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Weeden No. 3 Upright Engine
By: RichSteamTx Date: November 18, 2025, 12:20 am
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Introduced by Weeden in 1894 and produced into 1940. I expect
this engine is somewhere in the 1920s but that is me guessing.
I know my brother's is from 1939 (his original box says so) and
his No. 3 has solid metal knobs.
It came to me damaged in shipping, the balance wheel had been
smashed with about a 10 degree tilt and two broken spokes. I
removed the wheel and carefully got it pretty close to true and
shored up the two broken spokes with superglue. Also broken is
one arm of the pressure valve that allows the bar to pivot,
though I knew that was broken from the photos on eBay.
I replaced the sight glass with my new 3.5mm glass tube that
came from China, as it had some kind of solid plastic rod
installed. I also removed the top main assembly, made a new seal
and used Permatex Ultra Black RTV to give it a great seal.
Lastly, the thumb screws for the whistle & throttle are missing
their rubber insulators. This is common for this type of Weeden
knob setup. I am thinking what I can do to replace the rubber
"tire" that goes on the hub....
All said and done I believe it is a excellent runner with a
great sounding whistle :-)
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Re: Weeden No. 3 Upright Engine
By: RichSteamTx Date: November 18, 2025, 6:06 am
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Another observation, the photos/videos I have been able to find
have the No. 3 with a painted smoke stack and the lower base.
This one is blued steel where the others have been painted.
Also, the brass patina is so nice I am not going to do any
polishing to the brass. All I did was light clean the top
assembly & fittings. I need to remove the PV and replace its
seal but it isn't leaking. I am keeping my eyes open for a
replacement PV because one of the lever's hinges is broken off -
hopefully I can find a cheap donor.
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Re: Weeden No. 3 Upright Engine
By: komet163b Date: November 18, 2025, 10:41 am
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I just watched it running and I'm jealous.
BOTH the whistle and throttle valves work!
I presume they came that way as I don't know
of any way to loosen them without courting
disaster. I have at least three that will not
turn and have 'warning - fragile' written all
over.
The sealing repairs you've done work well and
the repaired flywheel is ok. My crankpin is
actually a small nail that is a tiny bit bent.
It still has the point. Will I shave off the
point and try to straighten it? No way! It
runs and that is what counts.
Also, I'm on board with lite cleaning when
the boiler looks like yours. Patina, when
it looks nice, rules!
Happy steaming,
Wayne
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Re: Weeden No. 3 Upright Engine
By: RichSteamTx Date: November 18, 2025, 1:15 pm
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Thank you Wayne - I'll take you being jealous as a compliment!
Before I took the top assembly off, the whistle didn't work at
all - zero steam or water. When I took it off for resealing it
was plug by the previous owner's orange RTV and seal. That was
a easy fix. Why some people use so much RTV is beyond me - it's
like more has to be better!
It is pretty impressive how well the throttle & whistle screws
work by controlling/shutting off steam. The whistle is actually
quite loose easy to move - I though for sure it was going to
leak but it doesn't. The throttle screw is a real PITA to move
- it is crazy tight. It has worked a number on my finger
because the "hub" got damaged/melted and now I have a messed up
finger tip! I got to figure out how to get a "tire" on my hubs
LOL!
My brother's No. 3 has what I call a "zebra stripe patina".
Ugly as heck - I wouldn't think twice polishing it. He thinks
it is some kind of coating for the brass and the "stripes" are
brush strokes... which seems like a good hypothesis to me.
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Re: Weeden No. 3 Upright Engine
By: RichSteamTx Date: November 19, 2025, 5:49 am
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Here is my brothers. He got it off eBay the day after I got
mine and his was a buy now for like $100 cheaper than mine. His
was made no earlier than 1939, at the end of the run for the
No.3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLiKX-qNtyk
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