timbo

In fact, could you not just drop the fan out - I suspect this will be the easier option....after all it is only 5 bolts...?

Timbo

Its a pain in the a**e!! The bolts always seem to round off no matter how careful you are, and then you have no choice but to drill them out. Last time I did it I removed the whole fan to replace the bearings which at least made it a little easier - good luck!

Timbo

Sweet Alan, sweet....

The Scorp looks particularly fine I have to say...

Tim

Have used both Badger and Iwata - the badgers are a little agricultural so I would pay the extra for the Iwata - beautifully engineered and a lot easier to use and clean. Get a good compressor too as the cans are not very useful. For cleaning get a stock of the spray cleaners they make life a lot easier.

Go for the best you can afford and if you can't afford then I would save a bit longer as you'll quickly outgrow a cheap one and have to pay out twice. Lots of good tips on youtube!

I suspect the extra torque of the diesel would do no favours to the petrol box.

Martin

Richard is as ever correct! It is a ring nut rather than a hex (see pic). Dimensions are as follows.

Outside diameter of ring = 40mm

Distance from bottom of flat to bottom of opposite flat = 36mm

Each flat is 7mm long

Hope this helps!

Tim

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Martin

Wait one !

Just on way home so it will take me an hour or so...

Tim

Martin

I dont know why I couldnt figure this out. i must have been tired.

The dimensions you need are:

Inside diameter at narrowest point = 90mm (ie top of spline to top of opposite spline)

Diameter of holes where the plungers go = 6mm

Distance from centre of plunger holes to outside edge = 11mm

Depth of splines = 25mm

I usually measure once and cut twice but I double checked these! Hope this helps.

The end of the shaft has a dimple so as Richard says might be a good idea to turn something up to protect it.

Cheers

Tim

Some pics from the British Miltary Tournament at Earls Court Dec 2013. The Scimitar was the (ahem) recovery vehicle. Thankfully it wasnt needed!

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Sabre few years ago...new engine now fitted and a few other bits, mudguards etc but still needs painting!

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Hopefully these will appear OK. My Spartan before during and after painting.

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Martin

I have a spare box in the garage (about 30 yards away!). But im not clear exactly what dimensions you are after - could you be a bit more specific?

Cheers

Tim

Andy

I stripped mine, polished it up and clear lacquered it - very bling! But also helps keep the cr*p at bay...

Tim

A quick update on this...not much use of the old girl over the winter due to a few (ahem) ignition problems and a lack of time, but I have been poking around with the brakes while I have had the decks off. The LR cylinder remains very firm and responsive with no problems at all.

Cheers all...

Very interesting - gotta wonder how many of those bombs used as ornaments are still live?! Remember the Grand Slam put as a gate guard at Scampton for a number of years til somebody realised it was still filled with explosive!

Compared to some of these things not a bad article I feel. Only in America could a Chieftain be described as a 'starter tank'!!!

I dont know what would possess someone to go about firing a 50 cal gas gun in public though!

It looks to me like he uses the lampost on the left, just after the crossing point, as the braking point, so has probably been well practised. Neverthess you wouldnt catch me standing there! Perhaps some kind of passing out stunt. They will only get it wrong once thats for sure!

There will be at least 2 stalls selling cvrt spares so maybe more vehicle related stuff than has been the case in recent years!

4.5mpg is the book number so based on Shauns calcs it sounds pretty accurate. I've run out a couple of times when hacking round fields though as I suspect it drops quite significantly off road. 8mpg sounds optimistic but i guess is possible on a steady run!

So after all that it turns out to be the winky pot...!

Reminds me of a story Lew told (works for bae and Alvis on Holyhead Road prior to that) and was on base inspecting a vehicle - turns out it had a defective beacon so Lew writes on the form 'winky pot not working' - apparently the ssm/asm or whatever went doolally!! Lew just walked off chuckling - good man though close to retirement but can still get in/out of a turreted cvrt like an 18 year old - years of practice!

Cheers

Timbo

Dont forget the Scimitars also have the big boxes with the spoiler on the back of the turret - give it some go faster stripes and gold wheels and away you go...

As for what it does - stops bad stuff going bang - what more do you need to know!

Just thought that I'd flick this thread back up

 

Tim is the Samson running now?

Hi Andy

Erm.....well, sort of.....err no actually! Lovely recon engine fitted and it has been run up once or twice but Im afraid to say my attention has been focused elsewhere over the last couple of years, most notably getting the Spartan painted, changing the engine in the Sabre, acquiring a Saladin....oh, and working to pay for all this flipping stuff. So for the moment she remains languishing in the back of the shed. I have however just disposed of one of my bigger projects so I am getting closer..!

Cheers

Tim

I am sure I have read in one of the EMERS about measuring from hull floor and sidewall to the centre of the gearbox input shaft and then to the centre of the flywheel.. All very fiddly and error prone. Tool looks much more sensible..!

Martin

Remember the basic principle is you're trying to make sure the pulley is aligned to the bulkhead so that the fanbelt has a straight run. It really should (!) be that simple...

Tim

Chris is right the CVRT one is ally. I think every other type is steel. For this reason I was told the CVRT ones nearly always get chopped up rather than disposed of, hence they are harder to find...