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How about:

I cannot find a recent post - maybe around 19th, 20th September - concerning a newly published book picturing American and British MVs in non military use after the war. Having just received a copy and digested it, I was going to post a review. Is it me or is it someone else who is one book short of a library?

No. Manual ones. And never mind any improved economy, the reduction in transmission noise alone was enough!!!

Having had Hilux 4x4 pickups as my main transport for 7 years I'm so glad they were both fitted with freewheel hubs! The difference in performance was very noticeable.

That's a great R3, and quite a coincidence, as I had my newly acquired Clarkat Tug at the latest Goodwood Revival - and just look who tried to run off with it.......:shocked:

Not that there can be anyone more important than your wife, husband, dog or kids I know - but have you ever had a famous or well-known person in your MV? :coffee:

I did quite a few sorties one year in the Mendips - the first ones with just acetelyne lamps - not sure I ever really enjoyed it, but it didn't half make the beer by the open fire afterwards taste so much better! Never liked the way they made me hide the Landrover keys in the bumper - just in case I didn't make it out....

"Dave!" "What?" "Chuck us up that 24mm spanner I just dropped, will you?" "£$%^&*+"

They simply disconnect the drive shafts from the hubs so that in rear wheel drive and with hubs disengeged (unlocked), the wheels do not turn the drive shaft, differential or propshaft from transfer box. Significantly less drag. To use 4 wheel drive, you need to turn them to locked position. If you forget, it will not do any harm but the front wheels will not be driven. VERY IMPORTANT - always make sure they are both locked IN or both locked OUT!!!

Are you begining to wish you hadn't asked? :cool2:

Isn't that always the way with caffeine boosters? Isn't it better to just keep plodding along at a sustainable pace?

What a babe magnet - you're forgiven.

OK I'll be the Devil's advocate here - With tractors, plant and slow moving vehicles it is common practice to repair and even adapt new wheels by cutting out and repairing or welding in new discs. But would you do this on a car wheel? Mmmm. I'd be inclined to regard a jeep wheel as more like a car wheel - quality steel to give strength with a very thin section. If repaired this could compromise strength with unknown consequences.

Oh no, Richard, I believe you, I was just making the point that I might have had a job to believe it from anyone else :-D

What's wrong with a good old grader then?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Now if anyone but you had come up with such an answer, I'm not so sure I would have believed them!! No wonder I couldn't guess what it was. Thanks.

Thanks for the link. Looking through it, this one has me completely beat - what on earth is it?

What you get if you a cross a Chevy 1 1/2T, a Jeep, and a Jerrycan? (No offence intended :-) )

Thanks guys. I've now found the loch Wellington on the Brooklands website - had no idea there was so much to see there. http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/vickers-290-wellington-1a-n2980-1939/

Would that be the Wellington which was lifted from a (loch?) some years back? If so a heck of a lot of work has gone into it already!!

What a fantastic photo, Andy! Has the dog been on the beer by any chance?

Could any Studebaker experts out there advise on the similarity/difference between GMC and Studebaker gearboxes, please?

Sadly not (though I have only limited knowledge of new boxes) - gearboxes are now often designed so that by having two actuator rods coming out of the box the strange wobbly linkage can be simplified somewhat :cool2: To be honest the number of trucks with suitable stick shift boxes still coming into breakers are getting very few in number.

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Just thinking out loud here (just trying to get a ballpark figure) - DT981 at 3 mpg and 20 mph gives fuel consumptiuon of 6.7 gallons per hour A 10 litre excavator engine working 10 hour day using 60 gallons uses 6 gallons per hour So, allowing 12 gallons per hour peak flow, you'd need a flowrate of about one gallon every 5 minutes, or 1.6 pints per minute. Seems quite achievable with a 10mm pipe to me, especially when pumped through. I wonder how this compares to the actual max. fuel consumption rate of the 680? Over to our resident expert for a lecture in laminar flow in pipes:coffee: