Black Country Lee

There is a tug moored in Hawne Basin on the Dudley No.2 that has full R/C, they show it off at the local boat shows. Quite a clever idea for single handers' until the insurance get involved. Lee.

Back flushing will be fine, best to do it 3 or 4 times in opposing directions to completely clear any 'crud' out. Lee.

Willing crew here if anyone is short handed

Yes water pump is driven by the primary gearbox shaft. After much annoyance I've sort of joey rigged it as Tony Brooks has it but I need to pick up a bit more hosing lol

Opposite pipe to label to hot or cold side of the engine ? Lee.

Anyone up near the Waterfront is welcome to pop along to shake their heads and tut loudly as I'm doing this, there'll be no charge Lee. I've picked up an 72 deg/C thermostat for a LR TD5... Single pipe to skin tank, bypass to Caloifier inlet, 3rd pipe to the hot side of the engine if my brain is working lol

Sorry about the angle lol Lee.

It's a single cylinder Kingfisher engine, it has one inlet and one outlet, no heater take-off unfortunately. As above Richard. There are pipes everywhere that is how I ended up confusing myself lol. Let me add some description to a photo and I'll add it to clarify my confusion. Lee.

I'm overhauling the cooling system on Tara as it takes hours to get any hot water through the calorifier... The blue lines are the existing system which has an open bridge connection prior to the engine (bit daft IMO) so I'm thinking of an isolating valve here (or simply removing it entirely). It also has no thermostat fitted so takes an age to get warm enough to heat the HWS to a satisfactory temperature, does any think the thermostat (X) is in the correct place? I thought here as it would negate the need to have a bypass fitted (or run the calorifier off said bypass) to feed the HWS first before the return to the skin tank?? Lee. ETA:- Perhaps the bridge should stay with a closure but going to the skin tank side of the thermostat just in case the calorifier ever gets drained down?

As this is in Banters/Socials is this an invite for us lot to come round and do the digging for you? Lee.

Now that's a christening by fire for a first trip! I'll check for stoppages if you know the date you are collecting on. Lee.

I agree with DS and FTS, after the paper burns away and the kindling gets soft after burning a short while the weight of the thicker/heavier wood or coal above collapses onto the kindling extinguishing the fire and making lots of smoke. Upside down every time for me Lee.

I thought that but could it possibly be looking along from the Delph back towards Blowers Green? Where the embankment is now just before The Waterfront? Round Oak had it's own colliery IIRC? I've been racking my brains for Brickworks to the north side of Brummagum and can only think of Baggeridge and the one out towards Kingswinford where the Pensnett Trading Estate is now that the name of escapes me. Lee.

No point me having a wine rack, it never survives long enough out of the shopping bag to get stored Lee.

Could it be Baggeridge Brickworks near Penn? Lee.