Re: pumbing diagram
Posted by:
SSsssteamer (IP Logged)
Date: October 05, 2011 03:42AM
Take a lot of photos of original Stanley cars' plumbing, if you can find the cars. You can find them on steam car tours and at their owner's homes. There are plenty of condensing cars' plumbing diagrams to follow (only as a guide) to where everything goes. A pressure retaining valve is unique to the non condensing cars, so work that in to the picture too. As long as the major components (i.e. automatics, filters, gauges etc.) are in their proper places, everything will work well. No two Stanleys were ever plumbed the same by the different mechanics at the Stanley factory, so don't worry about being authentic in tubing placement. I have always tried to be very neat in my plumbing, but some guys must have been aircraft mechanics because their plumbing is extremely neat in their installation.