Richard Farrant

Hi John, Never checked the axle number on the C4 I was involved with, a fair chance it might not be original if it has undergone a Class 1 rebuild.

Thank you Ivor .........I have been telling John that it was in that area, but it was about 30 years ago when I was restoring a Morris Comm. so memory was a bit hazy :confused: Nice to have confirmation :thumbsup:

Thanks Mark, nice to here of one around. I know a chap who was in the Army Fire Service and used to operate one.

Mark, Did it have the correct fire tender body? If so it is a rarity. There is an ex-BAOR one that has appeared in Norway.

Too easy Mark.....for a QL owner. It is where the hoses run over the cab on the QL Army fire tender type :-D

the lower photo is of a Vickers Light Tank MkVI .......a rare right hand drive version .....oh no, the negative has been reversed :-D

It was better it happened now, rather than dropping out of mesh whilst driving, that would have been expensive.

Know what you mean, just done mine.

Perhaps the screw was not located properly in the pump in the past, but in the process of refitting the distributor, the pump has dropped.

When you removed the distributor, you would have removed the locating screw and locknut (upper one). Did you by any chance remove the lower one as well? If so the pump might have dropped enough for the dog not to mesh with the drive gear.

No, the E4 definitely had a vertical distributor from new ( parts list in front of me now). These engines had a tendency for valve seats to come loose apparantly.

There were three versions; 2E Binned Stores Vehicle 1,408 built 3E Ambulance 782 built 4E Light Anti Aircraft Vehicle 2,810 built They date from the early 1950's and were commonly known as "Commer Cab Fords", due to the cab shell being similar to the civilian Commer lorries of the period, front grille being the main difference. The Ford V8 was a later version of the well known engine, it having a vertical distributor. This was the only engine fitted in production, but I believe that Ford 4D diesels have been fitted in later use. I think the weight is going to put you off, details I have here are for the ambulance and it has an unladen weight of 4,950 kgs, and laden 5,580 kgs.

Steve, I have successfully made leather piston seals for Clayton servos with the method you describe.

Hi Rambo, Your dad has an excellent taste of vehicles :thumbsup:

Thanks to your self and Plantters ( for the photos of its final days in service). This EKA was new to 44 Dist. Wkps. at Ashford until it closed in 1996 and I spent a lot of repair time on it. It was used to recover around our area and bring in work. The cab became very rusty and a new day cab was located at Unipower, using the old cab to convert the new one. Nice to know it is still working.

One of the best shows for a long time. I know the venue well, being local to me and everything gelled together. The organisers are to be congratulated, as always a few little wrinkles to be sorted, but that is always to be expected with something new. The atmosphere was good, everyone having time to chat to each other, something we are not able to do at the larger shows. As Robert said, just like the early IMPS shows at Tenterden, and Beltring. The claim by Lee Enfield about too much vehicle movement during the day, not sure that there was actually. I was marshalling at the gate between display areas at times during both days and most movements were to and from the arena........and those there not that frequent, and certainly not an issue. The visits by our local Mustang owner, Rob Davies were a joy to watch, as ever. Also something that was very impressive was the flying of a model Eurofighter, fantastic. Certainly a date for the 2010 diary.

Clive, I have come across bulbs that fail but with filament seemingly intact, trick here is to hold up to light and flick your finger against the glass, you may just see one end of the filament tremble. Now many years ago, I had strange one, I bought a brand new 1971 BSA motorcycle, I was asked by people on several occasions why I was flashing my headlights.........which I was not. But....I worked out that whenever this happened, lights were off and I was under braking. The problem was a short within the stop/tail light bulb which only happened when moving and not when stationary. A small piece of solder was loose within the bayonet cap of the bulb shorting brake circuit through to light circuit.

The Foden crane was made by Atlas Hydraulic Loaders, max. lifts ; @2.9m : 12.5 tonnes (min jib length) @5.3m : 7 tonnes @ 7.7m : 4.8 tonnes (max jib length)

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:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: Easy.........you use a scriber or other pointed instrument to locate the hole again

I noted it was shouldered on the back so was probably made to pull in tight to the hub to do away with the need for a gasket......as it was only a temporary fitment.

Cheers Mike, I guess that it is for an Antar,

I will have a quick guess, might be wrong though. A blanking plate for when half shaft is removed for recovery of the vehicle :confused:

Paul, We used the SLR at that event, falling plate, Figure 11, etc. Think that was the year I also won the SMG sweepstake. My first shot was with my father's SMLE at Bisley, I would have been about 13. Good days then. I am sure someone might be able to find a couple of "tigers head" transfers.

Neils, That looks like a Ford 9N ( or 8N ) and I think it is a recent conversion. This Ford was the result of collabaration between Henry Ford and Harry Ferguson, which ended with a large legal battle, it predates the Ferguson TE-20.