Degsy Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 I often felt like ripping the fan belt off and raping round my first wifes neck.:-D You and me both:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougiebarder Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 I often felt like ripping the fan belt off and raping round my first wifes neck.:-D Wrapping maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Wrapping maybe? dont blame me,WHERES THE SPELL CHUCKER Down here in sarf london were all raping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 dont blame me,WHERES THE SPELL CHUCKER Catweazle, Look in the top right hand corner of the Reply to Thread page, where it says "ABC" :coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Tried that i cant get it on here,wheres our old one its not good enough.someone is slacking,where do you put the coal in this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Tried that i cant get it on here,wheres our old one its not good enough.someone is slacking,where do you put the coal in this thing. Thats it, ... MORE STEAM MUSTAPHA.:nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Your right i mustapha have a c..p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Oh yes , see how I fed you that one ,we're both on the same wavelength:yay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I was towing my 80 inch series one Landy behind a Perkins 4203 engined Series 2B forward control, when the top hose went. I was a hundred yards short of a layby so I rolled in. I got the engine cover off, to see the burst hose. It was Sunday Afternoon coming back fron Great Amwell steam rally. I got out the cab, thinking I would have to lock up the 2B and drive the 80 Home, and sort things out on Monday when Automotive shops were open. As I jumped out of the cab I saw a bit of rad hose laying in the gutter, I picked it up and it looked good. Within an hour it was fitted, I had ran back to a garage withthe 80 to get some water and I was underway again. I left that top hose on till I sold the 2B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I was off roading the same 80 when , climbing a bank I heard grinding in the engine bay. The fan was fouling the cowl. On looking further the engine was pushed forwards on its mounts. I had lost most of the leaves on one erar spring and the axle had moved forward, shoving at the engine. I could not find the leaves in the mud. I drove home with a large adjustable spanner packing out the gap created by the missing leaves, having tightened the axle U bolts to trap it. I drove back 30 miles (yes on public roads) with an adjustable spanner as a spring,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 We'll have to club together so the Mod's have 6d for the meter. For those younger people amongst us ... I remember when you couldn't carry 6d worth of chips home from the shop. I've used a few felt pens back in my younger days after bumping lenses into things. Ideal for colouring the bulbs. Things to carry always, spare bulbs, cable ties, gaffer tape and good old bailer twine. I have used platied polypropeline baler twine as a fan belt , lasted the twenty miles home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I was off roading the same 80 when , climbing a bank I heard grinding in the engine bay. The fan was fouling the cowl. On looking further the engine was pushed forwards on its mounts. I had lost most of the leaves on one erar spring and the axle had moved forward, shoving at the engine. I could not find the leaves in the mud. I drove home with a large adjustable spanner packing out the gap created by the missing leaves, having tightened the axle U bolts to trap it. I drove back 30 miles (yes on public roads) with an adjustable spanner as a spring,,, Did you notice the difference?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 It probably rode smoother.:-D Note to self a couple of 4x4 blocks to be carried, ah, got them! Wedges for the winch on the Range Rover. As a tangent to this what tools would you never be without? Mine has to be the good old Leatherman, that and a Halfords bike tool with Allen keys, gets me out of all sorts of grief. (OH B***** I mentioned the B word) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 As an ex- farmer baler twine has been almost a way of life and it has passed on to the next generation. A few years ago my son was returning to the farm from a contract job at a very late hour when his old Escort diesel started to crab and self steer. Back axle had parted company at one side, solution, baler twine round axle, drag back into position and tie off. Got him home, an hour with the welder and it passed a couple more MOT,s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted April 29, 2008 Author Share Posted April 29, 2008 Whilst driving back alone from an AWDC enduro meeting at West Harptree in the cold dark p****ng rain, I missed a turning and pulled onto the grass verge in view of a road junction sign board to look at my map and get back on route. When I tried to pull away of course I was stuck, LR and trailer with Muddler on board well down and going nowhere! I Highlift jacked the trailer off and jacked up the rear end of the LR, then searched about for some packing to put under the wheels, in the end all I could find was some empty plastic 5 ltr cans, with the tops screwed on real tight I put them in the ruts, lowered the LR down, they held up so I gave it a go, worked a treat! Then dragged the trailer out onto the road on a rope, lots of hooting and swearing as the public swerved round it (lights not connected again yet) and on my way, wet, knackered but not stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris c8 fat Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Picked up the Quad and it kept cutting out Fule problem? so being a bit of a novice with the auto-vac system I thought if its pulling fuel from the tank it can pull fule from a 2ltr coke bottle so 3ft of tubing and a coke bottle full of petrol I coxed her home 4 ltrs it took . The tanks were full of a pink dust like substance that took ages to flush out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 We were out in the Autocar in the village of Colyton and the engine stopped. Steve (being smart) identified that the float in the carb had sprunk a leak and had sunk. Not being able to fix it, he whittled a new one from a block of wood. It allowed us to finish the journey to the pub and then back home again. Steve always carrys a spare block of wood or two and his whittling knife in the toolkit. Now if only he could whittle a new gearbox. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 Tim, that has to be the most desperate so far, is Steve related to Ray Mears by any chance? :clap::clap::clap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 I dont think they are related. Certainly no family resemblance between the two. Remember, the Stromberg carb is quite primitive, so Steve did not have to do a precision job on the carb float. I think that he has kept it in the tool box. We have never needed it since. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Did you notice the difference?? Not really, Landies are aweful rides at the best of times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Driving My Antar one day a bolt fell out of the fuel pump drive shaft and the injection timing slipped. I had only popped out for a short drive so I didn't expect trouble. I resorted to taking a bolt out of the dashboard and using that to replace the lost item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted May 23, 2008 Author Share Posted May 23, 2008 I found this while searching for Chore Horse chargers, there have been a couple of times when this tip would have got me going again! http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/23/a4565423.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 As I have one of the things I know EXACTALY what he means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted May 23, 2008 Author Share Posted May 23, 2008 (edited) As I have one of the things I know EXACTALY what he means. But do annealed springs still work? Edited May 23, 2008 by gritineye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melchy Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 had a radiator hose split in an old sierra and lost a load of water but made it to a luckily placed layby. there were some public lavs so water wouldnt be a problem! woohoo! plenty of tape fixed the hose but no water or container so i resorted to searching for a bottle in the bin. after some very strange looks from passing traffic i found a cup, probably the smallest paper expresso cup possible and headed into the gents to use the tap. but there wasnt a tap, the handwasher was a unit sunken into the wall where you press a button and get a squirt of water, followed by a dribble of soap then the air blower turns on for a couple of minutes. i managed to fit one trip with full cup to car and back just in time for the air blower to stop. took me hours to fill the old gal up and i swear that hand blower stayed on longer each trip. apparently one day i'll be able to look back and laugh about it :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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