A careless sudden change of direction jammed my Prairie's con-rods. Is there a way for me to correct this or does it have to go back to Dapol? :helpneededsign:
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Should be possible to sort that out with fine pliers/tweezers, if nothing is actually broken. Looks like the crosshead has come off the slide-bars and the connecting rod has wedged itself behind the coupling rod pin?
From what I've seen of Dapol rods and valve-gear assemblies they seem to use very fine but bendy metal, easily squished by fingers. Curious that a simple change of direction would cause that, something must have been bent or loose already.
Thanks for the encouragement. That and a craft knife managed to get things back in what looks like the proper order.
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Would a frozen prarie be a tundra?
Now it is running again, moor or less, it should be plain to see that if I pampas my Prairie, that will not be a steppe too far.