montie

From the vehicle data plate 82BA37, this is another Saracen not on the register that I have been building over time, so time goes, the list grows!

Trophy! Pics of the engine bay and nothing of the Saracen! I feel let down! Pretty please????? Did you win with the filler tubes?

Congrats on your purchase! It is as exiting as a new girlfriend! Hope to see many pics! I picked up somewhere with the more modern variety of gearbox oils that it needs to be of the older GL4 variety. Apparently when using the GL5 version, it has severe detrimental effects on brass in the gearboxes. Richard should defitely have some info on this. I tackle the "google" thing to see whether I can locate the article again.

Where does the fuel pump on these sit, on the engine? If so, is there any lift pumps in the fuel tank? Or if the pump sit on the engine, it should have a hard time picking up the fuel! When I opened mine's fuel tank (stainless steel construction, so no rust), it had two submersible Tokheim pumps, one in the main and of course the other in the reserve tank. One pump was totally shot, and trying as I might, I couldn't get a replacement for it. So I ended up replacing both pumps each with a set of Facet pumps, each set connected in series because of the voltage. The tank selector switch is already on the console, so no mods there. It has been working fine during tests but it has never been on the road, so that is still an unknown. I have similar Facet pumps fitted to my civvy vehicles and haven't had any hassles yet...:red:

My thougths exactly! I got an inner (plastic?) from a army helmet that will do the trick!

Trophy, your info is underway

Really great pics, man, keep them coming!

Here is a pic of the shameful situation! More pics on this thread http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?19274-South-African-MV-Scrapyard-finds&highlight=montie

For you new guys with sarry's end even those who don' have but with picst, here is a thread for your sarry pics, please! We need eye candy! Hehe, new word I learnt!

Hi Shane, yes I removed the air horn beforehand. It does test one's patience, does it not? Oh but that feeling of satisfaction afterwards once everything is fine, makes it all worthwhile! Please do post some eyecandy, man!

A warm welcome to the forum! You don't have any Saracen pics that you could post, please?

Welcome to the forum. Please post lots of pics of your process as I am envious as hell! There is another Pioneer sitting in a scrapyard in our country but sadly, I simply don't have the funds to even purchase it, not even mentioning it's restoration...:mad::mad::mad:

There you go Nic! Please post some pics of your sarry, man along with your progress as you go. You can see how it also helps other chaps with similar hassles if there is some tracking and pictorial footage of the event. This came from around page 31 of this thread.

Good Oily, you're back!! I though you had gone! Updates with pics, mate!

I stand corrected!! No look-a-like at all!!

It does remind me of the South African versions as used by the police , started of with the Hippo, then Casspir and Wolf Turbo. I am not a boffin on these and have never ridden in one as the army never used them, or that I know of. Here is a link to compare: https://www.google.co.za/search?q=casspir+apc&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=iyJ0UciRHYPIhAeljYHIBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDwQsAQ&biw=1755&bih=873

I had to take one of my sarrie's wheel stations off for troubleshooting and it was not so bad. I had to make a couple of special tools though, the plans were in one of the manuals, cannot remember which one, though. There was also some write-up on this episode in my saracen rebuild post, with pics of the tools and the "procedure"

It is a beautiful nose job!!

South Africa is full of them but they are being converted back and sold. They were based on the Unimog chassis as APC's and were a firm favourite with the troops as they were very land-mine resistant. You will find loads of pic on the net.

:whistle:Some hate them, some like them, nobody loves them!

Hi Bob, Seems lthat you like Saracens, you have another recent one too? Maybe you could scan the hand written notes and upload it, it will be very interesting and at least there will be copies of it.

Hi Bob, There was a post regarding (this?) Saracen in a while ago but whether it still belongs to this member, is not known. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?9397-Hong-Kong-PHOOEY-!Saracen

I tackled the sleeve again this year. The newly fitted circlip from the previous round came off quite easily, using the "specially manufactured tools" and a lot of brute force and ignorance. The front sleeve and shaft was disengaged, slightly repositioned ,another new circlip fitted, (they get busted in the process taking them off!), slided the rear sleeve on that was forgotten during the the previous round and the shaft reinstalled . This took five painful hours. So now when filling the bevel box again and checking for leaks, surprise, surprise! The oil still disappears when filling the bevel box but I can find absolutely no external leak!! NOW WHAT????

Very nice pics!