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its on the 9th/10th July i.e. next weekend. Good event, you look at the mv's and send the good wife and kids down the butterfly and otter sanctuary. Meet for a trip on the steam train later and finish off with a ride round on the miniature steam train. Easy

she looks supurb.

Hi Clive The fuses are okay. I have also manually operated the micro switches and the light does dim when operated, likewise when I tighten the cap on the outside. Cheers Paul

Hi Clive I didn't know that! I have checked it and found that both caps are present and the outer one was on tightly. Shame really, that would have been a nice little fix. Cheers Paul

Hi Clive According to the plate on the side of the generator its a no2 mk 2. Cheers Paul

The Saracen is going really well at the moment, even managed a prom last night, however, the generator isn't charging. When the revs are around 2,500 the charging light dims but doesn't go out, so I'm running on battery power the whole time. Are there any common faults with these, has the chewing gum come unstuck under the generator panel perhaps? or maybe, just a guess here, but does the engine need to come out to get at the generator? In which case I'll just carry some extra batteries around for now. Cheers Paul

My point is more general, and is that if you become aware of any sort of wrong doing/ something that has been overlooked you, as a responsible member of society should do something about it, otherwise you have no right to complain if it affects you in some adverse way. To put it into practice with your own example, IF you became aware that someone is on the road without insurance you have a responsibility to do something about it or else you would have no right to complain about your inflated insurance premiums. Simples.

Thats easy to say until its your son/daughter that gets run over and disabled by an uninsured driver, As far as I'm concerned too many people turn blind eyes to things when its actually everyone's responsibility to get taxed and insured. Tax is the thin end of the wedge. However, I would say approach the owner first because often it could be a misunderstanding

Anyone going to Buckfastleigh in Devon this year??

welcome to the forum from a neighbour across the river

Dingo Daimler armoured car T55 foden drops large shed to keep them all in dialysis machine because I'd have sold both kidneys to make the 50,000 up. edit: forgot saladin

Took the saracen out for a run yesterday. The new temp sender unit is showing that she is holding temp at around 160 degrees. However, the problem we had was with power from the batteries. She didn't want to start first of all with the batteries beginning to die, but started anyway. After 10 mins tick over while we checked a few things over I stopped the engine, only to find that the starter showed signs of having no connection, no click even. Persumed started connection lost. So, desperate to take her out to see if the overheating was actually occurring we started her with the starting handle and went for a trip out. All went well until returning home after about 5 miles (during which she was starting to lose power a little) when, approaching a right hand turn everything died. Would not start on the handle and the starter was still dead. Persumed the drop in revs approaching the turning lost me any charge from the generator. Got a lift back home and put the batteries on full charge for 20 mins. took them back and fitted them up. After that the saracen started on the starter and flew home, driving really really nicely. Obviously the generator isn't charging, in fact the dash light only dims and doesn't go out until around 2500 revs. I was wondering whether my previous problems are due to this and not overheating at all. Whenever I pulled over to let the engine cool I found she ran alot better afterwards for a while. But perhaps that was due to the new batteries recovering? Certainly had the same dead starter symptoms after a trip last year until she had sat a while. Anyone else had similar issues with these machines? Cheers Paul

no, nerdism is good. But thanks for the encouragement Nigeless, it is appreciated!!

you called your daughter Nigel? No, thats fine, really, just saying Welcome to the forum, for every female that joins this forum I feel a little less of a sad nerd. Cheers Paul

I ama girly so bear with me? lol Welcome to the forum Paul

Hello Ron My uncle also served in Italy in one of those, he said much the same thing. Here is a link about him and his experiences http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?15398-Sherman-Crewman-Frank-Dennis-Gent&highlight=frank+dennis+gent Good to have you on the forum. Regards and much respect Paul

what about this? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/24V-SOLAR-BRIEFCASE-BATTERY-TRICKLE-CHARGER-4-WATT-/330502923224?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_BoatEquipment_Accessories_SM&hash=item4cf38263d8 Good or not? Cheers Paul

great project, very jealous

looking good, and painting is the fun part

mine also had a dowty washer, but had dried out and broken up which was causing misting when it got hot, replaced with copper.

It is great what they say and how they see things. She also saw all the guardsman along the way and said "wasn't it nice for them to drive down that route so all the soldiers could see"

going back to the wedding........... my little girl of 4 years old was watching the coverage and the commentator said "well, thats a dress that will go right round the world" and my little girl said " that dress won't fit right round the world" Made me smile

thankyou!! I'll look for the bolt holes tomorrow. Cheers Paul

good video

This box came with the saracen but wasn't attached, can anyone tell me what would be put in it and what vehicle it might have come from?? Paul