Hi all,

I was fascinated by older Stationary Steam Engines from Märklin for a while and had missed a rather nice one that came up at a local auction here so back in 2004 when the MHI 16051 was released, well it caught my imagination. It's certainly impressive.

I received an enquiry off-list for instructions for this model and it appears others have also needed to find them from time to time but uploads on others sites have since vanished so I though it a good idea to post them here for posterity.

But first, the original brochure...

The pages as posted are somewhat small, do you not have them in a pdf?

My engine is now a fire cracker. Has lots of power and feeds the boiler well.

What I did was slowly take it apart and look for things that didn't seem right. The Märklin 16051 is a highly engineered engine. It's actually a joy to work on.

What I discovered is that eccentrics are not smooth as they need to be broken in. The best approach is to probably belt up the engine to a drill or run on an air compressor for several hours. To speed things up, instead I used 1500 grit sand paper with some baby oil. I very gently and briefly sanded the inside ring and eccentric with numerous test fits and did so until it felt right. Looking at it, you don't visually see a difference so you have to feel the difference, I then used cotton q tips and tissue paper to wipe everything off so it is spotless. I did that with all 3 eccentrics. The engine feels very nice now. I also adjusted the water pump until that felt perfect when spinning the engine. Everything must be down by feel.

Another important thing is to replace the seals in the steam connection. I used automotive high temperature gasket material and leather hole punches and made a bunch of gasket donuts and only chose the best ones to use.

Now that it is dialed in, it runs like a dream.

There is one more adjustment I want to make on my 16051, like I mentioned it runs very nicely now.

I noticed the safety valve could seal better at low pressure. The engine doesn't build up pressure when the fire runs low. The valve pin really needs to be seated with valve or polishing paste. Any recommendations before I attempt?

I really like dialing in my engines so they are top runners for my saw tables.