Richard Farrant

Could see Dale Johnson driving his DUKW, picture is not really sharp enough to identify many people, but did see Phil Bashall standing in the back of another DUKW, possibly Richard Beddall's ? I can see why Artist Rifles is so keen to have a DUKW........they seem to attract the crumpet :-D

To add to Clive's good comprehensive explanation, I have also seen the 5 wires going to the sender, missplaced, although it should not happen, somebody might have got it wrong, so worth checking. Not all the wires, I might add, but a couple transposed.

Will it have the saga of the Africa trip in it? Will have to get a copy, because I feel we might never hear how it all finished up. :-D

Steve, I have used Morris's Superblend Zero 2000 lead replacement additive for many years, using it in my Bedford and supplying to many other people for their MV's and classic fire engines. It was the best performing lead replacement additive in the tests conducted at MIRA.

:rofl: Did not notice that, not the best of photos I suppose. The pagoda is part of the Chinese Gardens, in Darling Harbour, Sydney, where the event started. If that is a cherry picker, it might be attached to the truck on the left :-D

CW, Thought it was one that I had come across before, but on finding the photo, it is a different one, but also from Australia. This one was prepared by members of the Royal Australian Navy to take part in the 1992 Variety Club Redex Bash ( we were out there with the REME entry, long story might tell it one day ). It was built on a Maple Leaf Chev truck chassis. I had a look inside it and the "cockpit" was not at all impressive, from memory, the dash was a bit of board to the right of the steering wheel, with just the normal basic guages. As our route took us over some very rough territory, from Sydney, through the Outback to Alice Springs then Ayers Rock, I am not surprised that they were last home every night :-D

:idea::idea::idea: had a great idea........sell the boat and buy an Oshkosh :-D

Errrr..........:confused: if it makes you feel happier what I meant was that a turbo creates a restriction in order for it to perform its duty :n00b: :-D

The turbo is a restriction in itself, it will create a certain amount of backpressure.

I can think of one "vehicle", not military, which was built from new with a long straight pipe and no silencer. Engine was a 4 litre Austin straight six petrol / TVO and sounded superb on load. A straight pipe of certain diameter and length might well give enough back pressure, all dependant on the engine as well of course.

Adam, I think that is more to do with high perfomance engines. In our subject, ie military vehicles, I can think of different applications using the same engine but having exhaust systems of vastly differing lengths. Of course the silencer can be "adjusted" to compensate for a longer or shorter pipe length.

Chris, They do state that it will seal cracks and leaking core plugs, as well as rads. The company is down your way, at Plumpton, website is www.kalimex.co.uk

Hi Stuart, Cooling system sealers have come along way, modern ones do not solidify in the radiator core, like the old Barseal "dog turd". Those things were a curse where someone had a persistant leak and they kept adding another one to the rad. One I use now is K-Seal, which has ceramic micro fibres and copper in a solution and will only seal where it finds a leak.

Rick, I recollect that RV is Receipt Voucher, this is where the vehicle is recieved from the manufacturer, ASC, refers to the RAOC Vehicle Depot which it was delivered to, in this case, Ashchurch, near Tewkesbury, Glos.

could be cockroaches, they look big :-D

Getting the picture now, OK. Is there a separate diesel tank for each engine? If there is, then I can see why one engine might suffer, but you have a history of problems with that engine and that seems to rule out contaminated fuel, as you would have suffered on the other engine by now. What about a cracked head, possibly in the inlet tract of the troublesome cylinder, that might account for the recent damage. Why not pressure test the cooling system on that engine? This would give a whitish smoke, but mixed with the normal black, could turn out grey :confused:

Would you listen if I told you ? :-D Too much fuel, or air/fuel ratio not correct. What is the intake like, no chance of a collapsed hose for instance? (seen this on an AEC 760, the interior of the hose was being sucked in). Go with what you said earlier about boost control adjustments......too much fiddling :nono: :-D

Andy's just noticed all the dead flies in his bread :rofl:

Maurice, I wholly agree with you and that is how I restore them. OK they look a bit too fresh, when first completed, but after use, everything tones down and paint gets rubbed in the normal places, etc and they then get the in service look.

Vince, The protective coating, tape or otherwise is to stop corrosion. If any rust spots develope, it often results in a fracture at this point. As you found, water can accumulate in the torsion bar housings, same with FV430 series.

Mike, I think all this trouble would have given me the sh*ts too, best of luck, hope to see you back on the road this Summer.

Clive, I think you are right here, that NSN was for the trailer modified to carry the two Onan 3.5 Kva gen sets. There were silencers mounted on the outside with heatshields, ex. pipes running through holes in the side. Securing frames and jerrican holders fitted to the floor.....and as already been mentioned, a low canopy frame. A lot of these were towed by Austin K9 radio trucks, when the K9 was finally taken out of service, their bodies were mounted on Bedford RL flats, with a special mounting frame for the Onans as well.

Steve, Even new plugs fail, quite often at that. When I was an agricultural engineer in the Sixties, we still did quite a few petrol paraffin tractors and combine harvesters. When drawing new plugs from the stores, before travelling out to the farms, we would test them on the test rig ( either Champion or AC tester), it allowed the plug to spark and as the pressure was raised to simulate the cylinder pressure, you checked to see if the plug was breaking down. It was not at all unusual to have (Champion!) plugs out of the packet, failing. So it is worth swapping plugs if you have any spares. Also, just had a thought, perhaps the plug grade is not quite right. A problem with 18mm, as there is not a large range available in this size anymore. Did you select C5 as being nearest to correct, or is it the only one in that reach that was available? The grades run from hot to cold and have a huge influence on running.

Are they stowage for canopy frame hoops? I have been looking at photos of Albion short wheelbase cargo and 3-way tipper, the tippers do not appear to have been fitted with canopies ( some military tippers were, the Bedford RS was one). Could be a swb cargo, as the swb Militant cargo looks to have something similar. The lwb Militant has brackets on front of the body. Perhaps it was a way to get a swb as short as possible and conserve space?

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