Diana and Jackie

Side wall of an old tyre

Option B

Diana

Attempting to remove rear plate from my ferret so I gain access to the radiator (belts & hose replacement). There are two bolts on the lower (sloping) side of the armor that are oposite one another with boogered up nuts. The nuts turn inside their cages along with the bolt when I place a socket on them. I tried jamming a flat head screw driver inside the cage to hold the nut in place but no dice, nuts still turn w/ bolt. Here's what I was thinking:

 

 

 

A) I haven't removed the bolts across the top (vertical face)of the plate as I was saving those for last (don't want the plate to fall on me). If I remove those maybe the weight of the plate itself would put enough pressure onto the errant nuts to keep them from rotating and I could remove the bolts. Would have to figure out something to keep the plate from falling on me, though.

 

B) Leaving the upper bolts in place, take the angle grinder to the two non compliant bolts and cut 'em off. With the plate removed, I could then deal with the problem nuts in their cages (which are on the hull).

 

What does the hive mind think? Anyone else on here ever have this problem?

 

Matt

I understand that, but it is intended for organisers of an event..

I fully understand that, and I am not arguing that for £10 PLI by the MVT isn't good value for money, more that some show organisers are either avoiding their responsibilities or trying to mitigate their responsibilities. The MVT appears to have full PLI for events it organises so why don't others?

At Xmas I was going to attend the local Father Xmas parade until the local council insisted to see my driving licence, insurance and even a risk assessment, the outcome was I told them to stick it.

I was told yesterday of an event that was held yearly - a driving skills test - that had been cancelled because of insurance liability, and we're not talking racing cars here but classic cars driving around cones. The whole thing is becoming nonsense to the point where nothing takes place lest someone gets sued and no-one benefits.

Diana

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/can-do-guide-for-organisers-of-voluntary-events/the-can-do-guide-to-organising-and-running-voluntary-and-community-events#what_is_public

Section 6.

Diana

I'm abroad so I have no axe to grind and nothing to gain here but further to 8_10's comments, I'm puzzled by what extra liabilities are incurred when one parks a vehicle at a 'show'...Is it because the organisers are attempting to attach liabilities under contract which would not otherwise apply ?

 

If I take part in a parade and then park my vehicle in a place accessible to the public, am I taking on liabilities which would not apply if I drove individually and parked in Sainsbury's car park ? I can see no terms in a motor policy which include one and exclude the other....or are all motorists badly insured ?

 

If we help a small child or attractive young lady onto a vehicle, is this any different from any other passenger, whether intending to ride or not ? Should we have a special insurance before allowing next door's kids to climb on the thing ? Are we covered if an ageing veteran, overcome by nostalgia and emotion, puts his hand on a hot exhaust pipe ?

 

I'm not intending to rock the boat and I have little knowledge of the UK show scene but I really am struggling to understand what suddenly changes with a 'show' or event that does not also apply each time we take out a historic vehicle.

It's 125W/125W :-)

Diana

 

Here's detail of the offending sealed beam unit

 

FV687555

 

Wagner 4500 (4-7/16" OD) 25W / 26V - dual beam unit

 

I'll have a look at the GE unit in a bit more detail - Thanks

GE4811, available eBay (USA) . The sealed beam units are, if marked fog, maybe slightly lower wattage, but still work OK as long as they are dual beam.

Diana

I still have a few of these if needed marked as GEC 24v some are fogs or say fog on them!

Yes - nothing new there.

That's the normal policy that they currently have isn't it?

Most of the inverter welders are light enough to be carried around and even stored indoors. In my experience it's transformer based equipment that can be affected as much by damp, especially when it gets into the windings.

I have a multi process welder by Thermal Arc, Mig is ideal for filling bolt or screw holes in panels, so as far as I am concerned a multi process welder is ideal and the bees knees.

Diana

Cheers all for the advise, the thing which concerns me with the inverter units is that the welder will not be used often and I have heard inverters dont like sitting round in cold dampish workshops for months on end where the transformer ones are more robust and have lots less electronics in them, oh well we shall have to see.

 

Never TIGed before so whats with all the different filler rods ect and what are the opinions of type of gas to material !!!!

Check out the video's by ChuckE2009 on YouTube, If you buy a TIG welder make sure the gas valve is in the machine and not on the handle of the TIG torch, also that it comes with a TIG torch.

Diana

Hi all, I am in the search for a single phase TIG welder about 200Amps ish. Will be used for stainless, Ally and also steel what are the options to look for in a good unit, any make to steer clear of ?

Try Champ spares - that's where I got one for my Ferret.

Diana

Hi, I am needing the bracket which attaches to the engine block and holds the 2 speed generator in place. Ok for the genny, just the bracket. Thought I would ask on here first.

 

Thanks

 

Jim

If I have gotten this wrong then I am sure someone will jump in and correct me. This is not an argument for or against the MVT obtaining PLI for its members, one of which I am, it is more an argument that event organisers are the ones who need to get PLI for their shows.

Many of us own, maintain and repair vehicles, quite a few of which have historic origins or origins of great interest. Many of these vehicles are beyond common sense in terms of running them, e.g often below 20 MPG, some even gallons per mile. So we not only spend considerable amounts of money insuring, and maintaining them but the costs of getting them to shows is often considerable.

When we get our vehicles to a show whether it be a shown specifically for military vehicles, classic vehicles or historic vehicles we are generally allowed free entry.

The public who attend these shows often show considerable interest in our vehicles, often these people will know the vehicles intimately having driven and or serviced them. Even if they are not military vehicles the public are still enthusiastic to see older types of vehicle.

Meanwhile the event organisers are at the show entrance eagerly collecting the £3-£5 (or more) entrance fee from the public. It seems to me that it is the event organisers who should be funding the cost of PLI as it is their event. Were it not for us and owners of many others types of classic, historic or interesting vehicles going to these show, having refurbished them, insured them and fueled them to get to the shows out of the goodness of our hearts and pockets there would be no show.

Diana

I guess, that by now all my fellow MVT members will have read about the proposed public liability insurance (PLI) in the February Windscreen and I would like to know your thoughts on the proposal. I'm only asking about the personal PLI part NOT the PLI for the Committee of Management or cover for the areas as this is obviously necessary.

 

My first thought was it "seems too good to be true".

 

My second thought was the shortage of detail about the insurance e.g.

In the event of claim, how much is the excess?

How much is the subsidy per member?

 

This cover seems to be "one size fits all", as there doesn't appear to be any attention given to those members who don't need PLI. An example of this is a member who is interested in MVs but doesn't own one and is quite happy to receive Windscreen, go to the local area meetings and travel as a passenger in another member's MV on a road run etc.

The face seals on the road wheels are actually Caterpillar seals! so Richard you are spot on.

Diana

Hi Doug,

Caterpillar and International crawlers had face seals in final drives, they are excellent as they prevent ingress of abrasive material, so I can see why they would have been used on a tank. Very expensive though, they had a mirror finish.

Name that haulier !

Diana

The outcome.....(Well, at least half of it!)

 

I was contacted by a fellow forum member. Who wanted to bring a vehicle down, from near where I wanted mine to be delivered.

 

I was supplied with a Hauliers details. Who returned my call & agreed to do the job for an agreed price.

Guess what?.......HE didn't even get back to Me EITHER!..........

 

With all the wailing in this country about 'recession', Etc, Etc. You would THINK that any work would be jumped at, No?.....

Apparently not!!!!!

 

So that was now TWO of us let down THIS time!.......The saga continued.......

 

ANOTHER Haulier was recommended, & although the price was a lot higher. Than I had been quoted from the first Haulier.

I was so fed up with all the messing about, I agreed to the price given this time.

 

Result: Good Comms, He Turned up, Did a VERY Professional & Friendly job. (JUST what any decent person would want!)

And the truck was delivered safely!.

 

The truck is now undergoing the required work I want, & is progressing well.

 

All that will be required when repairs etc. completed. Will be the return journey 'Home' again! Will that also be 'Interesting'....Or will I use the guy who has actually come through for Me?.........:sweat:

Hi Chris,

I will contact Mark - as for the 3D printing, I don't have a printer and the part is moulded onto the dipstick, which has a notch in it, thus trapping the metal into the plastic.

Thanks again for all replies though

Diana

Have you tried Green Machine Surplus? I can remember him having a pile of them about 15 years ago..!

Hi, I am hoping someone has a Jaguar j60 dipstick surplus. Mine has suffered through age and oil at its plastic end.

Thanks

Diana

http://www.prestolite.com/pgs_products/specs.php?item_detail_id=16537&item=1284150&product=ALTERNATOR

Manufacturer - Prestolite

Diana

Very handy device that does work, took a load of rusty water and dirt from a tank of petrol. Fill it with water and not a drop runs through :-) !

http://www.agri-supply.co.uk/mr-funnel-f3/?gclid=CjwKEAjwnebABRCjpvr13dHL8DsSJABB-ILJVEEQUGsYCGPOZvm3qjOu6Ri3AqyGWqyUHyZggmDUyxoCdgLw_wcB

Diana

When a building is used as some sort of shrine( as per the "gutter press") to commemorate and re-ignite the actions, behaviour and views of a mass murder yes it is time to obliterate that object.

Diana

Actually when you think about it, it is strange that human kind wants to 'take it out' on a building where someone evil was born, but not the pavement outside, or the road a person may have walked along or their school, or the mountains they may have admired.

When a site, building or memorial is used to commemorate and reignite the beliefs of a mass murderer of 50 million people, one of the most pernicious and evil human beings ever born, then it is time to remove it like him and his kind off the face of the earth.

Diana

So it seems to me that this is quite a poor decision to make, what do you think? You can't erase history and historical places. I think that clearly although rather one terrible Chap and not the kind you'd invite round for tea, these kinds of places should be kept as reminders of what can happen when things go very wrong in the human race.

 

The Berchegarden, Bunker in Berlin are all places I think should have been or be kept as a reminder. I do understand why they were destroyed as the world just wanted to eradicate everything and stop Neo nazis but now we are 70 years on these places do hold hugely significant historical importance in the world. Seems a huge loss to society as a whole this

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3844584/Hitler-s-house-Austria-DEMOLISHED-stop-neo-Nazis-flocking-place-born.html

 

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-10-18/hitlers-house-spared-demolition-but-will-be-disguised/

 

http://www.scrapbookpages.com/EaglesNest/Berghof.html

You've stated this before about it not being possible to be in business, however the fact remains that they are in business in The UK, with a limited 6 recoveries per year on tracked armour.

Of course the laws in the USA regarding insurance maybe and probably are different. Here an insurance policy has to be legally honoured or else The Regulator can get involved.

Diana

Neil, I agree with your conceptual analysis, however the big difference is the risk/probability of needing coverage. On a regular vehicle, you drive 12,000 miles a year (for sake of example) and the insurance company knows that, on average, you will have an accident once per (pick a number) 120,000 miles. Bottom line, the risk of triggering an insured claim -- an accident -- is very low.

 

Our vehicles, however, break down A LOT! Someone once quipped that the average drive between breakdowns on a Saracen is 20 miles (I might concur). So the chance of breaking down is vastly greater in a 30-60 year old military vehicle than the chance of having an accident in your daily driver. I just don't see how you can stay in business covering recovery for military vehicles, unless you charge an astronomical yearly rate.

 

That's my 2 cents.

The delay between taking our breakdown cover and its actual implementation is normal on many breakdown insurances.

Diana

I've discovered an interesting Catch-22 with Cherished Insurance's recovery insurance. The cover doesn't kick in until 48 hours after the policy starts, and they won't let you start cover until you take possession of the vehicle. So if you go off to collect it (as I will with the RB44) it isn't covered for breakdowns on the drive home - not helpful!

 

I've gone to Autohome instead, very slightly more expensive but it's breakdown as well as recovery, Cherished is recovery only.

 

Andy

Diana

Dirt in the fuel most likely. Fit one of these after the pump :-

[h=1]Single Fuel Filter Assembly Cav Glass Bowl 1/2"-20UNF - lots on ebay.[/h]Diana

Was running fine, put a recon engine in it a week ago, did to miles fine, then did some hilly off roading at a gentle pace, soon as i got back on the road it started missing

at higher rpm

You also need to measure the back pressure with the flow closed off as well as the flow rate.

It may pump quite well with an open flow but once the flow is restricted it may not be able to pump quite so well.

Diana

My sabre fuel pump is pumping just short of 1 litre a minute, this seems very low output for these engines, would you think the pump needs replacing?

Andrew

As Chris says plus check oil pressure - test point 1/4" bolt below controller, this is the diesel gearbox

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/.../KIT80_combined.pdf-

test point in same position for petrol engine. List of pressures in http://www.greenmachinesurplus.com/cvrt-precis-718-p.asp but check with GreenMachine that it is the correct precis.

The Diesel pressures are slightly different but broadly similar. There is also a controller adjustment to make again I belive it's in the precis.

Diana

When changing up on the move, 4 to 5th gear, theres a delay of about a second before i get drive, the rest of the gears work fine, any ideas?

i need a spare gearbox anyway if anyone has one for sale.

Andrew