MiketheBike

The advice I was given was remove the fuel tank (almost empty of course). Not a big job (with no turret ) and made the job really easy.

Wow...welcome along Dan...now thats what I call jumping in with both feet.

That whole family is my favourite wheeled armour, I am still holding out for a Saracen..just need to leave a spare pair of wheels up against the middle of the 101, and at a convenient time buy a saracen and park it in its place...its green, she will never notice

You are right on the funds... it is costing me about $120 an hour for labor. My wife is going to kill me when she gets the bill. I'm pretty sure she thinks this will cost a thousand or two...lol.

 

 

I think the tirck is to look suitably surprised at the final bill, and swear never to use them for that work ever again

Ok, less doom and gloom, but a few quickies

1. Veni, Vidi, Velcro - I came, I saw, I stuck around

2. "Incontinence hotline - can you hold please?"

3. I bought myself a new After Shave today that smells of breadcrumbs. The birds love it!!

It seems like only the other day we still had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash!

Now we have no Jobs, no Hope and definetely no Cash

Just what are the chances of several Jeeps turning up in that situation, and more importantly a group of Jeep owners who are prepared to commit themselves and their Jeeps to the task

AND the knowledge of how to safely and successfully combine the power!!! I could have had 10 jeeps and still screwed it up

Paul,

I would guess taking the fuel tank out would get you good access, and its no biggy getting the tank out. Certainly did the trick when replacing the fuel pump and thats down low on the other side.

Mick

Rick,

I think Chris put me right on this one, and I think its ISO10 hydraulic fluid.... Imay be wrong though.

I have a feeling I got some from my local motor factor, but believe that Pirtek also do it.

Mick

Got home a few hours ago and am now feeling totally shattered... I think my bruises have bruises and joints are going on strike!

Neil,

after seeing you in the Arena on Friday (or was it Thursday?), I am not surprised...you definately had the pedal to the metal

Pulling doughnuts in the OT was a real crowd pleaser

I was in the field with my 101, watching...really like a Saracen...lovely noise. I am trying to sell the idea to the missus for when my daughter has her prom in a few years

No problems with the weather today - shame the same can't be said for the M25 on the way home! :-(

Yes...took a punt when I saw the signs at Leatherhead about junct8 to 12, ducked around the back of Oxshott onto the A3...glad I did!!!

Will hopefully be turning up on Wednesday night or Thu morning, hookinng up with some members of the 101 club. Will be camping in the back of the 101 as I cannot be a**ed putting up a tent

If I bring biscuits, can I pop in for a coffee at camp Lee?

Always did the ferret at the PO, as never worked online.

I tried one Po a couple of times and the guy just kept saying it needed an MOT even though I had filled out the V112G, kept saying "you cannot use any vehicle on the road without an MOT"...he seemed to ignore the "MOT exemption form issued by DVLA!!!

No problem at other POs though...kind anice going in and getting something for nothing

But it takes some skill to make a stunning end result. They may be good kits but my ham fisted efforts would render them into something more suited to a Hiroshima diarama.:-D

Agree with that, I really do not know how you modeller guys do that...they look the dogs cahoonas. Nice job.

Bannisters had a load manufactured. Used them on my turret, they look the proper job.

rather than dsconnect the prop shafts, I would just undo the wheels and rotate? The prop shaft bolts, from what I remember, need to be rotated 180 degrees as the bolts are not evenly spaced, so you may not get the wheels aligned....but if its just tape why bother? Just move the tape or repaint, and go for a quick drive, you should see if everything is OK.

If you want to jack up the side to quicly rotate the wheels, lazily I would just do it on the jack, under the side of the centre of the hull.

Looks very nice.

Make sure you remove any grease from the brush before sneaking it back onto her dressing table.

Paul,

easy...when you don't need something, there are tons of them at bargain prices. As soon as you want one there are none.....sod's law

if its a newish phone that can be charged direct froma USB port, it may be that the charge voltage is 5+ volts anyway. Maybe just snip the USB connector off the lead, or have a USB port in the truck and drop the voltage a bit with a resistor....or is that looking at it too simply?

Mick

Hi rick,

yes, they were new last year. I always charged them in situ when needed.

If you want to take the leads off, the one under the air filter, -ve terminal is the true earth and should be removed first...you won't get any sparking if you disconnect that one first (tracee the cable back to the vehicle interstart, and you should see its connected to a bunch of other cables to earth). The positive from that battery goes to the -ve of the battery over by the control boxes.

Mick

Or your missus has worked out how to configure your firewall to block content:nono:

Paul,

well if you need a hand shifting stuff around, or another pair of hands give me a shout..I'm only up the road.

Mick

Hi Jim,

yes I did. spent a lot of time on the bearings and trying to unseize the existing turret brake handle (for want of a better word), but gave up on the gun mount and got a NOS GPMG mount from bannisters...and as that is what is was fitted with rather than a browning it was probably closer to in-service anyhow.

Unfortunately I have not sold it on, after many months of pressure to get something more practical

I am thinking some time in the future to get either a saracen or Pig...

For now, I have a 101 which is proving to be some fun, and at least its dry when I drive to work

Mick

How quaint...love the "security chain" on the man-bag

thats a two sided question really:

"Sensible"/affordable

Saracen, Pig and Ferret

Silly

Crusader or Challenger 1 or 2