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    CVRT main brake calipers

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    LOL I know that position well, the trick is to get yourself into the one 'sweet spot' where you can hold it for more than 10 seconds at a time whilst wiggling the caliper furiously.. Main brake pads are around but they are a lot more expensive than steering ones, circa £100. Try the usual places first, banisters, marcus glenn, xmod, or ebay. If the seals are mushy it could be that brake fluid was used by mistake, which will also destroy your mc seals, so test the fluid that comes out by smearing it on some paint to see if it removes it!

     

    As the Haynes manual says installation is the reverse of removal but I guarantee you it will take twice as long to get it in right...

     

    Good luck

    Timbo

    CVRT main brake calipers

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    Sounds about right mate, the left hand one wiggles out a lot easier than the right hand one. It took me literally hours to get that one back in !!! Also they should go in without any need to resort to rubber hammer if you get the angles right! Richard Banister does seals for these calipers should you feel the urge while you have it out...

     

    Timbo

    Belgian CVRTs...Any Service Records available?

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    I spoke to the chap from the belgian museum (who has been on here occasionally), who said they have a tendency to destroy the records when the vehicles are cast. Shame as i have a (very scratty) belgian scimitar in un white, and would love to know where it served. Favourites seem to be somalia or balkans...

     

    Cheers

    Tim

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    A couple of years back the RTR (Royal Tank Regiment) Took a couple of CVR(T) over to Jersey as the new Lt Govenor had been Colnel of the Regiment. Most answered question 'No it's not a tank it's a reconnassince vehicle'. :D

     

    Oh I'll bet that drove the tankies potty!!! :D

     

    I have given up trying to explain and now just say, yes it's a tank....!

    Spotted today....

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    Yesterday teatime Stolly on the A64 near Tadcaster. It had just pulled over onto the verge and the driver was in the process of exiting. Although I had a bootful of tools I was heading the opposite way at speed. Whoever you were hope you got sorted!

    Grease guns.

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    OK after enough time for me to calm down I retrieved all the bits from the 4 corners of the garage and had another go. This time I pulled the plunger back as far as it would go then used a bit of cardboard as a spatula to force grease in. I then used a metal rod to release the air pockets and kept forcing grease in and hey presto the job was done with only a modicum of mess this time..! My strong recommendation would be to go for cartridges though!

     

    I am off to tension my tracks tomorrow...

     

    Tim

    Mythbusting CVRT prices

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    Its the same on the railway! As an example we recently carried out a mod to fit door P.I.R sensors (them what are supposed to make the gangway doors open when you approach them instead of having to press a button which is apparently too difficult for people to work out) and the quote from a major (railway approved) stockist and train builder was over £400 per sensor. We went direct to the sensor manufacturer and they were a little over £40 per sensor.

     

    Amen to that Vince, but I think it is even more of a con on the railway as the quality of components doesn't seem to be anything like as high as the MOD stuff... As I work in finance on the railways it drives me even more nuts!!

     

    Tim

    CVRT Spartan Merlin Report Interpretation

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    Hi Alan

     

    I think CTG BG is the Combined Arms Training Centre Battle Group at Warminster. RE CS is the Royal Engineers Close Support Troop, equipped with CET's, AVLB's and the like. It is described as CTG rather than CATC because the Merlin report picks up the current designation.

     

    Somewhat spookily it looks like I have the sister vehicle to your Spartan, mine lists RE CS Troop HQ CTG BG on 8/4/97!!!!!

     

    Cheers

    Tim

     

    And mine lists HQ CTG BG on 12/4/94...

    CVRT Spartan Merlin Report Interpretation

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    Hi Alan

     

    I think CTG BG is the Combined Arms Training Centre Battle Group at Warminster. RE CS is the Royal Engineers Close Support Troop, equipped with CET's, AVLB's and the like. It is described as CTG rather than CATC because the Merlin report picks up the current designation.

     

    Somewhat spookily it looks like I have the sister vehicle to your Spartan, mine lists RE CS Troop HQ CTG BG on 8/4/97!!!!!

     

    Cheers

    Tim

    Grease guns.

    in Lubrication, Batteries & Electrics

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    What type of grease gun do you use for track tensioning. I use the normal side lever type & it takes all the strength i possess to get the grease into the tensioning ram & tighten the tracks

     

    Guy

     

    Try removing the grease nipple from the idler cranks, squirt wd40 in, replace the nipple and regrease. Also slackening the tracks right off and retightening them sometimes helps work it loose.

     

    Tim

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