andym

That's not a damaged pinion, THIS is a damaged pinion ...  🙂

Andy

42 minutes ago, Richard Farrant said:

Hi Andy,

This company website states they can supply seal kits for Lake & Elliott jacks;

https://www.commercialsupplies.co.uk/parts/hydraulic-seal-kits/

Thanks Richard!

I've found a Lake & Elliott "Millennium" 4 ton jack amongst my bits and pieces which I believe to be the correct jack for my Abbot so I'd like to restore it. 

At the moment the top screw is seized solid and pumping the handle achieves nothing.  Does anyone have experience of rebuilding these and/or know where I may be able to obtain new seals etc?

Andy

Do you have any photos?  It would also be helpful to know whereabouts you are (fill in the location field in your profile!)  🙂

Andy

Registration for vehicles closed on the 30th.  😞

Andy

Brake cleaner usually works well on the filter, but gently scrape off any excess gunge first.

Andy

22 hours ago, Peter53 said:

Hello Baz. It's been a while but do you have a contact for Emma Pounds at the Fort Southwick Company Ltd? Kind regards. Peter.

It might be worth noting that he last visited this site in 2012 ....

Andy

Good to know it's all fixed!

Andy

Some useful information here, perhaps?

https://armyradio.com/Clansman-UK-RT-344-PRC-344-UHF-AM-Ground-To-Air-Man-Pack-Transceiver.html

Andy

In the absence of any further information I'm at a loss to understand how "incorrect batteries" could cause the stated problems?

Andy

Thanks all - I've solved the immediate issue now but I'd like to have a reliable source for the future.

Andy

I have, as I said above, but I'd appreciate knowing a supplier who has decent ones in the first place!

Andy

8 hours ago, oats and barley said:

We are going off topic here any way I have had to renew my class 1 every year since i was 65 the 3 year thing is for a normal car licence at reaching 70 as said 10 years use it or lose it

Correct and I didn't send a new photo last time (I'm 66) as the renewal form didn't ask for it.

Andy

When reassembling the brake pipe banjos on my Stolly, I came across an issue where the modern copper washers that you buy in assorted kits are not only thinner than the originals but also harder so don't squash properly.  At Barry Ring's suggestion I annealed and reused the old ones, but can anyone suggest a supplier of decent quality new ones?

Andy

On 8/13/2022 at 9:49 PM, robin craig said:

I have shouted this from the rooftops for years since being in this hobby / interest group. It has never made me popular as a result, but I have never had anyone come back and tell me I was wrong.

I stand by it today.

"If you think items you want are expensive now, wait a few years and you will wish you had bought two or three when you could, as now there is no supply"

 

My version is: "If you see it but you don't need it now, buy it anyway.  If you see it and only need one, buy two or three".  🙂

Andy

I looked at getting some IWM Abbot films digitised, but not only are they expensive, they also come with very restrictive distribution permissions.

Andy

How much air pressure have you got in the Abbot's equilibrator?

Andy

I retain my C1/HGV3 with a (now) annual medical from, funnily enough, D4Drivers. Definitely recommended - fast, efficient and cost-effective.

Andy

It probably depends on how loud you need it to be.  Try it direct on the radio, if that's not loud enough then put an amplifier in the middle.

Andy

Those pins look very FV430 to me rather than CVRT?

Andy

FV430, methinks.

Andy

On 7/1/2022 at 7:37 AM, Deathwing said:

If you're in active service I imagine your FV432 has been upgraded/modernised unlike mine. Assuming REME is correct that means any dangerous asbestos would have been removed. You might still have some in brake bands etc but that's a lot safer than loose fibres flapping about the engine bay like they used to.

As the removal of asbestos was one of the drivers behind the Bulldog conversions I would be very surprised if any non-Bulldog FV430s have had asbestos removed.

Andy

On 6/23/2022 at 12:12 PM, robin craig said:

Andy do you collect SEME  precis manuals?

 

Not as such, Robin, but I'll grab ones relevant to my vehicles and occasionally other ones that interest me.

Andy

They come up on eBay occasionally.

Andy

I'm almost certain that the shielding contains asbestos, the brake bands in the steering box certainly do.

Andy