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I am pleased to see all the extra work was successful given what you had done in around 2 1/2 years up to the drivetrain failure 3 months ago.

While the Land Rover is a starter pack it is £15 - hardly pocket money .... or am I just out of touch ? I don't recall saving even 2 weeks for an Airfix kit, glue, pot of Humbrol paint. OT but I often look back and wonder how if I had children the family and I could fund current versions of the Triang / Hornby / Wrenn items I still have packed away. The Hymek loco still has the price ticket with 75/- on the box. I may be wrong but I think Christmas 1970.

Looking at the photo the bracket seems to have split the lugs away. I presume the bracket is original so has the material shrunk over time ? While not authentic would a block of nylon be a solution ?

I'm guessing you mean a house radiator not a vehicle. As the bag 'dries' the evaporated moisture will go into the air - like drying towels on bathroom radiator or heated rail with door closed then condensation on windows.

I'm sorry you have caught Covid. My experience and that of others I know has been that feeling very tired gradually subsides over 2 - 3 weeks.. With modern petrol I'm surprised you leave more than a minimal amount in over the winter. Then come spring top up so the proportion of old petrol is low.

First a big well done to get fundamentally complete and a successful first drive. Second unfortunate to have the driveline failure. At least you managed to get back home. While if your diagnosis is correct disassembly sounds awkward and messy hopefully the actual repair is not too difficult or expensive.

If so Reliance Bus Works in / around Stoke-on-Trent may be able to help through their contacts.

In fractional imperial and maybe help to source 3/16" x 5/8". Can be known as size 00, but not NH size 00 !! Belling Lee L562 series - which are discontinued.

Given 2021 did not happen provisionally this was to be 2022 instead. However given Wartime in the Vale 2022 is next weekend and I have not seen anything posted on HMVF and, at least to me, the Wartime in the Vale website does not look to have been updated recently is the Diamond T gathering happening ? ( I presume the show is on in general ). Costs of course are an issue both for exhibitors and potentially visitors.

Possible but given the size & potential loaded weight how many horses would be required ?

From Wikipedia, not always the most reliable source of information, yes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinorwig However perhaps just down to timing given https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porthmadog and construction of Dinorwig Power Station began in 1974 with the opening date 1984. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinorwig_Power_Station

" never let the truth get in the way of a good story " or the reality was a box of apples falling of the cart pulled by a horse. A few hours later the circulated news was the wheel coming off the cart and the horse having been put down due to injuries.

Indeed but as radiomike7 says above connecting batteries in parallel is best avoided. If to power two different systems these should be isolated and a suitable split charge module fitted.

Before you dismiss J60 24V ignition if otherwise the best option for a boat as sealed so waterproof consider providing a 24V supply from 12V. I have absolutely no idea what the current draw of ignition is but I presume there are very brief high current spikes. Just as a starting point something like this https://www.meanwell-web.com/en-gb/dc-dc-enclosed-converter-input-9-5-18vdc-output-sd--100a--24 followed by a large capacitor connected through a diode so the capacitor can not backfeed the DC/DC converter and a low value series resistor to limit the surge. A trawl of the 'net ought to find where somebody has tried this idea and if they succeeded or failed.

Youtube have made downloading to save much harder so many online sites & browser addons no longer work. One that usually does is 9xbuddy. The main link for each resolution plays the file. So long as a backup one is also listed if you click that you should be prompted to download / save file, or if your browser is set that way the download will just start to be saved on the selected or default folder. Should it not be MP4 but another format VLC player handles virtually all formats.

You would need to enquire but a unit specifically intended as a battery charger might not work without a substantial battery pack connected.

After the rectifier the DC would be full wave rather than ' clean ' DC as from batteries. The heating element probably would not care if AC or just rectified but a DC control system might well need a cleaner i.e. smoother DC. Any wiring change would of course mean the unit was both not as original and non standard which might cause confusion in the future.

The connector is a BNC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNC_connector From here developed in 1945 and patented in 1951. Both the drum & cable could of course be older with the connector changed at a later date.

While not military so strictly OT the I am presuming the bus at the bottom of page 5 is the front DAAG and two trailers. If so a heavy load for a 1920's engine etc.

Rather than going straight to the PC I have always recorded to a DVD recorder then copied the DVD into the PC to edit, title etc. The best DVD resolution is 1 hour per DVD. How much longer before the losses are noticeable depends on the source. If VHS / 8mm I found 2 hours on a DVD looked the same as 1 hour. Even from miniDV where the end requirement was DVD I took the same path. My DVD recorder was a Pioneer with a DV input rather than having to use SVHS. For Hi8 with a Digital8 camcorder that will play Hi8 the same route could be taken I've no idea about Windows 10 compatible software, if I had to do this again I'd fire up my XP machine. I did try an admittedly relatively cheap Dazzle USB device and the result from even mediocre VHS looked far worse the original.

End price £3100 ( The highest bid was not mine before anyone asks !!!!! )

I'm not at all surprised that the LWH was often at the top of the customer satisfaction questionnaire. I'm trying to recall the last time I was there but at the latest 2015. However if not then soon after rumours about closure were circulating. I've pondered the AAM a few times. Displaying so many items in that amount of space is not easy. Presumably the idea was to have major items up in the air rather than on the ground too and once in place they were to be considered permanent. While certainly iconic it does not fit in with the surroundings of the era or the exhibits. For access to me while large cranes required removing sections of the roof would be more logical than the whole front.

Likewise. It is not a minor exhibit but could be a stand-alone full blown museum. While of course down to the management ( using the term loosely ) to decide the focus of a museum IMO they also have to consider what brings visitors through the gate. Entry is not cheap ( from the website single adult £20, family £51 ). For those without a specialist interest diversity will influence deciding where to visit and in time re-visit. I wonder how many remember the Land Warfare Hall as much as the remainder of the site? As to so many the major exhibits being moved to the USA rather than another UK site I strongly disagree with this.

I stumbled on this Youtube video https://youtu.be/PoaR41FqoAU?t=444 4:12 7:24

I stumbled across this video in Youtube https://youtu.be/PoaR41FqoAU 4:12 6:15 7:24 As a child I remember various vehicles sheeted up on the prom when in Blackpool for the illuminations late 1960's / 1970's.