What is this thing???

[NeMo]

Was given a secondhand Dapol pannier tank in London Transport livery. Very nice, and it runs well. But one of the items in the "bag of bits" has me stumped. It's about 4 cm long, steel, slightly tapered, and with a hexagonal socket at one end like an Allen key.

Any ideas?

Cheers, NeMo

[Dr Al]

Tool for removing the con rod bolts.

Cheers,
Alan

[NeMo]

Thank you!

Err... why would I want to do that?

Cheers, NeMo

Tool for removing the con rod bolts.

Cheers,
Alan

[Dr Al]

Err... why would I want to do that?

On this loco there is less reason to, but they include the tool with all their steam, mainly to allow removal to fit replacement traction tyres.

If you need to clean the pickups then the wheels need to come off, so the tool is necessary then too.

Cheers,
Alan

[NeMo]

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. The only Dapol steam locos I have are two 9Fs, a secondhand 14xx, a secondhand 'Prairie', and a secondhand 'Terrier', none of which had this odd little tool.

Cheers, NeMo

Err... why would I want to do that?

On this loco there is less reason to, but they include the tool with all their steam, mainly to allow removal to fit replacement traction tyres.

If you need to clean the pickups then the wheels need to come off, so the tool is necessary then too.

Cheers,
Alan

[Dr Al]

All those that you have previously have push in crank pins, rather than threaded ones, which is why none have the 'tool'.

Cheers,
Alan

[Newportnobby]

Methinks Alan is really a BBC Egghead