Rangie

Ingenious! To clear a zone at the rear of the vehicle before deploying troops from within? Alec.

If you have a dixon bate ladder-type slider hitch, I'll take a picture of what i've done on my RRC.... :cool2: 2-pin mounting, over-engineered by design and backed up by calcs. Options to mount Nato hitch at 600 or 650mm (I think, need to double-check that figure.... I've used it a few years on a couple of Rangies to tow sankeys and brockhouses and it's been bulletproof! Now I just need to find daylight to take the picture........ :cheesy: Alec.

Well, bit of a can of worms here..... If its an old 4-speed 109, its EP90 Gear Oil in all but the engine!! If its a 5-Speed LT77 with the LT230 transfer box, it depends on the application. Generally the older 2.5 Diesel turbo or N/A 5-speeds were ATF Gearbox and EP90 TX Box. The 2.5 Petrol with 5-speeds were ATF Gearbox/ATF TX Box. The V8 5-speeds were ATF in Gearbox/TX Box The old V8 4-speed LT95 was EP90 Gearbox/TX Box The TDi's in 200 or 300 form with either the LT77 or R380 are ATF in Gearbox/TX Box NB, for completeness - Borg Warner NV225 Viscous TX box on rangies ATF ONLY!! So, if the box is in good condition it doesn't really matter. I have run both versions to high mileages, averaging 26k per year and had no problems. One argument in favour of the ATF is that the lubrication-starved output shaft/input gear gets more lubrication. I have done a couple of mainshafts in LT77s at about the 140k point. My daily driver RRC is ATF Auto with ATF TX, on its original autobox, output stub and input gear and we're at 240k and going strong! I would suggest, if its an original old diesel 110, it would be EP90 in the TX box. I wouldn't lose sleep over it but if it worries him, drop the ATF and fill with EP90. My tuppenceworth anyway... Alec.

have you got all of the ladders, etc and equipment featured in the earlier photographs? Alec.

Hmm, I could potentially do with one from Cambridge heading north, Dundee would be a good first leg for me..... Alec.

I'm trying to suss out specs and weights for an Amazon. I am seriously considering one that has been offered to me. :-D What would the Thornycroft chassis model be for a LWB? Petrol/diesel engine model? I understand it was a Coles Mk7 Petrol-electric 5-tonne crane? I have heard mutterings of Mk6 and 6-tonne but don't think that is correct. Could anyone point me in the right direction for manuals/handbooks etc. Regards, Alec.

How about an Autotrader open at the Land Rover Section? :cool2: Ahem, I'll get my coat.... :drive: Alec

Don't try to bastardise a 654 form either. They are a certain colour with water marks and koser stamps from the auctioneer/disposal officer etc Alec.

Yaaah, that's one expensive jeep! Mind you it probably belonged to Patton's wife's third cousin's daughter's husband who used it once to go down the NAAFI..... :-D Alec.

Hmm, was going to say Dodge, but the wheels look wrong..... Split rim instead of two-piece...... Alec.

Well, as can be seen from my signature, I'm a bit of a fan...... Landies or Rangies I have been running Series Land Rovers since the 90s on a daily basis. For me its the brutal utilitarianism of the beasts. They are not poser machines, I can throw all my tools and gear in the back, I don't care if it has/gets the odd scratch, no electronics, no vacuum controls, no hydraulics, easy to repair, cheap spares, cheap insurance, cheap tax and with a couple of minor modifications easily modernised. Minimal interior, no window mechanisms to go wrong, no central locking, no power steering, no door trims to rot the door frames and no insulation to rot adjacent panels. My biggest bugbear with the Series range is the 2.0 and 2.25 Diesels, unburstable but oh so painfully pithless! I suffered a 2.25D for 4 years in one truck and 10 years in another. My record was 13mph in 2nd with a loaded ifor trailer over a local steep hill An engine repower and an overdrive (or diffs for a non-towing machine) is all thats required to keep up with modern traffic. An alternator and halogens/sealed beams in place of a dynamo/prefocussed lamps for a 2/2A as well..... I've done the 110 thing, great trucks, but for me a nicely turned-out Series on parabolics are every bit as good with more character.... I do love a nicely tuned 2.25P or V8, my ambulance returns 23mpg on a run! Yet Land Rovers are so ingrained in my skin they may as well be tatoo-ed. I've done the mad (7.4 chevy suburban) and the racer (E30 325i Sport), yet there has always been a down-at-heel Landie or Rangie sitting there for the gritty realism :laugh: Rough List Landies past: '72 S3 109 Diesel 2.25 Dropside Pickup (breakdown) 1997-2004 '60 S2 88 V8 Hardtop 1999-2000 '77 S3 88 2.25P Station Wagon 2002-2006 '72 109 Diesel 2.25 Hardtop (1st incarnation, faithfull servant) 1998-2009 '87 110 2.5 N/A Hardtop 2008-2009 '93 110 200tdi CSW 2009-2010 '77 109 Safari Station Wagon 2.6 Petrol (beautiful beast, joy to own!) 2010-2011 '72 109 2.25P Ambulance 2010-onwards '72 109 ex-2.25D Hardtop (2nd incarnation, rebuilt on Galv Chassis and Nissan LD28 Diesel) 2011-onwards Rough List Rangies Past: '80 2-door V8 (petrol drinking rough monster) 2002-2006 '83 4-door ex-V8 with Mazda 3.5TD and all the trimmings (250,000 miles hybrid I built, still have it tucked away) 2006-2010 '93 4-door Vogue Tdi (bought for engine and ran out MOT) 2009 '88 4-door Vogue SE V8 LPG (bought for spares and ran MOT out) 2010 '88 4-door Vogue EFi Mazda 3.5TD 2009-2011 '87 4-door ex-V8 Efi, (now Isuzu 2.8 4JB1T at 240,000 miles and counting) 2012-onwards And this does not include all the other non-Land Rover but still Rover-related nonsense: '91 Maestro 1.3P 1997-2003 '93 Maestro 2.0D 2006 '93 Montego 2002-2008 '70 Rover 2000TC 2006-onwards This also excludes all the other oddballs I have had pleasure in owning, I'm sure I've forgotten a few :nut: Long and short of it, when I have a Landie, I'mm happy, when I don't, I just pine for one.......:embarrassed: They're in my blood and under my skin......... Yours, awating sectioning, Alec.

400E Oh Yes!!! :clap: I'd still prefer a Commer Walkthru though......... Alec.

I have one of these also, with a difference........ A cute little 4-stroke Villiers which, curiously, always starts!!! (I have a love-hate relationship with some Villiers engines..... :-D) Mine has fitted, however, a Morrison generator. Morrison are also a very old generator manufacturer. Otherwise identical. I imagine its like sankey/gkn/arrows all making 3/4 tonne trailers, the same but at the same time small differences :-) Alec.

I don't believe it! A Radar Trailer!! Gutted of all its equipment and looking like its been used in the past as a shepherd's hut! Whereabouts is it? I have often fancied a turntable trailer for behind my Bedford......... Alec.

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And it keeps the chavs in cheap "Grey Imports" Alec.

Right, however you do this, there is an element of risk. Wear appropriate PPE at all times and have copious amounts of water on hand to flush any residual acid away. I would say, caps off and drain the old battery of electrolyte. Drill a hole in the bottom of each cell and then get the hose into each cell and flush the remainder of electrolyte/gunge out as much as possible. Using power tools to cut the battery would be too risky (flying crap, potentially acid wetted), I would use a damned good handsaw, perhaps one of those eclipse bimetal jobs that happily cuts metal/plastic/wood, and carefully slice the top of the battery off. Remove any of the residual items on the underside of the top-plate and wash thoroughly again. Bob's your uncle! You could actually tap the inside of the terminal posts, insert stainless studs and use these studs to connect the modern battery to underneath Happy chopping......... wear goggles!! Alec.

My No1 runs like a dream....... I was wondering about a so-called attachment for Diesel/Kero, possibly RAF use? Alec.

I thought it was a euphemism for a minute....... :-D Alec.

Thought I would drag this thread back up....... I have found mutterings on other sites about an additional chamber/hotbox/trombone(!), which was used when the No.1 was used with diesel! I suppose anything is possible, has anyone experience of this addition? It would work well with Kero I think, although it would probably reduce the efficiency a lot.... :undecided: Alec.

Many places advertise the No.12 as Multifuel, i.e. Petrol, Kero and Diesel. Now I've tried Diesel, its ok but it needs to be preheated like hell and run as hot as possible. It tastes the food too, I wouldn't use it as my first choice of fuel.... :-( My mate runs his on Kero and it runs very well. :-) What about petrol? Has anyone tried? The burner looks similar to the later Mk2 No2, but the jetting is probably different..... Alec.

The green can be an absolute pig to get to bits if there are lips/flanges (oooh err missus) involved! It sets like stone and can be a pain to scrape off. A light waft with the burning torch to crack the green sealant often works...... I often reassemble with a light wipe of red if there's a chance it has to come to bits again.... Alec.

Yup, green Hemetite. It's the thinnest of the bunch and used for closest tolerance fitting. Alec.

Penman make a range of trailers for various uses, everything from bespoke box trailers to 50-tonne nuclear flask carriers! These ones are the latest in a line of general service unitary chassis trailers. Used for mounting generators, compressors, bowsers and GS bodies etc. The older brothers are the likes of the Arrows/Reynolds-Boughton, the Brockhouse 1-ton and the granddaddy Ben-Hur. I really fancy one of these but I shall wait till they come down in price a tad........ :-D Alec.

Yes, but the bits of sweepings/sawdust/dead spiders are a real giveaway........ :-D Alec.