the crane arrived on site, a T9-29 Deltic engine is seen inside a loco for the first time in over 30 years.
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With the loco roof now on, the power unit is seen from the cubicle (no. 2) end of the loco. And yes, the generator power and control cables are long enough to reach the new installation.
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| No big day is complete without a seminar - so here it is.
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| 37372 standing next to no. 15 in the DPS Depot.
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