Tony B

 Martin !! Are you implying my  Draper tin box tester is old fashioned? 🤣 Not a lot to go wrong on them though.

I've found Halford's bike grease, a red PTFE stuff works very well on brakes.

I've got an Ultimate that came from Lidl years ago, about £6 then 🤣 My favourite! Has a dual charge 6 and 12 which is great for me. A slow charger , but to 100% and reliable. I'd recommend one over  a lot of Flashy , expensive chargers. As for battery parrell charging, depends on the battery some you win some you don't , but worth the try. AA chargers ,any battery only has a certain capacity, I've never quite understood how a couple of AA's will replace a massive great Lead /Acid. Leving aside Oddessey or Optima batteries, can't afford them,  Yuasa are my preference.

If the battey has dropped so low it appears not to take a charge.Take another battery and charge the two in parrallel. A lot of Smart chargers wont work if the battery has to low a residual charge., so the second battery tricks it. Leave as a pair for twenty minutes or so, then try seperate. I've used this technique a number of times and got Dead battries back.

Something all of us know. 🤣 

Depends on the usual , age condition any history. The biggest problem with them was rust, though no more than most English carsof the time. There are two suspension set ups, the G1 had the flexitor and the G4 had leafsprings. Engines were 2.2 BMC petrol and disel. Did you know you can get front wheel drive only on them? The M10 was the SWB designation the M15 the LWB.

A wartime picture ,possibly taken  on Chiselhurst Common.o fa Dodge WC5 2  in Britsh markings. No colour on either set of nuts.

17 hours ago, GreenEagleKing said:

Maybe he means Europe geographically rather than politically? 

The EU dosen't exist geographically. The countries that form it are individual entitys.

17 hours ago, Dodgey 63 said:

I am confused with these adverts, as we are no longer part of the EU anymore, does this mean they could come into England or not??

Yes, if the  laws allow.

So an oppertunity for a bargin in UK?😁 It is some national regulations.A few years backWitham's were selling Doves ,discreet operationl vehicles like Ford Sierrars that were  up Armoured, Forsale outside EU only. A friend of mine in Jersey ,which has never been part of the EU bought four. took them to the lsland registered them there.. After a year, when they were personal property, he brought them back to England, re registered them and sold them for a fortune. Got VAT back as well as they were Exported. out of England and Jersey dosen'thave VAT. .

WW2 petrol engines ran on anything better than about 80 octane, and we don't do many miles, if any at the moment,  at high speed. My two Dodges ,I've not had any problems running unleaded, or even the Dreaded French angel P8ss. Occasionallly they get a bit of 2 stroke oil if I've been using jerry cans for small engine fuel.

Try World of Books,  Amazon used to have a second hand book want section, I got a lovley copy of Peter Scott's Battle of the Narrow Seas of there for a good price.

Welcome in. Please post model pictures. Some of us can deal with 1:1 scale ,but anything smaller is beyond us.

The Jersey Archive and CIOS site have a number of photos of Britsh vehicles with German markings in the Island. Itws a common practice. The German forces wer edesperate for any formofmotor transport. I know there is a picture of an OY and a Morris 15cwt/.

The book list could go on. One you should try and find is The Battle of The Narrow Seas by Peter Scott, him of the Slimbridge Wildfowl trust and artisit. He captined a Steam Gun Boat in the English Channel. The illustrations alone , done by him, are worth looking at.

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As it's Christmas, here is the traditionall Robin. He also doubles as part time yard manager and consulting mechanic

The same to you mate. Look foward to when we can all meet again and put the world to rights. 😃

This Tier 4 Corona virus social distancing can be a bugger.

Be sure the questions will be flying back as well. Most of us haveintrests outside just the vehicles, so there is a lot of help and infoavailable.  Heres one you may not know of. https://www.cios.org.je/news/2015/pt-boats-wreath-laying-ceremony/

Yes you are very welcome..

Try this one.I know exactaly how he feels.

Story ofmy life Richard.Its the age youknow. 😃

Santa must be having problems with the workforce?

Nikwax products. Great for all materials , either natural or man made. They could also advise you on specific use. I've used thier stuff foryears, always worked for me. https://www.nikwax.com/en-gb/?f=1