Turbine

Hi Adrian,

Cheers

Yes it was definitely morning here when I posted that, its now approaching lunch time.

See attached photo. I haven’t yet touched it since I bought it over a year ago, so many hobbies, so little time.

Hi guys,

Darren here.

I am Located in New Zealand,

I am keenly interested in all military vehicles and equipment. I currently own a 194* Chevy PJ that is in need of mild restoration.

Cheers.

On 6/30/2022 at 12:24 AM, Deathwing said:

I was told that the engine heat shielding was indeed asbestos. There's also asbestos in the engine itself I believe (as marked with a big red "A" on it). 

On a side note we had the asbestos removed from ours (and replaced with a modern equivalent) and I did an asbestos test in the vehicle interior. They found 1 hair or strand or whatever they call it but they couldn't confirm whether it was asbestos or something else and said in any case it was below the risk threshhold (i.e. safe).

Hi there,

Before you had the asbestos removed from the engine bay, did you have it tested to confirm it was asbestos?

Was it just the engine bay heat shield that you had it removed?

I have found a maintenance pdf file online, that is heavily filled with warnings, they only talk about asbestos in two places, the exhaust and the brake bands. No mention of it when removing all engine covers to remove the engine. This could possibly be because it’s referring to updated fv432s that have had it all removed sometime in their lives. https://www.fv432apc.com/manuals/fv432manuals/2350T251/2350-T-251-522.pdf
 

Page 29 and 71 of the pdf file.

I am looking at purchasing one, but I dont like the thought of having it parked in my shed where I will be working on it, if it has a bunch of asbestos matting throughout the engine bay. 
 

Cheers