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Here you go.

When the tyre "let go", the wheel shot upwards at a rate of knots and knocked out a couple of the top blocks from their slots?

A few reasons from me: what else is on the trailer, weight distribution (getting it nose heavy), overhangs of the machine being moved, unloading/loading unaided, is it easier to drive on or off forwards or backwards?

Thanks Rob, I was waiting for an old sweat to come along and say it as it was:) I only ever saw 20 Sqn's in retirement, trundling back and forth in camp, never in action.

They were meant to be used for digging trenches. The rear end lowered to the ground and the coal head did its bit as the machine slowly moved forward.

I've also only ever heard of the one at Brompton. There was one in the old barracks at Maidstone. It never went anywhere but was regularly fuelled up. As the only petrol engined C vehicle on the plant park it was, allegedly, very useful for skint sappers on a Friday afternoon with a long drive home ahead of them....

Welcome from another sapper:) As an ex apprentice (fitter RE), I went through Church Crookham after Gib and before my first posting in 1991. We did our HGV 2 in civvy flat beds. The day after passing my test I was given the keys to a Bedford MJ and told to drive (as part of a convey) to Ashchurch. Complete baptism of fire! REgards

Wrong colour and wrong end of the country , but there's one on ebay:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SCAMMELL-S26-6x6-TRUCK-HIAB-/221407146826?pt=UK_Commercial_Trucks&hash=item338ce4f34a

Google says there's a large base frequented by various outfits there...

Mersing?

Must get a few of my pics scanned. In hindsight it's a real shame (and I'm sure it's different these days with camera phones etc), but 20 years ago as a young sapper, the last thing we were thinking of was taking photos of our kit.

And a selection of bits here: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C374795

Hi Kevin, how about trying these guys? http://www.man-kat1.de/

Remove the fuse and connect a buzzer or test lamp on a long lead (so you can see when it lights) between the the two fuse terminals. Switch on the circuit that is blowing the fuse and wiggle the wiring and connections until your buzzer buzzes. That will be the location of the short.

Apparently BMW formula one teams used a similar trick to strengthen engine blocks in the early eighties. Some of you might wonder how did the engine block resist to such immense detonation inside the combustion chamber. This may not be the answer you were looking for – and most of you might not believe it – but it seems BMW was in fact using seasoned inline 4 cylinder blocks – picked up from several junkyards – for their F1 operations. The interesting part about it was that the blocks were kept out in the cold and urinated upon in order to strengthen their composition. While some may laugh at this strange solution by the German manufacturer, the urinating process is based on nitridization (a process which introduces nitrogen into the surface of a material and is widely used in automotive, mechanical and aeronautical engineering, having the property of a case hardening treatment of predominantly steel but also for titanium, aluminium and molybdenum). Why are we talking about nitridization? Because urine seems to contain numerous waste compounds, many rich in nitrogen. We can't yet figure out how the German engineers found this particular method to strengthen the cylinder blocks – and not use a more technological measure – but it makes for some interesting stories to tell out grandsons. From here http://www.autoevolution.com/news/turbocharged-engines-in-formula-one-18108.html

I'll go with the starch production as well....

Is there a maritime connection, some kind of protection or defence role?

Presumably it was running ok before you changed the filters, so the only thing to re check would be the small o rings and the bigger "square profile" ones on the fuel filter. You shouldn't have disturbed any other part of the fuel system.

or these guys http://www.burnettandhillman.co.uk (who supply Pirtek)

Some kind of vehicle used for target practice, then repainted after each time it's been hit?

Here's a self build body on an MJ http://www.bigorangebedford.com/the-works.html

Never mind the 105 , let's see more of those BMWs!

One looking a bit sad on Ebay at the moment: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AEC-Matador-/160861508462?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item257417d36e

Here's another "amphibious" one http://www.streetfire.net/video/russian-tractor-vs-mother-earth_2392501.htm

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