Vulture

Nickmow

Awesome job with your model !!! It looks excellent.

Guys, a small announcement.

A new regional area has been established, the Huntingdon & District Area of the Military Vehicle Trust. Initially covering approximately a 25 mile radius from Huntingdon this will encompass the cities of Peterborough (to the north) and Cambridge (to the SE).

http://www.mvt.org.uk/area_pages/huntingdon.html

Details of the inaugural meeting have yet to be finalised, but initial thinking is to hold it on the evening of either the first or second Thursday in Jan 2012 in Huntingdon (venue TBA) . Formal letters of invitation will be sent out to all members in the locale in the next week or so.

Kind regards to all

Ian

Thanks Vulture,

Only time money and space stopping me having Jimmy,Dodge and halftrack - oh and Harley (seems an american thing!)

Regards Gerry

Must confess I'd like a Dodge as well. Like you time, money and space are the tiny tiny blocking issue ! LOL

Welcome along Gerry, nice looking Jeep you have there :-)

Regards

Ian

Wow, amazing stuff, thanks for taking the time to post the updates and pics.

Kind regards

Ian

When someone has a moment could they put 2012 in the Calender please.

Thank you

Kind regards

Ian

Sorry to hear the news. I hope they get caught and hurt in the process...

Visited Pirtek yesterday afternoon. They didn't have any of the correct end fittings in stock, however they were able to re-use the ones off the old pipe

Here's a pic of the Pirtek one (top) along side the 'standard' pipe. I asked them to make it an inch or so longer than the old pipe. Good thing I did, as the pipe is quite a bit thicker, and therefore doesn't bend as well. Hopefully it will fit when I try it out this coming Friday.

N.O.S. As you can see from the pic the one RW supplied is just over 6" long. Is it any use to you ? PM me if you want it, and we can talk price and postage arrangements.

Richard sounds like yours is a 'standard' set-up. Wonder why mine's different ? I can only speculate that perhaps the pipe from the gauge has been damaged at some stage and therefore had to be replaced (unfortunately with a longer piece).

Kind regards to all

Ian

Yes of coarse I can Ian, what I will also do is take some pics too for you.

Richard

It has become clear that my truck is a slight odd-ball in this department, and that I'm going to have to get a none-standard part made up. It will be interesting to see how your 352 is configured. What do you know of the history regarding yours ?

Kind regards

Ian

Just a thought - if going the longer flexi route, remember (from day 3 of your GMC owner's Induction Course) that when it comes to pipes, we're looking at U.S. spec. - SAE.

 

Quite often (but not always:cool2:) these are not readily available in the smaller sizes from hydraulic pipe suppliers, so don't be surprised if they cannot do something 'off the shelf'.

N.O.S.

Thanks for the picture and your thoughts, much appreciated. I'll measure up the one RW supplied, and you can see if it will fit yours. I've rung Pirtek in Peterbrough this morning and time permitting will go over this lunch time see what they say.

Kind regards

Ian

Hi Vulture, looking at the parts book, it would appear that the lower steel pipe is slightly short and the flexi' looks to be correct. That leaves the upper steel pipe. I would shorten it to suit the off-the-shelf flexi'.

Someone else may have a better suggestion, remember these trucks will all have been modified at some time by various countries. My own cckw has slightly different lengths of steel pipe from standard. It is ex-Dutch.

David

Thanks for your thoughts. I suspect mine is ex French as the engine has been repainted green at some time, but that is just a hunch, can't say for certain. My options would appear to be:

1. Shorten the pipe from the gauge, to get the flexi pipe to fit.

2. Get a new flexi pipe made up at a firm in Peterborough called Pirtek.

3. Do nothing...

Option 2 is my current preferred course of action as I don't have a tool to shorten the pipe.

I shall sleep on it.

Kind regards

Ian

Vulture - remember why it's a flexi, the engine will rock a surprising amount on its mountings.

N.O.S Happy about the rationale for having a flexi pipe there, less so that I've forked out £20 for one that won't fit ! :shocked: (sigh)

Hi there, if its any help the one on my truck is straightish, no loops in the flexible hose, looks like the steel tube from the oil pressure gauge needs to be a bit shorter.

Richard

Could you do me favour and measure the length for me please. (End of fitting to end of fitting)

Many thanks

Ian

Hi TC, welcome along

Welcome along

Guys

As I posted last weekend the flexy pipe linking the oil pipe on the engine to the oil pressure gauge failed.

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?27596-This-Was-Not-In-The-Plan-For-The-Day-!

I ordered a replacement from Rex Ward which arrived yesterday. On trying to fit it this morning I find that its either too long, or too short. Its not long enough to curl round like the old one, and not short enough to easily link the two pipes. At the moment if I force the issue, it will kink the the pipe. :-(

Any ideas whats going on here ? (deep sigh)

Kind regards to all

Ian

Photo 1 - Original set-up

Photo 2 - Failed attempt with new pipe

Photo 3 - Comparison of pipes

What a chaotic looking photo ! Brilliant ! LOL Thanks for posting.

So no body found the deliberate mistake in the pics then !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Removed by Vulture

Definitely recovered! Couldn't mend the pipe, and I only carry a pint of oil. I told the RAC switchboard lady, don't send a man with a van, send a lorry! And she did.

Nice one ! :rotfl:

No damage to the engine, LR engines are made of good stuff, obviously there was still some oil left in there, and also I stopped a bit sharpish when the oil light came on. I thought it was a bad connection on the sender unit......

So presumably you ended up getting recovered as well, or were you able to fix by the road-side ?

The decal looks a bit low, but the can is tilted quite a bit to get the lid to show.

 

 

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Many thanks to all the CCKW owners that helped with images and answering questions.

Looks good ! :-)

u need a ferret they never go wrong!!!!:cool2:

They don't ? :-) :rofl: Tell me more, I might think about changing vehicle ! :-)

I can sympathise here. A while ago I was off to a show and one of the oil cooler pipes burst. Result, a very well protected bulkhead, no oil in the engine, and a lift home courtesy of the RAC.

Yikes !!! Did you end up with any permanent damage ?

Wow, brilliant pic !!