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scruffyHerrbert

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  1. Old amusement machines built 1975-85 - neglected wrecks are my personal favourite as half the fun, having found them rotting somewhere and rescued them, is the challenge of bringing them back to life :-\ A heads up of anything related, even if it's just a piece of glass, would be much appreciated Rick.
  2. feel sorry for the truck that was minding it's own business the other side of the hedge
  3. a photo would still be really useful (looks like the cable support bracket at the box end is going to foul the sensing tank so it's not gonna get finished tonight! tomorrow would be good tho :-))
  4. In the process of changing out my transfer box this w/e (civilian/RB75 type) and replacing with a RB44 unit - there's a fair few differences - the hi/lo selector lever assembly being just one Would be interested to see where (in relation to gearstick etc.) they were mounted as standard in a RB44 cab - any owners online this afternoon with access to a camera, their vehicle and with 5mins spare? Would like to get it sorted by tonight if possible - it's my only transport - cheers in advance
  5. 5 spades - nice stabilisers look up to the job don't they
  6. hello, just down the road from me (currently stuck in the Brighton area, unfortunately!) what you thinking of getting vehicle wise? or what would you like to obtain?
  7. thirded, Interparcel/UPS - been using for years with very few problems - 25kg or thereabouts, as long as its not massive/particularly long etc. is usually delivered the day after pick-up by UPS (even tho I use the 48hr service) for £9.59 (inc. VAT) - UPS are always reliable/professional - very slick and friendly too (havn't tried APC as they don't tend to quote thru Interparcel. Guess it goes without saying but avoid Yodel :-))
  8. when I last saw it it looked the nuts - heard the owner was doing bits and pieces as and when Explorer + battle scars = spot on
  9. thanks Andy - works a treat! If nothing else, i've learnt something useful! If i'm too late, i'll kick myself for not knowing about image googling too, still it was interesting and fun searching the hard way :-)
  10. finally tracked location to South Wales, Barry to be more precise - not MOD related after all some more photos here (for anyone remotely interested!), including an old road roller rusting away [h=3]The World's Best Photos of bendricks - Flickr Hive Mind[/h] was over in the Bristol area back in September too (if i'd known then, what I know today ...) sounds like the site may have recently suffered severe fire damage or even have been levelled by now? anyone local able to confirm or close enough fancy go checking it out? still wanna rescue it and the one next to it, if still there :-) (or should that be :nut: ... yes, I think it probably should!)
  11. Transit? A-Series! (but they did use Transit doors, didn't they?) A few 4WD Dodge 50-Series around running Boughtons gear - built for civilian use, where Mk1 had round headlamps and steel bonnet, Mk2 square headlamps and GRP bonnet, with a few exceptions/hybrids - they often get refered to as 44's i've not needed to adjust shoes before removing the drums, just using a pair of M10 set screws in the tapped holes as persuaders if they havn't been off for a while - guess it depends how long/many miles they've been on vehicle without removal some '50's had a single battery tray (running alongside chassis) and some had a double (at 90degrees to chassis) depending on environment/aux equipment etc. - 2 deffo better than 1 Jim Beam for the cold start? think there are (at least) 2 types of brake cylinders used in the driven front axles - mine are different to those in photos above
  12. spare wheel should be effective on one side good luck with it Richard, no mention at Lancing in Feb., paul volvoc, where are you based? we might almost be neighbours
  13. nice collection of vehicles! looks/sounds like you had fun :-)
  14. fair play to that american geezer I say, 6 wheels rule :-D (3 wheels pretty cool tho ) regarding second clip, now I know why none of my '3 month' projects have gone to plan - I didn't have 60k to spend on them
  15. seeing other threads on ID-ing random military related items, thought i'd throw this one up out of curiosity there's no reason for it to be military related - at a guess, i'd say it's part of an old machine, lathe, shaper etc? very little corrosion and heavy for it's size - feels strong appeared in surface of yard (Victorian heritage) yesterday - guessing could be around 50-60yrs old anyone shed any light on it's origin/designation - not much to go on but the pair of 'ball-studs' are quite interesting - the hole is not threaded/fitted with a grub screw - pivot point? marked TR5871 DN5 and also carries the numbers 14 and 9409
  16. this thread is really making me realise I really should get a military vehicle asap :-)
  17. woops so, 2x rear light clusters ...
  18. Pipecraft on the Lancing Ind.Est. have some useful machinery in their workshop not cheap for what I wanted but perhaps a continuous coil could be less labour intensive? ended up having a play with a friends vice-mounted pipe bender and using some stainless 12mm x 1mm tube from Pipecraft, successfully made up the compressor to sensing tank pipe (amongst others) I was missing during brake conversion - I started with copper but was concerned about metal fatigue given the compressor is engine mounted and the sensing tank chassis-mounted (although with a rubber hose also fitted in line helping to absorb some vibration, perhaps I didn't need to worry) - was pleasantly suprised to find the stainless tube worked easier than the copper - the extra hardness helping to hold it's shape around tight (for example 140degree) bends - the restrictions were getting really tight bends in opposite directions immediately following each other due to the way the tool grips the pipe but I copied a steel original (it snakes around to aid cooling of the compressed air) borrowed from a fellow Dodger and was happy with the end result - not sure if the continuous coil in that diagram could be achieved with the tool I used but good luck with your search
  19. guess it's a bonus to find/use someone you can trust thanks for the guide to injector cleaning prices - the fuel filter has been renewed (Perkins Powerpart) and i'm fairly happy the lift pump is now clean and allowing full flow - next on the list will have to be the air filter and inj. pump filter, once I'm sure I have one if I could be sure the injectors need cleaning, £100 would be a good trade-off for a load more power
  20. hello Rob, cheers for reply, since last post have been and had a word with AutoMarine, my local diesel injection specialists, and taken one of their bottles of Stanadyne Performance Formula away with me, which on their advice I added to tank, rather than filter (but have heard it suggested that putting Kerosene directly into a new filter gives everything a concentrated blast.) replaced turbo, which was leaking oil past seals and also cleaned out the lift pump gauze, which was gunged up - apparently there is another small filter/mesh in the top of the Bosch inj. pump, where the feed from filter screws in but it's a bitch to get at with the compressor sitting in front of it and oil filler tube etc. so havn't got it out yet air filter was checked and given a blow with the compressor - doesn't look that bad and nothing much came out but could probably do with replacing, if only cos it hasn't been done in the last 4-5years (mind you, it's been parked in my yard for over 2 of those - prob full of salt!) has anyone had injectors cleaned and what did it cost/was it worth it?
  21. i'd be there, to show some support and thread a few tyres shame golf courses don't close for the winter ... seem to remember the lake is close to the back edge of the course - neighbouring farmer on board, hole in hedge - a HMVF w/e challenge - probably turn out to be a 3t dump truck (or a golf cart misadventure story told too many times) :-D the driver in the second vid of the snowy hillside decent with timber trailer did make it look like it was nothing but looked like a bumpy old ride over the edge and down the slope!
  22. yeah (glad I liked the music too at 12minutes :-D) the excavators take on an animated-like presence at that speed apparently there is some plant at the bottom of the big lake on Hassocks Golf Course, Sussex, possibly another excavator, if stuck and abandoned during the clubs original build in early 90's
  23. I have tried CR but waiting for them to sell another t/box as the price to supply a pair of hanger brackets last month included the labour to remove the box itself - a little off-putting :-D
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