Tony B

The hood catches the flying bits then?

Be carful about the choice of MOT staion. Some of them do not seem to understand things like, it a pre 1964 vehicle! It DOSEN'T need seat belts fitted. :banghead: Have you talked to the local MVT person? The main thing is, will it stop, will it steer, do the lights (Relevant to the regulations at the time of manufactuer ) work and is anything going to fall off? Do be awre though that if you add any modern refinments , such as indicators, they must work in accordance with curremt regulations. Great fun watching the head scratching at some places of NDC tyres.

Cherished Vehicles would cover Tom at 24, but it would be expensive. Blame Gordon Brown, his No win No fee idea(To cut the Legal Aid bill) has caused a major rise in insurance costs. Most brockers end up with the K.G.M sybdicate at Lyodd's anyway.

Oh, I would Love to get Katy up alongside that! :banana:

Wasn't he the guy that had previously been balled out for not being switched on when on top cover? Gaurdian angel on overtime that ocassion.

Don't expect sympathy, we've heard it all before. Unlike most self help groups though you won't be encouraged and supported to give up the addiction.

Ironic actually. A lot of WC54 were rebuilt / refurbished in the Mercedes Stutgart factory. My Katy was one of them.

If I remember correctly the M4 has a vertical ejection. The problem is for people near by being showered in hot brass. My old Mauser 1896 pistol was vertical eject. I found it advisable to wear a hard hat, but always had plenty of room on the range. :-D

Not the weather for the job. I don't envy him either. Not to mention the finacial problems a bad lambing season can bring.

The SA80 just dosen't shoot left handed. Muzzle loader or lever action don't care and often the rifles are straight stocked. Bolt action rifles often have a cant to the stock to the opposite side of the bolt to line the sights straight with the shooter's eye. When you have a bull pup like the SA80 it is impossible to shoot other than the weapon is set up. The real pain is if your dominate eye is opposite to your 'strong' hand. There have been all sorts of weird and wonderful things developed over the years to get over such problms. The only one that truly works is lots of practice to overcome it.

Go on Clive. Let's throw in conventional and electron flow, just for fun. So to boil the answer down, as long as the Bu**er starts and gets me to where I want to go who cares? Though I have got an electronic ignition to fit, at that point it does matter. The coil acts as a transformer. The opening and shutting of the points causes an oscolating magnet feild so allows the coil to boost the voltage. The higher voltage allows the current to jump the air gap on the plugs, this creates the spark. The same sort of system also creates radio waves, hence the sheilding needed particullaly in FFR vehicles. The heat bit is because a Cathode, ie Negative polarised plate will excite electrons when it is warm, so they will jump to an Anode or positve plate. That's why the old thermionic valves had a heater in the valve and sets had to litterally 'Warm Up'. Electrons being a negativley charged particale will flow to a positive Anode. Unlike charges attract. That is Electron flow. In practice it dosen't matter to much, which is why most people work on a current going from positive to negative, conventional flow.

I've been told that Positive earth is less likley to cause corrosion build up on the battery. But can cause electrolosis on the chassis. An Anode ie positive is more likley to be effected by corrosion.

Welcome in. Nice to know the beast will be set to work.

Make my day why don't you? :-D I know she runs, so check at least twice, then change coil.

no problems guys. I'm glad I could remeber the SW and CB bit. Last time I saw that must have been 1970.

Having just gone through this. If the vehicle is NEGATIVE earth the IGNITION goes to + . Which if the old cells are heaving correctly is the SW on the old coil.

Thanks.

Could some one make sure I've got it right? If the wire from the ignition switch goes to the - side of the coil, the vehicle is a positive earth.

Better buy a good pair of walking boots!

Ah, got a friend out that way . If I win the lottery may well be knocking on your door.

Depending on the size and material of the tent you could just stick the flysheet in the washer with a couple of sachets of shop bought green dye. Or in an old bath or such. The colour will tend to be a bit patchy but then old tents do tend to fade in the sun and rain. Why not just stick a cammo net over the top?

Welcome along. We do ship spot as well.

Thganks Keith, it lets me in now but not full acces.

Drives like a dream, with both had the biggest smiles on our faces all day! :-D

I think they were designed to fit over a steam tube to heat the fluid and contents.