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    CVRT Sabre 03FD34 new purchase

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    Andy,

     

    I can't attach this on a PM so enjoy it on here!!

     

    What a very interesting Sabre you have!

     

    All the best,

     

    [ATTACH]84812[/ATTACH]

     

    Hi Peter,

     

    Chuffed to bits that you have taken the time to decipher the report it certainly makes for a good read for me anyway all I need to find now is some in service pics :)

     

    Must admit when I was a lad I never in my life thought that I would ever own a Scorpion / Sabre. We certainly live in good times even though sometimes it doesn't feel like it.

    Gdsf

    in The meetings log and photobook

    Posted

    The tanks are part of the wood gas mechanism. The owner has all the pipes,lids etc to go with this old gmc but is just plucking up courage to link it up and try it!! If you had looked under the bonnet you will find it has no carb fitted but is plumbed up for the wood gas straight to the manifold.

     

    That would be interesting too see I wonder if it would pass one of those emission tests :)

    mk6 cromwell

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted

    It's a good job those 'dreamers' do collect the parts over the years otherwise it would be impossible to restore things now. It's also very fortunate if those parts are available.

     

     

    All those parts take up a heck of a lot of space

    Ferret - Differential/Transfer box

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]84593[/ATTACH]

     

    Drums gearbox all cleaned and reassembled, gasket surface cleaned no gasket required you just use blue holymar

     

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    Bands and carrier cleaned

     

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    Don't loose these two per band

     

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    where the springs fit

     

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    There is a right and wrong way to fit the springs one way you struggle and curse the other you look at the bottom of the bands and you realise that the spring pushes against the longer side of the web / casting.

     

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    Fit the bands in order and move the band around to push the spring into place and do the same for the other side.

     

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    All together the fun comes tomorrow when I assemble it all

     

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    The bearing is missing from the gearbox that I am using but its in the other one. Slide hammer time

     

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    Ferret - Differential/Transfer box

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted · Edited by ferrettkitt

    I bought this gearbox last year the Ferret that it had come out off had been left in gear with the handbrake on. It pratically welded two off the drums in the box together, the hammer and a drift couldn't separate them. Where the heat had been could be seen through the drums and the shaft.

     

    Can you guess which band is worn out? Sorry Richard this question doesn't apply to you same goes to any facebook users on the Daimler Ferret page.

     

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    Thought I would throw a few pictures up off the gearbox that I bought five or so years back from Swansea which I started stripping down at the weekend.

     

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    Ferret - Differential/Transfer box

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted

    There are different settings for each gear, known as bus bar heights, done with the measuring tool shown in EMERs. Once these are done and the pedal feel right, then the square head adjusters are set. What you do is bring them out to the pawl and set. Mark the self-adjuster nut, unhook the spring, turn nut anticlock 1/4 of a turn. Hook spring back on and start to pedal up that gear. the nut should gradually turn back to its original set position and no more. Once this is ascertained, the gear is set and as gradual wear on the band occurs, the auto adjuster will compensate. It should not over adjust.

    It is easier for me to do this than write it, as the workings of the box need to be understood first. I strongly advise anyone who does the adjustments to read the book and understand it and not to do any turning of the adjusters without taking note of what they have done.

     

    cheers Richard

     

    I'll be doing it in the next few days I just need to get my spare gearbox from my parents house. I'll post up some pics of what a worn band looks like from a gearbox that had been left in gear with the engine running. Not a pretty sight, I've binned two of the drums as they wouldn't come apart even with the magic hammer. :(

    Ferret - Differential/Transfer box

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted · Edited by ferrettkitt

    Dear Diana and Jackie and Richard,

     

    I am interested to understand how from the photos the status of the bands can be determined.

     

    My friend Al has a Ferret with gears one and two that slip horribly. I am but a mere neophyte in the world of brake band adjustment and am struggling to see what you see.

     

    Anything you can point out is knowledge to us.

     

    Thank you in advance

     

    Robin

     

    Al needs to reset the bands or at least undo the cover over the bands to have a look see if the threaded part is anywhere near the top of the slotted nuts (wrong terminology). Al will still need to reset the bands in the gearbox. Richard should be able to help a bit more.

     

    Brads Canadian Ferret gearbox small amount of adjustment available as the screws r near the top of the slots and from memory first gear and second were non existent

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N732ENGhIsU&feature=share&list=UUP2ElpvMyq IEwLgWg3VNWDQ

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