the DT guy

don't need to say much over than frilled with how the truck is turning out so far. have started on my 45 ton Rogers which is going to be a challenge so i'll probably do a separate thread for that. hopefully next year she'll be out n about for every one to see.

that's what ratchet straps are for John 😜 glad the standard is to your liking Mike come along way since you seen her. think she was just a chassis and front axle when you seen it? hope life is treating your self and your good lady kindly Mike best regards sam

thank you very much chaps only problem with restoring a vehicle for 3+ years is the urge to rush it gets very tempting but really hoping to run it on the road next year.

managed to collect the new front fenders the other weekend and get them fitted, all of a sudden she looks like a Diamond again. shame it all has to come off to be painted and fine tuned by same time nice to have it all back on for final fit real soon. day i collected the wings just chucked them on to get a feel for how they will fit. welding the front mounting brackets which fit to the top bumper plate. ready to start fitting to the truck. one side mounted with the tread plate and new head light and mount fitted. last saturday had the toys out and really happy with how the diamond is looking with it's face back on. did a few laps of the field and boy i can't wait to get her on the road!!!

1 x NOS in the box cylinder head for Diamond T 980/981 fitted with the Hercules DFXE diesel box is completely un opened and head is cosmolined and wrapped in grease proof paper. head is complete with all valves/springs ready to bolt on only selling as have 2 identical boxed heads for my project so the 3rd isn't required. will add pics soon as i dig it out and i will open the box for the 1st time so you can see what you are getting. feel free to call/text Sam on 07533067157 £1000 no VAT located near Devizes Wiltshire will be in Macclesfield on saturday 21st march so can bring with me if it helps

no idea what injector pump your militant has but the CAV unit on the Rolls Royce C6 in my Diamond T had similar issues and it was a mix of an out of adjusted rack dampener and a damaged governor. got those fixed and she peers like a kitten know.

evening John been dealing with a mountain of stuff but getting through it know, wont be out with the diamonds this year as they are all in bits but will be at heddington with one of the steam engines and i'll pop down to Lacock least in person to say hello and probably buy something from Paul's stand lol i never followed up on the trailer as i couldn't locate the owner and no one i spoke with wanted to claim the trailer so i stayed away from it in the end. heard Niel retired? are the meeting still at the pig??

took some fresh pics tonight of some of the wiring annoyingly i have lost the pics of all the series parallel switch wiring and know the floor is in properly i am no going to scratch the paint to show you all how good it is sorry lol. skuttle junction strip, i have used the original colour coded braided wire i have been able to get it and the rest i have had to get the next best thing. yes nearly all of it you don't seen know i have wrapped it up in the old style canvas/tape but it is how it is mean't to be. behind the dash just a few wires to finish fitting and tape some wires so they are secure. originally the tail light wiring went up and over the top of the steel rail on the bottom of the ballast box which would sit on the wooden beam. but have changed that as you can see just to make the wiring tidier and less likely to chafe and rub. rear tail light wiring and 4 pin trailer plug socket wiring all taped up and secured with rubber lined stainless "P" clips, again improvement over the original method of just laying it in the chassis with the odd p clip and letting the wiring rub on the frame etc etc. hopefully a better shot of the seats and cab interior, sorry about the amount of shadow in the shed hopefully have the truck out side soon for some better pics. been scratching my head on what to do about indicators for months and months as i didn't want to loose the nice side lights on the front as being a large vehicle and likely driving in the dark regularly i want every one to know how wide i am. so thought about land rover indicators as i have seen these on other large trucks and they are functional but not in your face which with more and more stupid un aware drivers out there know i wasn't happy with these. so stumbled on these LED strips on ebay which are 2 strips for £8 and thought why not. turns out these are the boys to use i think but what do you think? i got hold of some magnets which i have bolted to some steel bar then stuck the LED strips to them. so they stick on the bottom of the bumper then at a show or a historic event/road run you just pull them off and stick them to the back side of the bumper out of sight. WP_20200306_19_04_48_Pro[1].mp4

it's waxoil i sprayed it every were, inside the doors, the whole under side of the cab and in between all mating surfaces. this truck last worked in scotland on heavy recovery work and by the time i got her she was bursting every were with rust!! so gone for the very long term approach of paint every thing then waxoil or grease as i have gone.

evening Richard sadly the T wont be ready for A&E this year even though that was my full intention but it just hasn't worked out. so i'll be going with Jason Jefferies and his 981/rogers.

the replacement ballast box is in very good condition with no deep rot just patches of surface rust which will get dealt with at the shot blasting/painting stage. spent a few days sorting out all the small jobs: straighten and re weld the left grab handle replace the tail gate hinge pin with a new one as original was bent removed the post war light clusters and welded up all the un wanted holes and cut out the blanking plates which blanked the original tail light holes made new tail light holders and welded them in so just need a few weeks of dry weather to get it blasted and painted then that will be the last big lump done and fitted. i'll have to take pics of the wiring and other bits as the pics i had have gone missing so will sort that out at the weekend. regards sam

my apologies for lack of updates on the diamond mix of work, many on going projects and forgot my password for this forum so new login it is. various things have happened since the last post, i have my new seats which are superb and incredibly comfortable, managed to acquire a replacement ballast box which has saved a lot of time and £££ over making a new one. also the whole truck is know wired and working bar head lights. i'll sort more pics out soon for a better up date on the truck. regards sam