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Robin..sorry to be a nuisance.

Do you have a cross for the stormer brake fluid

Hi.

Yep been there and done that, spent 5 hours on a M997 HEMTT last week fighting a priming issue.

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We don't have a diagram of the storme fuel system? That would help for sure.

Mark

Hi Robin. We ate getting into Monday nut we didn't fuel at pump

Hi Guys.

The stormer at the museum has never had a problem starting but now appears to have lost its prime. Is there a procedure to follow to re-establish prime.

Thanks in advance

Mark Witham

Hi Guys.

I found this in a pile of British kit, I assume it's some sort of weapons spare parts roll ?

Would appreciate some help in an ID, I searched my manuals here and came up empty.

Thanks in Advance

Mark Witham

Hi Guys.

Has anyone ever ran across one of these?

Was trying to figure out the power supply, it has a four pin power connector that I have not ran across before on Clansman?

Thanks.

Mark Witham

Hi Guys

Could anyone help me out identifying this sight and its application.

Its NOS, just dusty from Storage its marked IMAGE INTENSIFIED L5A1

Thanks for the help

Mark

Hi Guys.

Has anyone got any decent pics of the Bren storage brackets used in the Saracen and some pics of the mortar in its brackets, scoured the manuals but the pictures are not very clear or show enough detail. We plan on fabricating them but just need some idea of what we need to make !

Also does anyone know where the crew stowed their weapons and who carried what ?

Thanks for the help.

Mark

ok montie

here you go.

Mark Witham/Eddie Furr

SARACEN MK5

Texas USA

vehicle id number 82 BA 60

Dis 20 JUN 55

HULL WAS STAMPED SEPT 54

Hi Andy

Thanks that makes lots of sense, this is the box I needed for the Abbot drivers position.

Thanks again.

Mark

Hi Guys

Was going through a bunch of Clansman stuff getting ready to install it and found a box marked :

"interconnecting box drivers box selector"

Has standard harness connectors on the left and right of the box and another harness plug on the bottom marked RBJ (same connector as harness !)

There is a selector switch on the LHS of the fromt panel and a lamp assembly on the right.

Was just curious as I could not find it anywhere in my documentation.

Thanks

mark

Hi Guys.

The registration was actually stamped there.

In the course of this restoration we have found the number stamped on all sorts of bits and pieces, we were wondering if some of these were done during the upgrade process ?

Mark

Hi Guys.

I have an uparmored MK5 and found the registration when I had the fuel tamk removed.

With the tank removed it was located under the paint on the floor of the vehicle in the rear right corner of the floor looking over the lip of the rear doors (as a point of referance it is on the floor straight down fromroughly where the gas tank vent tube is located).

It contained the reg number of the vehicle, a date (about a year before the"in service" date of the paperwork from Bovie) and some initials and numbers (QA maybe).

Hope this helps, I would never had found it if the gas tank had not leaked and had to remove it to fix the leaks. We then sandblasted the floor to repaint it and discovered the stampings!!!

Mark

Hi Guys.

I'm a Brit living in Texas. When a friend gave me two chocolate labs I wanted to call one after N***** but there was universal disapproval around the house, I compromised and called him Digger.

Problem is when I shout at him to come back (which is most of the time as he does not listen worth a damn) it always seems to sound like N***** to the Texans anyway !!

Mark

Some of the ones that were brought back to Europe had a bunch of stuff done to them to make them look externally similar to the full spec Abbots.

Here is the VAE I have at the moment

Hi.

I have had a number of them in the States, still have one of the last ones produced.

It came back to the UK and then to BAOR, was reimported to the States later.

mark

Here is the last of this batch, there will be more to follow. These are off topic but are part of the collection so I think they are worth including

Mark

Hi Guys.

Here are a few more.

Mark

Hi.

I will try to get some more posted this week, also I will get some background info.

I have quite a few photographs in the museum collection but these images are head and shoulders above most of the others.

Mark

Hi.

Thanks I thought they were pretty cool. The guys have dug out some more albums to show me later in the week, really looking forward to seeing them.

Not sure about the truck, I'm an expat Brit living in Texas and interwar vehicles are not my thing but I will ask around for you.

Mark

A few more.

Mark

Hi

I was suprised myself by how clear and detailed they are given their age and the camera equipment used then.

Here are some more.

Mark

Hi Guys.

A friends father and law was a warrant officer in the US army prior to and during WW2 and went to Hawaii in 1938.

They were kind enough to scan some of the photographs her father took of both fixed and towed Artillery during the time he was there. These photographs have never been published and if there is any interest I will post some more of the series.

Mark

Hi

When I was in the RAF a buddy of mine was responsible for getting the radar for the guns running after they came back from the Falklands.

Was kinda difficult for him as the para's had shot all sorts holes in them

Mark

Hi Guys

Can anyone tell me if any Wiesels have been released by the Germans and are any in private hands yet ?

Thanks.

Mark