Peter Garwood

Thanks everyone. I will post my saga with pictures as it unfolds - the ENOTS two-way cock was full of crud and is beingoverhauled. A friend has a optic fibre light to inspect the inside of the tank. He uses it in a regular method of quality assuring petrol tanks.

Thanks for all your help and advice.

Having just stripped out the fuel lines and filter I have found a pile of goo and other mess in the Vokes fuel filter and in the Banjo filter at the carb. All of this is making me think I need to clean out the tank. How does one get it out? Turret removal? If one pulls it back into the seating area how easy is it to clean ? Can it be drained and cleaned in situ? In addition the carb looks very black and dirty. Any ideas welcomed.## Peter

TRy: http://www.handhsurplus.co.uk/product/land-rover-90110wolf-military-bulldog-pioneer-long-handled-spadeshovel/

I will let you know if I find some!

Does anyone know of a supplier for a new handle for my Ferret pickaxe and shovel. ( I ran over the old ones!)

My next job is new plugs, points , dissy cap and rotor arm all badly worn out!!

Thank you everyone, I got my big pipe on it and theer was a big click ands now the pedal is like it used to be. Thank you once again.:-)

Thanks Robin, I am always wary of anything with a big spring in it as I have seen a number of accidents where someone has begun stripping a device with a big spring in it and bang! I will get a big pipe and give it a go. What you are saying makes sense from a mechanical viewpoint. Take care Peter:kiss:

Ok so I have done the following: I have taken of the cover on the transmission that shows the pinion wheels. I have taken off the cover that covers the band adjusters. Moving the gear change pedal up and down makes no difference to these parts. Nothing moves. I have then taken the small plate with four bolts off this is between the two large plates and can see a gadget is attached to the transverse bar that is moved by the gear change pedal. Moving the pedal moves this device vertically down and up and it is clearly hitting the oil in the transmission box because I can see it (the oil) moving around. However it may move up and down but it does not seem to be attached to anything. Sitting in the ferret with my back to the drivers seat I can see a large coil spring inside the transmission next to the gadget that goes up and down. To the left is a external panel with four bolts in it. Dare I remove this??? Using the manual I have identified that the bit that goes up and down is called the "Busbar operating sleeve", it moves the busbar bucket and the busbar oerating rod when the pedal is pressed. Does anyone have any idea what has gone wrong with this area of the box now? I am sensing that this may become a major pull out of the unit..............................!

Thanks to everyone with all these suggestions. I have taken the tinwork off and the linkage is intact, moving the GCP lever seems works back and forth but seems as if it is not connected to anything inside the box. I am wondering what I would find inside the box?

It flops down to the floor. Pedal pivot is fine and rod linkage moves back and forth in response to the pedal movement but does not seem to have any resistance inside the box. It is like whatever was being moved by the pedal being depressed is not there any more.:cry:

Can anyone advise me? My Mk 2/3 Ferret was stood for 6 weeks and when I got it started the gear change pedal was solid. I pressed it somewhat and it suddenly went straight to the floor where it remains and I can get no traction at all. Any advice? Thanks

I have a 1959 Ferret currently stripped down to respray and fix a few external bits and pieces. She goes well and has been a great buy. Next year I may part with it and get something else. I am a keen photographer and am Hon. Sec of the BBRCLUB for veterans of Balloon Barrages in WWII and after. I have researched the use of balloons of all types in warfare from the wars in Venice onward. Hope to hear from some of you about your experiences with HMVF. Thanks Peter Garwood