Grasshopper

Another satisfied customer. :-D You can buy me a beer at Beltring. :beer: (Let me know if it requires any more fettling). :-)

Had a similar problem on a vintage bus once. The regulator had a fault and was making the generator act like a motor. This caused the batteries to flatten and the wiring poduced smoke. The engine also sounded under load when idling. Reconditioning the regulator cured the fault.

When we were at Firepower in January, Mike and i were talking to a guy who had worked on that film (props department), and spent a lot of time towing dead tanks and MUTTs around with the WLF wrecker. Apparently the palm trees were sourced from spain, and were planted in skips so that if needed elsewhere, they could be easily transferred around the set. Being a film set, the holes left by the palm trees were not filled in, and many peolple fell into them. Apparently digging the holes was not fun, and the soil contained many nasties which required a couple of showers to remove.... :help: He also told us of a trip to Belgium in a ford escort, to get a new final drive for one of the Walker Bulldog tanks. The Belgian Army storeman spoke no English, and they spoke no Flemish, so much gesturing and drawing on scraps of paper was the order of the day.

Very interseting. Worth a look everyone. :rtfm:

Pre-dieselization, we removed the governor on the Ward LaFrance carb, as it took effect just when you needed to get the momentum for the next hill. :police: It had a rev counter, so we were careful not to red line the engine. This mod made it more drivable on a run.

No, although thats not far off what Mike got from his petrol engined WLF (french army manual quoted 1litre per km). We now get aout 12+mpg with the Cummins C series diesel engine, and it goes up hills without going through the gears.

Hubba hubba.... :knockknock:

If anyone has ever had the misfortune to see Mikes knees (looks like he stole them from a camel), then they will know that they only serve to stop him falling through drain covers, as he is so stick like. :rofl: :rofl:

Don't centurions wear a skirt and sandals? Could be good given the wether over the last couple of days... :whistle:

I thought most kangaroos were "de-frocked priests", 105mm self propelled howitzers (priest) with the guns removed?

Wouldn't that be fun!!! :evil: Better than jeep see-saw. You could call it "Jonkers".... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

This is where having a tall, thin freak friend helps. Being short, and having not yet bought enough "shares" in the local brewery company :beer: can also an advantage... :whistle:

"Someone" (the owner...) had left a periscope on the top of a CVRT track, forgot about it, and got us to tow it forward :n00b:

Damn students. Too much time on their hands if you ask me. :nono:

Thats one hell of a shed, and one hell of a collection aint it!?! I visited when he first got the shed and there were ONLY 14 CVRTs in there...helped sort through some of his containers at another site. A true aladins cave. :schocked:

This would explain why i am now glowing. I just hope the thing works when we fit it in the vehicle...

Sounds like you may have a problem with your low range clutch assembly. It would probably be a good idea to get it looked at/rebuilt before it breaks. This could save you a lot of money in the long run, and if you get it rebuilt, at least it is a known quantity from then on. Ours are being done by Andrew Baker of the Alvis Fighting Vehicle Society. He is a very knowledgable on such things, and may even be able to advise you on repairing it yourself. His number was in the CMV article on the AFV society. They are also a very good source for parts.

You know those parts you have lying around, which when you look at them you think "I'll never need one of those"? :dunno: We have a couple of CVRT gearboxes away being re-built at the moment, and I was informed today that one of them has a broken shaft, due to the army having over tightened it during rebuild. This basically renders it scrap. :oops2: About three (or four?) years ago, our first CVRT gear box had no low range gears on its first run out :clap:. I stripped it, and the range change clutch was completely destroyed. As no parts were available to repair it (not economically), the remnants of the box were sold (the casing is now in the only British army spec Scimitar in private hands), but the broken range change parts were left lying around in a box. They were eventually discarded as scrap, all except the shaft....which when i found it today, gave me a feeling of elation, as it has saved us the cost of purchasing another gearbox!! :clap: :clap: :clap: Its put me in very good mood for the rest of the evening. :-D

May be able to do this Wedneday afternoon/ evening. Won't be free for quite a while after that. PM me.

Perhaps we should post some basic safety tips for tracked armour somewhere. Ther are a lot of new tracked armour owners around who could benefit from the wisdom of other owners. Tracked armour can be a lot of fun, but can also be very dangerous.

Have you sorted your engine issues yet? I may have some free time this Saturday if you still need a hand.

I also rememer seing a Rolls Royce balanced on china tea cups- I think it may have been on the childrens programme blue peter (???) many moons ago...

I think this thread needs a mop and bucket, for all those dribbling WLF owners.

I'll get the tissues ready for you then mike. :whistle:

Jobs like that give you a grin that never goes out fashion. :-D 8-)