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SE2 WhistleI have an SE2 with the brass whistle. Well they call it a whistle but mine don't it just hisses.  Should it give a distinct whistle or are they all like that.  I have cleaned it out by running a small drill bit from the boiler end just using my fingers but it makes no difference.  The red paint work could do with renewing, what paint should I use? It's a very dark red BTW.
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Spokesmann
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Pictures Les?
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| Spokesmann wrote: | | Pictures Les? |
Seeing as I have just give the engine a good polish here's a few pic's of my SE2 as requested. Thanks.
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Mamod Collector
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Re: SE2 Whistle | les wrote: | | Should it give a distinct whistle or are they all like that. |
They all sound like that Les  well all mine do anyway
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Re: SE2 Whistle | Mamod Collector wrote: | | les wrote: | | Should it give a distinct whistle or are they all like that. |
They all sound like that Les well all mine do anyway |
They should call it the spitting hissing valve then 
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Scorpion2nz
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the last photo is not a whistle
it is a "Manual Relief Valve"
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So what paint would I need to use inside the funnel then? I would assume high temp paint of some sort.
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silverfoxsteam
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Ordinary enamel (Humbrol) - it's worked well for me!
My whistles mostly 'whistle'! Are you over filling the boiler Les? They tend to sound better the drier the steam.
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Spokesmann
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A nice looking machine... c1965-67
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| silverfoxsteam wrote: | Ordinary enamel (Humbrol) - it's worked well for me!
My whistles mostly 'whistle'! Are you over filling the boiler Les? They tend to sound better the drier the steam. |
Thanks for the advice re the paint, I thought the heat might peel the paint off but as it happens I do have some Humbrol enamel here. Re the whistle, yeah I have tried it after the boilers used up a lot of the water but it still tends to hiss rather than whistle. 
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I have found that by tweaking the angle of the whistle lever I can in fact get my whistle to whistle. Full on is past the point of whistle and all it really needs is closing a bit more.
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silverfoxsteam
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Nice one!
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