THE SUMMERLANDS CHUFFER

Pearse Leek & Manifold

Ian Webb in New Zealand has now fitted an SCGP1 Chuffer to his Pearse Leek & Manifold - he reports: "Have test run the L&M and am very pleased with it. The pipe produces a very powerful chuff at reasonable speeds and at slow speeds with a good load it is most realistic and impressive."
Ian's notes and photos are below:

  1. Turn loco upside down and remove 2 cheese head brass screws from between the inlet and exhaust steam pipes.
  2. Turn loco right way up and remove smoke box by sliding forward clear of boiler and blower steam pipe and lifting clear of exhaust pipe.
  3. Cut exhaust pipe 54mm above floor plate. Clean and lightly chamfer cut and ream hole. Clean exhaust pipe above super heater tube to aid fitting.
  4. Cut 5mm from end of chuff pipe. (This is optional but will ease bend round superheater tube) Clean and ream cut.
  5. Work chuff pipe over exhaust pipe until top of chuff pipe is 104mm above floor plate.
  6. Tighten bend of exhaust pipe round super heater tube until chuff pipe is vertical and central.
  7. Re fit smoke box, ensuring blower pipe relocates in the smoke box union.
  8. Loosely fit both cheese head screws. A dab of blue tack on the end of the screw driver helps.
  9. Ensure smoke box is fitting properly and chuff pipe is 5mm below top of chimney. Tighten screws.

Very easy to fit. You will note in the photo that I did not reduce the length of the chuffer. I would recommend that this be done though to ease bend round.