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    Reporting LIVE from the W&P Show 2011

    in War & Peace show.

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    What, after trawling through most of the other posts, nobody has posted pictures of some of the fairer bodies on display, and I don't mean Saracen's!

     

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    MMMM they did brighten up one area of the show

     

    i wonder if jack could book them for A&E 2012, it would be a tight squeeze to get them all in the cromwell with me but i'm willing to give it a try :cool2:

     

    I know the answer to this but do you think you could get them all in the Cromwell :nut: :angel:

    Found a box of Original Registration/Data Plates (ie. Saracen, Salandin, Ferret, etc)

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    I'd love a Ferret one,... moreso, I'd love one that depicts the number of my recently late Dad's Ferret, which seems to now be non-existant, according to records... will check on the number of his, and re-post....and i'd pay a fair price for it too, of course!:D

     

    Write to the tank museum and request you're Dads Ferret record cards it might have who or where it was disposed of too.

    Ferret Running very rough.

    in British Vehicles

    Posted · Edited by ferrettkitt

    Have you tried switching the fuel tap feed from one side of the tank to the other?

     

    It is possible for contamination from the fuel tank to pass by the filter and make it through the pump and reach the filter at the banjo. The fuel pipes could also be blocked which would restrict fuel flow to the carburettor.

     

    Could you try running the engine from a jerry can with an inline filter in the pipe, in that way you will rule out or rule in the fuel system as being the problem. Its a heck of a lot of work to remove the turret, radios, tinware, battery boxes, centre engine mounts to name but a few things.

    Withams Harley sale

    in MV Chatter

    Posted · Edited by ferrettkitt
    pulled the min bid price for the lots

    The two bikes that were started were Lots 22 and 32, I couldn't remember the other lot number that started. The bikes with the best compression also seemed to be those bikes along with ex military police bikes lots 81, 82 and 83. One of the police bikes had the fuel tank cap seized in place but it also seemed to be full of something water / petrol or both?

     

    I suspect that Mike is right in that the bikes will only go up in value but for me that high starting bid left no room for manoeuvre or any chance of making any money on them in the short term.

    Withams Harley sale

    in MV Chatter

    Posted · Edited by ferrettkitt

    Hi Mike,

     

    I decided this morning that they weren't worth the minimum bid price.

     

    Yesterday between us we talked about what would be needed to make them roadworthy, head off, new cam belts and the fuel tank removing was just three of the basic things that we talked about. The things you have mentioned are extras to add onto the list of things that need doing to them to make them roadworthy.

     

    Yes they do have a lot of things wrong with them and to me it makes them worth less when they have been left outside for more than a year. Petrol engines just don't like sitting without being used.

    Withams Harley sale

    in MV Chatter

    Posted · Edited by ferrettkitt

    We went for a wander to Withams today to have a look the Harleys that will be up for tender this coming Monday. I pity anyone who bids blind on these bikes you really really need to have gone and cranked them over. Only three bikes actually started from 120 odd that we tried. We didn't bother trying the racing bikes

     

    More than ten engines were seized solid and they were among the ones that were supposed to be good (Lot 71 was seized). Lots 121 to 131 had been used for racing and had numbers on them and had been stripped down. We kicked a load of them into touch as they had no compression which could be caused by them sitting for so long outside (one year plus).

     

    We eventually narrowed it down to thirty bikes that had good compression and reasonable external condition. We then narrowed it down again to six bikes that we would bid on when I arrived home Saturday evening.

     

    I was going to bid on Sunday but the reserve is set to high for what I think they are worth. It will be interesting to see if they all sell

    Down-rating to 7.5 ton - recommendations and options?

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    Aye - but that would be me and the wife, plus whatever aggro is involved in tachos, insurance, etc - de-rating is definitely easier all around, if I can find a suitable vehicle that is... :undecided:

     

    Tachos only come into it if its a working vehicle, if its for private use you can submit an exemption at the time of MOT test. I have to do that for the RB44.

     

    A camper van is MOT'd on a class 4 so I have been informed.

     

    I think passing the HGV test is a non starter just for occasional use.

    How much r they worth SLR and No.4

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    I had a look at the SLR and the SMLE tonight both are pre 1995. The SLR comes with three magazines and is fitted with wooden furniture but it come with the plastic furniture as well :). The SMLE comes with its bayonet and looks to be in reasonable condition.

     

    I'll post up the pics when I collect them

    Down-rating to 7.5 ton - recommendations and options?

    in MV Chatter

    Posted · Edited by ferrettkitt

    Some RB44's have three seats in the cab, the drivers seat is nicely sprung and can be reclined and lowered to suit leg length and height. The passenger seat is a fixed backed affair which is completely unsuitable for man or dog. If you fitted another 'proper' seat in its place it wouldn't be a three seater any more.

     

    Space wise in the back you could sleep four under canvas with two adults across the load bed and children inbetween the seats but you would run out of space in the back if you wanted to add a toilet, a shower or proper beds.

     

    Cab is a none starter not enough usable seats

    Space in back not enough for what you're after

     

    But as you said its a winner on the driving licence side but it falls down for the reasons above.

     

    Leyland Dafs CAN be downrated to 7.5 tonnes GVW, mine has been! when fitted with a box body, mine has a gutted electronics repair body, and fitted with a fixed bed, cooking facilities & storage facilities and NO LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY it can be legally registered as a motor caravan. Road tax is £165.00 per year (Private Heavy Goods) the Mot class is large clas 4. I rang VOSA for advice before doing this. The unladen weight given by Whithams must be wrong as my truck still displays a 9 tonne bridging plate. dedeucting the 4 tonne payload gives an unladen weight of 5 tonnes.

    Personally I found Withams rather unhelpful, I bought my truck from Dave Crouch, of Crouch Recovery, who not only downrated it, but also Moted registered and taxed it, at extra cost naturally, so all I had to do was pay for it and drive away. Remember if you buy a vehicle from Withams first you have to transport it from their yard, then get it insured, downrated, MOTed, then registered, all a lot of hassle & expense.

     

    Someone near me has done something very similar to that if not the same

     

    DAF details

     

    Power Steering,

    Hi/Lo diff lock,

    3 seats,

    air brakes,

    rear Nato style hitch

    Length: 6.65m Width: 2.49m

    Height: 3.43m Weight: 6500Kgs

     

    Withams must be taking the vehicles weight directly from the plate in the cab??

    mk6 cromwell

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted · Edited by ferrettkitt

    Does that sand blaster do gates?

     

    Suspect so he will be blasting my Sankey trailer this week :D just have to paint it then :undecided:

     

     

    Looking good for Beltring and A & E better start saving up and buy a petrol station

    Brake Hoses

    in American Vehicles

    Posted

    An update guys.

    Set yesterday afternoon aside to get the drivers-side front brake hose off. Access to the locking nut on the inside of the chassis rail is 'poor' it is fair to say. Good thing the Generator is off otherwise it would have had to be removed. Also found it necessary to remove the protective (?) metal plate that sits on the chassis near the Generator. That allowed access from underneath the truck. Everything came off okay, including the old bleed nipple, although that was so rounded I had to wrap some it insulating tape round it to get a socket to grip. :)

     

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    Small snag however.... At first I thought Rex Ward had given me the wrong hose, or alternatively the hose had been manufactured wrong, because at first glance the thread for the end of the hose that goes into the hub was so much small. Then I spotted that the old hose has an adapter on the end to increase the thread size. Ahhhhh simple I though, just transfer the adapter across.

     

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    But........here's where work stopped for the day.... :embarrassed: :(

     

    I just can't get the adapter off, not with the tools I have anyway. I shall be dropping by my local garage on Thursday (away from home until then) and asking them to have a go for me.

     

    The general question is though, I'm not missing anything here am I ? It should just come off shouldn't it ? It's not a reverse thread or anything like that is it ?

     

    Kind regards to all

     

    Vulture

     

    Pop the end that you do not want to keep in a vice (flats of the 'duff hose' tightly in the jaws) and heat up the adaptor above with a blow lamp. You might have to remove it from the vice to undo it with two spanners but the heat should free it, watch out for the hose popping off as you heat it up.

     

    I have saved quite a few banjo ends that way on the Ferrets brake cylinders.

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