Richard Farrant

Hi Rick, Fittings and pipe nuts are made to suit the type of sealing device, mainly three types, olives such as you show, there are also a newer type with steps on the ends, for use with plastic pipes, then you have soldered on nipples, with a cone sealing surface and lastly flares. The type you show, has the pipe slide right up in the fitting so that the olive is not right at the end.

Alex, You will only see it if you take the cover plate off the top of the master cylinder, think that is a "remove cylinder" job on a MW. There are two set of ports, right in the bottom of the reservoir, as your rear brakes are fed from the port on the end of the cylinder, then it will be hole at the port end. If you have a manual, then is is termed "by-pass port - secondary cylinder". One large hole and a smaller one that is stepped and the hole size at the bottom is very small, a little bit of dirt can settle in there. If you are getting a hose, try that first.

Those overhead cables look a bit close :undecided:

Eddy, With the amount of miles you are likely to do, I would stick to using a flathead V8, it will keep the authenticity and value up if and when you eventualy pass it on. No diesel will ever sound like one of the old Ford V8 engines and these run so smooth. Thats my thoughts for what they are worth. :-)

Alex, You should have a tandem master cylinder fitted, this has a side port for the circuit to front brakes, and the port on the rear end going ot rear brakes, so I assume the brake light switch is on the end port. I am wondering if the hose to the rear brakes has ruptured inside, stopping the brakes from releasing and also maintaining enough pressure in the pipe to keep the switch on. Or as you say, so debris in the system.

I have come across loose hubs when they were in service, you can hear them creaking when driven slowly. If the two tapers do not match, then the drive is taken fully on the key. The key then rocks and wears both keyways. I recollect fitting a new shaft and hub on one, it needed 35 tons to free the shaft from the drive gear. Best of luck.

The Roots blower looks to be missing though.

They look the same because the French copied them from those on Ferrets that they had in service. I had a stack of French ones about 15 years ago, all sold quickly, if I recollect.

I thought on first look that this was one of the five ex-Honourable Artillery Company Royal Salute Rovers. Having built them, I noticed a few details that did not tally up, checking the army number I see it is not one of them, but has a very close number to one of them 48HG61, where the original was 49HG62. Anyone know anything about it?

Scammell recovery owners, check out the Earthmover section of the website, for 14.00-20, the MPH rating should be ample !

As 03EA78 and 03EA90 were FV432, then thats what it must be.

Hi Montie, Bad news then, at least you can use your new tool. Is there any chance of finding a scrap Saracen in your country? You will need a good few parts and heavy ones, so it is worth asking around. Some years ago, I had someone from SA contact me regarding a Saracen, he had problems with it and was seeking advice, all I can remember was that he was connected with pleasure flights in light aircraft or helicopters. regards, Richard

Marcus Eng. ( not Marcos Eng, who make sports cars)

Think that is the Zenith carb fitted to Land Rover SIIa and SIII

Pete, Sending a PM

Sorry, I did not wish to sound negative, but knowing the vehicle well, I could see the problems. :-)

You have many things to think about, are you intending to use a fluid coupling on the diesel ( as fitted to the B60 ), and are you wishing to retain the current pre-selector gearbox? Then there is the fact that the B60 is dry sump, which enables a very low sump to be used, with the flywheel running very close to the hull floor. This would be a problem to overcome. It is true the Jordanian Army were re-powering their Ferrets with diesels, but that project would have a lot of money and development thrown at it. Just to highlight another obstacle, the existing gearbox is in unit with the transfer box, so a lot of engineering required if you wanted to graft an auto box on. Much cheaper to find or rebuild a B60 and nicer to drive.

actually, I am amazed the clutch had not stuck. That is the engine sorted out now for a bit of bodywork :-D

Montie, You should be well equipped with Saracen special tools by the end of this job. Hopefully you should not have to use them again. :-)

As I got home from work yesterday, a Merlin powered aircraft flew over, at first I thought it to be our local Mustang, but from the glimpse of it, I could swear it was a Hurricane, heading North over Ashford. Your sighting today, made me check out the Flypast fourm and sure enough there was a flypast over Hendon museum yesterday evening of two Hurricanes, so maybe I was right. I believe there is an airshow at Duxford this weekend as well, so could be a bit of warbird activity about.

Lewis, This is what is known as a Reference oil, for development testing of engines in laboratories and test beds. Not for vehicle use! The stencil marking is a bit smudged, but it lines up with ER-9, which was actaully a 10W/30 grade.

Likewise, Adrian

Montie, We knew that as the "gagging tool" ! You might not need it on this occasion if you pull the whole lot out as one, as in my attachment previously, unless there is damage in the hub or outer tracta.

Montie, A few rough illustrations from an EMER attached. I would have a strong guess that it is the inner tracta that has broken, if so the wheel station and tracta shaft housing assembly as shown in Fig.12 could be pulled out in one, this should reveal all. It needs to be out, in order to remove the bevel box ( and engine needs removing of course ). You need to wedge the the torsion bar arm in order to hold the upper wishbone up out of the way. Details should be in your EMER, see attched Fig.8

I think you will find that Simex had the moulds from Dunlop, who actually owned the Malasian company, there is no copying as Dunlop had stopped making Trackgrips a good few years ago.