Well, back from another weekend on the south coast and it's a good 4 degrees cooler here in Rutlandcestershire. Came back via Dorset to see a very nice chap with some GG spares. Shopping list isn't too bad at the moment (I could quite easliy go mad in a supermarket sweep kind of style!) but I did bring home a solid state voltage regulator for 326. These were procured by TNT when they maintained the GG fleet at Marchington and it was apparently intended that a good proportion of the fleet, if not the the whole lot, would receive these more reliable solid state regulators to replace to old 1950s versions fitted. So, anyway, having bought them they were never fitted and were sold off when the fleet was sold in 2005.
The one I have still has a tag on allocating it to a vehicle - PGW 206. No idea where PGW 206 is now...
Here's the old one in situ. A handsome 1950s bakelite box but not that effective now:
Here's the new one:
It even has a backing plate on with holes which match the current holes in the dash! Good thinking.
PGW 206 - where are you??
I also returned home to find this latest eBay purchase had arrived in the post. So now I might be able to understand how the pump works......!
The new regulator can be fitted where the regulator originally lived. Not in the cab but behind the dash. That means you can leave the bakelite jobbie in place so it all looks original.
ReplyDeletePull the dash off and you will see where the regulator used to live. Just wire the new reg in and tape over the extension loom fitted when the reg was moved.