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Weeden No. 665 |
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By: RichSteamTx Date: October 28, 2025, 12:41 am |
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A bit ago I won a Weeden No. 665 that finally came in (slow eBay |
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shipper). Other than missing the smoke stack, it's complete. |
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The governor shaft was bent in the listing photos and I could |
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tell there was lots of calcium buildup in the sight glass. |
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First thing I checked when it arrived was the heater, which it |
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was good - YAY! |
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Though my luck stopped there. As I was trying to get loose the |
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sight glass, it broke though I have some in stock. I don't much |
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like it as its 3mm OD and the Weeden glass tube is 3.5mm OD but |
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it works (water flow isn't great in the tube). The worst part |
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is the top collar/fitting pulled clean out of the tank - it was |
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a bad sweat job from the factory. Luckily I have a few NOS |
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collars and I soldered one in. Not happy with it as it needs to |
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be sweated in (torch, not solder iron) but its in and sealed. |
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Just looks like crap, sigh. |
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Anyways, this No. 665 is more or less a No. 49, just electric. |
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Heck the iron base has No. 49 on it. This thing is cool. Two |
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fly wheels, iron base, nickeled tank and electric. It can |
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really move! Now to find a smoke stack - I'll need some luck |
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finding one. Got a pretty good deal, not many bidders. Shipping |
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was nearly 1/2 the cost (I won it for $68). |
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I also LOVE the colors - not often do I recall a Weeden having |
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pin stripping and the yellow on blue looks lovely. I assume it |
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is factory, it seems to be. Then the Flywheels have a groves |
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and I think it was filled in with black. I bet this engine |
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looked fabulous when it was new, heck it still looks pretty darn |
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good when you consider its age! |
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Here's a photo, video coming soon. |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=230aipXNLo8 |
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