Wednesday the 5th April a cooler day started dry then the rain arrived.

 so an early crack on with the Morris brakes and removing the seized pistons on the left rear they had been soaking a week but still required a lump hammer to move then in and break the corroded aluminium holding them. this quick fix took over an hour to get 2 out but free they are and now lubricated so the left rear brake is now assembled and adjusted awaiting the wheel after we can bleed the brakes. The left front cylinder came apart a lot easier and is awaiting a brake shoe reline.

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With the rain now falling it was Foss Cross time and more tools preserved and hung for display whilst Greg cleaned the dark stained top of the /bellows and found the approval and manufacturing stencil on

 it. He had also been busy with the scale weights

Foss Cross is now looking tidy after a quick brush down, cobweb and ivy removal the tools have been checked in the old catalogues ready for an information board. 

The left being agricultural and gardening

The right being engineering and metal working tools

one find after shot blasting a rusty spanner was the LNWR  ( London , North Western Railway) stamped on it so they were running from 1845 to 1922 so it is over 100 years old. Now treated with lanolin oil and graphite powder applied before a final polish to preserve it.

The Scammel battery was charged but it would only idle over the carb cleaned yet again but it ran fine on a full float chamber so was removed stripped and treated to 30 mins in the ultra sonic cleaner at 55 C and the needle valve was then blown through again as it was part blocked but is not strippable.

reassembly proved it was better but still not correct so Greg was left to get it hotter in the ultra sonic and try to remove the jets in the bottom which had thwarted all previous attempts to get them out.

Greg Mike and myself discussed the 4 summer evening work parties where it was decided they should give the Honeybourne signal box displays a good clean.