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#Post#: 12741--------------------------------------------------
BOWMAN E 101 FROM JUNK TO STEAM
By: therat05 Date: July 29, 2019, 10:11 am
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Another treat from ebay for me to spend hours cleaning polishing
and repairing, A Bowman E 101.... the advert said non runner so
the pile of junk i was looking at on the screen backed that
up😂, being very rare i thought someone would snap it up
but no after a few days it was still there so my silly offer
went in and was accepted.
When the engine arrived it was just a pile of junk...but
...amazingly complete junk the only bits missing was the wooden
base which was replaced by a home made mecanno type thing and as
usual with a bowman no oil tap and the burner had no spout.
I set to to work scraping rubbing stripping ,then undercoating
and top coating and polishing...making a new burner spout from
5/16 brass tube (Thanks Roly for the dimensions and useful
article)....then i made the replacement oil tap from an old
Mamod whistle tap.....just wet and dry to size and file a flat
on one side to allow the oil to flow...it really works well and
took 15 minutes to make and is just a bit bigger than the
original....
I decided to use a wooden base as it would have had but hated
the original colour scheme of Black and Green so im afraid it
had to be my trade mark planking in light oak...sorry to all the
purists but it can easily be changed to the correct colour any
time, also i have added a control valve which this early E101
would not have had.
15 hours later this monster Bowman appeared , what an engine it
runs superbly well.... apparently Bowman said it can run for 1
1/2 hours on one tank of water and 2000 rpm...i have not tested
this boast🤔 but i have run it on steam and it was
fantastic and a pure joy to use even at 2000 rpm and now even
better with the control valve which allows slow running.
Here are a few pics of the rebuild and a video of its second run
on steam without control valve fitted...i had to abort the first
run due to a leak on the steam pipe as some idiot made a mess of
a simple solder job🤓....Steve
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#Post#: 12743--------------------------------------------------
Re: BOWMAN E 101 FROM JUNK TO STEAM
By: Stoker Date: July 29, 2019, 10:33 am
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Steve .... that is not so much a Restoration as it is a
RESURRECTION!!!
Fantastic job bringing that one back from the dead, and not
being too much of a purist myself, think your planked base is
just wonderful, and other modifications from stock are
wonderfully functional.
Well done on all of that ...... WELL DONE INDEED!!!
#Post#: 12746--------------------------------------------------
Re: BOWMAN E 101 FROM JUNK TO STEAM
By: therat05 Date: July 29, 2019, 10:42 am
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[quote author=Stoker link=topic=1325.msg12743#msg12743
date=1564414429]
Steve .... that is not so much a Restoration as it is a
RESURRECTION!!!
Fantastic job bringing that one back from the dead, and not
being too much of a purist myself, think your planked base is
just wonderful, and other modifications from stock are
wonderfully functional.
Well done on all of that ...... WELL DONE INDEED!!!
[/quote]
Thank you Stoker it was hard work but i really enjoyed doing
this one...the end product is a fantastic machine which i have
been steaming constantly since i finished it....Steve
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Re: BOWMAN E 101 FROM JUNK TO STEAM
By: krypto31337 Date: July 29, 2019, 12:21 pm
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Great restoration! It's always good to see something old
brought back to running condition.
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Re: BOWMAN E 101 FROM JUNK TO STEAM
By: St Paul Steam Date: July 29, 2019, 12:50 pm
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fantastic job on that Steve 😉👍
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Re: BOWMAN E 101 FROM JUNK TO STEAM
By: therat05 Date: July 29, 2019, 12:56 pm
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[quote author=krypto31337 link=topic=1325.msg12750#msg12750
date=1564420899]
Great restoration! It's always good to see something old
brought back to running condition.
[/quote]
Thanks Doug i could not resist it seeing it in such a state it
was begging me for a new lease of life....Steve
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Re: BOWMAN E 101 FROM JUNK TO STEAM
By: therat05 Date: July 29, 2019, 12:59 pm
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[quote author=St Paul Steam link=topic=1325.msg12753#msg12753
date=1564422601]
fantastic job on that Steve 😉👍
[/quote]
Hello Bruce it was a very enjoyable restoration ...the next one
is much much worse a Bowman M122 :o....Steve
#Post#: 12779--------------------------------------------------
Re: BOWMAN E 101 FROM JUNK TO STEAM
By: IndianaRog Date: July 29, 2019, 8:44 pm
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Steve, that is the nicest E101 restoration I have ever
seen...better than one I did myself years ago. I love the
base...beats black in my eyes and sort of reminds me of ship's
flooring...beautifully done.
Rog
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Re: BOWMAN E 101 FROM JUNK TO STEAM
By: therat05 Date: July 30, 2019, 2:33 am
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[quote author=IndianaRog link=topic=1325.msg12779#msg12779
date=1564451078]
Steve, that is the nicest E101 restoration I have ever
seen...better than one I did myself years ago. I love the
base...beats black in my eyes and sort of reminds me of ship's
flooring...beautifully done.
Rog
[/quote]
Hello Rog thank you thats praise indeed as i am sure i have seen
a picture of that lovely E101 restoration you did. have you
still got that engine?
I do all my bases in that scribed planking sometimes i use real
boards cut to size, this engine runs very well which may be down
to the fact that it may have been a non runner for a lot of its
life as both inlet and exhaust pipes were blocked with solder
and the piston cylinder cover would not allow the piston rod to
travel properly so this engine would never have run at in that
state...Steve
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Re: BOWMAN E 101 FROM JUNK TO STEAM
By: Swift Fox Date: July 30, 2019, 3:40 am
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The 101 is my favourite Bowman engine, nice job on the
restoration!
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