ruggyjohn

why is it paulob1 seems to get up people's noses

thanks for that niels have sent him an email.

hi, can anyone help please,i am looking for replacement brass plates for my scammell pioneer, none were on it when bought, is there a company that can replicate them, many thanks john.

Now in the new workshop and back on the scammell, not going well,thought front cab panel was ok, but alas more bodging .

it takes the jib for the spare wheel

hi, mine does the same, you have to be careful you dont trap your fingers, just thought it was a quirk of the vehicle, never been a problem when i drive it.

springs greased between the leaves give a softer ride, in other words they work better and also you dont get the rusty streaks dribbling down the side of your springs.

prime paint od, grease between the leaves then reassemble

hi dizzyt, what anniversary is that.

make your own acess holes by cutting out then weld them back in afterwards, with a grind up and paint you will never know it was done.

quite easy with outriggers, moved stuff wider than that . :cool2:

in reply to datadawg, the majority of plant and vehicles moved on the roads today are done so by lowloaders, its the safest way full stop, if your worried about reversing a trailer then fit a jaw to the front of your vehicle, it is then made a lot simpler, if you have to buy and store a trailer it makes it more inconvenient for you but a hell of a lot safer, you should also note from reading this thread, and please do so from the start or you will incur the wrath of paulnob1 that his views are in a distinct minority, finally a plant trailer or lowboy as you call them over there have a multitude of other uses so you might get more out of it than you think.

i think paulnob1 is getting his gross and tare weights confused, rustytrucks is speaking from experience and knowledge of the facts, if you really fancy a drops thats fine, but dont justify it by asking it to do something that is unsafe.

hi adrian, there are plenty of 980 & 981 diamonds up north so don't just look after the the southern softie's :cool2:. if its the midlands then it should be fair to everyone, glad to bring my 981 and will talk to dave weedon as his collection of diamonds gets bigger.

richard is spot on with the welded nut routine, but you should first weld a washer to the stud then weld your nut to the washer by filling the nut with weld but you can also put small welds on the out side of the nut to the washer, never failed to remove studs but sometimes it can take up to 5 trys if the nut keeps snapping off, little bit of movement at a time works best and to let it cool enough for you to touch it also before trying to undo, it lets the stud shrink after being heated by the weld.

neat paraffin for a parts washer. perfectly safe, very low flash point

New door frames being built, just when I thought I was getting on top of the cab work.

Sounds very grand but an insurance and h+s nightmare, is this a profit making venture or simply to let the public see your vehicles.

fit a new fuse box, cured a lot of faults on my morris

hi richard, forgot to ask how is your pioneer resto coming along hope all is well. john

hi richard, used a dti gauge in the end instead of making some trammells as it says in the workshop manual, you can see it in one of the pics, got it to within 5 thou, there is some play on the gearbox input shaft bearing so there was a little guess work involved, what takes the longest is undoing the engine mounts every time to remove or add shim material and then tighten everything down before taking another measurement, made 4 adjustments before we were happy with it, i am now waiting for comments on one of the pics where it doesnt look right for a pioneer ?.

Further progress.

Some copper pipes on the engine have been left unpainted along with some ally parts including the injector pump, I know its not correct but I think it just lifts the appearance of the engine without going over the top, radiator now fitted along with the diesel tank, next job is to Finnish the cab window frames, blast and paint then refit.

Some more pics of work so far.