hummermark

Hi would the m10 Achilles have the same sight as firefly?

Did you get the transfer made for the secondary fuel filter if so do you have any for sale? What injectors do you have in them and what height did you set them at.

Looking good have you done much to the engines from standard? If you need new engine mounts or rad mounts I have them.

Hi, An elderley gent up the road gave us two propeller ends, he said that his dad was in the RAF in WW1 and apparently the tradition was to take parts off of any downed German places, this is how his dad ended up with these ends. The bits that I have are 190mm across and 28mm thick. Has anyone else heard of this tradition or souvenir hunting? And would anyone have an educated idea of what type of biplane they may have come from? Unusually the reverse side is flat with virtually no profile? Thanks, Mark

Spotted in the Bass Pro car park in Harrisburg, Pa Couldn't get the pictures the right way up - very annoying! If anyone knows how to turn them the right way up let me know...

Hi, I think that you are using too larger scale as you say that your one does from 0.007-0.020" you need the red gauge which does 0.001 - 0.007. Regards, Mark

Nice tractor unit I was looking to buy one but then the m1070s got released so went for that.not seen one in UK or at any dealers getting it on the road in uk would be harder now.they look as though they need bigger tyres on them.

Hi I got one tested and plated plus down rated to 7.5 ton so the owner could drive it.lights are the main bits you have to do due to age no under run bars no taco no type aprovel break wise they used a meter on the foot well drive along at the speed they tell you then stop quick when they say hand break wise park on the slope they have a testing station if it holds its ok.

I could do with a Walker Bulldog then I could get TooTall Mike to convert it to a Cummins just got to wait for Brazil's proceeds of crime auction now to get the M41 and trailer! :drive:

Hi, I have these rods but they are too short for the bricks on the bulk heads of an M10 17pdr. The wooden pole is 44.5 inches overall length and the aluminium 4ft overall length. Does anyone know what type of poles, how long and what end fittings, should a 17pdr have? And are the poles different for the 17pdr artillery piece than the one fitted in the tank/tank destroyer? Thanks Mark (Sorry pictures are upside down, can't right them, anyone else had this problem?!)

Hi, Your sequence of pictures reminds me of the scene in the film The Lord of War with Nicolas Cage where the indigenous population reduce an aircraft to a skeleton! Why is the fan in the centre of the two radiators - it doesn't strike me as an efficient place to put a fan? In the picture sequence where you are using the extractor tool on a link arm; the link arm from the chassis there is a steel plate with two springs - what does that do? Regards Mark

Back in time the ford transcontinental era tractor units had 3 air lines red blue yellow as the norm I believe the blue was back up to the yellow so in theory if you put a variable air supply down the blue breaks should work as if using the yellow.

Nice find.like the stamping in the lead.is there any dates anywhere?

I did down rate an M series 6x6 2 1/2 ton and put it through test and plate for some one that wanted to use it commercially but only had a 7.5 ton licence. I contacted a road spring manufacturer and gave them the size and amount of the leaves on the bogey, they came back with remove x amount and that will down rate bogey to x. Most importantly paper work to confirm the downrating was provided. The only comment I got at the goods testing station was not much pay load on a big truck! In a similar vain I was having a conversation with someone who has a Foden 6x6 that according to the Jane's book 25,338Kgs GVW which puts it into the higher rate for taxing, I.e. exceeding 25tons is £410 but 25ton and under is £165. So I should imagine if you do the same and contact a spring company you would probably only have to take one leaf from the vehicle to bring it under the 25ton, after all you only have to lose 339kgs from the GVW.

Hi lgv type aproval is a rolling 25 years so at the moment you could test and plate a 1989 lgv with out a type aprovel certificate and in a few week time will be 1990 or if you do not want to test it put suspended tow equipment on and use it as a recovery truck.

Hi Special types vehicles used privately not for hire or reward are the same as HGVs used privately are taxed private Hgv £165 a year just registered one two weeks ago for private use .

Good engine to play with rr nimbus no electronics have had two of them 24 volts , fuel,a few gauges and running in your drive still have engine manual.

Hi, If Wikipedia is correct, it says that the width of a Stalwart is 2.62m wide. So VOSA by their own admission when I have called them will not test and plate as the vehicle is over width according to Construction an Use Regulations. Perhaps people have registered it as a Special Types vehicle as you would do a Faun SLT tractor unit as this is 3.2m wide but over width is over width... This way it would exempt you from test and plate but in theory you would have to give teo days notice online via ESDAL to drive it! Regards Mark

Just received my V5C registration certificate for my Oshkosh M1070 (quick within 4 working days from DVLA) I just wanted to let people know that did not know that the type approval exemption for wreckers and heavy haulage is stopping. From Wed 29th Oct 2014 vehicles designed to carry an abnormal indivisible load and road recovery vehicles over 12 tonnes will be subjected to type approval before registration. From 29 Oct DVLA will expect to see an ec coc, nssta coc, or iva EC COC is European community certificate of conformity NSSTA COC is UK national small series type approval certificate of conformity IVA is individual vehicle approval So if you have a Foden wrecker or heavy haulage truck that is not age exempt now is the time to register it, as as usual things are only getting harder to do! I have read that this means that heavy haulage vehicles with a big pin tow hook on the front bumper used for pulling/pushing trailers or braking will have to have rounded covers over them! So now we can expect to see nice fluffy environmentally pink heavy haulage vehicles....

Doing the man thing read the instructions afterwards :readpaper:

Hi, I was asked by someone I know in Belgium if they would have to pay the Hgv levy charge for an M series 5 ton they are bring over and driving on UK roads. The website says all hgv of 12 ton and over on their revenue weight have to pay. I called the dvla and vosa which enforce it and 5 phone numbers later I finally got the right contact number which is 0330 101 3725! This is Hgv levy section, even has it in different languages, the guy I spoke to said they have never been asked the question before about collector/vintage HGVs. He said he would get back to me (I thought this was a get rid of me answer but called back in 5 minutes!) if the vechile is not licensed / registered as a goods vehicle in its home registered country and is not carrying goods for sale it does not have to pay the charge. Guess this is only of interest to non uk military vechile owners coming over to UK. Hope this helps someone. Mark

hi the gaa hull is at natural advantage for a v8 Detroit and rad is there also what cooling fans did you use ie driven from engine or electric what clutch did you use was it a pto clutch and bell housing? what hp and touque was the v8 Detroit? the v6 92 my fit will try to get engine sizes but again the gaa hull does have a cut out in the bulk head for some of the clutch bell housing but I am with you Detroit all the way sound good on song.

Hi, I have been asked a couple of times what would be a good diesel conversion for a radial powered Sherman that does not involve cutting the bulkhead or any of the rear armour as in, if you have a radial engine you could put the engine back in with not much of a problem. I have seen and worked on a few conversions and I would not say that any have met the above criteria, i.e have had bulkheads cut out, overheating problems... So I was wondering if anyone out there has or has had a successful diesel conversion? If you have please can you let me know some details, what engine, how you have done the cooling system if liquid cooled etc. Out of interest any diesel converted Sherman regardless of hull would be interesting to know about what engine choice and how it performs. I have included pics of the engine bay of the M4A1 radial. Thanks, Mark

So a halftrack with a siren on the wing would not have a horn fitted under the hood? And why a siren in the first place and not a horn?

Hi, I was asked the other day why Shermans/M10/M36 etc were fitted with sirens as well as a horn, does anyone know the reason behind the fittings of sirens to armoured vehicles in WW2? Mark