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Tim good to see you posting again and all is well.....Yes,share a video...Will be looking forward to it...Wish I had some of your warm weather here in South Dakota USA it is currently 13 F above zero !!!!! Keep up the great work...

Great job...

Thanks for the update.........I got a feeling it's in good hands...Hope to hear more about it...

Rally nice...........

I hope all is going well with your restoration.....It is always exciting to see another Ferret owner take such interest...the very best to you....

DFC welcome to Ferret ownership.....Hope all goes well with yours... Joe in USA

Robin, Very interesting thread...Keep up he good work...

See my above post about engine idle rpm being too high...

Did you check engine idle rpm ? It is suppose to be at lowest idle when shifting forward or reverse....Manual calls for 300 to 400 rpm....I have mine at 500 rpm...

Yes 16 ounces is 1 us pint...2 pints = 1 quart..

I tried to vacuum my fluid flywheel oil out with a 12 volt suction oil pump I have...Like Richard stated the vanes will stop the tubing from going low...I was able to get out about 16 ounces of oil on first try.....

Just thought I would revive my old thread in hopes of any new Ferret owners near Chicago Illinois.....Wish we had about 5 like in Ft Worth Texas those guys sure are having fun...

So how is the restoration going ?

CaptMax ; How is the restoration going ?

Really a great job..Beautiful...

Excellent Robin..I know you are always looking for anything on the Canadian Ferret and a great find you have....I hope you and your friend someday can produce a small book of all your great finds....Every little bit helps to put the puzzle together. I am always hoping that old Canadian Army Soldiers that worked and crewed one of the 124 Ferrets will come on here or on the Ferret Appreciation forum on Facebook and talk of their experiences and share their photos but it is a very rare occurrence indeed for that to happen... I am still looking for any information or pictures on my Canadian Army 1954 Ferret MK1 54-82586 that was one of the 29 in UNEF (possible UNEF 1216.... Keep up the good work...

Well logically no one would eliminate that spring as they would have to dismantle the rod inside the filter canister.....All I remember doing is slipping off the filter off that about 12 inch long rod and putting the new filter on....I just don't see how that spring can possibly hold up that new cartridge filter #432 which is about 1 inch shorter than the old style original diaper type filter..It is clearly about 1 inch from the top.........Just my opinion I don't think switching from an old style filter to the new cartridge drop in filter is a good idea without changing something to correct it...

Well it very well may be missing..I'll take it apart and check it...Thank you for the valuable advice...I'll let you know..... Andy the User Handbook pg.57 shows what you are talking about in the figure parts #9,10,11,12....Also it is showing a CANISTER type filter......My 1954 Ferret came with the Diaper/Blanket type of oil filter....Did those original types have this spring also or just the shorter canister types ? thank you Sir

Sean being that the 432 filter is 1 inch shorter in length than the diaper /blanket type when the element is placed in the filter container it sits on the bottom of the container and it just seems to me that doing so the oil coming in from the engine could bypass over the top and go back out the outlet pipe to the engine unfiltered...... That's what I am really wondering about....I'm not a good mechanic so I am trying to figure this out..Thanks...

I think they are the type of people like some on here that can fix anything........Youtube has some great videos check on there for ARMY TANKS STUCK IN MUD

Joe in USA with a Canadian Army 1954 Ferret MK1......

Wow...Now this is what owning a Historic Military vehicle is all about...Good luck sir on finding the proper information you need...Please keep us posted..Very interesting....

In this thread I am not trying to pit anyone against anyone else.....I just admire so called back yard mechanics and what they do to keep their Ferret going.....I am wondering of the small countries that still use Ferrets how often they do the oil changes....All ideas are welcomed..

My 1954 Ferret MK1 does not have a servo....

I'm with you Terry.I did have the privilege of speaking with a couple old REME guys and they swear by the old method they said use it and clean it....I'm not considered a rich person but will put a new filter on myself...All depends what people believe in...Like I said earlier the Crossland #432 is about 1 inch shorter than the diaper type....I would think that by it being that much shorter when the oil comes in it won't filter as well as going thru the longer diaper one that was originally made for it... Anyone else with opinions ? I just bought my original style oil filters from Bannisters..