Degsy

Some civilian type Chev's were bought locally from Egyptian dealers and converted for Desert use by Army workshops, could this be one of those vehicles?

Hi Deryck how's it going. Yes I have tried a couple of companies in this country but as you say, all out of stock. BTW how did you get on with your jeep gearbox trouble, not to much of a position I hope.

Regards Steve.

Hi Steve, another source you might try is H.O.Wildenberg in Holland email is wildenberg@planet.nl

Got the gearbox and transfer box sorted eventually thankyou, I will post the tale of woe when I get time.

Cheers

Deryck

I tried recently to get one in the UK, usual suppliers all out of stock.

Whilst I would agree that the clutch is the likeliest culprit before you start tearing things down check the engine and gearbox mountings.

It won't be any consultation,

 

I think the word you're looking for is consolation:-D

Sounds like lots of over technical suggestions , regardless of the weight you ain't picking it up off the ground , any decent farm manitou or Jcb would no problem take the weight off the rear end and drag it out backwards at a angle and same for reasonable sized 4wd tractor if done slowly , sensibly and steady . This sort of thing around the farm is a run of the mill thing done many times with in a year with large heavy heavy bits of kit esp during silage /maize .

Damn, now you've let the cat out of the bag Martin, no more entertainment reading the silly suggestions;)

A tele handler will pull it straight out

Having driven through the wall and had the shed collapse around your ears......good move:n00b:

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Good point, may be an informal chat with HSE to start with

It would be much cheaper to hire a local machine with operator, all responsibility then lies with him should anything go wrong provided that you have checked that he holds the appropriate CITB licence, carries the correct insurance and that the machine has been recently tested.

Well done and thanks to you Olaf and to the many Dutch people especially the children who adopt and place flowers on the graves of a lot of the deceased personnel.:thumbsup:

The two World Wars are now on the primary school's curriculum and I recently donated a no of books and DVD's to the village school that my 2 grandchildren attend, they will be well looked after and will be used by generations to come long after I am six feet under.:cheesy:

i know i'm an optomist and always see things as fairly straight forward so bear with me but why do we need any health and safety or insurance or any other cr@p. we aren't professionals and there won't be a crowd milling about spectating. i don't see a problem with us getting the permissions and i'm sure the location of at least one tank has already been ascertained. i reckon a recovery would take the following order

 

1. get permission and tank location (might only take one phone call)

2. physical recce with digging equipment to find the tank and it's depth and orientation in the ground and come up with recovery plan.

3. go back with digger and whatever else was deemed necessary then dig it out and load it up

4. make good the groundworks and head off into the sunset

 

doesn't need to be any more complicated than that

Rick, unfortunately it is a great deal more complicated than that, I am not going to go into all the details as I would take far too much time but let me assure you that whilst you can freely buy or hire any construction machinery that you wish but to then operate that machinery on any land which is not owned by you it will cost you many thousands of pounds for the appropriate insurance, licences etc and no businessman worth his salt would let you anywhere near his property without those essentials. Sorry to pour cold water on your optimism.

Further episodes of Ken's life will now be further delayed as he has departed for points South to visit his sister and a number of other people, there is no definite date for his return.

Thanks for all your work in posting these documents Clive, fascinating to read how the army was being modernised at such a rapid rate.

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The recorder has arrived from China surprisingly quickly however the instructions are somewhat iffy to say the least. Written in Chinese English the main point seems to be that whatever is wrong with it then it has nothing to do with the manufacturer and it should be dunked in water:???

The Police Force in this area bought an armoured 110 reputedly ex Northern Ireland , I worked for the the local Land Rover main dealer at the time and they brought the vehicle for me to examine with a view to ordering a fairly large quantity of spares none of which, as it turned out, were LR parts. When they attempted to obtain details of the manufacturer of the vehicle and the possible availability of parts they came up against a brick wall and couldn't find anybody who could or would

disclose any details of the vehicle. I drove the vehicle a short distance and in my opinion it was a death trap, they took it away and I neither saw it or heard of it again.

That pic shows a Defender 110 not a series 111 109

Thanks Gordon, seen the previous owner today, if he can be believed he now says it was removed from a 1940's Willys Overland car and I have acquired a pair of good condition brake drums supposedly off the same vehicle. Claims he said they were off a jeep because he thought the car and a jeep shared the same parts!!! It is known that he has restored several vehicles but what make(s) they are I have yet to discover. I will keep you posted on any further developments. I assume that the prop is a standard item used by manufacturers other than the Chrysler Corp presumably along with gearboxes and axles.

I have a Dorman 4cyl diesel in a WW2 excavator which gets a run up every 16 years or so :blush:

:wow: As often as that!!!:shocked:

At one time almost all tractors ran on tractor vaporising oil (TVO) and were started on petrol switching over as they warmed up, many still survive in preservation, the majority of the grey Fergies are a typical example.

G'morning Gordon:coffee:, thank you, strangely enough I know a guy with a pick up, may be a spare for him. The length I quoted is accurate so now I know the range of vehicles the other measurements are not so important but I can easily mic them anyway. Thanks again.

Thank you gentlemen. Not a great demand for it then, no reasonable offer refused.

Recently acquired propshaft, described by previous owner as off a 1940's jeep!!! Anybody recognise it, couldn't mic it as my tools are in work but approximate dimensions are Length 54",compressed 52", Diameter 2.25", Flange diameter 3.375", Bolt centres 2.625", leather gaiters each end covering splines which are slightly damaged but otherwise it is in good condition , only requiring a coat of paint.

The Vickers Alecto bulldozer prototyped just before the end of the war was fitted with a Meadows petrol engine.

Cracking story, Degsy. Keep it up.

Hard to do at my age;) but will do my best.:-D