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Old 24th April 2014, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by marshall8hp View Post
I have found the best practice with an Autopositive, is to hit is severely with a sledge hammer to ensure no one else suffers the misfortune of trying to use it, turf it into the scrap and fit a standard Penberthy in its place. Having the correct cones fitted, or indeed any cones, will not improve its performance !
Interesting, In their defence- I have found the complete opposite, and have never had a problem with one that was in very regular use 5 days per week over many years. I am aware of quite a few industrial locos that had the original injectors replaced with a Autopositive type that one would think must have worked to have been perservered with.

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