robin craig

Not to be outdone by the great pictures by Mr FESM NDT I also did some follow up on a question I had asked him and found this picture of Supacat MK3 from his neck of the woods. R

As an alternative to the spray can for crack detection a poor mans alternative is using dyed diesel fuel. Here ours is red, so if using soap stone dust that turns pink when there is a crack. Robin

I would ask why? If you are loading it with more weight than it was specd for and feel that you need to stop it better wont your friendly VOSA people lock you away? Frankly I would think that you are going to have to do some interesting conversion work. Have you thought of electric brakes? What vehicle are you pulling it with, that would be a help. R

Frankly, since I went in 1997 and then again in 2000 there was a degradation between the two. It is inconceivable over on this side of the pond in the colonies that such a large event would not be better managed. I'm not saying that Messrs Cadman and team are not trying to do their best, im just saying it could be improved. If they listen to comments and have an after action review each year with stakeholders such as the vendors and attendees and clubs then the event will continue to evolve and grow. You still cant convince me there is a is a need for vehicles to be rip roaring around late at night? I think a divided "quiet" and not quiet camping would be better but likely difficult to arrange on that scale. Robin

well recymech thats a brilliant start. I really like the all red warriors, imagine one of those at Beltring in a few years time. Who has anything else? R

Okay kids, now that you have indulged in the egg nog and the in laws are approaching, time for some distraction. So we all hopefully by now know about the famed Berlin Garrison scheme that was used by the British. Lets see what people have in their albums of vehicles with other colours in them. I know of one person with a nice picture of a CRRAV with large areas of red on it, who else has weird schemes from any military to put up? Let the fun begin Robin:rofl:

Frankly W+P needs a paid uniform Police presence and over time seeing people get cuffed and stuffed will sort things out dramatically. It would have to be paid for as no area police commander would commit resources and deny his normal patch service. It has obviously got a reputation for a lawless zone of fun for the undesirables. Set an example sensibly and it will all calm down, if it isnt handled that way there will be a death or two and then your health and safety and insurance people will shut it down. Robin

In post no 401 the pig in front of the barv has a large box on the right side, what is it? I have no clue, so im not being smug. R

Well Jack, actually you already have made my Christmas, setting up this forum frankly has been an absolute godsend. Living in Canada aka the Great White North and being a devotee of British MVs its absolutley brilliant as the world over here is inudated with jeeps and the like. Most people here dont have a clue what CES is. I think you may want to buy snow tyres and some driving lessons for those still in Blighty. . . . Rgds Robin

Frankly, as a welder by trade who has held numerous welding tickets in various positions in various processes in various metals from aluminum through stainless and mild steel, I have a simple answer. DON'T The MIG (metal inert gas) welder is to metal working in untrained hands what the hot melt glue gun is to the woodworking trade, Those people who can find the "on" switch can bubble gum metal together with no certainty of a good joint. A wire feeder with a power source which is what you are asking about is about the same. The age old art, and it is one, of arc welding or stick as some call it, is with the correct electrode selection and knowledge a very versatile tool and next to oxy acetylene cutting a must as far as workshop kit. If you must buy a welder with a wire feeder get one with a shielding gas. Flux cored wire is great for big production jobs. Considering the thickness of the materials except in thin tin work stick welding is far superior. Even then with say 7014 downhand thin material can be welded with good precision and little distortion. Without a shielding gas you will have more clean up as the spatter will be greater even though you will be tempted to use all kinds of potions to spray around the joint prior to welding that will abate some spatter. Also consider what process was used to make the original item. I would highly suggest anyone wanting to weld to take the time and either use a community college night course or pay someone to teach you one on one. Feel free to turn this into a welding thread and ask questions. What I can not answer I will point you in the right direction. Remember, a good welder can weld just about anything except the crack of dawn and a broken heart, and if you have seen . . . . . . . you will understand why. rgds Robin

Go stand in the corner until playtime, and then we will see if you can come out! No worries mate, I will select something more esoteric next time, fair play. R

BV 206 weighs in at 4 tons so with full kit maybe 5 at worst. R

Andy I should have barred you from answering! Yes its Jordan< that was short lived wasnt it. R

Okay kids, I know the answer but do you? What is this and where? R

Thanks to all replies contact made. Many thanks Boss man you can close this thread! R

I highly doubt he has spares that he will part with, but you never know. He is curently away until mid January. Robin

Ah Hah! Score one for Team Myth, zero for Team Truth R

Its late so im going to pull the pin and lob another hand grenade into the forum. Just like the topsy turvy CVR(W)Fox legend, whats the deal with the ever so unloved RB44s. Were they ever sorted out to the point that they would run and drive and brake in a straight line? Does anyone have real life seat time or other first hand comments to make? I see them being sold through Withams so they must be going somewhere? Oh and dont forget pictures etc etc Robin

Clive, as always, oustanding contribution, sincere thanks. My question was generated from two different problems I face. They are from a maintenance point of view trying to find alternate sources for parts needed to repair vehicles, ie lets say the stop / tail light on a Land Rover 101FC needs replacing. From my Mk1 brain I think its the same item as on a Bedford MJ and on a Land Rover 90. So I would want to scout around and see if lets say Craddocks had one in stock but will need the Land Rover part number. The obverse of that is say I need a rear fog lamp lenses for our BV 206D I know thats also a generic Brit post war MV part and even has an FV number on it. There are many people in the hobby who cant identify parts like that and dont have the experience or developed knowledge to figure that out. The second is when looking at our parts list of our own parts we hold sometimes i'm not sure if one widget will fit or work on another vehicle. Ive kind of got a hang of it mostly in my pea brain but I know I can do better and save money by alternate sourcing when items are pretty generic. That brings me on to a related problem I am about to have. As you will know from other threads I am joining the ranks of others such as Antar Mike in owning an Eager Beaver. There was a comment in that thread about ROF raiding the parts bin when building it. So after Christmas when Santa has brought me my Eager Beaver parts list (Ive been a good boy so I know im getting these) and manual I will be looking at various parts and wondering if the item of interest is also used on another vehicle. If it is then instead of asking for a indicator for an EB I will ask for the Land Rover equivalent as it may be cheaper. When I mentioned above the "parts list of what we hold" I was talking about our 20 ft ISO sea container. A few years ago I made the decision to once and for all get a grip on our spares for the various vehicles we have in the collection. These have been acquired as provisioning spares as we have bought vehicles and also from trips to the UK. They were spread all over in packing cases and cupboards and chests in any corner that there was space. At the same time we took delivery of the sea can and fitted it out with shelving. One row across the back wall and one row down either side and a double row doen the centre. Each bank was allocated a letter. Each column of shelves in a bank a number, and each shelf in the column a letter. We took a bunch of very large tarps and cleared out a building floor and brought everything over and opened boxes and crates and sorted using my MK1 eyeball and various lists we had to group parts together. Then slowly, grouping by grouping we enetred them to an excel spread sheet. We gave every item our own unique number and then entered a series of data about it including the shelf location quantity of the items and what its manufacturers number is and what its FV number is if known and what category its in and what the part is and what it also will fit and whether it is NOS or take off. For some items we also took a digital picture of the part with the tag on it. So now, when we need to do service work I can open up the file and see we have so many in stock and what shelf it is on etc etc. It works very well as long as one person is ruthless with the database and access to the sea can is restricted and its not used as a candy store to go picking items from. Nothing comes out or goes back in without it going over my desk. This coming spring we are going to do a verification which should only take a couple of days as it has been 3 years since we started the system. It has been a worthwhile investment in manpower and basic computer skills. It was a mamoth project to acheive but I will never look back now. regards Robin See what I mean?

GKN Simba would be my guess, is there a prize? Robin

Sounds like it was a great idea but in reality not such a clever one. I guess there is a stache of pictures in someones files with pranged 410s and reams of paperwork from every safety wallah requiring verification by all and sundry before a tow could start, by which time the rest of the plant troop were in their sleeping bags getting some kip while the 410s rolled onto the road. Bet the guys in plant troop love the new HMEE machines then, i really want to try boogieing down the road in one of them. Robin

Well thats a grand explanation, does anyone have any photos of that arrangement? R

Does anyone know anything about how the JCB 410 was towed behind TMs and what were they like to tow? Could you revese with one behind or was it a forward motion only deal? Robin

This is such a logical computer era type question but here goes anyway. Is there any listing of FV parts numbers and their usage, ie FV1234 left hand widget fits all land rover and bedfords and nortons. Im asking this as we have many Brit Mvs in the collection and it is only by familiarity that one knows that the same part fits another vehicle but might be a different number, the classic is some Land Rover parts have both a Land Rover part number and an FV part number, and yet another number in the Supacat parts listings. see what I mean? Robin

Made by Roadles Traction who later on made the Roadless Traction tractors. For the right person quite desireable. Obvious Contract number there that someone will dig out im sure. There is a quite bit on these in the book about Roadless which I will see this weekend but likely someone else will beat me to it. Robin