robin craig

The red top Foden was in the tender sale at Withams this week R

Dear Chubster, if you take andy up on his Saturday invitation perhaps you can take a video device along that can record more than 3 minutes worth of footage . . . .. Andy and I will thank you . . . R

How about change to a spin on oil filter system, that's a serviceability upgrade in my book. R

could i suggest that any enquiry on Canadian kit be posted on maple leaf up forum as you will likely find some rivet counters there with valuable info R

Welcome anyone who like Lode Lane products cant be all bad! R

yes, curious that it is through Withams as it has a Q registration yet clearly has MOD history from the data plate. Bet it wont fetch much R

"Clive how do i proceed to get a copy from you?" Send postal order and sae to Clive Elliott, Spanner Cottage, Lower Little Podlesham on the Nase, Near Upper Type Face on Ouse, . . . . . . . . . R

I am very much afraid to say that what those descriptions are associated with is the rivet counting spanner *&^%$ types that dwell in dark dimly lit rooms and don't have a life. I recall with absolute clarity three "judges" at an MVPA event in Tobyhanna in the US a number of years ago looking over a particular Shorland that was on the show circuit a few years back. It had so much kit on it from all different eras and origins it was like mobile multinational surplus store on wheels. The fact that none of these gents had ever served in the US military and had no clue which end was which on a Shorland bemused me as to how they could "judge" vehicles. Here endeth the rant R

Andy, who is the gent driving the vehicle? R

Like a prize fish Tony, you came up for the bait! Gulp:dancinggirls: As a professed lover of the more modern armour I loved the Chieftain towing it in, shame there wasn't more footage of that. R

email sent r

Thank you Richard, a bit of Homer "DOH!" moment on my part R

Patience Richard my son! I think I know what happened but am waiting for buddy to contact me off line. R

Well, Once again I am proven correct after the passage of time! Thank you so much for validating what I posted, I knew I was not a complete loony tune! Dean-Paul could you please send me your email by private message please? Robin

Anyone have the parts number for the drive shaft between the front and rear parts, maybe even a parts book picture? I guess it would be too much to know where one might be purchased from? R

Vince, when you took all the suspension fittings off the hull did you find some kind of goo that was used between the components and the hull? What did you use when going back together? We have an idler unit off the hull and are wondering what to use, I was thinking Loctite 263 R

Or you could buy the spin on oil filter adapter and paint the filter green or silver and no one would be the wiser and maintenance would be easier. Link here, scroll down http://ferret-afv.org/ Not related connected etc R

Holy snappin! Could she talk any faster? One wonders if all that work is so that they can go outside again? That engine hanging from the hoist looks very modern R

At what intervals are others changing the gearbox fluid and are people doing it at the same time as the filter or doing the filter more often than the fluid itself? R

Sorry for the delay in posting a follow up on this one. Mate Gerry and I made the 3 hour trip down to get Al's vehicle to run just over a week ago. We proved the basic spark, then moved to proving fuel. We found that there was fuel at the carb banjo bolt but not what you would call a strong flow. The top plate was removed from the carb and the needle and floats were proven. Then we filled the carb with fuel and fired it up and it ran and consumed the fuel. So we bolted the inlet supply banjo bolt back on and repeated the test and it fired but spluttered and died fairly quickly. This sent us down the road of fuel supply. We knew that the problem as upstream of the carb. As the vehicle has a lot of kit in it we decided that the possible causes were as follows:- - fuel pump starting to fail - fuel tap blocked partially - fuel line blocked partially - banjo bolt at the bottom of the fuel tank partially blocked As the simplest test was to change the fuel selector tap over that is what we did. We Then went back to the carb banjo bolt and took that off and gave it a nano second cranking. A hugely increased difference in the volume of fuel delivered. So that eliminated the fuel pump right off the bat. As our mission was to make it run, and we proved that by now securing the banjo bolt we stopped messing around. Our pragmatism is that we did not have materials with us to rebuild the selector tap nor did we have the time to drain the fuel tank and remove the banjo bolts and clean the lines and seal it all back up, especially if the tank needed removal. As there was another mechanical issue to be addressed we sorted that and then started the vehicle again and took it out for a test drive. We had it running for over 20 minutes zipping up and down the street between the stop sign and the turning circle and the engine didnt lack for power at all. We have resolved that it is most likely the right side part of the tank and over the winter we will go back down with the intent of taking all the fuel out of the tank and removing the banjo bolts from underneath and by stealth rinse both sides of the tank with fuel rather than have to remove the tank. At the same time we will modify the banjo bolts with some stems to raise the pick up point a little bit and put new crush washers on and re attach everything. This is the most practical solution. Thanks for all the tips guys and gals. Robin

Dear Mr Runflat, thank you for that link, I promise I wont tell anyone! R

Paul, you are not in an exclusive situation but as I keep telling others that have deep pockets and who buy lots of kit, better have dry heated, vermin free storage to stabilise a vehicle properly let alone a fleet. I share your pain but . . . . . . R

Its a bit of a shame that the casually interested person like myself can't see the restoration gallery pictures unless we become Gold level sponsors. While I understand the need to raise funds it does kind of shut the rest of us out. Its a bit of a double edged sword. Oh well, we will wait to see what she looks like once completed, I wish them luck and good sponsorship R

Here is the twisted idler arm. R

Here is a picture, sadly it was difficult to get the camera to see what the naked eye can see but i hope this helps. If you look at the gap between the steel square and the vertical stub you can see the gap tapers outwards as you get higher. Sadly Mr Fedex is yet to drop the new lump into my hand as yet, had hoped to replace it last night. R