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The filter was not there. funny thing is, as i undid the bolts holding the cover on i could smell old petrol:shocked: Also noticed the pickup pipe is quite a large diameter so i would think any large particals of dirt would not manage to be sucked up in the relatively slow flow of fuel up the pipe. Oh...........I also went for a drive too:drive: the first time out propper since i bought it 5 years ago!!

Also managed to wash out the diesel tank with the pressure washer and half a bottle of fairy liquid then cooked the whole lot over the BBQ to dry it out

Here you go a pic of said pants:)

I'll hang on to the other one but might have to buy another pair for brake leavers and gear stick. Best to cut down the lenth and make it cone shaped and lace it up. I fitted the end on the chrome rod with the jubalee clip on the inside. It does ruffle up a bit but looks ok and keeps the crud at bay. you can see my ram as i have removed the steel plates off the track box so its much easyer to oil everything. I will take a piccy of said trowser leg and post it:-D

If your being really lazy just cut down the length of it and then lace it up, saves taking the ball joint off the end ect:)

You know the air ram on the steering system on the explorer......you know the one under the cab with the cracked shredded remains of a rubber gaiter dangling along the chrome rod, Well a trip to the charity shop turned up a pair of black leather trousers. The leg of which makes a perfect gaiter for said steering ram and keeps all the crap of the shiny chrome:-D

a tiny bit more progress this last week:) Mirrors are on, All the lights are fitted and wired. Nice shiny number plates are fitted, god damn it's even got a windscreen wiper! Chopped up my old leather belt to make some check straps for the doors and then set about draining the diesel tank. I first fitted a primer bulb in the fuel line so i could actually bleed the thing when i refilled the tank after the last attempt revealed that there were no internals in the engine primer pump. The bung was removed from the tank and some very dark brown fuel was drained, at this point i thought it was best to remove the sump on the tank and have a look inside. OH MY GOD......1" of....er.....muddy goo like watery brown nastyness:wow: Tomorrows job is to stick the pressure washer in it and a bottle of fairy liquid then whack a disposable BBQ under it with the airline jabbed in the filler. Oh i have even bought new batteries for the video camera:cool2:

any idea where i can get an old tarpauling like the one you cover your scammell with? It seems like the answer to my lack of shed

It's better to build it too big than have it fail. At least you have access to a milling machine i would have to be chewing away with a hacksaw and grinder. Anyway always remember the golden rule....... measure once, cut twice:rotfl:

Bloody hell Nick no danger of your engine falling out there then:wow: All looks pretty spot on to me. carry on:-D

Whats the problem with the engine mounts? Stick some pics up perhaps we can offer some advice ect.:-)

llandudno was good if not a little windy, Saw Julian with jumbo and had a chat. I am all road legal now but need to drain the diesel tank. Not this weekend though cos i'm taking the landy to another rally but hopefully next week is the first run :-D

any joy with engine conversion thingy yet? News of piccys ect. Don't you dare just post a video of the finished job ticking over:-|

Normally soaked in oil before fitting this type of seal i think

I may have been dreaming but i'm sure someone told me there is a device that can be fitted to operate the brakes of the towed vehicle via its brake pedal:undecided: Is it some kind of clamp on arrangement like a piston that works off the signal line while an air feed is plumbed into the dead vehicles air supply?

Just make sure you post plenty of videos so i can dream of being there:D

I for one would love nothing more than to come and bury my scammell in the mud as it will be ready for it's first run very soon. However looking at the distance, the fuel and accomadation plus the time off work to travel and stop over i think i will be looking at about £1000 in costs. As i only get 18 of these £1000's from work each year and have many bills to pay i have to save up to take it for a run to Lidl and back. :embarrassed: I will have to be content with watching your videos on you tube and perhaps if i win the lottery :cool2:

I take it there is a great big engine driven fan dragging air through the radiator .... if so with the engine idling i would have thought the bottom hose would stay cold. The thermostat should be closed while the engine warms up then the crack open letting the water into the rad, The influx of cold water into the block with cause the thermostat to close and the flow through the rad will stop and the air will cool the water down so the bottom hose should be almost cold. when you start blasting up hills is when things will warm up. can you see a flow of water if you run it with the rad cap off? There shoud be next to no flow when cold and definatly no air bubbles.

Well i'm only going for a wander round i don't really think a 90 mile round trip plus two road runs is a good idea for a first run after 15 years off the tarmac:nut: I'm just going to play local for a while but might have a run to llanberris for the lake railway birthday bash, a nice 50 mile round trip. I'm working on a pound a mile for fuel planning:undecided: You still waiting for the clutch shaft? Whats he machining it with a nail file:laugh:?

Waiting for me number plates to be made....all black and silver you know. Got the batteries ready to go on £160 for two 110amp ones. Fitted the mirrors.....side reflectors to go on tomorrow and a diesel return. just oiled it up all round but think i will have to use grease in the rear prop cos the seals aint to good. what do you lube yours with? i use 140 in all the chassis and brake points and grease in the water pump and rear prop. Anyone going to llandudno next weekend? I want to have a word about the bining the metalastic couplings for a shaft or at least having a shaft ready to fit if they give up the ghost.

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That box in front of the passenger seat is the controll box for the dynamo. Mine has been replaced with a "slightly"newer bosh regulator box. The early Explorers had the isolator switch in the bottom right hand corner of the cab behind the drivers seat.A Big cast aluminium box with a handell on the front with lots of wires all coverd in conduit coming out of it. Also has the inter vehicle plug on the top. Just had a look in the drivers hand book and can't find any mention of a battery isolator in the later contract explorers. the isolator is only shown in diagrams for the proper early explorers with the nice posh sprung tow hitches and the cosy double skinned cab with heaters:cool2: .....Like mine:whistle:

i recon you might have hit the nail on the head Mike. You know the best way to check the pick up pipe for a leak is to blank one end with your finger bung the other nice tasty end in your mouth, suck and stick your tongue over the pipe and wait to see if you lose vacume.

I take it your explorer has been re wired at some point and it's origanal battery isolator switch removed:-( Or is it still sat in the cab doing nothing? I've just re wired my explorer an being an early one it had a set of breakers in the isolator box instead of fuses. They all work too and reset automatically when you turn the faulty circuit off thus saving fault finding time:D

Do i need to change them or can i just drain them? Its a pain in the ass to bleed cos the hand primer has no internal workings plus the filters are brand new