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The best way to reassemble the filter pack was upright, this view shows the finished article waiting to be removed to the gantry for refitting to the power unit.

This view shows the oil filter pack refitted to the power unit, also in this view you will notice to the left hand side two fuel filters also ex-class 47. Again meticulously cleaned and painted. You can also see some of the pipes that have also been repainted. Other work carried out on the power unit has been at the generator end with the covers removed, ballast dust has been removed from the coils and windings, a very delicate job where you just cant chissel it off or you will damage the varnish on the coil windings. Other areas of progress, the two hand rails found on the power unit that run across the top of the crank case doors and double as an oil leak off pipe were removed and found to be blocked up, so again these were pressure washed and repainted. these will be essential when we are climbing up and down on the power unit this coming summer when we replace the pistons and liners. On that front we would like ot thank Mike Kerry for supplying us with two liners and shell bearings, we can reassure share holders taht the re-build of A bank component wise is ready to go and and the same time B bank will be stripped and, providing we don't find any horror stories, will be rebuilt straight away after acquiring some more piston top rings.

Mike Pember January 2006

Having dismantled the filter pack 4 filters were removed and the actual filters were dismantled, steam cleaned and the filters themselves were replaced with new ones, as were the O rings with thanks to our colleagues in the brush type 4 fund for helping us on this front. The filter itself is from 47114 and was acquired last year on a visit to Booths Scrap Yard. Also stamped on some of the castings was the number D1730.

Following on from our last up-date the planned re-build of a bank didn't take place due to hold ups in acquiring top piston rings. With thanks to Andre Kent of the Stratford Class 47 Group we were put on to a supplier who could supply our requirements at a reasonable price, having been quoted almost three hundred pounds per ring by rail part, so the decision was taken that, whilst we procurred replacement shell bearings and piston rings we would occupy our time with the re-build of the free end of the power unit. All pipes that were still remaining on the free end fuel and water were removed, steam cleaned and painted. The actual main casting, which is aluminium on the free end was steam cleaned and painted and a replacement stud, which was broken, was also removed and repaired. The main part of this exercise was the fuel filter pack and the above view shows the main carcus being painted.