TheAmericanPatriot

Good post Nick, its important to hear all sides and it certainly seems that everyone thinks you are making out like a bandit scot-free in this ordeal unfortunately

I've got those in my Sultan for the commander and officers spots, I'm pretty sure they are push to talks. They're wired in with the radio sets

I've done alot of brainstorming and cant come to a solution myself so i'm gonna need some help before i really commit to tearing into my Fox. As the title suggests I've got a FV721 Fox that is stuck in gear and i cant get it out. I took it for a few mile drive and as i got to my destination i found it wouldnt leave 5th gear. I did a lot of pedal changes in everygear to no avail. I've got the access cover off to the gearbox and can see the adjuster moving when i depress the GCP. The gear seems to be fully engaged but the GCP only comes about halfway back then stops. I'm not sure how it normally is in 5th gear. I can easily bring the GCP closer than halfway like how it is in gears 1-4 if i pull on it. The Gear Selector (GS) seems to be functioning fine. I can watch the linkage move freely to the gearbox when i am selecting gears and i can hear the cam in the gearbox moving when i move the GS. I've tried shifting with the GS in between gears as some have shown that the linkage can come out of alignment and not actually be in the gear you have selected but that produced no results either. The only thing i can think of is that either the spring that pulls the gear out of engagement has failed for 5th gear and thats why it wont disengage or its something with the spring loaded clutch that makes up 5th gear. This had been the first time i used 5th gear since i got it so i'm thinking that it might not have been used in a long time and got stuck when i used it? I have no idea. I'm just looking for some help if possible before i have to actually commit to randomly and inefficiently tearing my gearbox apart

What about if the sight gets blurrier as you let more light in? I have another one that is crystal clear with minimum shutter exposure but when i let lots of light in it gets very blurry. Its capable of seeing at night pretty well it just gets pretty blurry when i open the shutter all the way! I'm gonna check how clean the lenses are and if they're bad i'll tear it apart and clean em

Still no manual like info but i have now mastered complete dissasembly of the lenses that control the amount of light entering the sight down to the shutters themselves as mine had seized up after going unused in exterior conditions unfortunately. Difficult without the proper tools to avoid scratching it all up but definitely doable! Works like a charm again and has been re oiled and waterproofed and will be getting more attention from now on.

What would they be a repair for?

I cant say much for the rest of the ordeal but that alone is enough to justify the way you feel i would say. Him doing that is flat out absurd.

Awesome work i love to see it, the CVRT's in the scrap yard are an awful sight

Theres a place online where you can download the maintenence instructions for CVR(T)'s and it contains wiring diagrams for all Varients, including Sultan. I can probably find it if you still need it

I unfortunately have not besides just small illustrations explaing how to use them. nothing along the lines of Work Shop manuals or anything actually useful. The search continues

No expert but i would agree that it doesnt look like its taken during action. People dont realize that a large majority of photos out there are training photos and everyone seems to have a bad habit of assuming all photos are genuine

Many thanks! Those are both very cool and super useful websites!

I dont know the exact color that it is so im kinda in the same boat as you, but i do know that Rust-Oleum has a camoflage paint line and one of the Flat Non-Reflective Greens is close to the green that is on my Sultan and ive been using it to touch up and for just an off the shelf thing it matches pretty close. Like you though im still waiting to figure out the exact color code so i can give my Sultan a real paintover

Well i got everything around this weekend and got my belt replaced. It was pretty straight forward and im glad it was. Anyone have a good method on disconnecting the coolant hose? I wasnt ready for mine about drained half my coolant into my gearbox compartment, other than that, super easy!

That is making alot more sense, ive got the Diesel manual but im just apparently terrible at visualizing what its saying, youve been an immense help and i should be able to do it now no problem. Thanks for letting me know about not dissembling the drive shaft aswell, ive heard they are a pain to get aligned just right and im a very strict follower of "if it aint broke dont fix it"