john1950

Sometimes you just have to go with your heart and live with the concequences good or bad. I do not think DAF have made very much bad.

Dad was at Felixtowe when he came back after the war. Then he was posted to Scotland disarming small boats in the Gare Lock. Most things were dumped overboard.

What planning permmision would be required for a venue?

Thats great

Sorry I have very little information as he very rarely spoke of his wartime experience. I remember his c/o was called Hillman, He transfered to the RAF on air sea rescue boats after they were pulled back as they came looking for fitters. I only have a few photographs of that period. He did say that when they were working at night on recovery they could hear the Germans working as well. they spent a lot of time trying to get vehicles if they could not get the truck then getting the springs at least.

My father was on desert salvage, until they pulled back to Alexandria.

Great historic pictures. Screw luffing cranes, Any clues to the identity of the team. I wonder where they got the 109 from.

Even though the replys are interesting, we have deviated from the original question somewhat.

It should have a plate on the side of the neck with relavant information on. King themselves are very helpfull with information and help.

Is it oiling any plugs

Apparently it is easier to take the top off the gearbox than get at the filler plug, which is on the right hand side of the box if you are looking forward. Only the very early gearboxes had seperate levels. If you look up Jessie the jeep, thread (Ive been spending again) he has posted a photo of doing the job. Sorry I forgot to add, last page but one.

To my mind the XK engine is a classic case of british engineering, Good inovation then no money to develop the line. Stretch it as far as you can but you cannot have any time or money. It started out 2.4 liters .developed into 3.4 then 3.8 and was stretched finally to 4.2. As they stretched it its reliability went down as its power output went up. I think the purpose of putting a single card on was to reduce the power output and hopefully improve reliability. You must keep the peak temperatures down. Clean air fillters and coolant, as far as possible unrestricted air flow and short usage of full power. As long as you work on the premiss that it is not bullet proof, civy life will be fine. They are reasonably easy to work on at least when they are out, no expensive tools required or computers. British car manufacturers shopped at Woollworths for there switches. Another example of this is the AEC V8. Sorry I have gone on a bit.

If ever an engine benefited form dewey eyed nostalgia it is the XK. Best part about it is the cross flow head which Jaguar added to a bought it Standard design. It hates to run at high revs, suffers in most instalations from overheating problems. On the 4.2 pulls liners. Bottom end is fragile, Oil pressure excentric, Needs an oil cooler to bring the oil temp out of the Stratosphere. spits out lower timming chain tensioner at the least excuse, distributor and carburetors need very frequent attention. It needs the tripple SU. to breath properly or the middle two cylinders do most of the work. But it sounds wonderfull with straight through exhausts. Where should I stand for execution?

Every little job is one less to do, dont put yourself under to much pressure

A friends network is indispensible

I cannot get my head around the versatility of lasers, and there myriad of uses.

Smart looking truck. tantalising corner of a crawler in the pic.

Hello and welcome. Got any pictures

Fantastic, Thanks for posting

Not just hyd pressure, Air and the various Gasses used everyday are as dangerous it only takes 4psi to pass through skin. If I remember correctly. Its a minefield out there.

Welcome, you have a really good selection of vehicles well loaded with the tools of the trade.

Life is full of compromises. It looks good and safe.

What a great looking truck. Good luck with the delivery.

Good you have it fixed

Great pictures quite a variation.