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  1. Richard Farrant
    Why would you suspect the starter if the engine died? Fuel pump ticking but have you checked to see if it is physically pumping fuel?
  2. Richard Farrant
    Nick, When I worked in army workshops and there was a need to drill a hull on a Saracen or Ferret, usually for a mod, we used special armour drills in a slow air drill, to which we put pressure on. You may not be aware but studs are actually welded to the surface, not in to holes, which would be a weakness in the hull. We used a special stud welder. It would save you a lot of grief to go down this route. Regards, Richard
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    hi Ferg, I am at Ashford and a Bedford owner, just sent you a PM. cheers Richard
  4. Richard Farrant
    The Warhorse tank looks full scale when I saw it. I know it cost a lot to purchase so understandable that it would be guarded, it looks so original when stood by it that the layman might not know. There is a not-to-scale one around, think it was at the last Beltring.
  5. Richard Farrant
    Nice photo. They were probably going from, or to Woolwich Arsenal, as the bus has Plumstead and Blackheath on it.
  6. Richard Farrant
    Martin, I might be wrong, but my recollection of changing seals in these boxes, when they were in service was that it is a ring nut, requiring a castellated box spanner. From the illustration it appears to be hexagon, but pretty sure it is not. Richard
  7. Richard Farrant
    Martin, You will need the tool to release that nut before you use the puller. Richard
  8. Richard Farrant
    Montie, That was an interesting evening
  9. Richard Farrant
    Ron, That was home movies by the late Jeff Theobald, It is still on the Steam Car club site, here is a link to the last page of 8 films, not sure which page the Morris was on. http://www.steamcar.net/video-page-28.html regards, Richard
  10. Richard Farrant
    You called, Montie ? :-D
  11. Richard Farrant
    Never seen a 6v one yet
  12. Richard Farrant
    It was there from the start, look at the thread title......... MW !
  13. Richard Farrant
    I was at the auction but could not recollect the dozer being in it.
  14. Richard Farrant
    Hi Clive, That is where I am just heading ............ been a stressful evening.
  15. Richard Farrant
    John Marchant had a Centaur Dozer, he may still have it.
  16. Richard Farrant
    Fire fighting pipe work with hydrants along the sides in case a tank caught alight.
  17. Richard Farrant
    What might be beneficial is, by using crack detector, find the end of the crack, then drill and tap it with a brass screw and gently peen it over. I say brass, because you will not want to strike it hard, just enough to swell it in the thread, copper would be better. This will stop the crack from running.
  18. Richard Farrant
    OK, you did not say that it was Not a submarine, so going at something else you said, is it refuelling and fresh water pipes for serving a sub at sea, enabling them to stay out of port and on patrol longer? Dammit, just looked on the previous page, a bloody landing craft, :embarrassed:
  19. Richard Farrant
    I have not been keeping up with this thread so might suggest something already said. It is some sort of sensor or device to hide the object from radar or sonar, of which I think could be a submarine.
  20. Richard Farrant
    Doug, Way back when I was an apprentice at an agricultural engineers, they stocked Carbide in tins. It was for bird scarers. I do not recollect the pressure they worked at, but they made a big bang!
  21. Richard Farrant
    Another photo of "Decoy", shows it was No.2 in the fleet. See on this link at bottom of the page: http://www.booty.org.uk/WestMoorsRailway/Sub_pages/05_ACountryRailway.htm
  22. Richard Farrant
    Hi Iain, It seems I was a few years out on my timeline of home wireless. But accumulators were around from the 1890's and around the turn of the century used in the telephone and telegram system. The first electric starter on a vehicle was introduced in 1916, according to Exide who were forerunners in the manufacture of accumulators.
  23. Richard Farrant
    Martin, I have one of these pullers but cannot locate it at present. With the photo you have posted you have all you need, just get a vernier and measure the coupling internal diameter within the splines, depth of splines and distance of plunger hole centres from end of coupling. Cannot recollect what the end of the screw pushes on, so you might need to turn up a dolly to go in the end of the shaft to protect it. It is sometime since I had one of these apart. cheers Richard
  24. Richard Farrant
    I would personally recommend K-Seal over and above the two products you have mentioned. A far superior product.
  25. Richard Farrant
    Guess they would have been rechargeable accumulators, same as people were using at home to power their wireless sets at the time.
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