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Ian looking at the NSN it has a DMC of 7XD so it is not common to any other British military vehicle otherwise it would be 6MT3. Anyway searching the NSN throws up not just the Rover no but another part no. Although I have no idea whether this is the code from the actual manufacturer or what. FJ961X70416 - Mirror, head, vehicular FJ961X70417 - Arm, rear view, mirror I agree the Land Rover price seems rather high but the Britpart one is more reasonable. http://www.lrdirect.com/rrc8725-mirror-head/

Nigel, what a super job, well done.

Alec this can sometimes help, but not much use in this instance as they seem to be obsolete parts. http://www.iso-parts.com/ J2 is the DMC for camp cookers & related equipment. If you prefix those part numbers with J2, I have found the following matches. J2JB10844 = 4530-99-125-1857 J2JB10823 = 7310-99-125-1849 J2JB11031 = 7310-99-125-1916 Notice that although the NSC may change the items were codified at about the same time with the NIIN containing 125-1

I agree. It also makes it safe when using a spanner to undo the connections on the battery terminals. It is so easy for the spanner to touch the chassis with dramatic consequences. The exception to this might be if the battery is somewhere remote from the driver. This is the case in my Shorland & the access to the switched +ve supply is arranged to be within easy reach. The bottom line is the switch has to be within easy reach of the driver in an accident or when an electrical fault occurs. I once had a loom start to go into melt down & was able to switch off quickly. If only cars had such devices. This afternoon on the A31 near Ringwood I witnessed a car completely burn out within a minute, very sobering & frightening.

One here, licensed since 1964

So some unhappy Easter Bunnies turning up next Sunday then:-D Of the few things that I sold, most of them were things that I had been taking there twice a year for the last 5 years or so, strange!

and how far they have to travel to see it & get it back home.

Martin looking good, you've really got on with things, I liked the old archive pics! It looks jolly useful for any shows at an airfield. I always dread a show at an airfield so cold & windy but you have there a super mobile windbreak

Martin its a very easy mistake to make, I see you own a Land Rover & one gets conditioned as to how you expect it to be on the Humber. I had to replace all the fuel plumbing & the dilemma was should I plumb it as it once was & make it original? Or should I simply swap over the wiring on the fuel sensor switch making it wrong but in the same configuration as a production Pig. At the time I had another Pig & I decided it was best to have them both set up in the same configuration. If I have time one day I might put it back to how it was originally manufactured. Although when I die & my vehicles are sold off some poor person will be scratching his head for a long time before he realises what has happened. Although if he's not owned a Pig before & used to Land Rovers, then he will automatically feel at home with the switching arrangement as he finds it:cheesy:

I have seen, in a REME book, reference to Cast Range. I think means that a particular vehicle because of it's type, age & location was cast because it fell into a pretermined range of criteria. So maybe CR indicates that type of cast rather than struck off because it was smashed up or destroyed. Although I have no idea what the abbreviation for that might be!

Rear lockers! You wouldn't be expecting to see them on a Mk 2

Wayne he's just reproducing the wings that the Army fitted when the original wings with lockers got smashed up. Inevitably most Mk 2 Pigs had these later wings, occasionally an old lockered wing would survive eg on the Ambulance that Adam sold recently. Anyway well done on bending up those wings without folders, they look fine. You seem to be really getting on with things quickly.

The reason that the fuel switch seems illogical is that it is laid in the most convenient way from a plumbing point of view. On the prototype Pigs FV1609 the switch was plumbed so it was more logical but awkward for the pipe layout to the fuel switch. But this was changed to the easier to manufacture arrangement seen in the production Pigs FV1611 & FV1612. I have a FV1609, during a major rebuild in NI it was re-plumbed to the production arrangement. Unfortunately nobody thought to change the wiring to the switch. So throughout most of its military career, the fuel gauge was measuring the fuel in the tank that was not being used! I encountered problems when I first got it because despite putting in fresh fuel I was actually sucking up the dregs of very old fuel in the other tank. I later found out from the previous owner that the fuel gauge "didn't work" & he only used the one tank. As Andy suggested you may be trying to suck up disturbed sediment. The other thing to check is that the bleeder valve & fibre washer is not allowing air in the top of the fuel filter. Also check the fuel filter is not full of sediment. If it is of the original type you can dismantle the element & wash it in clean fuel. If it has been running then stops, check there is not a blockage in the tank vent pipes. Originally there was a breather pipe coming from each tank then venting out through the armour emerging through a hole directly underneath the antenna mounts. On NI Pigs this changed, the off side vent travels along the underside of the roof to meet the vent on the near side. From the there is a non-return valve & then out to the antenna mount. In the event of turning over fuel would not be lost through the vent. The valve is a nice habitat for spiders that can cause a blockage. Also check your oil level & make sure it has not increased in volume by fuel leaking from the fuel pump if the diaphragm has failed.

I would slacken the banjo on the fuel line into the carb. Reach down to the lever on the fuel pump & see whether you can pump fuel through. Be very careful because when you are kneeling on the OS wing leaning down almost head first to reach the fuel pump lever then as you pump it can squirt you in the face from the slackened banjo. Then that would tell you if you were getting fuel that far or not.

Martin it is not like a Land Rover fuel tap! When the tap points to the left it is the right hand tank. When the lever points straight ahead it is the left hand tank. :-D PS So what you thought was fresh fuel wasn't & perhaps you have a lot of this grot fuel still in the system. Despite there being a lot of new fuel in both tanks.

Yes Ok, perhaps there are some Pig bits from my friends estate I can flog you! Ah now that sounds as if it was a trap you have walked into. But anyway just come for a no strings attached grovel in & under my Pig. Bring, overalls, note pad & camera. Seeing it all first hand means much more than reading the EMERs & UHB etc. But there are things to explain that are not always covered in the books.

Dan If you come here (Salisbury) I can give you a Pig servicing course on mine. No catch, no charge. If that helps?

Martin the switches are rotary on/off very like these but without the arrow. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Triumph-BSA-Headlight-Switch-71-72-NEW-/140478872754?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item20b5317cb2 PS Perhaps he had two Triumph motorbikes?

On the roof!

What I like about it is that you can search with a DMC & get everything stocked in that section or search with a NSN. I do find it cruel to still have some items displayed that have been sold out for a long long time. But the service & communication has been excellent.

Yes I've been with Roadsure through their various ups & downs and name changes over the years (BTW they are now Cherished Vehicle Insurance!) My bill this year was £412.50 for comprehensive cover which is very reasonable Shorland £4k Pig £4k Wolf 90 £15k Wolf 110 £16.5k The last two required a set of photos & explanation. But they do have people who seem to know the markets.

Yes Lockheed, the VAOS prefix AU/LK in LV6/MT1/AU/LK35492 whereas Lucas is LU

Yes I agree. I even saw none other than "The Old Sod" (as he refers to himself) going round the stalls!

Me too but I think these early one were not actually military trailers. I saw a very nice grey binned trailer which was being used by a trader. I think that was ex-electricity board. I followed it home (& the Defender towing it!) & shall we say I had difficulty keeping up!

Rather nice but went unsold at £2,250