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[DavidMuir]

Good old SS Sir Walter Scott. That photo was taken when I had a mast and 2 x coal fire boilers.
The mast has since been removed although I am campaigning for it to be re-instated.
And the coal fire boilers have been replaced with oil boilers, although she is still powered by steam.
Too many environmentalists were complaining about the smoke from her funnel.

[helen&tony]

Hi David
i was not aware that the current pope was merely a cardboard cutout....you surely killed the original to get a job like that!!!!!
What a gorgeous craft. It reminds me of a trip along the Thames when I was young...my Mother's friend's hubby had a
steam launch he had restored, and we went along for a ride in it....it was powered by a reciprocating twin, with a vertical wooden clad boiler, and he had totally rebuilt the engine and boiler (he was a boiler surveyor)....Everyone knew the boat, and the steam trains hooted as they saw it, and he would whistle back. The other notable occasion was when I had a ride on a steam roller belonging to a friend's boss.
Yes, and I used to go to work on a steam train....,
Steam is the only way to travel....I simply hated going to work on anything less than a real train.
How wonderful it is to see in the news that a totally new engine has been built from scratch, and will be going into service!!
Keep campaigning for a return to coal....a beautiful smell for real propulsion....The world should be in less of a hurry
Cheers
Helen

[ronhud]

Hi David
I had the same problem and found a post somewhere on here that suggested tightening certain screws on the back of the instrument panel- that cured it.
Ron

[DavidMuir]

Hiya Ron,
Many thanks for your kindly advice. I will check the instrument panel tomorrow.
Hiya Helen,
Great to hear from you and I am pleased to hear that you share my passion for steam driven vehicles. I see that your location is Bulgaria and I would imagine that there are a number of steam vehicles still in operation not too far from you.
What used to be East Germany (around the Dresden area) have steam driven paddle steamers, and a few years ago I watched a beautiful steam passenger train heading to Dresden. Austria has at least one (if not many more) steam boats still in operation.
Ron and Helen - If you are ever in Scotland please let me know and we can get together.
I only skipper SS Sir Walter Scott at weekends now during March to October.
Both of you - please keep in touch

[Bob]

Read about her conversion to oil in 'Old Glory', very interested in steam.

[helen&tony]

Hi David, Bob and steam Fans
Let's go to "off Message" for a natter
Cheers
Helen

[creepyc]

I've got the same issue too....mine was converted to MPH prior to purchasing.
Pretty much all winter the Speedo does not work when it's been left for a few days...Hold light flashing too.

Twenty miles or so and we're back to normal!

Sounds like a damp issue / connection issue.....any tips on where to start looking, connectors, screws etc?

Thanks

[DavidMuir]

your right it does sound like a damp issue, or something along these lines. When it happens to me, I just pull into a layby, switch the engine off, restart and drive away. This seems to cure it