Grasshopper

From a a maintenance perspective, they may be easier to check with them facing out. 

Moot point now as CVRT track (in the the MV enthusiast budget bracket) is virtually unobtainable now, all useable track having gone to Ukraine. New track is available, but may cost as much as a vehicle. 

I did recently manage to obtain some of these that somebody had made a repro batch of. Not sure how many he'd have left though. 

13 hours ago, ruxy said:

Was it not Op. Granby where Allied vehicles had high-viz / dayglo fabric panels this size secured to the roof with four ropes  ?   This decal would serve the same purpose.

These panels were used in Operation Granby, but that was 1991 and the vehicle wasn't built then. 

Mounting turbochargers in that orientation looks like it would be a world of problems to my eye. 

Bracket and clevis below is where the wire stays go to the rear body when the crane is in the travelling position. 

And there was I thinking that it was only railway buffs that were this picky! Having worked on a preserved railway that's been used for many TV programs and films, I learned to stop worrying about details long ago! The one that really got me though was the Network South East seat moquette in Dunkirk, and the fact that the carriage had fluorescent lamps.  Some of the costumes the art department have made loco crews wear at out place over the years are just hilarious, not including some of the extra stuff they want hanging off locomotives (such as American style lamps on the front!). 

I quite enjoyed Rogue Heroes, but then I also liked all of Peaky Blinders (by the same writer). The TV show did make me go and read the book the series was based on, so if a few people go and do that then I think it's a good thing. 

The bus had been significantly weakened in the critical are for that stunt, with the staircase had also been removed. I know this as it was done in a yard I was renting space in at the time. 

OzH, does it suffer from water pooling on the roof if you have the hoops up with no canvas? I have this issue on my MUTT if the roof is up, covered or not. 

I've been killing odd hours at work watching it and some of his other mad cap mechanical experiments and projects. Talented and utterly bonkers!

Not a very good picture, but this shows the location of the idle screw when mounted to an engine:

I've managed to adjust ours through the engine hatches before now, it's not too difficult. 

i stripped and rebuilt a Striker cupola bearing - there really are A LOT of bearing rollers in there! I needed to get a bit creative and find a mechanised method of cleaning up the rollers as doing each one individually was not really viable - I found the most effective way was dumping all the rollers in a bucket of diesel with a handful of sand and stirring the whole lot with a paint stirrer attached to  drill. After about twenty minutes most of the rust was removed from them, then I washed them all and carefully re-assembled the bearing. 

I had heard some years back that the MOD wanted to order another batch of Wolfs but LR declined. I don't think the Defender line was that profitable given that they were largely hand-built and production/sales number were comparatively low (IMO) compared to other manufacturers production figures. At the end of the day they are a commercial business, and if a product isn't profitable then produce it?  36,169 was the most Defenders produced in a year. As a comparison, 4 million Toyota Land Cruisers had been built up to 1990 https://blog.toyota.co.uk/history-of-the-toyota-land-cruiser-heavy-and-light-duty-models-2. Economy of scale innit?

My bad, another British Bike was certainly in a state of disassembly at the Steam show. 

The was the one I was watching being disassembled while watching the Pig show then!  

I've used this company in the past for Matador and bus springs

https://www.paddingtonmotorspringsltd.co.uk/

I don't believe that it is a requirement (under the new owner) to  have a marshal in front of tracked vehicles. 

Had many issues with an M55 truck hydrovac unit leaking and that was all OEM parts - Dowty seals did the trick in the end. 

Given the re-positioned public entrance this year, it makes more sense than having it in the Americas field like last year...

Recently had an older chap (over 6ft 2) sit in my M151A2 which has greater leg room than a Jeep due to the lack of chassis. Unfortunately he found he was unable to operate the clutch pedal due to his girth preventing his leg from coming up far enough!

Being a parent I take a caravan as W&P now coincides with summer holidays. If it's wet or too hot my child will happily do stuff in the caravan without me being pestered all day! Sorry if it spoils the atmosphere, but it makes things more bearable than if I were spending a week in a tent with the same child...

Give the MC seals in hydraulic oil oil for a good while, and get them warm too (i put them in a sealed jar of oil on a radiator) as it makes them more supple. The big seals are a heck of a job to get over, good to have a spare kit just in case one tears. 

The owner must be on something if they're expecting that much. There are plenty of preserved railways which have scores of unrestored carriages! Most in this state go for a token amount of money as they will sit awaiting their turn in the restoration queue. 

In the past, I've had to double-clip soft silicone hoses where vehicle-side pipes have been pitted. Seemed to do the trick, although probably not the aesthetic you want on this vehicle.