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Thanks Norman, I will have to tackle mine in situ then! It gets worse the more you look into this project! :??? A big thank you to all who took the trouble to answer my request. Bottom line is: I have a manuel in the post & will have to read & digest! Not looking forward to doing this one, I must say! I assume from all the posts, that engine spares for the 101 are the same as for any 'Normal' Rover V8? I understand that other items Body Trans G/Box Etc are specific to the 1 Tonne only, obviously. You know what it's like if you are about to go into Territory 'Technical' that you have never encountered before! :shake: Once again, A Hesitant & slightly worried... Thank you Guys! :tup:: Mike. :help: :wave:

Blimey, And I thought they were made by Nissan!.......:rofl:

Assistance Advice Requested Hi Guys, Now it's MY time to ask for help! :flowers: Can anyone explain for me please, how do you go about changing the camshaft on a 101 Landy? Are there any potential pitfalls, do I need to know anything special about adjustment of the tappets? Any help would be most appriciated. I have NEVER changed, or had anything to do with overhead camshafted vehicles. All my expierinece has been with convetional petrol engines or Diesel & K60 packs. Thank you in advance for your kind assistance with this request. MIKE :tup::

Your ging into Dodgy ground here! The most DANGEROUS thing on the Planet is an Officer with a map!!! :help:

NICE U Turn!! Now all we need for them to say is they are going to abolish Tax on Petrol!!:yay: (Yeah, like THAT's going to happen!) :confused:

A QUICK guide for adjustment is: Look at the cutout in the interior tan coloured padding which is done to give clearance for the tops of the two steering levers. With box COLD, pull a lever back one at a time to JUST take up the slack. Using your fingers as a guide. Measure from the tips of your fingers against the hull to the rear underside of the palm of your hand. the levers SHOULD only pull back that far & then adjustment is correct. As all vehicles are individual, the vehicle should be be test driven afterwards to confirm correct functioning. Too much & the band will get hot & constrict & subsequently slow the vehicle down. Too little & you will have to re-adjust as the lever will come back too far. NOTE: It must be borne in mind that using your fingers as the gauge. You MUST have the standard Issue Mark I Hand! If you have small hands, allow a little LESS adjusting the band up! Just a QUICK guide used in service as a standard check. Easy to do in seconds at ANY time...........:coffee: Hope this is of some small assitance to you. (And any other 430 Series owners!) Mike

I would let my Mum hit me with anything if she had bought me one of those! :banana:

The one gun I ALWAYS wanted was The Jonny Seven. Do you remember those? What a fantastic mobile arsenal all in one gun! The machine gun was great, you just pulled a cocking handle back. It was an internal ratchet mech. & as you pulled the trigger, you got bursts. Awesome. My parents couldnt afford one of those for me in those days. But I managed to make up for it in later years by geting lots of real ones! .........:banana:

Thats' what happens when you get older........:rofl:

I never 'Encountered' the Webley. I bet it looked good! :cool2: It would probably come under the VCR act now. & who can blame them! It would most likely make a kid want to turn to Crime & rob a Bank with it. Instead of instilling care of weapon handling & only 'attacking' bad guys with it. Such a fearsome toy would turn a boys head today! Forget instilling patriotisem & Military Pride in your Country. (Is it still OUR country?) :sweat: No, it's far more fun to Hug a Bunny with Mixemitosis or a Tree with Duch Elm disease! :argh: Opps! Im starting to rant about the joys of living in a 'Free Country' (Free, as long as you shut up & do as your told!) Best shut up & walk away Meekly! :??? (Undefended, of course!)

Yes those far off Halcyon days of 'Warfare' as a kid were marvelous. I lost count of how many Victoria Crosses I won in enemy 'engagements'! The SLRs from Airfix were very popular & now WHEN you encounter one. Are very expensive collectors items! The barrel was the weak point on these, always snapping off. Still I was a potential Armourer then, so it wasnt a prob. Went on to fix many THOUSANDS of the real things later in life! I remember when my Father was stationed in Germany in the late sixties. I bought a version from the N.A.F.F.I when we did our weekly shop. It was all metal with a working action that fired a roll of caps. I never fired caps in mine which today would make it mint. It had plastic furniture & a plastic sling with removable plastic magazine. It was very detailed as I recall & a realistic shrunk down version. I would love to have that hanging on my wall now! :-\ Oh those childhood memories.........:coffee: REMEBER: Boys dont' grow up, thier toys just get more sophisticated! (& Expensive!) :yay: Mike.

I bet you lost the Bayonet that came with it first! :cool2:

There was dedicated ring spaner for this nut. I remeber having one in my toolbox when I worked in the 432 section for my last six months before retraining for another trade. it is very thick gauge steel (Almost 1/2" thick all round) appor 10" long.& looks like a handled saucepan, but obviously a hexagon cutout in the centre. This was heavy duty so you could hit it with a hammer to unlock, or tighten the lock nut after adjustment. After all, you would not want this nut to unscrew during use on the road!! :shocked: There must be a N.A.T.O stock number for this item. After all, our section sergeant put in a demand (Spare request) .for one for each of us for our individual usage .to make life easier instead of having to keep going to the g1098 stores to sign one out! :cool2:

Dave, PM me. Mike....:coffee:

Hi John, Definately ONLY interested in a Runner roadworthy example. I am chasing one thats just come up at £1,5oo at the moment. I have no doubt I will have to pay more but, am prepared to pay for the right example. Do you know anyone looking for a nice Ferret? :-D Will sell seperately, not just up for part Ex. :cool2: Cheers, Regards:Mike

Hello Dave, Well, you might have been lucky & got one of the camp 'Runabouts'. They were utilised for stores & collection / delivery in Calgary. The GMC's look like range safety vehicles & they would have taken a real punishing. Lot's of milage on VERY harsh terrain! :shake: If your vehicle is as you say, you have got a nice buy. I presume the Mech checked the spring shackles? They would have the most wear if it WAS used on the Training Area?.........:-D

I somehow cannot get the advertisement posting facility to work when attempting to post an ad! (Please forgive my ignorance!) :confused: Sooooooooo, here goes! wanted: I am looking for a 1 Tonne Ragtop landrover to buy. prefer RHD & LPG conversion. BUT, all examples offerd considered. Cash sale, OR Part Ex with my On the Road MKII Ferret. Please contact: Mike 07960-208994 or PM me Guys! Thank you in advance for your kind assistance with this requirement. :iloveyou:

Yes, wouldnt it be a nicer world if Warfare was like that. All the fun of firing weapons & no one actually getting hurt! :yay: Any potential conflicts, They should put the opposing politicians in a field & let THEM fight it out! :cool2:

I THOUGHT THIS THREAD HAD BEEN EXPLANED IN DEPTH! I also offered, if you are having difficulties, PM me & I can get this item 'Done' & certified. Why is it STILL being persued please? :confused:

Yes, Im always amused at 'The ever lasting magazine' that apparantly holds hundereds of rounds before it is changed. If changed at all in some films! :cool2: The STERLING (Note correct spelling!) was a superlative weapon to use. The bolt was lightened, & the only way you could check was by noting the part number on it. Or, weighing it against a known normal one! Because they also removed the inner smaller return spring. The end cap had a steel buffer ring & a rubber washer held in with an allen screw to absorb the very last kick from the bolt without causing damage (or noise) to the weapon in use. a VERY well thought out design. :yay: AND, it was BRITISH!!!! :yay: Hurrah!!!!

It has been for a number of years under a different company name. I belive they bought the patent rights.

Not quite correct. a silencer (Sound moderator to give it it's correct title) only works correctly with sub-sonic ammo as you say. The Sterling uses an ingenious design. there are 134 small holes approx 1mm in Dia drilled all the way down the barrel in the twist of the rifling. This in use, 'slows' down the round as it passes down the barrel. To be efficient, ANY round has to be sub-sonic when it exits the weapons muzzle. IE: it HAS to be at the most 928 Feet per second. The sterling achieves this by the bleeding off of gas as the round travels down the barrel. the bled off gas passes through a spiral wrap of alliuminium & hit's the silencer casing internally. this then travels down the casing & hit's a spiral diffuser. this looks like a helter skelter. the gases are swirled around this & pass into an expansion chamber & then exit the front of the casing. By the time this happens, the round has long since left the weapon & the gasses have been slowed down to a level where they can exit to atmophere below the seed of sound. very clever device indeed. To silence any weapon there are factors to be considered. 1. gas noise. 2.Action noise. 3.the round HAS to be sub-sonic for the weapon to be 'silenced'. You see people in Films screwing silencers on revolvers. TOTALY wrong! There is ONLY one revolver you can silence properly, that is the Moisin Nagant. With a revolver there is a flash gap between the rear of the barrel (The forcing cone) & the face of the cylinder. This gap must be kept to a minimum. (The Armourer has gauges to check this) but enough to ensure the cylinder can turn & does NOT bear on the face of the barrel. This gap WILL allow gase to vent to atmosphere & you WILL hear a crack here. The Moisin Nagant cylinder turns & goes forward to seal this gap (The only revlover I know to do this!) All Smi-auto pistols are NOT in silenced mode. There is the S&W Model 52 for Navy seals & the walther p.1 both 9mm with 'silencer'. To make it silent, the user has to engage a swinging catch to lock the slide forward to prevent it's rearward movement. That way, ONLY the gas from the sub-sonic bullet can be dealt with by the silencer to make it work. The action has to be unlocked & worked manually to eject the spent case & reload a fresh round. The Mkii & VI silenced sten used a similar method to the Sterling L34 but the design was cruder. The bolt in a Sterling is also a lightend version & has a weaker mainspring to effect semi-auto movement with a round that produces less backward gasses for the action to function. (As is the Sten) The whole action of mechenisim is too long & complicated to put down here in words. But if anybody requires indepth information, I am happy to oblige............:coffee:

He was absolutely correct! If you used full auto, it would burn the silencer out! Full Auto was indeed, EMERGENCY only! :shocked:

I guess even his own bodyguards couldnt be trusted! What a lovely Regime! :cool2: Mike

Hello dave, & wellcome to the forum. Nice looking truck, but not wishing to pour oil on your chips! I can attest that ANY vehicle that was used at B.A.T.U.S Will have had a hard life! The training area is vary harsh terrain & vehicle take a punishing usage tour over there! I have seen Landrover (Petrol) chassis welded up & patches where they have split, punchered, & generally broken. (How do you break a Landrover chasiss?) such is the life they lead over there. SO: Check you vehicle over VERY carefully for wear/ damage/ & safety points before going on the road. All vehicles used actually spent very little time on roads in Canada. Most of the time it was on dusty tracks & all over the prarie training area. A harsh & impressive at times enviroment. The views from up on plateaus were just like you see in Cowboy films! (Including Rattlesnakes!) Enjoy your new Toy! :yay: Mike