shawn

Hi I just bought a welder/cutter just like this one. Iv been looking for any info on it and haven't found any I came across this tread to see one not as complete as mine but the only information I know is that the person I bought if from said "a friend of mine rang me up and said he had a welder/cutter and was it any use and he took yeah I will have it" also his mate worked at the research & department group at Scammell and that's were it come from. Here are some pictures of mine .

Scammell explorer mk2 & a Scammell constructor tractor unit

Hi I would like to know if any one knows what type of wood that was originally used for the rear boxes as the wood on my explorer has started to get a little rotten and needs replacing.

Thanks shawn

Hi thought It would be good to post it on here as most of you know a thing on two about explorer and there wicked ways so does any one know what type of wood was originally used for the rear boxes as I need to replace some of the wood as half of its rotten and some of its can be reused hope someone can answer my question.

Thanks shawn

After a good day playing around we cleaned the front of the truck and had her running.

But we have a problem with the parking brake it has a air leak on the unit it's self but don't know why ????

But we did not get round to cleaning the back of the truck today because we needed some lunch.

Hi everyone..Here are 3 pictures Of my constructor i have not seen her for a number of years due to other projects / issues ,so this is what she looks like now and I hope to to bring her home in the near future. Earlier in the thread my friend John did mention that I owned the constructor he was right I have owned it for many years now approximate 14. She was in excellent condition but the last few years in storage have taken its toll on her being outside.

hi everybody

i have managed to get a little further with the meadows pump system, but i have another problem. The alternator drive coupling , which is about 5 inches long ,vulcanized rubber at both ends , one of the ends which is vulcanized to the shaft has perished . I was just wondering does anyone know where i could get a replacement ? it was on the meadows petrol engine before i did the conversion to diesel. i dont think im able to take a picture, but when the rain stops i will try and see if i can get to it and take a pic.

any help/suggestions gratefully recieved

thanks shawn

Hi Nickit is a little difficult for me to send e-mails I have specialise software which enables me to send e-mails and other software which enables me to read so that's why I don't do many e-mails . I will talk to you on the phone, we'll send you a private e-mail with my telephone number on.shawn

Hi Nickthought you might like that , I know a little more about your scammell your conversion was gone before mine I remember it now. Spoke to the bloke who did it a couple of times if I remember right it then went into museum he got something else not sure what, he had problems with his pomp. I think that my friend John helped him with the pump problem. Speak to you soons shawn

hi to everyone, i am back from angelsey and have taken some photos of my scammell explorer and her conversion for anyone that is interested..

pic 1 my explorer

pic 2 & 3 fuel pump

pic 4 conversion pipe

pic 5 brass plate on side of pump

shawn

OK, found address and phone number. Will pm you now.

thank you for the address of the Anglesey Scammell we will try to find it tomorrow. I am just hoping the other half allows me to do this tomorrow, she's already seen one Scammell today so I will keep you posted thanks shawn

Angelsea eh? i'm only in porthmadog you could pop round and have a chat if you want.

thank you for letting me come and see your scammell today. I will check my fuel pump when I get home, it was extremely interesting seeing the difference between your pump and my pump. It seems like a better idea the system which is on your Scammell I wish mine was just as easy. Anyway we will get to the bottom of this I'm sure thank you for your help today. Once again thanks very much shawn.

Angelsea eh? i'm only in porthmadog you could pop round and have a chat if you want.

yes would love to, ive asked my other half's permission lol

hope you dont mind it could be a bit of a family thing( 2 boys), we got friends that have just arrived on a camp site in porthmadog and will visit them as well.

drop me a private message with address and post code, we got the satnav with us , and let us know what part of the day is best , i presume you work ..

cheers shawn

hi everyone

im in angelsey and just had a message where the scammell on angelsey may be, but we dont know exactley where it is ???

" There is an RAF Constructor at a farm on the southeast corner of Anglessey - farmer's name is Jones but I cannot remember the name of the farm, it is right on the beach only 1/2 mile or so from the s.e. coastal point. It is the ex TRS unit from Porth, steel body cut at back to accomodate ex Explorer wooden lockers."

can anyone help any further ? we are leaving on saturday this week and hope to try and find it , we drove around angelsey last friday looking for the bloody thing !!!!!!!!!!!!!

cheers shawn

Hi Shawn, just realised who you are - you own the 30 ton Constructor and have a commercial repair facility at Macclesfield. We did some sort of deal on ebay if I remember correctly???

 

Some years ago Alan Walker and I spent a day at the Griffin Trust getting the petrol engine in the Explorer running; it was actually siezed when we got there but responded to some TLC, a generous shot of diesel down each bore, a new float and a set of plugs.

 

Mike

hi mike

yes i remember some kind of deal on ebay, was it a manual that you copied ?

my original question still stands !!!! have you got a S26 ??

does my memeory serve me right have you got/had a crusader ?

did you connect me via the griffin trust scammell.( the bloody gear box nearly killed me on that, the bearings were siezed)then put a meadows into it , but due to illness i havnt played for a number of years .Im just trying to sort myself out to start playing again .

cheers shawn

have owned my explorer for about a year now i dont have much on its history or who put the meadows in the engines recently had new head gaskets fited . my engine has scammell meadows on the rocker covers so i belive it has allways bin in some typ of watford product

 

more on off my explorer here http://www.hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=10485

 

where about are u from shawn ?

 

nick

hi Nick

I have been and looked at the link you sent me.....all 40 pages took me hours & hours lol

I found the pump pages interesting and the difference to my engine .i can see all the conversion differences like air filters mine are connected to the

air boxes,also the water pump modification, it is a petrol water pump they have used, that allows the fan to sit in the correct place.

I did my conversion several years ago about 7/8 so the mrs tells me.

i have had explorer's for the last 20 years but not sure how long ive had this one, will check when im home , i bought this one from the griffin trust, via a friend ....im in macclesfield in cheshire by the way.

cheers shawn

hi

we are on holiday in angelsey at the moment but from what i can remember the throttle goes direct to the accelarator .

i have just been through a lot of pages from nick, he sent me a link to his blog, on one of the pages there is a picture of a 4 cylinder meadows , that is a similar pump to mine except mine is a 6 cylinder pump.

dont know if that helps any.

I will post some pics when i get home .

cheers shawn

hi everyone

sorry for the confusion, she originally had a petrol engine in her, but i found a diesel static engine and put it into her.

nick......had your explorer a static engine in it, if so who did the conversion ? how long have you owned her for?

mike. .... i have tried two different places close to me hoping to get the pump sorted but to no avail , as people never get back to me, they dont seem to know about these old engines....any suggestions im in the manchester area.....do you own the S26 illustrated as your header ? my next toy, would love one !!!!!

and i will post some pictures when we get back home, as we are away on holiday at the moment ?

there is a picture of one of my trucks on the constructor gallery......its the dixons blue one, everyone seems to be wondering about.

thanks guys

shawn

hi everyone

hope ive posted in the right section, by posting here

i have a scammell explorer and many moons ago i put a meadows type 6pc 630 engine in, the problem was it was a static engine that ran a water pump. It will go up to a certain amount of rev's and thats her lot, i have been told i need a two speed pump. I not sure but have been told that a similar pump is in a foden , but i dont know how true it is !!! it is a CAV pump inline .

i need some info or any help would be gratefully recieved to try and get this girl going.

thanks in anticipation

shawn reed

Just a bit of information for Shawn about the Volvo......... It's on page 45 of the May edition of Classic and Vintage Commercials. Its one taken at Donnington.

Hi no dout the volvo was in the magazine . You might of seen an other one of Dave's trucks its on the front of a book about scammells, and a dvd called "HGV CLASSICS VOLUME 2"

picture of the truck below

Hi there this is my 1st time post, i appologise if i make a mistake still trying to get my head around it lol.

Here are a few photos to show that 2 of my friends Andy McCarthy and Dave Pearson tryin 2 decide which way round to load there diamond t's on a loaned low loader, as with the Prime Mover on the back axels there was too much weight so they decided to switch them around.

I hope you like?

I have more if your interested ? :rofl: