john1950

Hello. I Hope you prove them wrong and sail past their predictions. Seeing your work you are a fighter. You are in our thoughts.

If the system has not been bled for some time are the bleed nipples clear?

Big pat on the back its in out of the weather.

Hello Gareth. I think it sounds like a split system. Lots of looking and working out pipework first. If you have patience someone will have done it and be able to give you tips. As they say, the information is out there all you have to do is let it in.

When changing brake fluid I just use a pressure bleeder that puts fresh brake fluid into the reservoir. Open each bleeder in turn keeping about 5 psi in the system, and catch the old fluid in a can. Your system sounds like Air over Hydraulic.

Dont worry no harm done

These pictures are history, vehicles in use by opposing forces. Showing what actually happened on the battlefield. Very important to see how vehicles evolved over their model life cycle for restorers. Also it is interesting to see the uses that they were put to. It would be easy to imagine the soildiers were on a joint excercise. Fast forward just a few years.

A fleet of boys toys:laugh:

Hello and welcome. nothing wrong with a knockometer and wrench. Just ask the questions and the answers will appear or an alternative.

Looks like the outer ring of nuts holds the two pieces of the wheel together, and the inner circle of nuts holds the wheel to the hub. Tubless tyres are not as well finished off on the inside as tubed, and tend to rub the tube and cause premature punctures. That said short or infriquent journeys probably would not make any difference.

Last year the bus breakers at Barnsley had some and some spares at Lea, Crankshaft and other bits

They do set the bench mark at some height. I would describe my work as inch out engineering by comparison.

Period 680

I can sense competition, are you going head to head with the Tank factory for finish? High class work.

Never mind. Quality repair, I always had the aggrigates to rub my aluminium welding down when I had a tipper body to repair. Some loader drivers thought it was their mission in life to get the load around the propshaft through the floor.

Sounds like an igniter problem, electrodes are usually the problem. Gloves required the sooty oily stuff takes some getting off your hands.

Jealous, what a workshop.

Carefull with comments like :and free: with a wifey who can read this, they can come back to haunt you.

Cumming together nicely. Another unseen positive is that as it comes together you get brownie points for getting your {junk} out of the house.

Quality work

Welcome to the young generation. Best of luck, any pictures?

Stripping the wheels is hard work. If you can get some blocks of wood in between the two halves and get the half with the studs in off first. You can then get the other half onto a stand. A good round block of wood makes a good stand if you can get one the right height. Fox wedges a bead knocker and soft soap with a good Mel. I always use ear defenders so that I cannot hear myself swearing

Another job ticked off. You are getting there stay positive.

A general rule of thumb. If the vehicle is used for Hire and Reward a record must be kept.Also an Operators Licence will be required. If the vehicle is kept for Private use and none commercial none profit making a record does not need to be kept.Although the 10 hour blanket U.K. driving rule must be adheared to. Keep a blank disk in the unit so as not to damage the stylus on the old style tachograph. It is generaly best to use a recording device if fitted to keep a record for maintainance of the vehicle. A profesional driver who has to keep a record of his previous 28 days duty and driving time with him if he is driving anything other than a private car or bike, will use a fitted recording device if he is using a vehicle to keep a record of what he has done, making it easier to explain if he gets stopped by an enforcement agency person. So as not to compromise his normal fixed working week. That is the way I interperated the rules when I drove C+E etcetera

We used to have wind up inertia starters on Bowmag towed vibrating rollers with Ford 4D and Deutz engines.