Richardfv432

I popped round to help out a friend who could not start his FV439, and noticed the Fuel Stop Solenoid was not engaging, after plenty of WD40, away she went. 

I did have the cover off the rack, and noticed  both here and the Fuel Stop position linkage had not any grease in sight, and know that my FV432 had a clear type of grease applied on the moving parts, knowing this as an important area that needs attention...

I was hoping that someone might be able to advise, both myself and the wider FV430 members, as to the type of grease that needs applying, as it does not seem that the standard grease 

is correct.

Any advice, much appreciated.

Richard

Hi Folks

I am after gaskets for FV432 :-

 5330-99-290-6005/ FV2227589 Collector Tank Gaskets

and

5330-99-867-8370/ FV2249165 Fuel Pump Gaskets

Many Thanks

Richard

Rural Past Times Show 2023 Entry Form.pdf

4 hours ago, fv1609 said:

Looks like it is in East Sussex to save you having to download the form to find out where it is being held.

2nd Weekend In August 2023
Monkings Farm, Hastings Road, Horns Cross, East Sussex, TN31 6JG at Junction B2165 & A28

On 3/19/2023 at 4:05 PM, Richardfv432 said:

Rural Past Times Show 2nd weekend in August 2023.

Military Vehicles welcome.

Plenty of room for tracked and wheeled vehicles to play. Entry forms available on the web site.

Rural Past Times Entry Forms Class H Army.pdfRural Past Time Show 2023.htm 87.18 kB · 16 downloads

Rural Past Times Show 2nd weekend in August 2023.

Military Vehicles welcome.

Plenty of room for tracked and wheeled vehicles to play. Entry forms available on the web site.

Rural Past Time Show 2023.htm

http://www.ferret-fv701.co.uk/intercoms_&_radios.htm 

7 minutes ago, terryb said:

the engine and bed are correct, but the original alternator was direct coupled and had a built in exciter on the end of the casing.

belt drive and modern box section would indicate its a modern day build-possibly fairground boys?

Yes, you are correct, I believe it was used on a farm, for its previous life.

Cheers.

Richard

On 10/25/2022 at 9:47 AM, REME 245 said:

Generators tend to be worth very little as they are not desrible on the collectors market.  What do you do with it.     If it was on its original trailer and you could guarantee it was working  it might get into the very low thousands.   As it stands scrap vale or for spares so £500 - £600.  You may get more money advertising it on the stationary engine forums 

Thank you for your help. I have passed on the information to the owner, and I think he is going to paint it up, and take it to Shows now.

Richard

On 11/3/2022 at 6:56 PM, Larkspur-man said:

🤣 I think it would take longer to take off my garage wall than it would to actually fit into an Abbot! I will also send you a PM.
If anyone else is reading this and has an Abbot they are breaking or know of someone who has one, I’m trying to get hold of the Larkspur radio/line interconnecting box (which the commander’s headset plugs into) and also the master battery switch. Photos below. 

Brian

Brian

I have a CVRT Battery Master switch if that is any help to you.

Richard

On 10/17/2022 at 10:17 AM, radiomike7 said:

Engine looks like a Lister JP4 but were they not usually coupled directly to the generator rather than using belts?

Many thanks Mike, your correct, its a Lister JP4, thank you so much for your help.

Richard

1 hour ago, john1950 said:

I know of a similar unit the small excitor generator is used to start the lister. Unscrew all of the large knurled nut decompressors then with it spinning over close them. If it has fuel it should start.

 

Hi John

Just wondering if you know anything about its previous life, how do you put a value on something like this.

Richard

Impressive work.

A friend would like to sell both the Generator and Lorry together, if possible, he thinks the generator powered a trailed Second World War Search Light. I am hoping someone out there knows more about the generator.

Looking for help, a friend would like to sell a Generator and Lorry, he thinks the generator was used during the Second World War to power a trailed Search Light. I would like to confirm this only have no idea where to start..any help appreciated.

I am after any information on The Light Weight Land Rover Shunt Box, as my brother has just bought the Land Rover and has a problem with the shunt box and would like to run a small radio off this at the Shows.

Any help much appreciated.

Richard (Arnie)

I have just cleaned my FV432 fuel tanks and only one tank was a little rusty, which i used Milking Parlour Milkstone remover, which I soaked for 24hrs.This worked very well, and I also cleaned the fuel lines, these were clean and no green algae was found, this may be due to the anti bug killer I put in a year ago.

I still need to find a Bioethanol free diesel fuel if it exist.

Richard

I have been advised by a good friend to use a bioethanol free diesel for my FV432, here is some information on Fame.

It is used to extend or replace mineral diesel and gas oil used to fuel on and off-road vehicles and static engines. Current pump diesel can contain up to 7% FAME, however, higher levels of FAME content, even up to 100% FAME (B100), are not uncommon. It’s created during the transesterification of vegetable oils and animal fats to make biodiesel.

Any information, much appreciated.

Richard

Hi Larry

This is coincidence as I 'was' just about to seal one of my FV432 diesel fuel tanks with POR15, and was a little concerned...

I have cleaned both tanks out with milkstone remover which I sell for descaling milking parlour stainless steel milk pipes, this I left to soak for 24hrs and has cleaned the little rust  away , I had in one tank with well.

I happened to speak to the owner of Tank school yesterday and he mentioned that he had sealed one fuel tank and it pealed off and caused no end of problems, so I am just going to thoroughly rinse out and put the tank back in.

The POR15 could cause a few health problems if you happen to breath the vapours in without the correct face masks.

Richard

Hi Dale

Thank you, this might help you.

Richard

K60 Solenoid.pdf

I have just helped a friend start his Abbot FV433, he had the engine out all connected up outside the front and it was turning over and plenty of fuel coming out the top bleed on the fuel filter, only I could not here the solenoid engaging so, off came the hydraulic oil tank so I could get to the inspection cover for the solenoid linkage and then we tried again and you could see it was not moving and it was rusty; so WD40 and away she went.

I have a burning question, Ok, WD40 did the job, only long term what is the best lubricant for around the solenoid linkage and the rack, you can see some type of grease around the rack from other post's.

Any help much appreciated.

Richard

Hi Chaps

Here is some information I have received from a company that I would recommend for sound advice. There are some valid points, about the pump.

Where did you get the info from stating it’s a witness hole ? as far as I remember we’ve never seen that hole on any of our castings, possibly an earlier version of the pump ? the pump is what 60 years old? Maybe there was a design change when it was adopted for the warrior ?

Im not sure how that hole would have access to the lubrication chamber between the seals, if you look at the cross section below the 2 seals are number 10 (the item between the seals is a wick that holds lubricant) the hole in your pics are on the motor side of the mounting flange ??

Part of the EMER even says to fully submerge the unit to water proof test the pump! If you do this you have risk of water getting into the area between the seals..  which would not be good!