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Most things turn up eventually... but the prices have gone up considerably in the last 10 years. Clansman gear is cheap and easy to find, but there are some bits and pieces which have become rare. Chris

I do wish people would read the date and time of the original posting before joining in with the welcome messages. The forum member you've just welcomed in has been on here for over a year!

He has just painted it...

Iain, There was a story behind the missing dash, but it's fair to say you shouldn't bid on things in a tender sale based on the website photo alone! I got that info for him as I was interested to find out the history of it... Merlin report was done on the reg no. on the data plate. Chris

It's common practice for the front towing eyes to be removed from scrap hulls, they go back into stores as spares as far as I know. This looks like someone tried to remove them using a plasma cutter. All the ones I've seen have been cut off using a grinder. Chris

I wasn't making it up, here's the Merlin Report.

I remember that one... I looked at it at Withams, I was talking to the guy who bought it at the time, when he was trying to get it running. If I remember correctly it had been at Porton Down. Chris

Robin, Yes they are, people are always asking me if I want to sell it, the answer is always no! Chris

Back in July we purchased a pair of Sabres for restoration. 03FD10 had been messed with inside, wiring and dash removed and the original gearbox removed and a possibly dodgy one chucked back in the hull. We decided to start on 49AT37 first. I'm going to post some photos of the progress, just incase anyone is interested. As hinted on another thread, this vehicle obviously has a UN history and there was evidence of white paint everywhere. Unfortunatley the 10+ layers of green and black didn't stick well to the white, so the overall appearance was pretty bad. Travelling down the motorway following the low loader, quite a lot flew off and ended up on my windscreen. Here they are 'as found'... The low loader driver was very good, as you can see he didn't hang around! Back at base they were unloaded, and we headed off to Beltring. After Beltring, we removed the top deck and had a look inside. It was the typical ex-service CVRT mess of oil, mud and lots of water. Anyone who's owned one of these will know they hold water very well. After a bit of drying out, it was time to remove as much of the interior as required and get the wet vacuum cleaner in there. With the exterior stripped, it was time to move it to the blasting shed. Luckily the owner of the farm is also the guy who does our blasting for us. I know people don't like grit blasting vehicles, but it was the only option with this one as the paint was so poor. It did fill up with grit, but it was no worse than the mud that was already in it. Once the outside was blasted, it was time to finish cleaning the inside. We used a vaccum cleaner to get most of the grit out, then a high pressure steam cleaner to remove the rest of it, and any residual mud and oil. We have left it unpainted for now, but did go over the steel bits with some primer. The next job was to drop an engine into the engine bay. Luckily we already had one I prepared earlier. This was bought a few years ago as a take out, we stripped it down and found one burnt piston... probably because it was running on the wrong spark plugs. We also swapped the head gasket, oil, filters etc before test running it. The next job is to connect everything up and fingers crossed next weekend it should be running and driving again. Then we can start work on painting the outside and restoring the turret. I am still looking for a gunners sight for this one, if anyone has any leads! Chris

Robin, These have been lined up near the entrance for at least a year, infact I'm sure there are quite a lot more there now than when this photo was taken. I believe they are going through the workshops for onward sale. Chris

Simon, They have listings of NSNs but no actual stock. I very much doubt they would be able to sell you anything you were looking for. I tried asking for quotes in the past. One time they did put me in touch with someone who had some spark plugs, but they wanted £60 each! Chris

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I hope so. It's hard enough to find bits for these vehicles over here... I wouldn't like to be you if you blow it up, need a new gearbox or have to replace the entire brake system. Reading the manual is cheaper than replacing the things you've broken because you didn't.

Here's the fuel filter http://www.thexmod.com/item_detail.asp?id=1160&title=Filter - Fluid Pressure - Element - FV182432

You need to read the manual and servicing schedule, if you have them. If not you need to buy them and read them before touching anything else... otherwise the next thing you'll be telling us is that you've put brake fluid in your brakes, and that's a £2000 mistake. The oil filter is unique to the J60, (http://www.ekmpowershop5.com/ekmps/shops/greenmachines/cvrtcvrw-oil-filter-1383-p.asp ) it should be on the boomerang bar: I know the Fox is an awkward vehicle, but nobody would design anything which requires engine removal for basic servicing. The fuel filter is on the hull wall next to the change over tap. As you've probably not looked it up in the book, it's under the turret floor plate on the commanders side. Again you'll need a specific filter which I doubt you can find over there. Chris

You can tell me, but I'm not going to change them!

FVE 22A/87 - I think it's actually a 79. Chris

I also have a 1980 Series 3 1/2 ton FFR. My lights are the other way round, and it came this way direct from the MoD. Chris

The air filter is a Coopers AZA311 http://www.hgvdirect.co.uk/catalog/heavy-duty-truck-air-filter-coopers-aza311-p-60011.html?osCsid=199faee2a8c0329ceb120e00cda97f6e

From the military registration number it looks like it was RAF.

In that case all the information you need on changing the filters should be in the manuals. As for tuining it up, is it on electronic ignition or points? If it's electronic I doubt it needs any tuning. There should be a yellow warning sticker on the top of the distributor if the electronic module is fitted. I find J60s are very sensitive to spark plugs and always run much better on a fresh set of RSN12Ys.

The vehicle details for KHG 455N are: Date of Liability 01 05 2001 Date of First Registration 09 05 1975 Year of Manufacture 1975 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2286CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour BLUE Vehicle Type Approval

Do you have the user handbook?

That is the normal track for the Stormer, they are all fitted with chevron track. Chris

There are some brackets fitted to the floor and tail board. I'm sure Andy can post a photo Chris