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Withams do not have that many. They have quite a few, just not the gearboxes to go with most of them!

Thanks for the comments guys, hopefully the next photos will be of it finished.

Robin - no photos of it anywhere yet. I have my Sabre waiting in the wings if the Spartan has any issues!

Chris

I thought it was about time I posted some photos of the Spartan we are currently tidying up for W&P this year. Last year we sold our petrol Spartan, 48AT14, and I was lucky enough to be at Withams just a couple of days after the first diesel vehicles arrived last August. We ended up buying a running but scruffy Spartan.

It would only steer in one direction and struggled to select a gear. Both problems were fixed within a couple of hours of it being delivered by a new master cylinder and tightening up the gear change pedal bolts. We had some fun racing it round the farm tracks so decided to take it down the road to the house to start the paint job. This did not go well and it broke down just yards from the drive way and we required the help of Andy's RB44 to push it on the drive.

Taking the top off the fuel tank revealed the usual Spartan fuel problems.. it was full of the usual mess. I replaced and the filters and ran the pump only for the filters to block before there was enough fuel in the injector pump to start it.

I will eventually clean out the fuel tank and filter the diesel so we can hopefully use it, there is a good half a tank of it in there, but for now I have fitted another plastic fuel tank. I still need to strap it in place securely but for now it has got the vehicle back up and running.

Working on the fuel problem revealed the starter motor was a bit dodgy, so we took the decks off to have a look. While I was there I gave it all a good clean. We fixed the starter using parts from another one, but it didn't last long and is now replaced with a shiny reconditioned one.

The next job was to give the vehicle a good rub down and blow it over with some light stone paint. If we had more time ideally it would get a bare metal respray as the paint was pretty rough underneath, but this will do for now. I still need to paint the wheels and suspension, apply some BATUS markings, number plates etc but I think we should be on track to make it to W&P providing nothing else goes wrong!

There is a video of it on youtube here:

Chris

I get my MIN19 seal kits from Pickering Brakes & Clutches in Ilkeston.

There were Chieftains in Iraq which were captured from Iranians. I have photos somewhere taken after 2003 showing them and some Scorpions in a tank dump.

Take the seat out and look inside the tank, fingers crossed its nice and clean but I bet it's a mess in there!

Possibly the seal around where the commanders seat fits into the fuel tank.

Ok it's Chieftain, but the 432 one is almost identical.

It's an FV432 drivers night sight, loads of these about.

You could try Rex Cadman, he collects fire engines from Scampton and delivers them to the show so may be a possible back load there.

I know this is reviving a very old thread, but here is a photo of 03FD00.

Chris

Go to settings at the top of the page, then select edit avatar on the left hand side.

Hi Nick,

Welcome to the forum. My vehicles are mostly in Nottingham at my parents house, I'm not far away in Lincoln.

Chris

http://www.lrseries.com/shop/product/listing/1340/562631-REAR-ROAD-SPRING-RH.html?search=562631&page=1

Welcome Daz, please post some photos!

Chris

I've had a couple of these trailers. The poles are not too hard to find, one of mine had one side and the other had none, but in the whole time I had them I only ever saw one tent set for sale and it was gone by the time I saw the advert. I believe Undercover Covers were going to make some tents but not sure if they ever did.

Chris

I just changed my Sabre to historic tax at a local post office. Didn't get asked for anything other than the V5 and walked out with a tax disc.

Joe,

Do you have an spare parts list for your Ferret? If not I suggest ordering one ASAP!

Chris

The Stormer final drives are different, but are not fitted to the diesels as standard.. They are part of the 235 upgrade. The sprocket rings and carriers are different.

Rob,

You need to get the Merlin report, you can do this by submitting a freedom of information request. There should be threads on here with the address.

Chris

I have a device which connects to an air line and sucks the fluid through and out the bleed nipple. Makes the job much easier, just make sure the reservoir is topped up and pull the trigger till there are no more bubbles.

http://www.eurocarparts.com/mobile/ecp/p/tools/car-service-tools/brake-service-tools/brake-bleeders/?SEAVS020&0&t5_389

Pete,

I have never heard of anyone doing tank driving with CVRTs. If it has to be a CVRT there are people who do driver training with them.

Chris

Charlie,

Not as easy a job as it should be as those discs can be a problem! You'll just have to undo them as best you can.

Chris

I bought Firestone NDCC tyres for my M151A2 from http://www.northhantstyres.com/index.html - they weren't cheap though!

Hi!

 

I have loads of documentation but it doesn't say where the radiator drain is. It goes into all sorts about bleed points but no info on the drain point.

 

There's an access point under the hull with 3 UNC bolts which looks a promising candidate! Can someone please enlighten me?

 

Diana

The drain tap is accessed through the belly plate under the engine bay.