Nick Bombini

I just recently had the same problem. I lost two torsion springs (or radial springs) from my clutch disk and the rest where all loose. Luckily enough, we have a local rebuilding shop that happened to have one ready to go. It really is fairly easy to replace the clutch. Once I had the accessories disconnected and the floor pan removed, I removed the transmission top and attached an engine hoist with an engine leveler to remove the transmission from above. Reinstalling it was a breeze. The engine hoist and leveler kept everything in alignment so I had no trouble. I personally am not a fan of transmission jacks as they are a pain the the butt to get level while stabbing the transmission. --Nick

Here is a pic of the deck on my m7 gen trailer. While you won't have the skids for the generator, it gives you an idea of what they used. --Nick

It would have either been straight steel or diamond plate steel. I can't say for sure of your model, but on my M7, it has both. --Nick

Well, I haven't posted in awhile so I thought I'd stop in a say hi. We are pushing to get the truck done in a month as we have a show coming up so it's getting close :-D. I on;y have one new picture at the moment so I'll post it for you guys. Before http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/764/medium/10-31-05_003.jpg[/img] After http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/764/medium/dash_002.jpg[/img] --Nick

I don't know, I think customs would seize the tankers and start making excuses for them not let them go thru so they could keep the fuel :roll:. What kind of fuel mileage do your modern cars get (I should specify, what do the cars get and what do the pickup trucks get)? I've heard the European cars get a lot better fuel mileage. --Nick

I know that fuel prices are much lower on this side of the pond but we reached an all time high of just over $4 US but they are now back down to $2.69 when I saw them today. They were $2.73 last night when I filled up but I'm just glad they are lower than they were and are still dropping (knock on wood). --Nick

Jack, I'm having dinner with him next week, I'll put in a good word for you :naughty:. And yes, we do get up late. Sometimes when I get a chance, I sleep in to 11:00am or later :roll:. I put my marker right on top of my house. Anyone else do that? Too bad the satellite image of my place is from 2002. --Nick

Don't forget to look on the other side of the pond on the map!! There are some of us that actually do live on the good old US of A (eh hemm, Jack *cough cough*). --Nick

Wow, this looks great now that the colors are set. I was afraid you were going to leave it those god awfull shades of blue. Looks good now though, good job.

Nothing about it here either. There were a few shows about D-Day on the history channel during the day but come night time, it was back to their regular shows.

Just out of curiousity, does LUCAS have a website?

Rich, Thank you for that website, it looks like they have what I'm going to need. It's good to know I can get the parts. --Nick

I was wondering if anyone over there in the UK could help me find the info on a LUCAS headlamp. It is a 700 headlamp model #54521870. After hours of searching the internet, I couldn't find any info and only found one for sale that was in Belgium. I was wondering if they are available in the UK and how much they cost. I have one installed in the left hand headlight bucket on my CCKW (I can't say driver's side as you guys drive from the wrong side :lol:) but the right side has an older French made one. The bulb is made by Trifa of Germany. Their website says it is reference #00500. Again, I'd like to find out if they are available in the UK and how much they cost. The trucks electrical system is 6v. http://www.trifa.de/produkt24a.htm Thank you, Nick

Jack, I'll have to get back to you on how many hours it took, I'll have to figure it out. --Nick

I'm no expert but two ideas I had are: 1) The battery may be low, my battery turns very slowly if the battery is low. 2) The battery may not have enoughcold cranking amps. That's about all I know about it, maybe someone can expain how much cold cranking amps you need in the battery for your purposes.