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Paul,
Hilton was a vehicle depot not far from Derby. There's a new housing estate on it now.
Chris
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I can probably make that date.
Chris - Nottingham - CVR(W) Fox or Ferret Mk 1 & LR Series 3 Lightweight
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I'm up for this, depending on dates etc.
Chris
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Mark,
I'd have picked a light colour for the engine so that I could see the oil leaks etc. Maybe you want to hide the leaks?
Looks good though!
Chris
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Mark,
Given the mess that sand blasting can make, unless you want to blast the whole vehicle, it's usually easier to send parts away to be blasted clean. I use a local farmer, and there are probably people offering a similar service all over the country. That way I get my parts back nice and clean without having to worry about what I'm going to do with several tons of sand.
Smaller parts can be blasted in a cabinet, here at work we have a walk in blaster which I could probably fit a Ferret hull in. Unfortunatley it's used for special materials and I think they might notice if I tried to get them to blast a Ferret for me!
Chris
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Mark,
If the parts have been blasted and then primed properly they should be smooth! The primer will build up the rough surface left by blasting.
Chris
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It looks like a few people have forgotten that the county does infact extend north of London.
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Some kind of spraying equipment?
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That Rover needs some parabolics!
Chris
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Fred,
Not sure which manual you've been reading but the engine, gearbox and transfer box oils are all separate systems. You will need to check and top off each one. No oil is transferred from the engine to the transmission. Where you may have got your wires crossed is that the engine and gearbox use the same grade of oil, the transfer box uses EP 90 instead of SAE 30.
All Ferrets leak, the more oil you put in the more leaks out. Even if you were to replace every single seal on the vehicle you'd still get puddles underneath it. Just keep it all topped up.
Chris
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Neil,
Yep it just plugs straight in.
Chris
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Matt,
Head treatment affects the microstructure of the metal, rust/corrosion and sand blasting only affect the surface. There shouldn't be a problem blasting clean a head treated part. Obviously if the corrosion is serious the the material will be weakened but the hardness of the base material won't change.
Chris
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Neil,
Don't pay the £30-£40 the LR dealers want for flasher units. Buy one of these:
Chris
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Mark,
On FV700 series vehicles the front and rear wheels are locked together as there is only one central differential in the transfer box. It's illegal to do a suspended tow with the front wheels rotating so they would normally remove the sun gears from the rear wheels to disconnect them from the drive train. Removing the front wheels would stop them rotating too, but it's not ideal as the drive train will still be rotating as it is towed.
On the Fox & Ferret Mk 4 & 5 removing and replacing the sun gears is not much trouble. It's much easier to remove them than the prop shafts as you can get to them without having to remove loads of covers or even the engine!
Chris
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John,
If the sun gears are missing Richard Banister has them, they're about £30 each though.
Mark,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicyclic_gearing
Chris
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So the front wheels spin but it just drags the back ones? I would check all the sun gears are in the hubs and that all the prop shafts are connected. Our Fox had the rear sun gears removed and tied to bits of string in the engine bay!
Chris
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John,
The Mk 4 has the same brakes as a Fox & Stalwart. These brake units reknown for sticking. I'd get it up on stands, remove all the wheels and check the brakes first.
Chris
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Mick,
If you can't find any of those connectors local to you let me know, I have some I cut off the old pipes I scrapped, so I can probably help.
I've never had any of the carb icing problems but mine did encounter a few problems on the way back from Beltring last time I drove it there. It wouldn't go any faster than 45mph and was really struggling up the hills. I changed the points, plugs and condensor and it was totally transformed, the last long run I did was to Kemble and I was overtaking all the trucks on the motorway! :whistle:
Chris
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Mick,
The place I got them from was a small company near where I live, they can get pretty much anything. If you look in the parts book it'll tell you what size and thread the connectors are. We used a pipe bender and a flaring tool, it was a pretty easy job, the worst part is bending the pipes to fit. I replaced the brake pipes in my Ferret with the engine in place, that was a nightmare. It took about 2 evenings work each side to get the pipes connected as I had to feed them through straight and bend them to fit though the drain hole under the engine...!
Pickering Brakes & Clutches
Bridge St Works, Bridge St, Langley Mill, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG16 4EE
Tel: 01773 530639
Chris
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Mick,
I changed all the brake pipes in my Ferret, and all the Brake, Power Steering and Fuel pipes in the Fox. I didn't have a problem getting bits, they were all standard sizes. I bought rolls of pipe and bags of connectors from a truck brake supplier so I am fairly sure they're not marine specific connectors!!
Chris
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Jack,
I knew it wouldn't take much to tidy it up, I had everything ready to put it back to new inside and outside, but we ended up selling it rather than doing it ourselves. We would have liked to have kept it but it was a big lump, and not much fun on the roads. We used the cash to buy a Sabre though, which is a proper tank and not just an apc
Chris
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Just found the website of the bloke who bought my old 432
Looks like they've done it up which is nice, and it seems quite happy. They didn't fix the bent exhaust from when I crashed it into a gate post though :whistle:http://www.tankdriver.co.uk/gallery.htm
Chris
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That Ferret is very confused, with the Larkspur antenna bases, Clansman antenna bases, steps in the bins, grab handles, flashy light tow hooks?!?! and extra bits bolted on anywhere they fit. It's almost as bad as the pimped one on ebay.
Lee there is a Fox windscreen which is quite good and much better than a Ferret one, it would stop the Beltring dust problem. Have you got one? I can take a photo of mine if you want.
Chris
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oh dear oh dear oh dear....how do I break it to the missus that I nagged her for 4 years to get one, now I have a duffer!
Mick,
Good luck with sorting your engine troubles. It looks like you need to get the head off and have a look down the bores. I'd also get rid of that small inline filter and replace it with a new correct one.
I think that Ferret was cheap for a reason? Just remember everything you do to it will only increase its value! Even if you have to buy a reconditioned engine it will still be a cheap ferret! :-)
Chris
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Ian,
No - that brochure was dated 1982/3.
Chris