andym

Please DON'T SHOUT!  🙂

Andy

Merlin says "TC 1T Unfitted" with an NSN of 2510-99-805-8501, which comes back as "Box, Shipping", if that's any help?

Andy

7 hours ago, leisa meddings said:

i already did=£1100.00 each

way too expensaive.

any surplus around???

As linked above, xmod seem to have 20 of them?

Andy

I don't suppose that either you or Terry have a copy of the V5?  It's quite common to use the military VRN as the chassis number, which would help.

Andy

🙂

At a guess (and it's only that) I'd have thought that you only need a bus licence if the vehicle is registered as a bus?

Andy

Welcome aboard!

Andy

That's extremely silly - but good fun!

Andy

On 10/8/2020 at 8:48 PM, Chris Hall said:

These are the style we have, bloody hate them. I think they want to chop my fingers off every time I use them.

They are indeed evil things!

Andy

I think that only carries the keymat, it isn't crypto itself.

Andy

2 hours ago, oats and barley said:

A HGV 4 was a short lived licence for an also short lived lightweight transit type artic a C licence is your old class 1/2 rigid and CE is your old class 1  which also covers the C 1 E Drawbar i took my CE /CLASS 1 test in an artic and can drive a drawbar unless things have changed i does not work the other way very complicated

The only good thing with the new categories is that having taken HGV3 I originally couldn't drive a rigid with more than two axles and now it's turned into a category C I can.

Andy

On 9/26/2020 at 9:45 AM, SirLanceUK said:

I don’t think so I just was so unclear what category I needed. Thanks to Mk3iain I understand I need a category “C” licence. All this has changed since I  used to play with heavy goods there were 3 categories HGV 1, 2 and 3 depending on what you were driving.

 

There were four actually - HGV4 was for an artic tractor unit although I never understood why it really existed.

I took my test as HGV3, which seems to have translated into C, C1, CE and C1E with odd little codes at the end which specify I didn't take an HGV1.

Andy

What do you mean by "throttle linkage"?  Which part of it?

Andy

I suspect you will find that the felt filter element is directly interchangeable with the ones used for the K60 in FV430s, which look suspiciously similar to your item 20.

Andy

What did Nick say, out of interest?

Andy

Another source may be thexmod - most of these parts are common to K60s as well as the B series.  I don't think I've ever dismantled one of these filters that's actually had all the correct parts present!

Andy

If you search on here for "L118" there's a couple of threads that suggest some possible owners.

Andy

I've already ordered a "used but very good" one from Amazon!

Andy

I note that the CIG incorporates a crypto circuit board (BID/930/4) which means unfortunately you're unlikely to come across a CIG as they've probably all been destroyed.   😞

Andy

I don't think I've ever seen either of those come up for sale, but it's worth keeping an eye on eBay because odd things do pop up from time to time.  Unfortunately most sellers don't know what Ptarmigan equipment is, so it's often mis-labelled as Clansman.

Andy

On 9/13/2020 at 10:22 PM, David Herbert said:

[snip]

 There is a photo of it in William Suttie's excellent book 'The Tank Factory' which is a history of Chertsey.

David

Thanks for the tip about the book David!

Andy

Are we allowed to say "Gook" these days?  🙂

Andy

The Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 says:

Offence of using an incorrectly registered vehicle

(1)A person is guilty of an offence if, on a public road or in a public place, he uses a vehicle to which subsection (2) applies and in respect of which—

(a)the name and address of the keeper are not recorded in the register, or

(b)any of the particulars recorded in the register are incorrect.

Andy

9 minutes ago, g0ozs said:

Barrie

I have also bypassed the transformers (UnUns?) to allow direct feed of a quarterwave whip on 4m and 6m. They do appear to have an impedance matching role because the 1/4 wave looked nothing like it should to an antenna analyser until the transformer whatever it is was bypassed. One slight caution - the pigtail from the antenna clamp to the tag in the matching unit is getting to be a significant part of a 1/4 wave at 2 meters and is somewhat coiled when assembled, so the correct resonant length of rod is a bit less than expected - this is noticeable on 4m and expect will be quite significant on 2m. 

Iain

73 de G0OZS

Yes, noticeably shorter than you might expect - around eighteen inches from memory.

Andy

2 hours ago, Richard Farrant said:

The only thing to be aware of is that Stalwart brakes use Mineral oil in the hydraulics, whereas most commercial vehicles would be using conventional brake fluid. The seals would have to be suitable for mineral oil.

Agreed!