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As you can see from the vid there seems to be a mixture issue as although it will idle fine and once warm is even better, takes only about 1/2 to 1 turn of the engine and its running.. so I am very pleased with that bit, however it will not rev without full choke on, once it has full choke it will rev hard and fast without any issues. Now working on the throttle linkage which is proving another challange. Got some tasty bits at the post office waiting to be collected you will see them soon :laugh: might need a bulge in the bonnet though :blush: Crankcase breather tube now connected and the non-return valve for the hydrovac is also fitted but blanked off at the moment.

I use to get worried about getting a few grey hairs appearing here and there, then it was the grey hairs falling out !!! now my forehead is getting bigger starting to meet the back of my neck.... Oh to old age. Also now getting "Lego leg" this is where you sit down on the floor to play Lego with your kids and then all of a sudden you cant feel your legs any more, have to get up and then its the pins and needles.... aggggaa

All I have to say is, its draughty round my neck and ears...

I am sorry to say I started getting lots of high resistance joints through the ignition switch ect started to get troublesome starting and this coupled with wanting much better lights I went for 12 volts, not looked back, kept the 6 volt starter though, poor old engine does not get the option of not starting as it turns over so fast it has to start. Also handy for over taking up hill just push the starter button and woooosh you have passed every thing :cool2: Sorry only kidding.....

Not really a problem. Good Good good, use boiling water to dissolve any corrosion on the battery terminals (don't burn yourself), then apply a good helping of Vaseline to all electrical connections, Battery and also the starter motor connection. Good, need to do battery neg to chassis and also the earth straps between the chassis and engine ect, they do need to be down to bright bare steel on the chassis and a good clean copper colour, or tinned colour on tinned earth straps, then good helping of the Vaseline all over the joint then bolt up tight. Not so good, again joint needs to be clean and tight. Cover with Vaseline. Should be. What is the concern with slow cranking ? does it sometimes not start, it is only 6 volts don't forget !!!! Thats about as fast as I have heard others truck turn over. Should be a regular thing remove starter and grease all moving parts, not too much though you don't want it all flying off over the clutch !!! You don't want to carry out a resistance test on the wiring. You need a voltmeter, connect one voltmeter lead to the battery POS + term the other lead of voltmeter to the next POS + connection down the line, you are looking for a reading as near to "0 zero" as possible this proves there is little resistance (ie no volt drop) can also be done when cranking the starter, this will prove the wiring between the battery and the starter. Once this is done you can follow this on all the way and also check other wiring like lights ect. You can also use the voltmeter in the conventional way ie: connect black lead to NEG - and then with the red lead poke around the coil feed is important you need as many volts at the coil + as possible ( the more volts the bigger the spark ) From the starter there is a wire which goes up to the AMMETER then on to the ignition switch then on to the coil lots of points to lose valuable volts, as NOS said don't expect to see much more than about 3 to 4 volts at the coil when cranking, the starter on load when cranking draws about 350 AMPS, I know I have load tested my truck :wow: 1. All kinds of linkage should be regularly greased to prevent wear at contact points where rods pass through plates and bushes ect. Such as all the link rods connecting the leavers in the cab with transfer box ect, Good saying if it moves grease it.... cant go far wrong with that.. 2. The inside of the starter switch on the top of the starter is like 3 triangles should look a bit like this.

I have seen that before, did make me chuckle lots, quite a big engine to be jumping about like that :shocked:

Is there no way of wiping the top off an inspection cover or something and manually selecting a gear, don't put tooo much air pressure in there you don't want to blow any seals, but then you probably know that.... Might have to have a chat with you about a 6BT :cool2:

Hi Mike and Vince Is the new cover plate the same as the old one height wise. are the splines lined up with the pilot bearing in the crank. Has clutch fork dropped off and jamming the the gearbox from going back on. Clutch release bearing catching on something. You need to stop the input shaft turning on the box can you take off a top plate and select a gear. Good luck you probably know all of the above :undecided:

Not going to plug it, it will connected back up to the inlet manifold like it would have been originally. Same goes for the vacuum line for the hydrovac and the vacuum line for the wipers too, also on the jobs to do is sort the throttle linkage and choke cable.

To be honest I am not at all worried about the purists, if it makes it more drivable, reduces the fuel consumption and adds a bit more power I will be well chuffed. If you rev it from idle it seems to pick up much quicker than with the old single choke carb on it, but then it would do wouldn't it with a carb of that size on it......

That will be the aerodynamics of the truck, that will keep the speed down

Ok ok I think I have teased you all enough so here you go.. Please note no vac line to hydrovac, throtle linkage or rocker cover breather connected yet. mmmmm Weber 4 barrel with vac secondaries.... No it's not leaning over it is the angle of the camera, although the inlet manifold is not level ( front to back ) and the carb is. Front view looking towards cab. mmmm square carb mounting plate to round tube to fit the manifold tube assy now that's a challenge :nut: Looking down from the side. We will have to see how it does or doesn't perform :cry:

Nope, not twin S.U.'s but you are getting warmer.... Frost might be a problem but time will tell !

NOS you know me too well or do you have control of a satellite round my way :shocked: Anyway here is a bit more of a pic mmmmmm what could it be.....

No it all fits in under the bonnet :blush:

Nope !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just before anyone mentions it, yes the middle two exhaust tubes are bigger than the end two as the end two are single ports and the middle two are shared ports. I suppose I could make some, would need to make a jig to set the cylinder head flanges and down pipe flange in the correct places first though Oh there is more to this pic than meets the eye the best bit is just off the top of the pic but more of that latter..

A good up date to this sorry situation. Well I have tracked down the knocking noise to what was a blowing exhaust manifold gasket joint at the cylinder head on number 3 exhaust port, the manifold was in a bad way, rust and corrosion round the port faces meant they did not seal tight enough and a crack after port 3 towards port 4 ( at the rear of the engine ) I don't want to pay for a new cast manifold at the moment sooooo........ I have manufactured my own tubular manifold and this has solved the problem.

This sounds interesting, presume we are talking about the bolts which fix the wooden bows and uprights to the metal curved corners, if so all the ones on my truck have very domed heads and have a single slot in it for a straight bladed screwdriver, and they are UNC, not sure of the actual size but will measure when I get a mo.

OMG what can I say ..... I am so sorry about the picture, I did not even know it was taken, SHE will answer for that. Cant the mods do something about obsean pictures. Wow that is a bad pic:blush: I do hope it has not affected anyone mental state...

How about this Nikwax Wax Cotton Proof stuff then ?

Naaaaaa thats a hard cab and its only got one rear axle.......:cheesy: he he he....

Hmmmmmm, now that will be telling. Maybe a winter project coming up.........May have turned to the dark side :red:

I know its probably a stupid thing to mention but you did use vacuum hose so it does not collapse when under vacuum !!!!!!