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Thank you. I'll put some heat on it and bodge a puller of some sort to do the job. I imagine the official one would apply a more equal pressure closer to the centre.

Removing the crank shaft to free the pistons out of the bores. The end shown in the pic does this have to be pulled from the crank shaft end to aid extraction? I take it a large puller will do the job?

Thanks.

Thanks for the replies chaps. Got another one here. 2 x tubes 24" long, with a slot running most of the length. A small triangular flange on the end. They are handed, with the flange on left and right sides.

 

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Looks like the artic heater vents from a land rover lightweight. If they are the ones they go above the doors.

Didn't even see Radek's question.

 

Wally, cat, pigeons, worms, can.

 

Didn't we decide in the K9 topic that they stuck with eau-de-nil until well into the '50s at least?

 

If Radek's truck is WW2 (which it is), were Austin engines green or black then?

I was racking my brain for the name of that colour. I was always told sky blue came later on. Late 50s onwards.

I'll ask crook brothers tomorrow for the proper names. Two colours of green used. First engines are a dark green and recon units painted a lighter green to denote the engine change.

Yeah k9 body for sure. A ruff one at that!

Any ideas? Optics are flipped left to right. The dial alters the view from straight through to about 45 degrees.

Thanks.

Unless a "CL"

Sorry don't know what you mean, CL?

interest thread

Sorry I don't get what you mean.

I've contacted the Duxford collection but so far no reply.

Not sure if it's is military. All I got told was to put it in the back of the shed for a rainy day. Got it in a mixed bunch of military series bits and pieces. Did civi stuff used to get tinned when made or was it just military stuff?

Some close ups of the seams and edges. It's been tinned over as it's like my ferret fuel tank.

Overall picture of the fuel tank.

Heater element in the side of the fuel tank.

Not sure if this is military or not but I've got a land rover series fuel tank with a heater built in the side from new. I was told that it was so the land rover was always ready to go in the event of an emergency and there ain't to many around now. Is this true and which role would it of been used in?

Thanks for the info.

As an ex squaddie I believe a vehicle should look "right" in other words used, over the years MV's are starting to look like classic car shows everything bulled up and like new. To anyone who has been there this is the opposite of reality, all the vehicles I ever saw looked older than their years and were patched together with anything to keep them serviceable and not VOR. When I see Jeep owners obsessing over "is my Ford ALL F marks" I think wake up, during combat do you really think they worried over the morality of fitting Willys stuff to a Ford ? If a part fitted they fitted it. No one jumped out during a battle and started polishing wheel nuts. Battle scarred does it for me and is how it would have been, look at contemporary photo's from WW2 how many straight Jeeps do you see ?

God know how many rivet counters I've had come up to me and say my bolts, rivets etc etc ain't from the same period as the vehicle. Winds me up rotten, I just laugh. And those are the ones who go and spend a fortune on some new old stock door handles and push the prices up when it used to be an affordable vehicle. Now it ain't, cheers and thanks from the rest of us.

I prefer to use my vehicles for their intended purpose if it breaks i just get to fix it again. Not dust collectors! Would love to see how a jeep flys of a hill but no one has the guts to do it. Get it up a hill, mud on the tyres, pilled high with gear and people. Like in all the pictures!

Oh does anyone know if there be some bolts that hold the fuel tank in place engine side? Got all the cab side ones but it's just not moving. Cheers

Pulled the cylinder head and gave em aknock with some wood. Still stuck :-(

I've worked out a few but others ain't got a clue. And who is Rachel as named on the bottom few lines?

Nice find. Definitely need a good cup of tea and a slice of cake to help it go down.

Lack of use I imagine. Only had it a few weeks and it's history is a bit vague. I was told it came of an army base in South Wales. A major had it for a while and we think it was used as a gate guardian at some point. Got plenty of other jobs to be doing so not in a major rush. Need to get it road registered yet!

Oooooo Merlin engine. If only I had the rest of the bits to go with it! Picked it up with a few odd and sods. I got no use for it so I'll move it on me thinks.

Hi sorry pics uploaded from an Ipad seem to mess up.

Hi can anyone tell me what this is from. Looks like it's never been used.

Thanks.

Some fantastic tips thanks. I'll probably end up trying them all if needs be. Still unsure how much force I put on the starter dog. Looks as if it has a gap before it gets chance to lock