mike65

Well it appears another meteor took to the air again today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22246388 Mike

That would be the one of Hanger 11 fame http://www.hangar11.co.uk/ Has a choice of P40, P51, Hurricane and Spitfire There is also the Old Flying Machine Company http://www.ofmc.co.uk/ Spitfire (MH434) and P51 (Ferocious Frankie) They do a very nice close formation display. The Fighter Collection http://fighter-collection.com/cft/ Thats just a few Mike

What bits you got, always looking for spares. Mike

Nope did not cure the problem, however the one that does work seems to be a bit more reliable (so far). I need to spend a bit of time trying to suss out what is what with the bits on the truck and the spares. Would be easier if I had radio batteries as a temp supply would be a bit easier then. If I get an answer I will of course post it up. Mike

Well back to the life times work that is my restoration thread. Had a go at my fuel gauge/sender issue and could not get any logical idea of why it does not work. Mind you the working sender is 12v and not 24v. Both read full with my spare gauge. So decided to rebuild the fuel tap instead So we had a very mucky half removed tap. Must get a shorter spanner set before doing it again. Took it apart and replaced the cork gasket (got it a Newbury from a nice tractor spares man) Bit of a clean and back in place. Just found out you can only post 3 attachments with the new forum set up. After doing the fuel tap I decided to have a go at a bit more bodywork. The front valance panel was removed. Had to excavate the paint to get to the crosshead screw bolts only to find that one would come out (with the impact driver) one other drilled off and 2 ground off. Not to bad beneath a bit of a clean, paint and underseal should sort that. Front panel had a few layers of paint and some damage A bit of stripping (well a lot really) some rubbing down, panel beating and adjustments with some wood and a workmade it was basically straight and just required a bit of fine knifing filler to sort out the last. Next job sand and paint ready for refit. Mike

Well I for one will not argue (or anything else) with a horny tiger. Mike

What you mean there was no -. .. --. --. . .-. By all accounts the Famous Five were racist and sexist now. They will be arresting Biggles next. Now that was a dubious film Mike

Managed to find some warm weather Saturday. So it was fuel tank in time. Not exactly easy on your own but got there. Now have double the fuel capacity but there is a slight problem. Fuel gauge works backwards. Also managed to paint the underside of the bonnet. Sunday was Newbury sort out and found a NOS 24v sender. It works backwards as well. Mike

I believe you can get one from IKEA but you will be disappointed. It's flat packed so it takes ages to get your "perfect life" together only to find something missing. Mike

Zeppelin parking guide for the clubhouse. Mike

Interesting According to the DVLA it is 249cc and Red and still on the road Mike The vehicle details for CCA 3 are: [TABLE] [TR] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableleft]Date of Liability[/TD] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableright]07 04 2014[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableleft]Date of First Registration[/TD] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableright]15 09 1939[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableleft]Year of Manufacture[/TD] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableright]Not Available[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableleft]Cylinder Capacity (cc)[/TD] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableright]249cc[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableleft]CO2 Emissions[/TD] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableright]Not Available[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableleft]Fuel Type[/TD] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableright]PETROL[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableleft]Export Marker[/TD] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableright]N[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableleft]Vehicle Status[/TD] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableright]Licence Not Due[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableleft]Vehicle Colour[/TD] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableright]RED [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableleft]Vehicle Type Approval[/TD] [TD=class: vehicledetailstableright]Not Available [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

What is it with you lot and the obsession of shooting things with a .177 What have I missed out on? Was it good? I had to make to with a .22 Oh and for some reason a Messerschmitt could not survive a grow scarer banger.:-D Oh and yes I started building the models and things just seemed to get bigger. Also had the soldiers and we would have battles usinf marbles, suction cup guns, those that fired little discs, and just about anything else that fired objects. Mike

Been there done that. Air Sea Rescue Launch was one of my favourites and a shed load of aircraft. Had trucks, tanks (the Tamiya ones with motors you could drive) ships. James Bond Aston Martin Bismark eventually sank in a cattle water trough on a hot sunny day with the help of a magnifying glass. I vaguely remember building a dinosaur. Mike

What you got that far. I am in deep doodoo with the H&S at the moment. I wanted a flapjack so I decided to fill out the form. Having checked on line the use of a wax crayon is acceptable provide the correct face protection is worn to stop you getting it stuck up the nose. So I believed I was OK. However the form has given me a severe paper cut and as there was blood on it I was unable to deny this happened and I am by all accounts now liable for prosecution for not carrying out the correct paper handling procedure and filing of the appropriate form. The wife even makes flapjacks in individual circular tins. Mike

Might be able to help hear. As you look at the terminal block (the wires away from you) they should be Left - High Beam + (blue) top/middle - Low beam + (yellow) right - Earth - (brown) If you had the previous bulbs with 3 pins (non halogen) you need to swap the low and earth over. At least that was what my Land Rover required to get them working correctly. But cannot guarantee colours as it had be mucked about a bit. Mike

Just when you thought it was safe to drop the fuel tank out of the Land Rover. Mike

Well Colin and a few others have been putting me to shame so I thought I better pull my finger out and get on with some work on the truck. Technically I have been doing some stuff, I just do not like being out in the cold especially when you can sit in front of a nice hot wood burning stove. So what have I done, well I have been preparing and painting stuff. Roll bar. wings, furl tank, radio battery box and bonnet The bonnet on the truck is not exactly straight so have a slightly straighter one to fit. Paint stripped on the top. The under side has been cleaned up and primed Replacement fuel tank cleaned sealed, layer of fiberglass added front and rear when the mud collects, painted, undersealed, and will give another coat before it goes in. The usual rain this morning gave up about lunchtime and a strange glowing object was seen in the sky. However as is the norm it did not hang around long but I took the opportunity to drop the nearside fuel tank out. Not eased by the fact that part of the front mount had been decked on something and bent back, Crowbar came in handy. Tank out I had a good look inside. I was told it leaked when I bought the truck. I wonder why? Managed to get something out though So my fuel gauge reading when I first got the truck was actually correct. Decided to straighten the front bracket but would not really hammer straight but you could bend with mole grips, but this was making a bit of a mess of things. So I decided to use the small vice instead, worked a treat. And why the added fiberglass protection. This is why Next job clean up the chassis and pain before reinstating a fuel tank. GUESS WHAT its raining. Mike

Does look a bit like a ferret from aboe So are they flippers for ferret pinball? Mike

You mean these ones. This would have been about 1982 when I was learning to fly a glider there with the ATC They are actually Argosey's if my memory serves right They have been gone for quite a while now. Used to quite a few aircraft there, I believe most have now gone. The Hunter is still up by the main road as a gate guardian and there was a Jet Provost fuselage by one of the hedges back in September. Mike

Some interesting pictures there Red Arrows went to Hawks at end of 1979. The low flying Spitfire was the Rolls Royce MkXIV that was considerably lower than that in 1992 and sadly the pilot did not survive. They did fly low in those days. Remember being at Biggin Hill (about 1981 when the commentary went something like "Next we have Ray Hanna in Spitfire MH434 coming in from somewhere" as he entered over the crowd between the marquees. Mind you that was the days when an elf was a fictional creature yet to be discovered in a hi-vis jacket. The Nord looks to be taken early 70s going by the vars in the back ground. Mike

Boat!! That's a bloomin' great ship. Mike

You might be unlucky there. There is one big advantage over the new site to the Hop Farm Go here and type the location in the box on the right for flood maps. http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/37793.aspx You will notice that you can see the racecourse but the Hop Farm is a sea of blue indicating it is a fuctional flood plain. Mike

Having been in Alaska last year you basically just start somewhere and very quickly end up nowhere. There were ex-mil and civvy stuff abandoned everywhere from pretty modern to almost as old as the hills. The problem is not finding it but getting it out. Mike

Emergency sock drier portable. Mike

Well would appear to have had a bit last night. Stuck to the side of the truck this time. There is about 2 inches on top of slush. Mike