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I've started to take the gearbox apart and have found a fair amount of aluminium particles in the bottom of the box plus the remains of a bearing. The gearbox has been cleaned out and mostly put back together with the exception of the side that had the welding. That needs a new bearing The last thing that I did today was to investigate why I had no pressure on the gear change lever. This is what I found its the busbar spring, its not a recent break as it has rust on the fractures.

This is one AB413 vehicle record as bought from Withams http://www.ferret-fv701.co.uk/mnuls/ab413_18ea18.pdf Very few if any seem to have been passed on to the Tank Museum

I think we can sought something out

They would be warm all over for a while if they got that wrong.

Do you mean the mount that fits to the front of the fixed turret or the gun mount itself. I've seen the the part that mounts to the front of the fixed turret not the gun mount itself.

Its a Russian helicopter mil 24 rings a bell somehow

Clean the threads off on the bolts and add plenty of penetrating fluid (rag underneath to catch the run off) and leave to soak. When you do set out to undo the nuts from the bolts try undoing them gradually and switch to another bolt when one of them has started to undo. I have undone them before by using a nice long extension bar / socket and wedging a spanner on the bolt head up against the wing.

The bin design did change at some point when I don't know I suspect that it was changed to make it easier to get at the spare wheel. It should stop just fine fitting a servo makes it a little easier to stop.

Matt yours might be great mines positively dodgy! Lol

Buy a pack or two of these and use a spacer made out of brass of course http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-16-UNF-BRASS-MANIFOLD-NUTS-UN71-pack-of-4_W0QQitemZ370317127761QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN?hash=item56389ef051#ht_500wt_956 The same person has studs as well not sure if these would work but I suspect that they would do. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-16-x-1-1-2-UNF-STUD-PLUS-BRASS-NUT_W0QQitemZ370293821899QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item56373b51cb#ht_500wt_956 You should be able to buy the brass nuts at your local car spares shop.

Beltring 2005 I'm presuming that this vehicle is one of the training vehicles? http://www.ferret-fv701.co.uk/outandabout/challengerbeltring2005.jpg http://www.ferret-fv701.co.uk/outandabout/challengerbeltring2005a.jpg

The landing bit is quite good as well don't they align the landing gear to the runway rather than the aircraft (landing crab-ways) in strong winds.

Having and using a vehicle in 4WD drive won't stop you sliding on ice. Plenty of people in two wheel drive cars drove stupidly in the recent weather. I lost count of the times that I saw drivers racing up to junctions and not being able to stop. Good old fashioned genetics can give some indication about eyesight do you're parents wear glasses if so when did they start wearing them

Hi Bob, Have no fear I'll be praying on this one for a while, it will either work or it won't. At least I'll have tried rather than just scrap it Best regards

Does you're Ferret still have the front left hand bin with the indentation for the spare wheel?

I have it on good authority (the photographer) that its not going on a range but is in fact to be preserved. I spoke to the person named as the photographer last week. It came of the gate a while ago along with another vehicle that was due to go on the range, which is where the possible confusion arises.

Do it... you know you want too! I might even be able to push you in the direction of someone with the correct Turret (he might not want to sell it though).

Last visit in December and the tender before that they were going for about £50 not tested and sold as seen.

Ditto that as well

It cost forty pounds for the job I'll pm the rest to you

Many thanks the seller was right after all, I'll have to find the rest to go with the pack now.

It looks like a tidy weld to me as well. The person who welded it said he would v the edges of the weld, I'm presuming that knows what hes doing as he welds aluminium as part of his business. No I couldn't stay and watch it being prepared I would have liked to though. I'm not a welder so you can only trust someone with a job, whether they can actually do the job time will tell.

It looks like a tidy weld to me as well.

The front one is 35BA54 If you invert the colours in paint and then save as you can then zoom in and see it better. The third Ferret has CC in the middle but I can't make out the rest

I have a gearbox that has been damaged due to it being used as a target. The damage was confined to the casting on one side of the box. As it happens I also had another gearbox with damage on the same side but in a different position. So I decided to use one part of the casting to repair the other. Couldn't see the point of wasting a part if I could have it repaired. I am not saying that the gearbox hasn't been damaged in other areas either, that needs a bit more investigation on my part. I still have another gearbox to attach it to if it is completely U/S. If you need alloy welding a good place to ask is your local motorbike repair shop, think broken cooling fins on an engine casting. If you can find a good metal fabrication shop (notice the if bit) they should be able to do it as well. Anywhere that repairs or supplies outboard motors might be a good place as well to ask.