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  1. I received my copy yesterday and although I have only had time for a quick shifty, it looks really interesting. Ordering it was easy and the delivery was very efficient. Many thanks, Jon
  2. I don't do facebook, I tried it once but I really don't see the attraction, there again, I only post on here and MLU and really only use the internet for buying stuff and research. I may be alone but in reality my projects are for my own interest and enjoyment and many I have never put on the net. Are there really many people out there that are interested in what we are doing, personally I am flattered when I get a response to my posts but I wouldn't stop doing the project if I didn't. There are some incredibly talented people on here and I really enjoy reading their posts but facebook appears to be populated by those who have a lot to say but very little to offer. As for my project, I am still making the components for the track links, all 4140 components and it's testing my patience's, so why would I inflict that pain on the forum, as soon as there's any real progress I will be posting again. Jon
  3. Nice project I look forward to further updates. What's facebook? Jon
  4. I think that I have mentioned this before but If I haven't. There is a good book, well at least I think so, published in 1944 It answers lots of questions including that regarding the use of cast iron Thanks for your support, if I didn't think that It would have a chance of success I wouldn't be doing it but I am quietly confident that it will, at least for the limited use that it will get. Nice of you to say so, I am certainly enjoying the project. I would have taken some more pictures but my camera has given up the ghost. Jon
  5. Evening All, Sorry that i haven't been posting but I have been busy on other things. I have looked at several other types of track links but I can't find anything suitable and I can't afford to have a set made, so I am make a set. I know, it won't work, I am wasting my time, I have heard it all but that is what I am doing. I have made 5 part links, they are not pretty but then they are only first samples, to see how things will work. The first and obvious lesson was that if I am to make the 216 + spares I need to automate the process some what. So i have bought a capstan to make the spacers, and a cnc milling machine to drill the holes in the link bars. Both machines are obviously old and needed some love and care before I started but they now work. It's like going back to the eighties when I started life as an engineer and very enjoyable but to be honest these machines are for my work life. I haven't programmed a machine for 34 years but it's surprising how easy it all comes flooding back. Getting the machines is only the start of things. The CNC came without any guards so they had to be made and then a drilling jig had to be made so that 4 sets of link bars can be drilled in one operation. The capstan was used and abused so needed stripping before I could even start to organise things. I tried bending the link bars with a manual press but it would take me ages to do the 920 required so I have made some very basic press jigs and modified my press by adding a air over hydraulic ram and hydraulic ejection fed from a hydraulic power pack that someone had thrown out as it didn't work. And then there's the welding, a very simple jig for the main frame but the jig for the horns is yet to be made. From what I have achieved so far, I don't foresee a problem manufacturing the links and I know that they will fit together to form a complete track but how long they will last is another matter but as they say, he who dares........ Jon
  6. A gentleman who lives near me has a 4 year old range rover which he is selling because of the enormous increase in his year insurance premium. When he contacted the insurance company, they told him that the increase was due to the vehicles appeal to thieves and the ease that it can be stolen. He is in his 60's and lives in the back end of nowhere, I can't remember the exact figure but it was somewhere around £4000. Jon
  7. That's ok, I thought for a minute that my prayers had been answered. Evening All, The turrets on and I have started fitting out the inside, my goodness it's a cramped environment. I think the only thing that they forgot when they designed the tank, was that three men have to fit in, as well as all the equipment. Sorry for the picture quality, I will try and get some better pictures when it's all fitted out. It's certainly a lot slower doing things with the turret on as I have to keep climbing in and out but it's coming together now. Jon
  8. Where did you see that advertised? I haven't found anything yet that would fit, maybe I am not being imaginative enough. A member of the MLU forum stated that there were loads of tracks about that would fit in the construction industry but when I sent him a Picture he went very quiet. Jon
  9. No sorry, I wish that I had seen the advert sooner but there you go. Thanks, Jon
  10. Hi Seb, Have you still got a steering box for sale? Regards, jon
  11. Evening All, I can't believe how long it is since I last posted anything, Life has been very busy, obviously not with the tank and a lot of it not very enjoyable but I have still found time to make some progress. Niels, thanks for information and the link but social media is not a world that I enter into. However just as the project nears completion and on a totally unrelated search, I came across a German web site that has masses of different manuals including most of Panzer II ones but it appears to have disappeared from the internet. As I said there has been progress but not that much and it mainly relates to the upper hull. I still had a few pieces to make such as the vision port covers and all the associated hinges, brackets etc and as I had made various modifications, the whole lot needed repainting. The vision port covers really caused me a mental block, I had already made three sets for the turret, I knew how much work was involved and I don't know why but it stalled the project for weeks. Then by chance a cheap CNC milling machine came up for sale, much the same as I started programming in the early 1980's and as I had parts that I needed to make for my work I bought it. It made making the parts very easy and much more enjoyable. This week I finished the upper hull and lifted it on but I can't bolt it in place as I need make a rubber gasket for the fuel filler which will entail lifting the upper hull up again to fit the gasket. And that's it for now. Jon
  12. It's strange, I don't get it on any other site and the chrome pop up blocker is on. The question is, have the moderators or those in charge allowed pop up ads to boost revenue, which, seeing as they are not commenting seems highly likely.
  13. Why has it just started? I can't stand the bloody things, I don't comment that often but I do have a look every day to see what's new, if it means having to put up with these adds i shall have to stop visiting the site. Jon
  14. I haven't started my Morris C8 or CMP C8a for a good 18 months And last Friday I decided it was high time I got my arse in gear. I am very naughty and put either E5 or E10 in all my classics depending on what pump I stop at but I do add frosts conditioner to each fill. It took about 3 hours but both vehicles started and ran perfectly, the time was mainly spent getting the lift pump off of the Morris and stripping it. The problem was just the it was dry, the petrol was long gone, the rubber bowl seal was fine and after cleaning the seats and wetting them, the pump sucked perfectly and it started almost immediately. I then started them again on Monday as I had planned to go to a local show and both started and ran great. I didn't get to the show as whilst doing a spot of light gardening with a digger a water pipe got in the way. Other than that I, run a series land rover 2a which I use for work and so far I haven't experienced any problems, a series 3 which we use only in the summer, so it sits all winter in the garage with out being started and that started fine about 3 weeks ago and then covered a 50 to 60 mile journey. Am I lucky, is the Frosts conditioner the answer or are we worrying too much about the supposed problems with E5/10 petrol? Jon
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