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Well, :-D It looks to me like the sort of helmet used by the Hong Kong Police, but....I think they had the badge on it not the full Police title? :whistle: :-D Never mind tho....Some poor shmuck will fall for it eh!! Fred :evil:

Well Mr!!! :-D I'm impressed,..... Never had a display like that on my old tank!! :captain: And they were all over ya Fox!!! :captain: How do you do it??? :banghead: Ah, Well, ....My Mrs looks a lot different now, so....next year at W&P....Lookout!!! Wehey! :tup: Best bit is....I do know what t do with this one eh!!!Ha Ha! (Headaches etc. permitting!) :rofl: I will probably be chastised now by all the girlies on site, but ...Hey! I Like Living Dangerously!! :rofl: All the Beast Fred & Annika :banana: :yay:

Hi Keith, :-D The Batteries I got are basically Big car Batteries! I got 60 amp hour capacity ones, same rating as the old military ones I took out! The guy in the battery shop I use is very good, but they still cost me about £70 each!! then I had to build a couple of battery trays to go in the box's! An old steel cabinet shelf did the trick! Cut it in half, took the end off and the folded edge fitted the lip of the battery a treat, then folded them up around the other edges and put a strap from B&Q in and riveted the lot down! Now they won't jump about and short out eh! :whistle: If your batts are a different ahc. just ask the guy in the shop, some vehicles have different rates fitted, but just make sure they are both the same and capable of taking the charge from that good ol two speed dynamo!!! All the Beast Fred & Annika :banana: :yay:

Yes Boss!!! :whistle: It was all my own fault, the damn things were not tethered down in the boxes, I didn't check them as I should have, so I kick my own A.... ! :oops2: Thanks though fella's, :tup: All the Beast Fred & Annika :banana: :yay:

Hi Folks, :-D Well...It is with good cheer that I can now announce that......SHE LIVES & BREATHES!!! :beer: The problem was the Batteries, note the Batteries'sssss!!! :oops2: Both of them were up the chuff!, But now sorted! :yay: Two new batteries and whilst I was at it, I cleaned up the battery box's and fitted a isolator!! :captain: She now sings like a little 6 cylinder birdie! :nut: Just wanted to say thanks to all who gave thier tips and advice and offers to come n help, but....needed to sort it out myself if you know where I is coming from! :banghead: All the Beast Fred & Annika :banana: :yay:

Well... :-D Looks like its not too...Clear Cut then eh! :dunno: However,...I do have a useful 'Get out o Jail' Card that I could play if need be! :whistle: I wonder if they would suspect a close relative of the head of SOCA to be ...A Terorist!! :modpwr: All the Beast Fred :tup: :banana:

Hi Folks, :-D I'm getting a bit concerned here, :dunno: I may have missed the point somewhere in all this, but.....Can someone tell me straight where the hell I stand now!! :angry: I have a De-Ac .30 on my ferret, the gubbins have all been removed including the actual barrel! In its place I have at my own expence had a machined tube made to replace it! It is also now a Gas Gun! :whistle: So, it now looks like a real one, inside and out ( Dummy innert clipped rounds in feed plate) and it sounds like the real thing! 8-) Am I now breaking the Law??? :oops2: I wrote to the home office about this issue when it all first started, I recieved a nice little letter from the Office dealing with the issue and they stated ...Then!.. That what I hed was perfectly OK! Has all this changed so much!!! :redfaced: All the Beast Fred :banana:

Whilst your in there, you may as well check your oil filters too.... these can play havoc if they are clogged up, as happenned to us at Beltring couple o years ago, just a thought mate cos if there are 'sticky' contacts, the rest of the accessible items may as well get a goot seeing too! Good Luck with it, I still Miss the old girl! :cry: Fred

Bugger!! I just bought one today!! :angry: Ah Well! :banghead: Cheers though Dave :tup: Fred :banana:

As for pay well!!!!.... I work in the NHS.....Enough said eh!! :banghead: Will be cracking on as soon as I get the chance, just about to go and see How Much!! EEEEK! This is the bit I always dread, as soon as they say " Wot's it for" as you utter those words a historic military vehicle....their eye's always seem to light up, Thinking...got a Rich Bugger Here!!! :argh: Ah Well Here Goes!! :angry: Will keep all informed! All the Beast Fred & Annika :banana: :yay:

PS. The bit about again was just my continuation of an old thread, will be getting battery soon, but due to shiftwork...may be a little while before I can get on with it again! This problem is the first time the old girl has failed me!... And its my fault ...I did this to her!! :angry: Cheers Fred :banana:

Hi Chris and Tony, :wave: Thanks for that, glad...Well, not glad in that way but I think you know what I mean (Chris) that you had the same problem!! AND that it was resolved by replaceing the battery! :sweat: Will have to get one anyway cos this one is knackered!! :whistle: The other one WOW!! Connected up the charger to that one and :dancinggirls: Straight up to "I'm Fully Up For It Mate"Full charge without even plugging it in! :tup: Tony, Evaporate or Boiled off!! Its Gone and thats it!! Ha Ha!...Aint that two similar things?? :rtfm: It was my fault anyway ...I have dropped the clanger! Dur!! :banghead: Won't do that again, if I had reported this fault to REME when I was on them ....My Feet wouldn't have touched eh!! :oops2: I will change the Battery and give it a whirl...Fingers crossed all will end OK? :clap: As for Hydrometer..No..But will be getting one now! I have the readings on my ferret maintainance disc. :rtfm: Thanks for that though Lads, All the Beast Fred :banana:

Hi Folks, :wave: Now...If one of the Batteries is up the swanny!! ie...Won't hold a charge/won't charge up fully at all even after a overnight charge!! :banghead: Would I be right in assuming that this would cause a virtual break in the system??? ie... The Liights come on, then when you go to operate the starter the lights dim or go out completely!! now not even getting the occasional 'Clunk' from the starter solenoid!! I did drop a almighty clanger!.. Did not keep a good eye on my battery levels...They had both evaporated over the summer periods!! :redfaced: :banghead:Not completely dry ...but very very naughty :whistle: Will keep an eye on them in future! :flower: I'm all ears! :help: All the Beast Fred & Annika :banana: :yay:

Hi Lindsey, :wave: Welcme to the club .... b***** Good choice of Vehicle :tup: As for my ferret...(Well Ours!!) I taught the Mrs how to drive it as she is on the insurance...Now.. Can't get her A.... out of the Driving seat!! :banghead: Hope to meet up sometime at one of the shows All the Beast Fred & Annika :banana: :yay:

Same here! :wave: Sorry John, not being funny.... but I can not remember ever seeing a LMG on the ferret ....Except the Mk 1!! Goog Luck though, I had to make a mock GPMG when I first got my old girl, but I fell on my feet and was 'Given' a Browning .30 which I have now converted to Gas!! We used to call them the' Demented Daleks' in Ireland because of the 30 bobbing along on top. :rofl: I dont know what sort of mount you have in your turret, but should you ever need to 'adapt' a Gimpy mount to take the 30, let me know and I can send you some pickies to show how I managed it? :tup: All the Beast, Happy Ferreting, Fred :banana:

Hi Jack, Me thinks this guy is gonna be a very un-popular chappy in the good old Deuche states eh! :whistle: I mean it is not exactly an era of German history that most modern Germans are exactly proud of, and he intends to start rolling a New Even Better Tiger off the production line! :schocked: Would not like to be his PR man eh! :oops2: All the Beast Fred :banana:

Im Being Picky AGAIN!!!! :whistle: Bren? :schocked: I Think it should be a GPMG!! or a Browning .30!! :deal: They may have had a Bren or7.62 LMG, on the very early MK 1 's but...Sorry, Gotta get it right Chaps....I did use to be on em!! :modpwr: All the Beast Fred :banana:

Well.... Anybody Rich enough out there to get one??????? :schocked: Sounds like a bit o fun but...It aint Real is it!!! :whistle: All the Beast Fred :banana:

Cheers Alien!! :box: I have been tied up on a few interior decorating jobs just lately in between shifts.... So... Not been able to pursue my woe's yet on the old girl, but will keep all informed of said problem!! :banghead: In case it should ever happen to anyone else ou there! :tup: All the Beast Fred :banana:

Hi Paul, Can I be a bit Picky here!! :whistle: If you have renovated your ferret to a early 70's mob? It would have a C13 Or C42 & B47 set up with Larkspur B Harness if attached to a RAC or Cavalry mob ie. recce for the tanks etc. but clansman was just coming in when I was leaving the army in 1977, so..... Up to you chuck! :cofee: PS. If you find someone selling one for a decent price and not silly money.... Do Tell Me!! :wave: I am looking for such a setup too! :flower: All the Beast, Fred :banana:

Hi All... Me Again!! :schocked: Andrea, I am a paramedic with Kent...I mean South East Coast Amb Serv.!!! It was much easier to just say Kent!! :tup: Tony, Yes have checked batteries, also these were brand new when I got them two years ago, straight out of the boxes! Had them filled and charged up at my little local battery shop. :cofee: I did have a loose connection in the switch box when I was recovering the vehicle a couple of years ago, though this was not actually causing a problem at the time...But...Will be taking it apart again soon and inspect it all! :help: The clunk that I get from the engine on the odd occasions that it makes a contact is definately a solenoid kick! But I am now wondering if ..as there are three contacts on the starter switch...it may well be one of these is up the chuff perhaps? Will find out soon !!! :captain: Dave and Sirhc thanks, will let you know if all goes T*** Up!! :whistle: Anyway, All the Beast, Fred :banana:

After all this about paint.... Ireckon the reason they stopped painting the vehicles matt after the war was...... because...... No one was shootin at em anymore! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :wave: :banme:

Hey Bodge, Your quite welcome to come n rock this bugger to fro if you wish! :rofl: Fred :banana:

You Sparkies are getting me worried now! :schocked: In my line o work I fix people not the national grid! :rofl: All this electrical talk...I a bit Dim! Like me Lights!! :rofl: Please keep it simple ... you know, just for me eh! :nut: All the Beast Fred :banana:

Ahh, Gotcha now! Cheers for that Andrea! :rofl: Anyway.. The Saga continues, Have checked all the connections, No movement or damage found! ... The Batteries are kicking out 27.5 Volts! ...But ...Still the same!! :banghead: Me thinks it could be the actual switch?? :idea: It does have a slight movement in it that it didn't have before! Any takers that this could be where my trouble lays?? :help: I fear a long and very cramped working position coming up eh! It's just a total Sod! :oops2: Still open to any other suggestions.... Mind you, Andrea might have the best one, ...Just welt the B**** Thing! Might not fix it but might make me feel a whole lot better eh! :whistle: Cheers Folks All the Beast Fred :banana: