nuttycircusman

it does seem that this is a problem accross the board. i have had many contradicting stories. however i still have good trusted and time old friends in the travelling show bussiness who have had severeal of these and they still say and i have seen with my own eyes that a mj is capable of still going at a reasonable speed up a hill. some even with 2 heavy trailers full of equipment. i guess as our season on the road starts for 2010 its a case of experimenting

interesting reading guys lots of advice to chew over and very much appreciated

sorry guys i also forgot to say that a friend of mine has a older bedford mj with a non turbo 330 in it and he put a fith wheel coupling on the back and pulled a artic living wagon weighing approx 8/9 ton trailer.???? i must say they are wonderful trucks and it im very very happy with it, just need to sort it out re the speed.:-D

thank you all members for your help-ill have to keep playing with it and trying different things. just i have a friend who has a funfair and he tells me and i have seen the pics of him using a bedford mj non turbo ith a generator on the back to pull a fairground arcade and also a 35ft living wagon. he said it still used to climb hills ok.

thanks for help guys yes i have changed all filters on truck when i got it, and the turbo seems to be working ok this is where im and a mechaniv are puzzled!!!!!!

hi yes it is only doing 15mph on the hills on its own too.

im sorry but i dont really have a clue about that sort of stuff.

hi all-my names matthew and im 22 i love classic military trucks-i am a ringmaster in the circus. (just a quick introduction) :-D i own a ex military bedford mj 4x4. i bought it from david crouch a very helpful and knoledgable man in june 2009. the bedford only had 8000 miles on it it is a left hand drive and was in excellent condition. it came with a radio and office body on it. and i have since converted the box for a workshop/costume storage unit. the 4x4 is second to none on our muddy fields coming in very handy. however i do have one quiet big problem with it. which im hoping someone can help me with. heres the problem it is a 1986 truck with a 330 turbo engine in it with 4 speed gearbox like most others. anyway i use the truck to pull my mobile home it is 32ft long and ways about 4 ton. the bedford goes very well upto 5omph on a flat road with it, however when it gets to any kind of hill the bedford just dies, im often doing 15 miles per hour with it and down to second or first gear. i used to pull this caravan with a 2.5 ltr turbo renault 5 ton van and that used to fly with it. i have been told by several people that the bedford should be able to go faster than that uphill. i mean im not wanting or expecting it to fly uphill but a little faster would be great. THE BEDFORD ALSO DIES ON THE HILLS ON ITS OWN. WHEN IT IS NOT TOWING i am getting full throttle out of it and the clutch is fine. as i say the truck only had 8000 miles when i got it and it now has just over 10 thousand. so please guys does anybody know what could be wrong with it.? any help would be very very much appreciated. thankyou in advance matthew