phil munga

Got home from work and the said pistol was in the kitchen what the %$#@! going on I said to the wife ,, So I've taken it to the Police station after first looking at it they said that it looks ok and that it looks more like an ornament and would be ok ,,,,,,,,, so I explaned what had been said about it , they had another look and said it'd be ok so asked for something in writing to state this , not something that they would do ,,, so I then said i would like it to be checked over in a profesional manner , I now have the paperwork to say its handed in and going to be checked

:-D:-D just great guys , yes its the m715 kaiser , its not hidden no wife its just the blokes gear he plans to rebuild it when he retires but his farther said the other day I should try and buy it as it would clear up lots of room , its in great condition because as you can see its sat here many years , infact i've known the blokes farther since the eightys and was only able to get into this shed maybe 5 years ago due to the amount of gear in there to find this ,

abn deuce Quote ''Well the grill is from an m715 I believe"

think its the full cab :-D , I found the engine laid outside at some other land that he has , says Tornado on the rocker , going to try and buy it , might be savable

steveo578 this seems to add up , going by the pics you've put up , think removing the concrete would not be to easy , with lots of holes in them now and the rear ends cut out to save the transmision ON ONE , The last time I was at feldom range before I took these pics was in the late eightys , and there was three or four target tanks ,, also used to go up on the other ranges to whatch the winter rally stages about the same

as it says above under all this gear is an MV also found a front grill for an old 50s morris car , old fuel cans ,

do you know what it is yet , maybe this pic will give it away ,

I've now found some more extinguishers , these work , the old chap that i got them from said he has canisters full of the ( transparent ) liquid for refilling , now after what has been said about this liquid on here and from what the old chap says , if it gets hot it gives off a gass that is deadly , he then shows me the said canisters , now some of them were leaking over wood that he burns in the house ???? He then went on to tell me that soldiers used to take it home to use it as polish , and that it was good for cleaning engines , so it was changed with pink dye ,, the extinguisher below is dated 1949 , also found nice old parafin tin

this ones a bit later

this pic shows a Taskers max load 6ton "or maybe that should be all up weight" Date of build 1976 type u8.5 Repainted 1986 , loaded up with scafolding and going by whats growing on it its sat here a while , not as long as the one in the next pics though

not to sure of this one , got a few pics of it ,wooden chassis no suspesion but has brakes red primer green top coat looking at the hitch it looks as though the brake is just a handbrake

Foden on recovery this morning , passed it south of Scotchcorner , I slowed down on this fast section of A1m to see how fast he was going as thought it was going a bit quick ,must have been doing close to 55mph ,

Its very sad to here news like this especially to such rare vehicles

These two are somewhere in the Catterick area the second tank with "windsor turret" is a Khaled suspension test vehicle 99SP29 I think and the Chieftain possibly 02EB49 (although it too had a SP number) could be the former resident of Feldom 3d where both tanks were targets.

 

There were also a number of trial FV432 (with W_ leter) and FV438 on Feldom until about 2000.

These are within 6 miles of Catterick , there's been targets like this here for a long time ,I think there's some more just the main body that have been cut up , then filled with concrete , the ones above in the pics ones been hit lots but the other does not seem to show any signs of been hit ,, not sure of the name of the range

Thats going to be a great help and probably a big saving over getting new gears cut , whats the ratio on this type of axle ?

in between doing a few other jobs , one job that was a bit of lathe work so I thought I'd give the munga pressure plate a quick polish up , I had a few clutch plates but found the one fitted to be very good so will re-use ,,

that would rule out using the barrel for a chimney on a traction engine ornament

" from the RAF in Burma with a Thew Lorain crane, hey guys am i the only one with any snaps

Is the crane about to lift what looks to be a radial engine

I've got some pics in a few old albums , will try and get some scans , ,

These are used as targets , Farmer was checking stock so I asked if could go allong to get a few pics ,,,, Do'nt know much when it comes to naming tracked vehicles , the first pic is one without tracks or engine number on hull FV469251/1 KL 256 , it had lots of holes in it about 3/4" so had took quite a few hits

The next pics this one does'nt look to bad tracks ok engine still in 6 cylinder firing order but had 12 injecter pipes so maybe 2 for each pot ,,

The person that holds this has been told by someone else today , and will be now handed in to the police

:nono: well I've told them , but they do'nt listen ,

Might be able to get part numbers ,,, the pinz is look well now whose got the job of building them landrover chassis up

The above items have been removed , But might be able to find out the number to age it ,, even thought there are parts missing firing pin hammer top catch what other means would there be to deactivate it ,

Very nice looking project , looks to be in great shape ,,,

As your brother is a really nice bloke , can you ask him if they made the tools to change the timing belts or did they get VW or Volvo ones? I was chasing a set, I know the VW or Volvo ones fit but I don't know the part numbers.

 

Basically from memory you need 2 lock tools and one tensioner.

I've just done the belts on a VW camper with the same engine and marked the pullleys and the belts then marked the new belts then refit to the marks ,,, remember two paint marks for the camwheel ,

Waterpump was ok , this is the cause of many snapped belts on this type of VW engine ,,,

I've just bought a later one 2001 with the 2.5tdi with both belts snapped ( which I thought very strange ) with only one bent valve ,,, and camshaft in three bits ,,, I think the fuel pump end of the cam has a slot in that a 4mm? piece of steel will fit this lines up with the top of the head ( needs to be evenly packed ) , then there's some dowls that fit some of the pulleys ,, Will try and dig out engine manual should have part numbers for the timming belt setup tools ,,

crank bolt has a high torque setting that is a stretch bolt ( I've re-used them no bother ) does yours have the V or the flat belt driven alternater

They look very interesting its just a shame they ended up on the fire and that the wheels were removed with a gas axe ,, whats the idea behind that large diff ,, two speed maybe ? ,,,,

hi , the VW engine looks like a 2.0L going by the position of breather and 5 bolt crank + looks to have a 228mm recess for clutch plate which is the largest of the VW aircooled , can tell this as no meat left to suport the preasure plate and ring gear so to put a date on it 1975> ,,,

the first and second pic looks a bit like a machine sometimes used on an airfield to help start early jet planes ?? Think there's a pic of one like it in air museum pics ,, found a pic in the link below , 8th post 2nd pic ,,, I know its not quite the same but could it be something like this

http://www.hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=15115

As it says not sure were to put this ,,, pics are not to good and battery went flat ,, brother's had this for years , What can anyone tell us about it ,,, It fits in a leather case and has a handle to generate power , see what you think ,,

, might someone know the age of this or the extinguisher ?

2nd is the Pyrene fire extinguisher for use on Public Service Vehicles ( just as I told my friend ) might these have been used on millitary vehicles as well ? maybe should have had a separate post

Convoy today heading onto the A1(M) southbound from Catterick Garison , must be quite a bit of weight because the's 28 wheels on them trailers ,I did find something odd , normaly there's a spare rig if there's a breakdown but not this time , maybe they were'nt going far