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Hi,
My mogul has developed a very bad gimp over time and today I thought I could fix it. I thought it was just the timing. One side looked ok, but the other side had to be adjusted so that the line on the valve touched the steam chest. I moved the engine by hand and things seemed to have improved so I fired the engine up and it ran better than ever in reverse but when I put the engine in foward it went maybe a quarter revolution and slammed to a stop. I tried it again and the same thing. I shut off steam and moved it by hand and although there is a slight stiff spot it moved ok in both directions by hand. But, as soon as I gave it steam it froze in foward again even with me pushing by hand. I checked the reversing valve and the line appears to touch when the engine is in nuetral (which is the way it is supposed to be right???)
So where is my problem
please help!
Matt
My mogul has developed a very bad gimp over time and today I thought I could fix it. I thought it was just the timing. One side looked ok, but the other side had to be adjusted so that the line on the valve touched the steam chest. I moved the engine by hand and things seemed to have improved so I fired the engine up and it ran better than ever in reverse but when I put the engine in foward it went maybe a quarter revolution and slammed to a stop. I tried it again and the same thing. I shut off steam and moved it by hand and although there is a slight stiff spot it moved ok in both directions by hand. But, as soon as I gave it steam it froze in foward again even with me pushing by hand. I checked the reversing valve and the line appears to touch when the engine is in nuetral (which is the way it is supposed to be right???)
So where is my problem
please help!
Matt