Scammell4199

They’re being built in Telford....

Evening all,

I think its fantastic news that a home grown design in whatever form has been chosen. Similar to how all war ships must be built in this country, the thought of procuring our main battle tanks from another country is inexplicable, from a security point of view,  to support home grown industry and maintain an up to date home grown knowledge base on tank design. If god forbid we ever did need to go to war and we had procured tanks from foreign shores, even if the supplying nation wasn’t the enemy, you only need them to disagree with our reasons for going to war and they could pull support, who knows in this day in age with everything being electronic, they could even shut the vehicles down remotely.

Richard

Little bits of progress while i wait for the bitumised fabric cable sleeving to arrive from the states.

I turned up some new cable glands for the slave cable socket.

Would like a Warrior ARV 😛

Many thanks for all the kind comments. 

A quick update - we got the fully rebuilt winch installed on Friday. It went really well, and i've since got the drive shaft connected up and the winch clutch lever installed and connected.

Richard

Fantastic job you're doing there.

It can be a bit dis-heartening when every corner you turn means cutting more out.

Keep it up.

Proper vapour blasting is tiny glass beads in water but still requires compressed air.

Water and sand (or some form of grit, as sand is illegal) is just wet blasting and can be accomplished by adding a water injection head onto just about any grit blaster, or a hobby users version is one of these very basic (and cheap) arrangements for fitting onto a pressure washer.

You'll be lucky! I've been looking for some for mine for several years and not turned anything up.

A tyre dealer told me to look for 11.00 x 13s, that way i'd stand half a chance of finding something.

If you find some miracle supply, i'd much appreciate hearing about it.

Good luck, Richard

I try not to paint below 10 degrees. I have found high teens to be a sweet spot. Until recently i was always under the impression, that the hotter the better. It was a very hot day last summer and i sprayed the winch for our scammell and it looked ok to begin with, but when i went back the following day it had dried more matt than normally. I quizzed the vintage car painters in the unit next door to mine and he said it can be too hot, and they hold their booth at, i think, it was 20 odd degrees. He said the thinner was partially evaporating before the paint reached the surface. Since then i have stuck to applying final top coat in the mid to high teens and always had good results. Maybe no need to be quite so fussy when it comes to primer. 

Have you done any spraying before? I have taught myself over the years, and i now like to think i can do a nice finish.

Good luck, Richard

I have had many and varied experiences with sand blasting, and never heard of an electric sand blaster. The ones that use a pressure washer obviously introduce wet to your freshly blasted surface, which maybe ok for some applications but i would think not for a vehicle restorer. 

I have used a number of blasting service providers, but always found it such a hassle dropping bits off and picking them up. I have a large blasting cabinet and after deliberating about it for several years bought a large contractors pressure pot blaster for larger items. I used to hire a compressor when i needed it, but was recently given a large diesel compressor so am now fully self sufficient for blasting.

If you have someone you can easily drop bits off to, and its all going to be easily transportable bits, my advice would be to use them. If they will apply primer for you so much the better. In my experience, cheap blasting equipment never lives up to expectations and creates more hassle than its worth.

Good luck, Richard

i think ours is with coversure. I think they struggled to comprehend the concept of an industrial premises being used solely for a hobby, so we just said its for restoration of army vehicles so they put that down as the business.

I must admit i was struggling to remember how it all panned out, but galooph and Rootes75 have hit the nail on the head.

Apologies i previously said it was done on floor area, its actually done on the rateable value, which your local council will have. They estimate this for all buildings in their area every few years, and then the rates you pay is a percentage of that. If your rateable value is below a certain threshold, i think its £15k you don't pay anything. There are also various reliefs for different reasons. Its all on the gov website.

We own an industrial unit for our vehicles and its insured with Coversure, with an allowance for tools, equipment etc. Just make sure you get one that comes in under the floor area limit at which business rates kick in, because that gets expensive.

Good luck, Richard

Recently got the cab on. Really pleased its starting to look like a Pioneer again. Lots to do now over Christmas. 

On 12/2/2020 at 11:00 PM, Richard Farrant said:

Hi Rob,

I was doing a lot of overhauls on Militants in the late 70's, in the REME Wksps and I remember the cloth filters, but there was a modification which I recollect doing, to replace the filter assembly with a more modern CAV type with a better filter element. Could have been due to depleted stocks of cloth filters in Ordnance stores no doubt.

Tanker looking great!

regards, Richard

Thanks Rob and Richard, think i'll try going with the cloth filter. Theres a paper filter further down the line anyway.

Richard

On 8/28/2017 at 9:03 PM, Zero-Five-Two said:

Set about replacing the fuel filter last week, original one looked a bit past it's best.

 

 

Quite simply it is a piece of linen cloth about the size of a large hankerchief wrapped around a brass frame.

 

 

Top is secured by a couple of turns of string

 

 

Bottom is held in place by a wide head nut

 

 

New filter, big hankerchief. Needs a small hole cut in the centre to locate onto the bottom nut

 

 

Used copper wire to secure filter this time, wont rot or corrode and contaminate fuel

 

 

New filter slides into housing ready for fitting.

 

Near side wheel arch has been getting it this weekend. Has a lot less rot than the drivers side, but I reckon some of the tankers drivers, over the years, should have been a little more attentive of the steering wheel than they appear to have been.

 

Awful lot of dents needed knocking out and a fair bit of straightening was also required. But despite best efforts with the panel beating hammers, much filler was required.

 

 

First off strip off all the old green.

 

 

Two repair patches can be seen on the under side

 

 

But an awful lot of filler needed sanding down and flatting

 

 

Doesn't look too bad in its first coat of red oxide. Couple of bits need a little more smoothing but overall a pleasing result

Just been going through your thread and loving it.

Have you found that re-wrapping the fuel filter with new cloth has worked well? Our Scammell has the same arrangement, and i had found modern paper elements that fit inside and i was going to turn up adaptors to make the modern elements marry up with the seats in the original housing, but after seeing your post wondered if i shouldn’t just retain the original setup.

Cheers, Richard

Oh my goodness! I first spoke to Roger quite a few years ago about our Scammell restoration, then last year our local MV group arranged a trip to the REME museum lyneham through Roger and he took us to see the hidden collection and let us clamber over everything - fantastic. What a lovely bloke and really knowledgeable. We’ve definitely lost a leading light in the MV preservation movement. Deepest condolences to the family. 

I might be behind the times on this, but was this legislation borne out of an incident or is it just more BS conjured up by people with no not enough to do?

Thanks, Richard

Cracking work. I like the shade of OD too, where you getting it from?

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve painted the inside of the cab, fitted it out with some of the bits n pieces and then painted the outside. We’ve got to test run the engine now before refitting the cab.

yeah there does seem to be quite a bit of variation, i can only presume that was over time. Theres also ones in different languages. Think i've got a solution now.

Thanks all

Thanks, don't know how i managed to miss that. 

Afternoon all,

Does anyone know where i can get a new sticker/label for a Pyrene fire extinguisher like the one in the picture?

Many thanks, Richard

Morning all,

Does anyone know if the Red, Yellow and Blue of the REME badge have standard colour designations under BS381 or an equivalent as they would be painted on a vehicle?

Many thanks, Richard