Diana and Jackie

New |Old Stock Bedford Hazard Switch, £10 plus carriage.

CVRT Steering Cylinder Bracket in good condition, no fractures or weld repairs. Tapped UNF not weird metric thread. £25 plus postage.

Start at equal turns then tweak each screw until the engine runs smoothly. The screws will interact with each other. Diana

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Obtain a copy of the CVRT electrics from GreenMachine Surplus. Poking about without a wiring diagram makes no sense. Some versions of The J60 have obsolete and expensive electronic ignition, putting the wrong voltage in the wrong place just causes more problems than it's worth. Besides the starter, if for the J60 in its original form is 24V. Diana

Yes you can buy the cord online at ebay, the trick is to make a clean cut at both ends, a Jig can be had to do this. Place something under the joint (grease proof paper) or it will stick to the bevel box when you super glue it. You also need to get the correct cord to resist oil. No probs Diana

Yes you can superglue it! But fit a new one, it doesn't do much except stop dirt and muck going into the bevel box vtia he actual seal consists of originally two cork square section rings inside the bevel box which you cannot see Diana

Most people, like me, do not get too worried about recovering a broken down Ferret, they simply either don' t bother or pay a bit extra with the insurance for recovery, this means they can go wherever and not worry about recovering it themselves since a Ferret can fit usually on the back of a recovery vehicle. You may for instance have a problem on a Motorway (which I use with my Ferret) recovering a Ferret with a tractor. Heavier vehicles are a very different matter. Diana

I must remember to give the soldier who told me at Bovington a sharp word when I next meet him if ever..

This is all very well and good but a lot of people don't want or don't like Facebook, which means they cannot see the photos. (and for very good reasons they may not wish to have a Facebook account. It would be much preferable if interesting photos were posted on here. Diana

Trojan - 68 tons and 6 speed fully automatic gearbox - diesel of course! Steering by levers. Finally - a DINGO

I matched it to an E Type. Diana

Jack it up on one side, there should be some backlash in each wheel - a very small amount not a complete wheel turn. This is also a good way to see how well the brakes are adjusted as it possible to maladjust the brakes so that there is no brake action on one wheel. I know as this was how mine was when I bought it - a death trap! Diana

The words Highly dangerous come to mind - treat with respect. Diana

if you intend to separate the wheel station from the bevel box, the wheel station is >>>VERY VERY heavy!!!<<<< I would recommend using an engine crane to support it whilst you do split the wheel station and bevel box using a sling around the outer hub. As one reader says the set screws holding the two together are problematic. The wheel station is also held in place by the fixing at the top of its suspension arm. Diana

Its actually a Hoover washing machine on tracks (Hoover made washers in Merthyr Tydfil and they went bust), so its officially a HOOVER and not an AJAX

You could be right! If the Russians see that they will fall about in fits of laughter as it looks like something from Monty Python and with a name AJAX its obviously meant to do just that, as it looks hilarious.

They used to make washing machines in Merthyr so it's aptly named as Ajax is also the name of a power cleanser.

There should be a rubber ring on the inside of the cap if there isn't you should be in a noah's ark of petrol? Sounds like the fuel outlet of the tank/rubber bag maybe blocked and or an air leak? Diana

There are 4 filters, one filter fitted between the pump and petrol tank, one in the rear of the petrol pump both you've identified and 2 around the jets in the carb. The pump filter is a common item on eBay. Sounds like everything needs stripping and cleaning. There should be no need to prime anything, listen to the tick of the pump, once it slows the carburetor is full. It may take a while to slow if you drain the system as it has to refill and self prime. On the rear inside of the pump is a magnet, which will probably need cleaning too. You were dead lucky to get home. The rubbish in the system will have accumulated in years. If after cleaning the fuel system it still shows symptoms then pull the limiter fuse. Diana

Try remove the fuse on the speed limiter, if a Belgian engine it will have a fuse holder adjacent to the coil, if British the fuse holder is incorporated into one of the spare cable outlets on the coil housing. Diana

The relay box is on the left hand side of the Drivers Instrument Panel, it should have a reset button and 5 amp fuse on its front. The 2 wires terminate in a 5 way flying plug A and B of the plug, also connected to the plug is a buzzer or alarm, pins C and D, The power for the box comes direct off the vehicle batteries (personally I would use a fused lead), the positive and negative terminate in a 2 pin flying socket ON top of the relay box. The feed to the annunciation that flashes the light on the remote indicator unit comes from the bottom of the relay box via a 2 pin flying plug pin A. There are 4 air bleed screws, 2 on the radiator, one on the pipe across the top of the engine and one at the rear of the heat exchanger or oil cooler. Let as much air out as you can, and then run the engine, more air will bleed off as the coolant expands, be careful not to overheat the engine with the Air inlet covers raised, and do not run the engine at all with the radiator up, unless absolutely imperative. Diana

After doing some reading my suggestions are, change oil filter and gearbox oil. Obtain a copy of the CVRT PRECIS from GreenMachine Surplus, adjust the controller as per page 31, if the fault persists check the oil pressures as in the precis. 2 and 5 are the same gear effectively as they both use the same brake band. So there should be no difference in fwd/rev as the gearbox is "going in reverse" for the vehicle to go backwards clearly there has to be something different going on that is not apparent. Diana

ANPR already exists for HGV vehicles (over 3.5 tonnes) on some motorways UK where trucks are monitored for speed and drivers hours. Diana

Lumenition speed limiters and ignition modules are a phenomenal price. A possible alternative to the Jolley unit is advertised on ebay for Lucas distributors which retain the speed limiter of the original B series engine as does the Jolley Unit. The Jolley ignition module is easy to fit albeit priced well beyond what it should be. There seems to be no purpose to reinventing the wheel by attempting to modify a J60 Lumenition module. Diana