John Sergeant

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Hi Ian is this mercury still for sale,

Thanks John,

j.sergeant@hotmail.com

Hi Dale, It's good to have someone to talk to I thought I was the only one with a tug,That rad was a bit expensive £ 700 that's what I payed for my tug 5 days ago.

I have the Ford 10 hp engine in mine I saw mine running when I bought it but the brakes was stuck on I started restoring it by taking off the ballast cast steel plate witch weighed 2ton I will not put this back on.

My email is j.sergeant@hotmail.com

this is my first military vehicle I have done,I have been restoring since 1980 started with a 1947 Scammel motive unit and a 1926 showman wagon I have had various commercial vehicles all so fair ground organs,I then swung onto horse drawn showmans wagons I did 5 of these over the years I still have my 1933 Bedford brake down truck.

The the best for now John   

Hi Dale,

You have made a lovely job of that drop side and the progress with the other photos.

where did you get the radiator done? as I need mine done.

Would you be able to copy the paper work you have I will pay you, and all the postage costs

I also need a name plate on the radiator the one on mine just says MERCURY the bloke I bought the tug  off said he bought it and put it on so I don't think it's right. seeing your and others.

The only number on the dash is MT7051

Keep up the good work

John 

On 7/2/2019 at 6:04 PM, RAF Mercury tug said:

There is one of these tugs at the Hooton Trust site, ex RAF Hooton Park.  There is a problem with the engine it does start but will only run briefly.  Not sure whether it is now on a 12v system although I am told that they were originally only 6 volts. Any suggestons would be helpful as to why it does not keep running.

Hi mine is 12volt and it didn't keep running I found it was petrol starvation the pipe from under the petrol tank was very small in dia and someone had put a small shut off tap so I enlarged it and the pipe it now keeps running.Hope this is useful.

John Sergeant' 

I also have just bought a mercury tug tractor I have just started restoration on it but no info.

I was told by the reg number is April 1952.

I could do with a manual on it.

Thanks John Sergeant

Hi your photo of this mercury tug tractor in a scrap yard I have just bought the same model,

My one is in army colors it is running order but I have started to restore it.I only bought it yesterday 

There is not much info about these would you know where to get any info on it.

Thanks John Sergeant