robin craig

When you get it Peter I have road wheel end caps and a few traverse gear motors for it! R

Tony B and others, I think your missing the point im making which is I try to make sure as a temporary custodian of these vehicles their originality or lack of it is apparent to future owners who may think it was an MOD modification. Thats all R

Could you please post a picture of the emblem at the centre of your grille please? R

This used to be an oft repeated demonstration but over the years of defence cuts et alia it has slowly died away. The vehicle is an M38A1 Canadian and is refered to by some of the old hands as the Jiffy Jeep. Obviously it is assembled to "rattling piss fit standard" and many things are not functional even to the point that I think some serious modifications at one point were done to make the coolant system a closed loop according to legend, others say it has no coolant. The same can be said of the oil system. There was a previous example i believe based on an M38. The M38A1 Cdn has long been out of the inventory except in this form. Exactly how many there are is debateable. Someone like Mr Farrant will recall that REME did the same at the Royal Tournament with a lightweight I think. R

Im a luditite and these new fangled computers stump me at times, how do I attach captions to photos in the albums please? I need a 1, 2, 3, step help guide please Thanks R

here are a couple of samples of the new gallery pics I am uploading over the coming day or so. R

This is the making of a replacement bracket for the alternator. The original horrible attempt by the vendor is shown followed my the slow process of making the new one. It was a gruesome in and out fabrication as the clearances are damned tight and issues with welding on electrical items . I favour using tool makers blueing ink in spray form and a good scribe for really marking alignments during fabrication. The last picture shows the brackets made in the post PT 2, I knew I had the picture somewhere! R

Here is the making of a pair of brackets that holds the front of the fan assembly to the engine block. You can see that we were sold a vehicle with two parts of the same hand, one being bodged in an attempt to make it fit. I elected to keep the correct original one in our parts inventory and make a matching pair of replacement brackets. I seem to be missing the last photo which shows the finished bracket. I welded on a piece of round bar stock over the hole on the bracket, cut it to length and then drilled through it to finish the fabrication. R

Here are some pictures of me making a part that we could not get for the Fox. Regretably the person who supposedly restored the vehicle and sold it to us did not source this part OR make any attempt to make a proper replacement, instead it was just missing altogether. I have painted things to be tidy not an attempt to try to pass them off as original. This first part holds the front of the heat exchange to the tranverse beam above and is clearly visible (not) in the last picture. It was a treat to make and test fit and adjust, I used all the flexibility I had to squirm it into place. R

Here are some bits and pieces I have made while working on the Fox fan assembly. It came out and went in a few times and on the first removal I quickly figured out an alignment tool was a designed to assist in mating the the fan assebly onto the tombstone by locating into the snout of the crank and through the centre of the bottom pulley. As I dont do CAD drawings prefering a pencil and ruler as being faster the drawing is a photo of my sketch. The second picture shows the "hand" that I made to fit over the sides of the volute to aid in putting it in. It is seen here attached to a ratchet strap but we now use a two legged lifting chain which is stronger and safer. The tool is show on the edge, both items have now been painted yellow as is my preference for any workshop tooling. The last picture is a detail shot of the "hand" showing how I welded a piece of solid square bar stock slightly off set to the angle. The inside of the angle has had a thin covering of rubber glued to it now. R

There will always be scallywags doing that, regretably R

In some time distant, people will be looking at MVs that have been in private ownership and working on them. As those who know British vehicles know, the parts are for the most part are marked by an FV number, which gives a clue to its originality. In the collection I have at times been tasked with making replacement parts or modifications that bolt on for some purpose ie a searchlight mount. When doing these I know that I will be the last person to touch them and if I croak or the vehicle gets sold and that modification will be looked at by others and wonder if it is pukka. To aid that determination I always mark the parts in such a way with stamped letters to make sure it is clear that it is not original. Does anyone else do this? R

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Some interesting items, 3 big Mercedes Benz wreckers, a bunch of BV 206s which are nice as they are the 6 cylinder Mercedes diesel versions. A bunch of Lynx snow machines, a nice BV206 power pack lifting frame item 297. What is the vehicle in the background of this photo? I have searched all the lots but found nothing. R

That would an easy part to fabricate and replciate. R

Following on from a post by AFVNut I found a you tube video titled "M&N Pictures - Trailer" If you watch the end of it shown is a Stormer doing what appears to be sliding down a grassy slope and ploughing through a fence. This is followed by an object lesson in the laws of physics when a 434 towing a 432 on an A frame (presumably) going at a good clip suddenly slows down for some reason and ends up having a slight accident as the inertia of the towed 432 pushes up the back of the 434 and then the 434 slams back down on the front of the 432. Im sure in the REME this clip and the Sgt Ritchie Foden roll over are now well famous but not to all the rest of us. If anyone can post the link please do as Im a mental midget for doing that. R

In the second clip at 1:14 there is a bogged / stuck Chieftain. Did anyone else notice that the Call sign on the turret basket is 23B but the bazooka plates have 21B on them! R

The adaptor has worked perfectly for ages. R

Denis, make sure the blonde survives!:rotfl: R

So, does it have the same length of track? R

I have some fiends in low places, aren't they the best? Anyhow, I have been meaning to make contact with the King Abdullah Design Bureau in Jordan and see if they will relase info on how they have repowered their Ferrets. If I do get the info I will be sure to get it in a form that is allowable for public consumption so we can all benefit. R

Blimey! Are those really run flat Dunlop track grips to fit a Ferret used on another vehicle? Love the Stonefield, always wanted one of those to compare to a LR 101FC R

Can anyone give me a definitive date as to when the Stormers for MOD were built? R

As there is no Canadian section to the forum I guess I am left with posting this here, sad as there are so many Canadian vehicles that are worth posting. This vehicle has arrived back in Canada recently as a result of some horse trading between Dirk Lerjwater and the new owner Barry Churcher. Just thought I would post it for all to see. R

We try to always slave start from another vehicle and not a pair of batteries on a trolley as others are often liking to do. A while ago we tried to start an M818 from a Bedford and had a minor display of arcing when coupling up the slave cable using an adaptor for the M series connection. We stopped instantly. We usually start Brit vehicles with same and M series with same but there wasnt one close at hand that day. Can anyone comment on what may have happened? R