mike65

Well the old girl made it to Duxford and back without a hiccup. Went to move it a week later and no clutch appears the slave cylinder has given up. That’s for another day when parts arrive. So I decided it was time to replace that damaged front wing with the one I have been falling over for months. First job get this off Second job look at all that lovely rust Well It was not that bad, have seen much worse a quick attack with degreaser, pressure washer, wire brushes etc followed by some rust killer paint and underseal looks a whole lot better Top corner of the bulkhead was pretty god again kill the rust and then a thin coat of filler to cover it. Next job finish this section of bulkhead with some sanding, primer and green and put it all back together Mike.

Looking at the photo in one of your earlier post (post 2) the hand throttle is in the flat out position. It is the lever on the bulkhead in front of the gear shifter. Push forward and move all the way to the left. Mike

Matt What Neil has said is true, although petrol is expensive and disappears very quickly, especially in traffic, there is a plus side. You save money on gym membership as the lack of power steering gives you a good work out at low speeds. You also get plenty of smiles per gallon:D:D:D By all accounts the nice bouncy coils on a 110 give you a softer ride, but like Neil not much experience of them. Reliability is like many vehicles down to how you look after them. Only issues I have had were a failed float in the carb and a spark plug. I left it for 6 months, primed the carb and she started up, cannot really grumble about that. A 109 FFR rides much more comfortably with a load in the back as the springs are heavy duty. So a GS or a spring swap might help, alternatively half a ton of logs would do. You get the water leaks with all Land Rovers they were a factory standard fit along with the oil leaks:D At speed they are noisy so forget ICE systems. As Neil also mentions it is an old school vehicle so you need to drive them properly and think ahead. In reality a Series 3 is just a posh Series 3 so are really much older than 40 years even if it is a 1983 version. The 110 uses much of the same technology so they are still old trucks. Mike

It is also appearing at Shoreham http://www.shorehamairshow.co.uk/news/ I am at Bournemouth that weekend so that probably means it will also be there as they share aircraft. Mike

I believe to be technically correct it is BSC381C 285 NATO Green I have been using paint supplied by the ebay link above. Use satin so it is not too shiny but a bit harder wearing then matt. Have a cheap and an expensive spray gun so being using them seems to go on fine with my limited spraying abilities. Mike

Work on the truck has been progressing. After sitting around for like 4 years and almost 1 year repainted I thought I better fit the replacement bonnet. No more tripping over that in the garage. The observant amongst you may notice one manky old hinge. I had some painted ones but one would not fit in the old hinge mount rubber. So two new ones of those fixed the problem a few days later. Decided that it was time to do a wheel. The paint on it was a bit crazy paved and the rear was buried under a thick layer of congealed oil grease and dirt. So after a good degrease and a bit of needle gunning followed by a good rub down, it was ready for a coat of zinc primer, 2 of normal primer and 2 coats of NATO green Interesting this is the second wheel I have done and it is slightly different. The 1st was stamped FV738903 K14 5.5Fx16 56?690 and carries the Dunlop symbol with 984 after it. The one above is marker 272309 /64 and carries a symbol that looks like a squashed diamond with an S in it. So that is probably one military wheel and 1 civvy one I guess It was then time to get the lights working and get it to pass its MOT, which it thankfully did. After passing I decided to take more bits off. Driver’s side splash panel was removed from under the wing. The steering box cover is Ok but there is a bit of a hole in the splash panel. The bulkhead behind is not to bad and just appears to need a good clean and paint Another wheel has been removed with its cracked paint and rusty backside, with the tell-tale signs of something leaking. Another thing to look into. I wonder what the heritage of this wheel is. Newbury Sort-out this weekend so that cuts into truck time and Easter is almost upon us so that means garden time is here. Mike

Well it looks like I have been a lazy git and not done anything since June. Honestly I have not been lazy and the truck has earned her keep by hauling some building materials and I now have an almost finished wall and steps to the rear garden. Hand dug and filled 2 skips and mover 5 tons of blocks by hand, not forgetting the concrete. The truck also did a bit of green laneing and one of these got slightly rearranged Got to Newbury and found these in a pile of tractor parts They have been stripped cleaned and painted along with some other parts and of course a straight antenna mount The old wooden radio battery box I made came in handy as a spray booth and also dit the underseat fuel tank cover tray hung from a PO's convenient holes. Number 2 tank was dropped cleaned sealed painted and undersealled and after waiting months for it to stop raining was reinstalled in a cleaned and prepared chassis. Nice brand new shiny 24v sender installed but for some reason the gauge works backwards (on both tanks) so full is empty and empty is full. Well it is better than guessing I suppose. Now I just need to resolve that large pool of brake fluid under the truck before its MOT (gives me a couple of weeks). Note to self. Take a bit more time with flaring pipes when making them and remember the brake flexipipe will leak at the T piece if it has the B word on the packaging.

Are those not technically Commando's which was the variant with fixed undercarriage and an extended cabin Personal opinion the sky is more interesting in the Apache shot. Mike

Richard is correct the type you are after regularly come up on ebay often for little money. They can often be picked up at 4x4 autojumbles like the Newbury Sort Out. The Skipton one is probably nearer for you and worth a try. http://www.newbury4x4andvintagesparesday.co.uk/ Mike

"Back door" is probably not quite the right terminology But you can get it at my parents and they are a few miles from civilization and there are 3 BT wifi hotspots and 3 houses with BT broadband. BT's website also says this You can also get wi-fi in over 5 million hotspots throughout the UK. If you're a BT Broadband customer, you get free wi-fi with your broadband. By agreeing to securely share a portion of your wi-fi bandwidth through a separate channel on your BT Hub, you let others get online when your Hub's turned on. In return, you can use others' active Hubs to get wi-fi internet access when you're away from home. It is actually probably more of an advantage if you are out and about and want to avoid data charges on a smartphone or other device. Mike

Si Good to see you have made it over here. You do realise that your current modelling obsession will only get worse. Oh and the scale is likely to get larger. Mike

In real terms you have a choice of 2 BT and Virgin. All the others Sky,Talk Talk Tesco all rely on a BT line. Not all cabinets are fibre ready and the number of lines may be limited. The BT Home hub has a "back door" that gives wifi access to anybody with a BT broadband account. That is how they get good coverage with openzone hotspots. Mike

I have used the Slosh product on both tanks of my 109 http://www.rust.co.uk/products/product/413135/0003-slosh-ethanol-resistant-tank-seal-kit/ You need to make sure it has been cleaned and thoroughly dried before it is applied. However if you let it air dry for too long you can get surface rust forming and then you back to square one. I stuck a electric paint stripper gun lon low in the filling hole. The other-halfs hair drier will probably be just as good but that has serious health risks:D Mike

Drool Drool Drool I feel a series of sick days coming on in August Mike

You can change Windows 8 to classic mode so it is like 7 http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/software-and-web-apps/how-to-make-windows-8-look-like-windows-7-50009546/ On antivirus I use AVG (paid for) and have no issues with it. Used to have Norton on a laptop but after a few updates it would take half an hoir to start or 5 minutes with AVG. Mike

Funny you should mention that. We prepared a large gold plating vat and went to get the lift and left this helpfulperson to quard it with an appropriate vehicle. Can't be too careful with metal thieves these days. Got back and all that was left was an olive drab sludge so hopefully that will suffice. Oh and if you see the owner of this vehicle Jack would like his gold back As for a Penthouse we have checked the magazine rack and there are only a few artillery shells and a some very dog eared magazines with articles on striping a Green Goddess Mike.

I think we can cover that You are not afraid of heights are you? Mike

Jack is in charge of the new valet parking system so everything needs to go direct to the workshops:D Mike

That looks as though it is the cockpit fuselage area of a P38. Long nose with no engine and gun ports. wings appear to be up against the cockpit. Mike

Green Spark Plug Company also do battery leads etc. http://www.gsparkplug.com/shop/battery-parts.html Mike

Bungee strap to provide additional acceleration for unloading. Mike

Thanks for posting very useful. Mike

This may have a bearing on the answer. Is yours 24v or 12v? I believe the relays are different and are not interchangeable. Do do with the current/heating up as Clive has mentioned. Mike

So if I sell my classic vehicle with its annual road tax of £0 I also have to send that back for a refund. Lets see if I get it right. I sell vehicle return tax disc DVLA process it and refund me £0 New owner applies for tax disc DVLA process it and issue a new tax disc for £0 DVLA receive £0 Yes that makes sense. Bit like some cars that have £0 road tax but a small motorcycle has to pay. I and new owner get a bit of agro. DVLA get I bet they spent a fortune on consultants to come up wuth this as a way to stop people not taxing the car 3 months after buying it with 3 months tax on it. Mike

Ah yes the good old 2 stroke. You also had to remember to give them a rev if you were trundling down a long hill at 30mph. Have you checked the spark plugs, the plugs for the shielded ignition system are 2 part items and if they come loose the gap opens and you loose a cylinder. Mine did this a couple of years back and it lead to a trip on a recovery truck as it would struggle on hills and the flat, it made it to 40 on a downhill stretch though. Mike