I got my drain valve(s) from Accucraft USA, and found I had to Locktite the nut holding the valve together, and Locktite the entire valve into the bottom of the lubricator.
Now that those fixes are accomplished, it is a very handy accessory to have on the engines. Open the drain valve, crack the throttle open a bit and woosh! - the lubricator is empty.
Continue to leave the throttle open, and soon all of the boiler pressure is gone, and you can take the top cap off and water fill the boiler.

Pete--

I guess I missed your post of a couple of weeks back!

My tugboat's cylinder cocks are the cone in cone type as you have. Mind you I do not tend to use the tug as frequently as the trains but they have served well enough. I am sure they came from the Stuart turner catalog of the day 1994 (ish)

your seat mate was correct, I design kayak kits for a "living." my own website for the kayaks is http://www.shearwater-boats.com
here is the link to my tugboat http://shearwater-boats.com/opermodl.html

I rebuilt it again with a fiber washer to keep the pressure on the taper, and it now seems to work.

Posted By Phippsburg Eric on 24 Apr 2012 05:44 AM
Pete-- 
  
  
your seat mate was correct, I design kayak kits for a "living." my own website for the kayaks is http://www.shearwater-boats.com
here is the link to my tugboat http://shearwater-boats.com/opermodl.html

Amazingly, there are a few wood boat/Maine two foot nuts in the world.