philb Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 My pal's Ferret will readily engage 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th gears but having selected 3rd gear and pressed the pedal the pedal stays down, as if in neutral. After a few attempts the pedal usually springs up with a bang and 3rd is engaged but that makes driving tricky. Is this a common problem and what is the likely cause please? Cheers, Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 2 hours ago, philb said: My pal's Ferret will readily engage 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th gears but having selected 3rd gear and pressed the pedal the pedal stays down, as if in neutral. After a few attempts the pedal usually springs up with a bang and 3rd is engaged but that makes driving tricky. Is this a common problem and what is the likely cause please? Cheers, Phil Phil, First thing I would check is the linkage from the gear slector to the selector lever on the side of the box,. As 3rd gear position on the quadrant is at the end of the gate, it may be there is a bit of wear or slack and the lever on the box is not quite in the correct position. Also you say that when 3rd does engage it comes up with a bang, is it then hard to push the pedal down again? Just trying to ascertain the problem. regards, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philb Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Thanks Richard, I'll have a look at the linkage. Trying to remember but I think the pedal works as normal once 3rd is engaged. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philb Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 Thanks again Richard. Today we wound the clevis link on the gear lever in by two turns and now all the gears are selected with ease. Our next problem is to get the thing road registered but we don't know its chassis number. The data plate seems to have disappeared, all we have is the army number 01EA27. Does anyone know if the chassis(?) number is stamped on it somewhere please? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 minute ago, philb said: Thanks again Richard. Today we wound the clevis link on the gear lever in by two turns and now all the gears are selected with ease. Our next problem is to get the thing road registered but we don't know its chassis number. The data plate seems to have disappeared, all we have is the army number 01EA27. Does anyone know if the chassis(?) number is stamped on it somewhere please? Phil Well done Phil, With Ferrets, Saracens, etc. it was not uncommon for this to happen with a bit of wear in the linkage. From the distant past I recall a small plate tack welded to the hull with the hull (chassis) number and an abbreviated date. I think it was behind where the large data plate was mounted. Upper hull to right of drivers right shoulder ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonb Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Re data plate, correct Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philb Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 Thanks chaps. I found the plate but the hull number has been obliterated by someone - on purpose. Any chance of finding the hull number from the army number? Bovington can't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Phil if anyone will know Keith Benfield will likely be able to do that history look up for you, he is on some of the Facebook Ferret groups, I have no means of finding him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philb Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 Thanks Robin. I found him on the British and Commonwealth Soft-skins group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankdiver Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Getting it registered can be a chore best get help from a club eg MVT or the DVLA will send you round the houses. Laurence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philb Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 Update: Thanks to Keith Benfield's detective work we now have the hull number and Bovington are going to provide supporting paperwork for DVLA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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