Q. After this is done thoroughly, what next?
A. Take all the fittings from the box and clean them carefully, fit each oil cup to its proper place and screw them in tightly with a wrench, to prevent them from working loose and falling off while engine is running on the road.
Fill all cups with good oil, lard oil for bearings, good cylinder oil for the automatic oiler, which oils the cylinder and valve, and solid oil for both grease cups at crank and cross-head. Then put the steam gauge, the glass water gauge, gauge cocks, safety valve, whistle, surface blow-off and blow-off valves, cylinder cocks, governor belt, etc., in their proper places; all fittings should be screwed up tight with a wrench. Examine the stuffing boxes and see that they are all well packed and cleaned.
Q. The fittings all being attached, what next?
A. Proceed to fill the boiler with water by unscrewing the cap from filling plug located on top of boiler near the steam dome, screw funnel on plug, and fill boiler with as clean soft water as is obtainable.
Q. How much water is required in the boiler before starting fire?
A. Fill the boiler until the water shows about one and one-half inches in the glass water gauge, or have a free flow of water from the lowest gauge cock.
Q. After the boiler is filled with water to the proper level, what next?