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  1. andym
    From Jeremy Quin's recent statement to Parliament: "It remains impossible to share with this House 100% confidence that this programme will succeed or, if it does, the timing of achieving Full Operating Capability." Hardly encouraging! Andy
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    As Wally says, the Tank Museum library should have record cards for the vehicle. My guess is that you'll find that the 2004 base rebuild will show it becoming a different vehicle type. Andy
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    It's a very common fault unfortunately, and of the four sections it's always the gearbox one that goes. That suggests some sort of design fault to me. Andy
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    Guilty as charged! 🙂
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    I'd buy one of those cheap oil syphon kits from eBay and empty the gearbox oil through the filler tube? Andy
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    I don't recognise the stainless part but recall that the FV439 has different piano boards to the others so it may well be part of the filler chain, certainly looks that way. Going back to the gearbox oil level, how high is it above the Safe zone? It's normal for it to be an inch above before starting the engine as the oil won't have pumped through the gearbox internals. Andy
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    Just pulling the gearbox dipstick should tell you all you need to know. If it's clear oil it's probably been topped up by someone who didn't know what they were doing. If it looks like chicken soup you've got a leaking heat exchanger, which is extremely common, unfortunately. Andy
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    The RR provides a radio link between dispersed Ptarmigan nodes such as SAS/MCs, so is fed by land lines from them. You'll find that the radios are fed by cables that cross over to the left of the vehicle where there are armoured junction boxes on the roof for the quad cables that feed them. If you have all the cable drums on the roof you'll find that some cables are antenna feeds, the others are the land line cables. Andy
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    Try this, although some of their nomenclature is suspect: http://armyradio.com/UK-TRC-471-Transportable-UHF-Radio-Relay-Equipment-Triffid.html Also this: https://radiohistory.uk/marconiTRIFFID.htm Apart from cables, you'll also be missing the crypto units that sit between the radios and the land lines that feed them. Andy (M0IJH)
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    Do a search for Ptarmigan for info on the radios, but don't ever let them loose - they're right in the middle of the GSM 'phone bands! Andy
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    Glad to be of service - I obtained all of those manuals from the MOD under a Freedom of Information request. 🙂 Andy
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    That's just the User Manual, you need one of the maintenance manuals as suggested above. Andy
  13. andym
    What do you mean by "the MK1 Manual"? Which one? Andy
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    It's certainly possible, removal is covered in the manual. Andy
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    They also tend to have their crypto equipment built-in and therefore likely to end their lives being crushed. Andy
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    They make everything go bang if they're connected in series! Andy
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    Paint

    andym replied to RayT's topic in MV Chatter

    For my DBG gloss I'm using Sigmadur 550 epoxy - not cheap but you get what you pay for and any dirt just washes off. Andy
  18. andym
    It's the cable from the driver's windscreen wiper to the RF filter. Andy
  19. andym
    Never mind the legality, just consider the protection a modern helmet would give you if you came off? Andy
  20. andym
    Disposing of the UOR Sigs that they replaced with Glocks ... Andy
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    Absolutely correct - in the Army the commander is in charge, for civilian drivers the driver is in charge. That fact was made plain to me when I took my H test. To the OP - are you asking about when taking your test or just driving about? They are two different situations. Andy
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    Indeed - bits shearing off is hardly encouraging!
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    Chertsey is a film studio (although known as Longcross), the test track is on the other side of the M3. Hurn used to lease a portion of the site for commercial driver training a while back, but it was discontinued due to health and safety concerns. It's always been a vehicle test and evaluation site, in fact it was where I first saw Ajax running around! It closed recently and I wondered if the testing might have moved to Longcross but apparently it's gone to Milbrook. Andy
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    Some more in-depth analysis here. It sounds a right shambles, do they really not even use jigs for equipment mounting holes? https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/british-armys-greek-tragedy Andy
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    Obvious question perhaps, but do they have a larger/higher resolution scan of the original? Andy
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