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On 12/27/2021 at 7:41 PM, Gordon_M said:
Since everything there is hardened, could you get the assembly horizontal under a wire spark eroder or similar, that would go straight through it with little damage and not enough heat to harm wood?
I was just out to suggest that all the old machine shops had them to remove snapped taps.
Another option is you can get rods for a stick smaw welder that burn holes... Was a trick played on apprentices
https://forum.millerwelds.com/forum/welding-discussions/28848-cutting-rod
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Some clowns like to tighten the nut a tad to stop it wiggling. we used to cut the bottom side short and flatten and top piece cut it and twist into the castlelation. This was to prevent hooking parts of your body on them in confined areas.
PS stainless is the best..I still have thousands of the buggers. Carbon would be such a nuisance due to your road salting (never had to drill one out...yuck)
The beauty of lock wire pliers is the locking onto the split pins and the long arms for leaverage..unless you got the short ones.. mine are from memory close to 12 inches long....
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Great for yanking out split pins
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21 hours ago, Paul Drake said:
The use of those pliers was frowned upon, as it was expected that you should be skilled enough to twist wire to the correct number of twists per inch with ordinary pliers.
we used them all the time with stainless. Copper was generally by hand, I remember the emergency release on oh58's were copper. Uh60''s had very little amount of safety wire and I often got asked to do it as I had spent my time on the older airframes
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The been carrier and the megacruiser looks good
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Apparently these are on the Lloyds auction site now
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I saw this a few days ago on the RAEME Facebook page. Seems to be good prices for Vietnam historical equipment
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On 5/3/2021 at 1:13 AM, ruxy said:
25K is that Au$ or £ sterling ?
Au$..... I still think they were the best Land Rovers ever made
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On 5/2/2021 at 5:50 PM, Mk3iain said:
Hi Mike
Have you any idea on how prices of RFSV versions are going. Just out of interest as I bough one a couple of years ago.
Iain
Sorry I been travelling for work and did another stint in hospital. RFSV are the most sort after so higher prices, then FFR then GS
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On 4/27/2021 at 2:11 AM, TonyB said:
Totally bonkers but Champs are great, I’ve done a few back axles in the past and survived. And you would need a trailer for the outback…a fuel bowser.
How about this’un? Comfort from the REME.
https://silodrome.com/sir-malcolm-campbell-mercury-eight-overlander/
Trust reme / raeme to make life comfortable 😃
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On 4/27/2021 at 2:57 AM, ruxy said:
Mike , I know it is now a few years since the Perente fleet disposal started , somebody was trying to import to UK don't know if he did. I did get a good look at the two Perente sent to Solihull I guess abt. 1994/95.
What is the situation regarding purchase of another Perente in Oz to match the quality of the one you had ? Eiter direct sale or previous private owner(s) ?
Perentie prices keep going up and up. 25k would be close to average. Some times 6x6 go cheaper than 4x4 because of rego cost but their prices still go up and down.
If you had to pay auction prices you would be better off with a unimog. Of interest an RAAF rb44 was sold here, how and when the RAAF got it I don't know
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43 minutes ago, Richard Farrant said:
There is a better Champ than that for sale in South Australia
Yeah that one on Facebook is a tad rough. Was a nice one for 1500 a few weeks back. I should get my shed built first
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3 hours ago, TonyB said:
I’m with Ruxy on the `get another Perentie and do it again` bit. It sounds like a great vehicle and the journey is just the job for it, and it sounds as if you enjoy being out there. Do you really need a trailer? I wonder if the load shifted when you hit the dip.
Spares and tools are one thing but preparation is all. Again, you’ll be way ahead of me for Oz, but corrugated tracks mash everything on long hauls, so shocks, spring bushes, and tyre pressure maintenance are a vital daily check. We were rarely on tracks so awareness of surface changes, stony sand into feche feche, can avoid a spill. I used to enjoy the way our V8 109 would sit down on its rear springs when powering on through soft stuff. You’re making me jealous. Get a mate to go with you, or a dog or something, drink plenty of electrolytes and enjoy your talents.
Well I did see this precious on Facebook, but I'd be mad 🤔
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https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/lithgow/truck-parts/cast-iron-wheel/1272505953 what would this be off?
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On 4/22/2021 at 4:49 AM, Zuffen said:
On the trailer problem, I've done a huge amount of outback travel and I wouldn't have tried the trip with a squirrelly trailer. priority one would be get the trailer sorted first.
Basically they are a bad design for roads...great for offroad
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On 4/21/2021 at 7:06 PM, TonyB said:
If it helps, you must know how much shed envy you’ve generated. And just to be able to drive out into the proper bush must be inspiring. I don’t know what you need for Ozzie bush travel, sounds like you have good medical service.
I was just thinking that before the incident i.e. a lot of people thought I was nuts. I've done many of these out back roads. It was a remote bit I was in but far bigger distances in WA.
Tools and spares is a must
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On 4/19/2021 at 6:14 PM, TonyB said:
Just a thought, and I speak with no authority, but please tell us that you are being medically monitored now you are home Mike. I read that you live alone so if you experience headaches or tingly numbness in toes, don’t just have a beer and some pills like we tend to, get seen to properly.
My experiences are from vehicle spills on the Tanezrouft and Hoggar routes which caused serious problems for people two and three weeks afterwards.
Take care.
Mate thanks for the kind words..... It has been a devastating year thus far for various reasons.
My nephew whom I was working with went down the meth addiction route, wasting 80k and losing everything else car career house and family.
I bought the Perentie so I could go bush and get away. I suppose I should buck up as I have my 79 series, it's just not camo
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On 4/19/2021 at 2:08 AM, ruxy said:
Seems you did not get "first option" of the write off ? Would make a good spares source if you have another go with a Perentie rig. I suppose transport to Perth would be $ Au costly ?
Yep transport from there would be unthinkable
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On 4/16/2021 at 8:47 AM, Toner said:
Hope you make a full recovery and get back to overlanding. Is the vehicle and trailer fixable?
No it was written off.... Was really nice with the big Izuzu engine
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21 hours ago, ruxy said:
Something like this - waste of time trying to consider forces/vectors , empirical evidence is known . Under certain circumstances a regular Sankey type trailer can flip a Land Rover regardless of its C of G and side-slope capability , the rule of pintle hook / draft ring - is that something must be free to rotate.
Psychological scars , yes - for years / always you will probably be asking why me. I have also done 3.1/2 rolls , some of it I remember , I was 21 yrs in 1971 . Appropriately at a place called Black Hill between Stratford-on-Avon & Warwick , passenger in a VW Beetle - first time ever I had worn a seat belt. Hit at my side by a Mk. 1 Cortina , my seat was on top of the hand-brake & only 4" wide , pushed sideways across the forecourt pumps and then we started to roll , ended up across a side road on the grass verge. Only been back the once abt. 1990 , I know where we were hit and where we ended up on sideways - couldn't work it all out.
I am amazed I have not had nightmares as of yet.... But I expect some
I suppose my biggest psychological scar at the moment is an innate fear to go overlanding again...... Which is the whole purpose behind me fixing ex mil vehicles
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On 4/14/2021 at 5:11 PM, Mk3iain said:
Thankfully you have survived and are on the road to recovery, though the psychological scars may take the longest to heal.
I am sure the chains are a military requirement, the Landy and trailer are fitted for them. I think I am right in that the original Dixon Bate hitch on the Perentie is non lockable, rotation not jaws, as opposed the the UK version with a rotation lock. I replaced the same civilian (fixed) hitch that you had fitted with a DB hitch but only have a UK version with the rotation lock.
I am not sure about the trailer ring if it can rotate fully but you had a fixed hitch that replaced a rotating one, but then you say that the chains had wrapped around as it rotated during the accident.
Scary stuff !
Both the hitch on the trailer and Perentie can rotate. I locked the NATO one on the vehicle as was taught not to allow both to be free.
Another off aspect is the trailer hitch has been known to disconnect as has a big nut on it
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On 4/14/2021 at 8:04 AM, robin craig said:
The swing from high to low during that day make me physically sick as my investment took a hit, massively.
I made it through and eventually clawed my way back up. Its hard and takes a lot of time. You are lucky.
Yeah I was lucky the small town looked after me. Would have been devastated to of just being a statistic. The emergency room medic was an ex para (UK). He kept me going with his banter.
Putting a FC 101 on its roof would definitely be a scare as their rollbars are not significant. I didnt hear about that as I havent been in here so much since moving back to Australia.
I have to admit I'm a bit over Land Rovers now, or more precisely desert trekking as I seriously thought I was a goner
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8 hours ago, ruxy said:
I see - your mention of "chains" - is that a pair of chains , one each side of draw-bar to limit articulation & in theory prevent a snake ?
No I believe they are only required on civilian registered trailers in case the hitch disconnects. Typically 2 chains but I have seen with one
Talking about hitches I remember a 101 Land Rover towing a Noddy went around a tight bend and it fell over. The lesson was the hitch on the vehicle should be locked and the hitch on the trailer unlocked
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Don't know was posted on a raeme Facebook page with the :'"track being rooted"