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No no---- thats how much fuel he puts in his "mans" truck :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Sorry Jack happy retirement.

Oh yes, the trucks which emit lots of smoke from the exhaust when you use the brakes, generally out in the woods :cool2:

Right, well that's sort of cleared that up !!! Next I have always used Britool tools, do have a few others inc King Dick which I have been looking at, what do you all knowing ones out there think, I am aware of Snap-on too, so just some ideas of quality and variety of AF Metric 6 point sockets and rings/combinations open endeds. cheers

Just looked at the links ................. Aggggghhhhhhhh :shake: :shake: :shake: :shake: Thanks ( I think )

Sorry to put this but I have been looking for AF hex socket sets and have discovered listings for a 1/2" Witworth socket and also a 1/2" AF socket ( not the square drive bit ) errrr how much difference is there in the bolt head size, is it the same or completely different thing !!!!! Sorry to post this, I think this is going to make me look very silly .......

Ah you have the female model, that's the mini vacuum attachment !!!!!!!!

Well all went well had to borrow some thread file, hmmm now they are a useful thing anyway after cleaning up the thread on the bottom of the crane, greased up the bronze bush ( you know its best to to have a greasy bush ) then on went the greased thrust bearing and then the new shiny nut, also had to make up a lock tab to stop the nut undoing and all is well.

Good weekend just got in, both wings off, bit of work to do on the front edges and the stiffening braces under the front edges, they have got dirt and rot in between them. All captive nuts on cab are ok and all the bolts have come out a treat. Both top and bottom engine side panels are off and both small side panels each side of the rad are off, small bits of patching to do on most bits but not bad for 12 years outside beside the sea !!!!!!!! I need a bit for one of the lower engine side panels, it is one of the spring steel clips which stick up to hold the top engine side cover in place, if someone has a rotten panel, can I have the clip. As in pics below. Thanks in advance.

Nice to hear from you, good work with the A and E do you are working on looks like its coming together. Now now Jack, you are quite right, I do have an open cab but if you look at my post it refers to the "closed cab floor mat" which I had in my open cab, because of that and the rain getting in now and then, the backing of the mat soaks up the water and rots the floor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I am not going to have a closed cab mat again just the non slip painted floor as the open cab GMC should be ........ Now is that any clearer :cool2: :cool2: :cool2: I think you should stop going to the clubhouse drinking and then trying to read posts on the forum..... :nono::nono: Drink tea :coffee: :coffee:

Joys of having a closed cab floor mat ( sponge ) in there soaking up all the bits of rain which get in there !!!!!!!!! No more closed cab floor mat, that's in bits now in the bin, welcome in the non slip painted floor as it was intended..

Oh dear !!!!!!!!!! Cab floor !!!!!

Mmmmmmmmmm nice new bearing and locknut.....

Well she's been over due lots of attention. So here we go. Objective : To sort out the droopy front wings and their rust, to remove cab complete for restoration of floor, lower rear panel, lower side panels ( where they always go ). Then respray whole truck with correct colour olive drab ( he he yea right ) and correct positions of white stars and numbering. With cab off replace front engine mounting, inspect clutch, adjust shims on t/fer box, along with anything else that raises its head !! Then reassembly of whole cab and front before end of March 2010 !!!!!!!!!!! So see you all in March ..

How do you know !!!!!!!!! She might like me bald :shocked:

I use to think I was getting old when my forehead was getting bigger, then I started to worry when my hair started falling out, now I am getting grey hairs on my head and these buggers are now falling out... what's coming next.......

You are a star, did not even give that a thought, I am getting the thrust bearing from my local bearing company and on reading this gave them a ring and blow me down, they have one in stock ................ for £10

The bearing is a standard size and no problem to get, that is under way. The Hiab type crane is actually a Viper 20, as far as I can tell, no longer in production, however there is a company doing the Lucas swing lift cranes and has a model V20 which to all intents and purposes looks identical, and have contacted them ! Would there be anything special about the nut ? apart from size and pitch which is metric ( 70mm with 2mm thread pitch ) could I get one mage by say a gear company ?

Rent a ghost and Swapshop with Noel Edmonds !!!!

Well since fitting my small Hiab type crane I have encountered it jamming up when loaded and slewing on several occasions, on braking the crane down I have discovered a thrust bearing missing off the bottom of the main base, also though, there is a thread for a nut which is also missing !!!!!!!!! What I am after is a nut and tab washer ( I think ) to stop the main upright of the crane riding up and over the top taper bearing and jamming. The nut is as near as to 70.00mm X 2mm does anyone out there have such a beasty or would it be something a good bolt supplier might have, any suggestions warmly welcomed ?

Good pics of the drums and axle ends, what is the grease you are using it looks blue ? Keep the pics coming looking good so far

Ah stencils and water buckets hmmmmm What about the style of font used, then, for the Bumper codes, unit, company and the vehicle number does anyone know what it should be rather than what looks nice!!!!!! Did not know the white paint was fuel soluble.

Glad to see all went well. The rad level seems to be just below the baffle plate in the filler neck, if I fill mine up it will dribble out as it gets hot and makes a puddle, generally when I stop in the petrol station and people come up to me and say the rads leaking !!!! then it stops and stays at level till I top it up again.

Good luck Howard, nice to see the truck back on the road, I came pretty close to getting it but did not have any where to put it.

When you had an 8 track tape player in the car

When you left your back door unlocked and the milkman postman would put the things on the kitchen table and take the money off the table himself. People said good morning to you when you passed them on the path. When beer bottles at the off licence had a deposits on them so you returned them. You could buy Corona Lemonade, in a glass bottle.