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griff66

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  1. griff66

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    oh, deep bronze green when i repaint my ferret as it came off production line with i guess no other markings as these would have been applied at allocated regiment?
  2. griff66

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    can any one post a pic of this ferret?
  3. thanks for all the hard work mike , is your/our proposal going to be put on the forum for our perusal ?
  4. can you imaging the swiss fighting any one ? swiss bank accounts = fighting a war ?.
  5. morning, i took out insurance on the ferret with adrian flux in jan premium was 90 quid or 32 quid extra for uk and europe breakdown service called flux rescue ( equity red star )
  6. we were taught only to approach a hot wheel from the front or rear never the side incase bolts holding wheel halves failed boeing 777 main wheel inflation pressure-118 p.s.i the 380 would have carbon fiber brake pack. on a aircraft wheel there are pressure relief plugs that will melt and release pressure if excessive
  7. whilst working on the ferret today found a spent cartridge on the base is r 6 8 5 cant find a ruler other wise would measure it any ideas folks?
  8. welcome to the forum lots of good information here.
  9. yep painted white photo on rtr website
  10. any one own these ferrets as have found some photos of them. 02cc70,01ec35,00dc17,01eo23,06cc64,01dc69,02da69,01dc37,02cc40.
  11. mk 1 ferret ? i,m 6 3 ft and drive it no problem small enough to fit in a single garage as well.
  12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKBN0zTGjz8
  13. bet it was fun getting those bars out after a load was put on the cables!:cool2:
  14. you could try driving it with hatches shut and using the periscopes that would make it more aerodynamic !:cool2:
  15. early 9o,s i was working in the falklands as a civvy and got to go out to onion range with the army and had a go firing a mortar ! we got to actually drop it into the tube also fired a 9mm browning pistol , sa80 remember that seemed to fall apart in my hands! sniper rifle , fired a gpmg that just jammed all the time , and got to throw a grenade ! throw the grenade not the pin! cant imagine any civillian would be that lucky these days !
  16. i think that was a t72 with a jet engine mounted on it quite a beast!
  17. from the manual pressure and vacuum relief valve operating at plus 10 psi and minus 3 psi::cool2::
  18. and a tiny smear of washing up liquid on the fittings will help hoses slide on and when clamped up should not affect sealing .:cool2:
  19. i take it you have tried the old trick of putting the new hoses in boiling water to soften them prior to fitting
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