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Hi, Does anyone know the history behind the gearbox used in the Sherman? Is it the same, I.e dimensions and internal ratios as Grant/Lee? Was it a gearbox used for something else beforehand or specifically built and designed for the Sherman? Does any one know the TM manual number for the gearbox? Or is there anywhere online I can gain more information on it? Has anyone ever replaced syncros in these gearboxes, if so was it NOS parts used? As I have encountered a few lately that have syncro problems I.e. they just grind until you come to a halt and then go into gear. If I can't find a supply of NOS parts I am looking into getting the parts manufactured. Also if anyone knows the design limitations on these gearboxes, I.e the manufacturers torque and horse power input. Thanks, Mark

Here are a few pictures that I took at the weekend in Belgium. The show had a good variety of different vehicles WW2 onwards... The stalls are logically laid out, two long rows so you know you haven't missed any! Mark

Unfortunately the ferry company transeuropa ferries have ceased trading which was tied in with tanks in town which got us in the uk a half price ramsgate Ostend crossing £556 for a artic return looking at £1200 ish now:-(

What no M10 Achilles with 'Just Married' on the front and 45 gallon drums trailing behind into the sunset and smoke launchers launching confetti everywhere?! :nut:

Hi I do what the manual says for the gear box/dif straight 50 the engines though I use total Rubin cf 2 40 this is a detroit 2 stroke recomended oil other makes of oil also do detroit 2 stroke oil they have a low ash content.if you use 15/40w the engines will use more oil which is fine for the military.is your 6046 twin pack stock or have you changed injectors heads timming? Are they wet or dry sump?

Hi the company that I work for came back with (hope you are sitting down) £12300 +vat! It is 4000 mile round trip on taco would be 5 days each way fuel is about 500 gallons. Hopefully you can get a better price I would start with back loads if you can be more flexible with drop of dates and pick dates.

Hi for the recovery firm I work for the price would be £517+vat would be cheaper to use firm nearer to pick up try n y recovery or mick Gould recovery both in Kent hopefully you can get a better price at least you have a worst price!

Hi can one of them be raised towed?

Guidance notes for small businesses on the Road Vehicles – (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003 1 “Standard Regulations” are: The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 S.I. 1078 as amended, The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998 S.I. No 3111 as amended by S.I. 2000 No. 3224 and S.I. 2001 No 1125. The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 S.I. 1796 as amended. 2 Type of Vehicle 1986 Construction and Use Regulations that do not apply Machine solely used for laying materials for road repair Provided wheels equipped with pneumatic tyres provided with smooth tread and vehicle cannot by construction exceed a speed of 20mph regulation 27(1) (b) shall not apply Track Laying Motor Vehicle registered before 31/12/1951 or road roller A motor vehicle registered on or before 31st December 1951 need not apply 31 or 34 and in the case of a road roller regulation 28 shall not apply. Track Laying Trailer In the case of a road roller regulation 28 shall not apply hi does any one know what regulation 31 and 34 is?i did try to look it up and it came up as width

hi my boss must have read this Category 1 and Category 2 Two or more abnormal indivisible loads may be carried if: each load is the same character; and they are loaded at the same place and carried to the same destination; and the overall width of any vehicle used does not exceed the width necessary to carry the widest single load; and the overall length does not exceed the length necessary to carry the longest single load. An abnormal indivisible load consisting of engineering plant, together with constituent parts detached from the plant, may be carried if: the engineering plant and its detached parts are loaded at the same place and carried to the same destination; and the detached parts do not constitute any lateral, forward or rearward projection of the load that exceeds any projection existing without those parts. i put the above plant stuf in as i did not know how they carried loads of crane counter weight at the same time. also might hit it from a another angle recovery is out side of c and u stuf ie sizes and can recover 2 broken down things both 432 in pic broke down had to be winched on . 432 are over size i believe as this is problem when going to register them. this reminds of when we first started on the police recovery contract we were told we can not tow a artic as one as this is a divisible load so good for us as we could charge for two recovery trucks but quite rightly owners complained said no one else done this we were then told we can tow an artic as one right or wrong i still do not know legally.

Hi, I always like a thread with pictures! Mark

hi £1800 plus vat there is a lot traveling miles as the company is in watford so the nearer you can get a company to the pick up the cheaper it will be.our trailer does have a 20 ton winch on it so can load non runners a lot of heavy haulage low loaders do not but i think your two are runners?

Hi I have moved two at once with the company that I work for would it be drop of Friday pick up Monday?

Thanks for that all this time I thought I had a wombat now I know it is a conbat !

hi whats diffrent from wombat to conbat?

hi welcome on board i have 2 rover gas turbine pumps i got mine from pounds in fact i bought 8 got them working and sold them on i did have till recently a rr nimbus engine did have plans to put in a 432 but other stuf to do came allong.do you collect gas turbine engines?

Hello, Does any one know where you can get what I can only describe as rubberised canvas? It is 2.5mm overall thickness, the internal canvas sheet is 1mm. All of the Harley companies that I have come across that sell WLA parts and spares all seem to sell the leather flaps for th bottom of the legshields but my original (see picture) and the manual states that they should be rubber. Thanks, Mark

Hi, I had a similar steering problem on a Sabre that I had that was supposed to be a ground up restoration. Instead of checking the cylinders silver paint was just put on the top! Included are pictures before and after the rebuild. Mark

Hi a person named warrwick Bolton has a very nice amx 13 that he restored he likes a chat if you pm me will give you contact number unless you all ready know him.

Hi from the pictures it looks like the one we put fake drop side hinges on this one had under cab rot but was the main m35 used as in had a slightly bigger steering wheel so was less effort for the stunt man to steer! This came from a yard in Belgium with a couple of humvees trucked to Spain where we painted it and matched it to the other one filmed in Spain then got trucked down to morocco so there is a small bit of its history:-)

hi the company i work for would charge £250 plus vat from ricky to rex gives you a figure to work with. the drop side hinges on the truck are they made out of wood ? as on green zone we had two m35 which we had to make look the same one was a non drop side and one a drop side which they brought from a freind in watford.i was told a person in ricky got all the humvees and the two m35s so i am presuming this is one.

Hello, Could someone post some pictures of what an original rack/carrier looks like for a wartime military Matchless G3L? As I am looking for one but have come across three different styles of rack! This seems to be the most likely but I cannot find a good close up picture of an original! If any Matchless owner/expert could share their knowledge it'd be much appreciated. Thanks, Mark

that would explain it why only half the engines.

Hi, As David said you can configure the 6-71 Detroits in all sorts of ways and rotations but there is expenditure to convert right hand rotation (the most common that you are liable to come across on the 6-71) to do this because some key parts are directional sensitive such as the cam shaft, crank shaft gear helix, idler gear helix, starter motor, crank shaft oil seal. Just these few items to buy would be approx. £1500 so it would be quite a financial saving if you can already get them as left hand turn. Whilst the oil pump can be configured to run on either rotation the pipe work would have to be completely redone for the triple oil pump which you cannot buy so would need to be fabricated. There are some key parts to the M4/M3/M10 6046 twin packs that you can no longer buy commercially i.e. the triple oil pump, oil pump piping, fan drive, oil pump gears, fly wheel.clutch You say Vickers with the Shervic Project were using the M4A2 engines and only needed one engine on the heavy tractor so had to convert half of them. Both M4A2 6-71 Detroits are left hand turn so would they not be converting them all if all were destined for the tractor? You are right the oil plugging would have to be watched, the devil is in the detail as they say! Mark

hi do you know if any of the 6-71 fitted are left hand turn? or do you know the model number of the engines?