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Make sure pick up pipe in the tank is clear, they can silt up. Try compressed air down the pipe and listen for bubbles. Check pipe work connections are tight. The tap can get blocked too, as fuel travels through the actual rotating top. A quick check is with a jerry can and use a 1/2 inch rubber pipe connected to the output pipe to the lift pump.

Yes I understand Clive. Its something to look out for, bit of bed time reading.

Thank you Clive, as you say its in an EMER so is a proper installation with documentation. I will look out for the brackets and the box and bring mine up to this generator spec.

I like the tool box and its location, mine did not have one fitted. Do you think its fitted as field modification ?

Mine will be ready for a paint, been stored outside and covered with a land rover roof.

Thank you Clive,will include the key words from now on, all the best Nigel

Wow, its on my want list, gives me something to hunt for when about. Mainly for historical interest and to see what went into a Hornet.

Very nice, I have a gen trailer, straight from the army sales. had twin generators in it. Alas no tool box or fuel can holders. Got it for my Humber 1 Ton as its the right era and the wheel stations are the same too.

Yes your right Clive, Hornet FV1620 is different and commands a book on its own. I have not seen one yet, but think would be an interesting reference book.

Wonderful reading, gives extra information on all aspects of Humber 1 Ton's. With strip down of components to be seen, storage of spares, tools. Covering all the different Humbers.

If after rocking the offending wheel for and aft there is no joy. Back off the adjusters and try again. If the same again. Remove the wheel, remember left hand wheel nuts on the left side, then with two extraction set screws apply pressure to remove the brake drum after removing the retaining set screws on the drum. Once pressure applied release and hit drum with a piece of hard wood between drum and hammer. May take some time and wd40 too around the wheel studs and inner part of drum where it sits on the wheel station.

When you remove the cylinder, there is a small grub screw holding the pin (Located between the cylinders). Remove that. Tap out the pin,  careful not to mushroom the end.  Will need a stout piece of wood to hold the hatch open to help removal of the cylinder as a tight fit. Leave the pump lock off valve open so fluid returns to the reservoir and not all over the instruments. Will still need to cover though.

Light hydraulic oil om10 is fine, do NOT use brake fluid as that will rot the seals. Fill the reservoir  and slighty undo the small flexible pipe at the ram, use the hand pump and expel any air. Tighten when fluid seen. Then the ram should move. Make sure pump works on both strokes. There is a filter in the reservoir clean as can get blocked.

Many thanks Clive. Starting to wire brush and clean under mine, then to get it painted and keep things ship shape.

Yes was a missile launcher, then to an up armoured Mk 2 with complete new body, do you know what the Humber starter life as Clive ? FV1601, FV1602 ? Best regards Nigel.

Thought paperwork looked similar, my  Pig 21BK96 was struck off 22/10/91. L10609 Private sale (Stratford) REF No 75MS163 Disposal Sales. 6/2 /92

27BK21 I have it as FV1611 APC up armoured and modified to Mk 2 for use in Northern Ireland. Clive will confirm all.

Looks a good venue and turn out.

Many thanks for the photos, was more like driving in the desert. Pig looked weather beaten after that. We had driver Dean in the right hand seat and myself as photographer, great fun.

Finally got my Humber Pig on the road reg 21BK96 Mk2 up armoured. Was with Hq Belfast for few years. First show was Yorkshire Wartime weekend.

On ‎03‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 11:25 PM, simon king said:

Anybody know much about this -apparently to be the subject of a Channel 4 documentary marking the centenary of Cambrai. Seems that the hull has been made by JCB and that it will use modern mechanicals.

Press are reporting that there appears to be some hiccup with driving it through Lincoln due to Health and Safety  concerns

Police were worried about stopping it, if it ran away with crowds on both sides of the high street. Be some none technical type.

Drive a Mk 2 Pig steadily, remembering to use 1st gear to set off in and selecting the four wheel drive will ease the strain on the drive train. Have to remember its 2.5 Ton overloaded. As heavy footed drivers can and will break half shafts. Then a long hard job to change and locate a spare.

Lots of owners do remove the internal armour, could be replaced with plywood and covered with 1/16th steel sheet to look the part, others just remove it and have more room.

Mine is a true Mk2 with all the armour, but was converted from a Missile launcher Armoured. So as its not a normal Pig will keep it as used in Northern Ireland with its history. Registration 21BK96

Normal servicing with oils and grease will keep it happy. Doing it every 250 miles will keep the suspension happy, with oil injected with a grease/oil gun.

Will take most part of a day to check all the oil levels, but you will have the satisfaction of owning a wonderful piece of engineering from the Humber factory.

What ever you get, enjoy it. Nigel.

Has anyone been able to retain runflat capability on their ferret after replacing the old dunlop trak grips?

 

i really want to retain this feature on my ferret.

Options might be:

 

• finding a source for thick-walled tires like the trak grips.
  
• ridged inserts inside the tires like the bulldog product.
  
• external plate bolted to wheel which is close to the diameter of the tire.
  

As we are on the subject, a few weeks ago an overseas friend sent the following, I think it originated in North America:

 

The Electric car boondoggle

 

I always wondered why we never saw a cost analysis on what it actually costs to operate an electric car. Now we know why.

 

 

 

At a neighborhood BBQ I was talking to a neighbor, a BC Hydro executive. I asked him how that renewable thing was doing. He laughed, then got serious. If you really intend to adopt electric vehicles, he pointed out, you had to face certain realities. For example, a home charging system for a Tesla requires 75 amp service.

 

 

 

The average house is equipped with 100 amp service. On our small street (approximately 25 homes), the electrical infrastructure would be unable to carry more than 3 houses with a single Tesla, each. For even half the homes to have electric vehicles, the system would be wildly over-loaded.

 

 

 

This is the elephant in the room with electric vehicles ... Our residential infrastructure cannot bear the load. So as our genius elected officials promote this nonsense, not only are we being urged to buy the damn things and replace our reliable, cheap generating systems with expensive, new windmills and solar cells, but we will also have to renovate our entire delivery system! This latter "investment" will not be revealed until we're so far down this dead-end road that it will be presented with an oops and a shrug.

 

 

 

If you want to argue with a green person over cars that are eco-friendly, just read the following:

 

 

 

Note: If you ARE a green person, read it anyway. Enlightening.

 

 

 

Eric test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors...and he writes...For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine. Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the battery. So, the range including the 9-gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles.

 

 

 

It will take you 4 1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.

 

 

 

According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery. The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked up what I pay for electricity. I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $116 per kwh. 16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery. $18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery. Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine that gets only 32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile.

 

 

 

The gasoline powered car costs about $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000........So the American Government wants loyal Americans not to do the math, but simply pay 3 times as much for a car, that costs more than 7 times as much to run, and takes 3 times longer to drive across the country.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well said, we know its a none starter, totally rubbish, Europe and the world will have our excess petrol, diesel to run their cars on. While we are sent back to the stone age.

A pair of humber one ton rear tool boxes in very good straight condition with very slight surface rust. £40. Will post

Hi, I would like the 2 boxes, please private message me, Nigel.