Arlon Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Hi Guys & Gals, I guess some of us are still clicking. I was running my Mikado Saturday morning all was going well when my caboose disconnected and I stopped to put it back on. I had run for about 12 min. When I started back up I didn't have any locomotion, Fwd/Rev gearing was working, had 40+ lbs of pressure and blowing off. Throttle was working fine. No motion. Anyone seen this problem before???T.I.A.Arlon R. Sibert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlon Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 Forgot to say it is an Aristocraft Mike with many runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 New to me. Mine has never done that. If you put a blow down valve on it, you could let off the steam some. Maybe some type of vapor block? If it still runs fine, just chalk it up to steam gods and have fun. Were you able to push it any? Might check to make sure you are still quartered correctly. Look for loose nuts. No, not me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlon Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 Jerry, Thanks for responding, Was able to steamup yesterday . Throttle shaft is working Servos respond. Manual mode ,both Fwd/Rev , Throttle work OK. When pressure gets to 40 and pops off from remote moving Mike by hand Fwd/Rev get some resistance from wheels and some sputtering from Cyl. but no desire to go either fwd/rev. I don't think it is getting full steam to cyl. When pressure is at Zero it moves freely by hand both directions. When Fwd is selected from remote and I manually pull in reverse wheels will go backward with a little resistance I wouldn't think they would turn backwards at all.. Same for going in rev. from remote. Maybe steam is blocked somewhere. Arlon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Should be able to find a steam guy there in Vegas. YYou read all the posts in the old Aristo steam forum? Some good info there. Might loosen the safety valve some to get higher pressure. It's under the front dome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 If I may add: if the pressure is 0 and you are able to move the wheels, but when in a direction the wheels are locked, sounds like you are getting steam on both sides of the direction valve, it may be lifting?? Since I don't have one and don't know the type of directional valving can't guess any further than that, sorry. LiG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlon Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Hi Jerry, Ive sent info to Clark Lord to pick his brain too... Thanks for the reply. Arlon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlon Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Thanks Nick, I'll see if I can get some info on that... Arlon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Arlon, lifting of the valve sometimes happens on the cylinder 'slide valves'. Can you describe mechanism the directional servo controls, or a pic? Please share Clark's response, if he allows. LiG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Arlon. Triple R services with Ryan Bednarik could help you out. Ads on some of the forums. He and his dad are steam experts. They did the warming tank for my Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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