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for that sort of money id get a discovery every time had a few shoguns- pajeros too airy fairy get the 300tdi or the best engine is the v8 a mate has just got 1 for £900 no and i mean no rust but must be the only one like it loads of cheap parts and we all got a mate who can tell you were to look for the rust one of the better towing cars about

andy

of course i will be letting them know and everyone else ill be getting qoutes from

Just looking through my piccies -- found these! Norton show August this year. Weren't you lonely down there on your own? Should have come up the top to join the military section -- there was a brilliant display and you would have been well received

 

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as you have kindly posted some pics can anyone tell me the paint code or suplier i have some touching up to do over winter

In July I re-insured my Explorer with NFU mutual, fully comp, any driver over 25, show/rally cover, unspecified trailer, for £75.68, down from £86.00 last year due to 'mutual bonus saving'

 

The any driver part is great, it spreads the Scammell-itis grin, :drive::-D :-D :-D

 

Roadsure used to offer it but dropped it during a merger a few years ago.

i just got my nfu renewal £97 last year £180 this thats without telling them i wrote off the ex girlfreinds car !!

well it seems then i have some spare chain i think ill keep it in the back just in case thanks for the input i will have to modify the storage to suit as the scotches are a bit to big to fit as for norton i bought her in december and entered her in the commertials as i didnt want a military truck and was going to repaint it by the spring but then decided to leave it as is so ill be entering in the military from now on

having now purchased a pair of scotches for lightening ( my mk 1 explorer) i got back to the shed to discover in the two bags containing the ropes i have a lenth of chain 24 or so inches then the wire rope then another 24 ish inches of chain , 1 chain and the wire rope seem to be the right lenth so my question is what is the purpose of this 2nd chain if any or am i lucky enough to have to bits of spare for whatever ? thanks andy

ive not tried the brakes out sinse cleaning up all the clevis"s and adjusting them all dont think they were that bad but the handbrake is ill try it out on a hill in the next few weeks hopefully .the air pack is still on maybe thats the problem how good is the original likely to be ?

its a 290 with out intercooler

really ? andy told me its a 325 anyway im pleased with it picked up a pair of scotches and the wires to suit along with a towing pole today ready to play

been there and done that ,sort of i work a lot with thick bitumin or as we call it electrical jointing compound that survives the washing machine but in the hot tumble drier it melts and covers the inside of the drum on my dark boiler suit it doesent show on her new expensive white underwear in the next load it does ------ yep we are divorced now

dont recall them being that shiny !! im picking up a pair later next week

i dont rearly know yet a big problem is gritineye is a rearly bad infulance on me and the noise of his cummins has warped my fragile little mind:nut:

 

i would like to do soumthing diffent tho i keep thinking about a 270hp CAT lump but i am not formiluar with these engines i.e size length ? i do like a bit of pussy power tho:shocked: and i dont know of another explorer with a cat engine

go with the cummins i drive with the windows open to get the full efect of the straight though exhaust and its the 325 L10 which is how i was able to push you all up the hill in the photos from dorset ha ha

andy:-):-):-):-)

ian , is your son busy next saterday ? im doing lightenings brakes ive taken all the (many ) clevis pins out some were siezed solid and adjusted them up but not road tested it yet ive got about 2.5 inches of thread showing though the adjuster nuts so im hoping i have shoes left !! my main problem is the handbrake being next to useless as might recall its got an oldair cylender on it on it might have to put the original back on cheers andy

hi being kinda new here im reading a lot of the older threads and many of the photos seem to be partly obliterated by the following post ggrrrr is it the forum or is it operater error thanks andy

hello and welcombe from another new member -- do i recognise that username from traction talk ??

thanks already took it out on the local new years day road run and all went well currently doing those few odd jobs a new owner does with his new purchase lost count of all the grease nipples !!!!!

good morning from andy in somerset , new to all this mv stuff having just bought a scammell explorer wsk 485 or maybe better known to some of you as lightining from gdsf or w+p . im hopeing to run and maintain it with the help of a few good mates who currently get help from me with there steam toys mainly a+p rollers prior to the steam and vintage i have had loads of motorcycles looks like a great site here already taken on board loads of good advice thanks 6x6 and andy fowler