Al, I think Peter is yanking on both our legs if we knew the truth. I do wish there was some sort of passport check station at the Tennessee/Kentucky border or possibly at the Ohio river. Might keep some of the damyankee carpetbaggers like Hillary (Wicked witch of the East and most dangerous woman in the world) from coming down here. In a day or two when the gashes the doc made in my arm get a bit better, I have got to roll out the F&S for a boiler test for sure. Wanna come over here and help raise steam? All we have to do is roll it out under the deck/patio and light the fire. Hopefully all will be leak tight this time so it can make the trip to the Mid-South meet. If not then I will have time to do more work. I removed the leaky blowdown valve and put in a 5/16" MTP plug instead. That way I can take out the plug and run a wire or something up into the water gauge glass to make sure it is not obstructed. Jesse in Tennessee MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.