timbo

Many thanks Chris Tim

Guy Another option which I have found works quite well is to put a very slight bend on the last cm of the dipstick. You only need a couple of degrees and this helps to stop the snagging... But if you did want to shorten it my approach would be as follows. First make sure the oil is topped up correctly to the 'full' mark. Find a new shorter piece of tube, or trim the existing one to the desired length. Then shorten the dipstick a few cm at a time until it fits the shorter tube without fouling anything. Obviously as you get closer to the correct length reduce the amount you are shortening by, so as to avoid going too far! Once you have the stick at the correct length, simply punch a line across at the level shown, which you know is correct for the full mark, then put another one on for the low mark, referring to the original marks for the correct distance. If I were to do it, that's how I'd go about it, or am I missing something? But I'd try the bend thing first! Tim

Awwww - poor old Shielder..!!

As an aside does anybody have a source for the canvas straps? I am heartily sick of nipping my fingers every time I open and close the hatch!

Robin I agree! I struggle to keep more than 2 or 3 vehicles running at any one time, and none of mine are Chieftains! Tim

Some vids I have just posted on behalf of Ian Evans of Galloway Tanks...!

LOL I saw it too and recognized it - I thought about posting but thought I would be derided as too much of an anorak - I should have known better!

Bob has done this loads of times....I recommend you speak to him!

Very interesting thanks for posting. I agree the captions really make them. Having visited Cherbourg a few years back the pics of the harbour were very interesting - the harbour rail terminus is now a huge aquarium! Tim

Lauren Well from the post I would guess its, erm...Neil Mitchell? Tim

Would that be the famous Alvis 'Juggernaut'?

Timbo

Looks like fun! And blue sky too - havent seen that in the uk for a while!

I don't know about Germany but the UK railway uses 25,000 volts and I was taught the 'safe' distance is 9 feet - any closer and there is a possibility of arcing....also if somebody has been electrocuted, leave it to the emergency services - they will almost certainly be dead or dying anyway at that voltage.

Looks like something from Alton Towers, or for battery hens...! I went on an employers day up at catterick about 3 years back where they carted us around in the back of a rattly old MJ with centre seats so these must be fairly recent...

Just watched on youtube. I thought it was good. Not overtly commercialised and very respectful and in conjunction with RBL too. Definitely a little risky but I think they have pulled it off. It is certainly better than that bl**dy penguin (with apologies to non UK members)...!

The master cylinder assembly may be the same, but make sure the seals are suitable for mineral oil/ hydraulic fluid. If they are for brake fluid they wont work, but if you get a seal rebuild kit you should be able to convert ok...

Saw 6 of them on the m1 heading south - Oshkosh het's - absolute beasts - possibly the same ones...

Great pics - the Saladin will make a good companion....!

Bob Would that be the one whose gearbox and transfer box I now possess..? Nearly did for the hire van bringing that home..! Tim

Well done Sir..!

So maybe scrapped (or at withams!) - had the name El Alamein on it...

Attended the wreath laying at the railway war memorial in york today, and I would say it was pretty well attended. The Royal Signals had a separate service not 200 yards away in memorial gardens, and the silence was observed in the station. Although there were still plenty of people going about their business I too would say it is as well observed as I have known it....

Ahhh good at least not gone to the scrappy then...!

Well at least the ditch worked as intended!