john fox

Nick there is no reference anywhere in current regualtions to a 1962 date, whatever you looked at is I think now superseded. the only date mentioned in current regs is 1st January 1960 (para 30 form V112G) John

This is a very grey area where everyone speaks from their own personal experience, however the following is the absolute start point: The DVLA has absolutely nothing to do with MOT and has no power to exempt a vehicle from MOT unless the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) has given type approval under the construction and use regulations. As our military vehicles were never intended for civilian regulations, type approval does not exist for Ferrets. This is why your V5 document (and annual V11 licence renewal notice) does not say your vehicle is exempt and means you have to claim exemption yourself each year. Therefore it is down to whatever exemption class you wish to claim for yourself. This is your own decision and until a test case occurs (eg. following an accident) no one can be sure they have it right because, even speaking to VOSA officials, you will not get a consistent response in my personal experience. My personal position (mine is a 1965 EC registration) I hold an e mail from a senior technical officer at VOSA which was a reply to my query originally sent to DVLA (and forwarded by them to VOSA) in which the officer states " your Ferret is not exempt by age but we class such vehicles as motor tractors which therefore falls within an existing exemption category" (using Form 112G) Do I have faith in this statement - frankly NO - I have claimed exemption in the past but now pay for a test - £40 is a small price to pay to be able to show a police officer that the vehicle was independently confirmed to be road worthy on a certain date Yes its a waste of money but I feel safer, I don't know of any accident involving innocent fatalities but I am skeptical that an insurance company would not try to wriggle out if the claim was a big one - basic start point: no MOT = invalidated insurance cover. If you want to claim exemption, form V112G can be used however its unlikely your V5 says the vehicle's registration class is motor tractor so be it on your own head. (Para 30 is the "age related" exemption clause) http://www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/forms/v112g.pdf John

No offence taken - I was merely recording how the specific Mk1/2 vehicle now at Duxford came back from Gulf 1. I also vaguely remember reading an article soon afterwards about a Mk1/2 having to run away from Iraqi T55(?) and the only thing the commander could do was bang away with his LMG and hope Don't need no conversions mate, actually I have 2 :-D deac GPMG as all 3 of my Ferrets are fitted for GPMG. One is the L7 version which I use on my MK1 and Mk1/2 and the other is the L37 version I use in the Mk2 turret. John

Hi all I have a gearbox which allegedly has been rebuilt by an ex REME VM but when changing up from 2 to 3 it will not engage first time and it is necessary to hit to pedal a second time before it engages, once in there is no slippage or any other form of problem. Changing down from 3 to 2 is fine and works first time. All other gears engage smoothly and work fine. Whats wrong with 2nd :dunno: Suggestions to date are: a) the linkage from the pedal to the box was incorrectly set and needs to be readjusted - is this possible? I would have thought that if the linkage was the wrong length then it would affect both going up and down on the gear (and more than just one gear?) b) the 3rd gear "finger" inside the box may have a burr or wear which stops it engaging on the busbar correctly. I am assured by the VM that he set the busbar height correctly using the dipstick gauge. I guess I would favour option b as when changing down the "finger" simply slides off the busbar and therefore would apply when going up since it has to lift over the busbar to engage. Any suggestions before I have to take the box out are gratefully received. If option b) applies can it be done in situ? Cheers John

7.62mm LMG would be OK up until Gulf 1 - thats how the Gulf Ferret Mk1/2 at Duxford was set up on its return I agree that 303 Brens are wrong with anything Clansman but then again Brens are cheap and easy to get and IMHO its looks better to have something up rather than nothing - picky or not John

The manual I have shows a 352 fitted instead of the 351. Based on that here's how i did it to position the 352 as the B set This is the mounting which Chris refers to and which the radio attaches via the carrier plate on which the 351/352 is itself mounted. (Pictured from behind) The 352 configuration: If you fit a 351 or 352 then you also need to fit a Direct Current Charging Unit (DCCU) since the vehicle's power supply is not connected directly to the radio (unlike for the 353) as it is supplied via a charging port on the 351 battery There are a nuumber of mounting positions for a DCCU - this is the one shown in my installation manual

sorry if this was advertised on here but its the first I've heard of it. I have been to other shows at Chatham and in my experience they do seem to have a problem about advertising outside of their immediate area. When I went to the VE day show they seemed surprised someone was coming all the way from Surrey.

Mick this has been discussed many times on the "other" :whistle: forum and there is no real cure other than a rebuild using flexible exhaust pipe which has been remodelled (eg. cut and welded) to fit tightly - you are quite correct that it is important to ensure there is movement to avoid manifolds or the hull elbow cracking due to engine movement relative to the hull If your mileage is low and you are happy to risk cracks then fitting metal shim between the swaging on the short pipes and the rim of the elbows provides a temp fix - shim held in place with jubilee clips around the short pipes. The metal will of course rust away and is renewed with more shim (try brass if you can but watch out for differential thermal expansion by using non ferrous metal). I'll reiterate that such action does of course produce a solid pipe - you have been warned. in the past I have seen others post about a flue sealant which you can apparently buy in plumbers (not builders) merchants. Not sure I remember the name correctly but was something like "plumb flue" - it was claimed this never sets and is designed for sealing joints between a metal flue lining (which moves with heat expansion) and the brickwork of a chimney etc. That said no one ever posted whether they had actually used it and if it was successful. Gun gum and other "exhaust sealants" sold in motor factors set hard and are certainly no use. You might try exhaust bandage and hold it in place with jubilees but the gap would have to be big for that to fit in the first place. I myself have done the rigid fix using 4 thou shim but am currently in the process of replacing it with flex exhaust pipe on the "other" forum you will find that the consensus amongst the people who actually post (ie not the majority view) was that such leakage is normal and you have to live with it. The Australians pointing out that the temp in the engine bay can get the exhaust pipe up to red heat whereupon expansion seals all leaks - but we don't have their sort of ambient temperatures so I personally take this with a pinch of salt. I'll be interested to see what others say

Rick are you talking about the history for your Morris? If so I asked the RLC museum for the history of my Morris giving them the 6 digit post war registration you refer to (taken from the chassis plate by the fuel tank) All I got back was a page listing 12 vehicles (including my registration no) showing the date they were disposed of and nothing else. The museum said there were no other records held under that 6 digit ref no and that all such early records had been destroyed Regarding the wartime history I cannot find out how to get my actual wartime registration no (ie the Z number) and I have also been unable to find out who holds the Morris Commercial wartime production records which list chassis and contract numbers. The MCC club say they do not hold wartime records (they hold all the civilian production records however) and they could not say who else might have them. Consequently I do not know if the RLC Museum would have any records under the wartine z registration number.

Hi Rick Just discovered this thread what a super job you've done :bow: I'll know where to come to get mine fixed now

Simon I believe this is a generic marking to indicate that the vehicle was attached to a "ministry"unit (as opposed to a specific regiment/division). For example my 101 carried this mark when it was assigned to the School of Army Driving and continued with it when it moved to the School of Mechanical Engineering (for the apprentices to rebuild what the leaner drivers had done to it!) WQhen you get your history card look for any non regimental postings and see if that ties up

Mick that's how I do mine as well - I have never got on with the official oil syringe as its just too powerful. Did have some great success with a 50ml medical syringe for a time but the oil rots the rubber end so it died and I wasn't working there anymore to get a replacement :whistle:

Mick Re the AA and vehicle recovery (as opposed to roadside assistance) the Landrover 101 owners have a great deal of experience over this issue because legally speaking the normal crew cab AA recovery trucks are only allowed to carry a vehicle with a plated weight of 3.5 tonnes or under. If they carry a vehicle over that weight they have an illegal load and are therefore uninsured etc. As the manufacturers’ data plate on a 101 gives the gross (ie laden) weight as 3654Kg experience of actual recovery situations has shown that most AA patrols will no longer recover a vehicle over 3.5 tonnes - as is clearly stated in their terms and conditions for normal membership. I too was approached by a patrolman on a sales pitch at Brooklands this year who said it would be possible under a category of membership called "affinity". He took my details and promised to get the "office" to send an application - however nothing ever came and the other patrolmen there that day were divided over whether that category still exists. All were however unanimous about the 3.5 tonnes weight limit. I have received roadside assistance once before without problem from the AA but I think all this confirms is the experience of the 101 owners that an individual patrolman will help if it is within his discretion to do so and he feels like playing with something a bit different to the usual clapped out old car. Note also that the weight limit is metric tonnes so the Ferret at a nominal 3.5T imperial is absolutely over weight. Extract from AA website terms and conditions: Vehicle specifications Breakdown assistance is only available for cars, vans, minibuses or motorcycles which meet the specifications set out below. Please note that 'car, van, minibus or motorcycle' does not include, amongst other things, electric pavement vehicles, electrical wheelchairs, any vehicle which cannot lawfully be used on the public highway and/or any non-motorised vehicle. Maximum Vehicle Weight: 3.5 tonnes (3,500kg) gross vehicle weight Maximum Vehicle Width: 7ft 6in (2.3m) In conclusion - yes you will always get someone to attend at the roadside but it may be pot luck if they stay and work on the vehicle - where a recovery truck turns up it is more likely to drive off again immediately nowadays and if you succeed in convincing him of your “weight” you will have endangered their lorry and may be liable in an accident since he is then uninsured …. The choice is yours ……

I would be potentially interested Rick subject to usual about actual costs etc

so how do you sell them then???

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g306/00ec25/wheeldolly.gif[/img] I bought mine from machine mart but I can't find it in their on line catalogue. this is a photo of a similar one taken from the first website i came to wheel goes in the middle. wrap chain around it pump jack to raise/lower rotate wheel on the bottom rollers to align with wheel studs hey presto

too right they are Mick - being a softie I bought myself a commercial truck wheel change dolly so its simple now :-D

would a Morris Commercial C8 have had the standard MCC enamel badge on the radiator? I can see no signs of mounting holes or evidence one was ever fitted and always assumed that wartime and post war production vehicles would not have run to such frivolous items given the scarity of stuff during the war but i have seen a few badges fitted to some vehciles recently or is that just a civi owners pride showing through?

i see from the upcoming birthdays list that FV1620 at 106 years old will be struggling to get a vehicle as old as him :shake: lets hope both he and his fleet are equally well preserved :whistle:

Mick usual suspects for parts: banister or glen any motor factors for brake fluid - I use Halfords DOT 4 Do not however under any circumstances get DOT 5 as that is incompatible

Hurrah :clap: - back up and looking great, although the borders on left and right are a bit big and seem arther wasteful - i guess I am echoing earlier comments which you have already answered though the spellchecker does not seem to be working, all i get is a blank white screen i did not get either of the 2 emails you appear to have sent out reading the earlier comments only found you again today when I assume the redirect you have now set up on the old URL worked. I was well worried and starting to get withdrawal symptons :cry: because searching for you on Google just returned the old URL and a standard error message John

brings back memories, those gas eye shields are the first bit of militaria I ever bought, still have them upsatirs somewhere. My dad got them for me (paying £2 - a fortune in those days) from the Warnham War Museum which we used to regularly go past on family trips to the seaside but never vistsied largely because dad was not too keen on reminders of things he would rather forget

double de-clutch in a Ferret - now that would be a technical masterpiece and show stopper :schocked:

[ OOEC25, I believe that the CB license is not needed after 6th Dec 2006. thanks Lightweight i have never actually used mine in my Ferret because at £15 per year (the cost when i first enquired) i had only paid £40 for the entire set up and thought it a waste of money when i would only use it infreqently in my MV. sdtand by for a lot of use now then :banana:

:adminpwr: at the risk of being labelled as the :police: , you do need an annual licence to operate a CB radio otherwise you risk confiscation/fine if it is found on your vehicle