N.O.S.

Good photos, supertrac. I think I may have seen you guys filling a wheelbarrow at supermarche "Beke"?

Great link. The section on building new Oberursel 9cyl rotary engines (which powered the Fokker Triplane) is fascinating, particularly in demonstrating how advanced manufacturing techniques can be used to great advantage. At a recent International Machine Tool Exhibition I saw these new generation co-ordinate measuring systems, 5-axis machining centres and 'fast prototype' 3-D 'printing' machines which can produce plastic sand moulding patterns from a CAD drawing. I came away with a headache and feeling very 'old-school'. But the Oberursel article clearly demonstrates how this new technology can enable such projects not only to be contemplated in the first place, but completed in such a short time. Without it this project and many others might just be pipe dreams. Brilliant stuff.

What is the towing vehicle, and what do the safety chain mounts look like on both vehicle and trailer? As long as the breakaway chain/rope is rated comfortably higher than the mounting points, the chain/rope is not likely to fail. For example, if you take GMC 6x6 safety chain mounting eyes, I doubt they would test more than 2 tonne!!!!

Not that this will help much - here's the sign on the door:

What's all this? UPS Virus? Pathfinder Magazine delivery? Don't open it? Right, this might be shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, but I'm not taking any chances -

Here are some details of the Series 4 boom. Note the lift can also be taken from the pulley further down jib - similar length to shorter booms. It looks the same - but if so those outer side plates have been added and bits removed. WLF boom channel is 7" x 2 1/8", and spaced 8" at base, 4" at top - that should decide it one way or other! AFAIK British Army Wards supplied during WW2 were all short straight booms (Series 2) - so if it was converted by Army, where did they get this boom come from? Very strange....

Reflectors - Food for the Soul

Thanks Richard, but that seems to give exactly the same listing as 'What's New' :confused: What I was after was the line on the old 'New Posts' list which said "The following threads have not been updated/added to since your last visit but contain unread posts". Each time I logged on I used to look at threads above this line to see if I wanted to read new posts - without that I won't know where to stop looking! This still might be just a problem of me vs. technology :-D

And a well-stocked fridge?

When viewing 'What's New' it still does not (unless I've got it wrong) identify those posts which are new from last visit. This was a most useful time-saving feature. But that is a minor issue - more importantly there is no longer a free supply of chocolate biscuits in the clubhouse library. You guys had better sort that bloody quick or else :argh:

I don't know about BUG as such, but I've just worked out why it seems so different - Scribble is smaller. It used to be this size (2) which was easy to read and allowed you to drop down a size (1) when you wanted to. Also when viewing 'new posts' / 'what's new', it doesn't show unread posts 'from last visit' as before. Certainly faster though!

Err - yes, well, a little behind (self-imposed) schedule. Sadly time for recreational use of spanners in 2009 was very limited, a fair bit of it spent messing about in French scrapyards :-D Hopefully that will change. In a rare burst of tanker activity this morning I did manage to order some new Bendix brake chamber diapragms - yes, new ones. The Bendix Westinghouse drawing is dated 1921!

Lynch? Lynch? :argh::argh::argh::argh: So why couldn't you have posted that little lot BEFORE I went and filled a vehicle up with the stuff? :argh::argh::argh::argh: :n00b: :rofl:

Two suggestions (from my own experience, and relating to diesels) - 1) You never want to be able to stall the starter motor - melt-down of motor could well follow!! 2) It is not how LONG you can turn an engine over for - it is how FAST you can turn it. Turn a diesel engine quick enough you can get away with batteries of much less Ah capacity - 'cos it tends to start much quicker!! When I found a source of new affordable past sell-by date top brand batteries I went over to stonking great big things (larger than necessary for the engine) with mega-ampere-hour rating. Then, when we had to start removing batteries daily from vehicles (and the big batteries finally sulphated up through lack of regular use and poor maintenance :embarrassed: ), I splashed out on small spiral cell type Optima Red Top and Yellow Top batteries (cost of batteries vs. a few sessions with osteopath - no brainer). I discovered that whilst they may have a much lower ampere-hour rating, the juice seems to flow a lot quicker - hence the engine turns over faster and so starts if not instantly then a lot quicker. This is much more noticeable with big diesels. One example for 24v systems - 2 x car-sized Optima 12v, batteries (each 50Ah, 815CCA) might well start more large engines (10, 12, 14 litre plus) one after the other than a pair of conventional construction 622 batteries (each 130Ah, 890CCA) or even larger batteries (say 170Ah, 1000CCA). How do they do this? They don't spend anywhere near so long cranking each engine over :banana: So I'm not sure increased flow of juice can be explained by CCA - more to do with the cell construction? :confused: Have a look at the OPTIMA website and see if you can work it out. But - if you can start it on 2 x s/h conventional batteries what's the problem? I would always size up batteries for an engine by seeing what is fitted to a commercial vehicle with the same engine, as these are generally sized to give plenty of reserve. I may well go back to conventional types where continuous removal is not necessary, simply on cost grounds. Buy the best you can justify - and be happy with your choice

Extra rations for Enigma :yay: Actually my favourite is "All I'm left with now is SUPERF~#~#NGMARIO - I mean, how much fun can you have with a f~#~#ng plumber?". which was from "Hitler gets banned from Playstation something-or-other" - which has now been removed from Utube (someone posted a link on here many moons ago) which might not strictly qualify as a war movie in its own right

"Only two kinds of people are gonna stay on this beach: those that are already dead and those that are gonna die. Now get off your butts. You guys are the Fighting 29th."

If only you knew just how close you came to not getting that truck..... :sweat: Have fun with her!

Jack went to the doctor. Jack: "Doctor, one minute I think I'm a 9 x 9, the next minute I think I'm a small wall officer's. Can you pescribe something for this?" Doctor: "You need a relaxant". Jack: "Why would I need a relaxant?" Doctor: "Because, Jack - you're too tense"

Grasshopper - I think this solves the mystery of those n.o.s. sprockets at Beke's yard

I started out by asking on here if this extra form V112G was really necessary, and I am grateful to those who pointed out (and provided evidence) that it is indeed a requirement to present V112G with V11 renewal form if claiming test exemption. But there does seem to be evidence that many Post Office counter staff are not aware of this. I have tried to offer a plausible explanation for this anomoly, supported by my own experiences, which is that when they read through V11 to check what documents they must inspect, it doesn't actually state on V11 that V112G should be presented. I wish I hadn't bothered now :beatenup: From now on I will be sure to take a completed V112G with me, on the off chance that I might be asked for it :goodidea:

So it looks as if the V11 renewal form hasn't been changed. It does not state that an additional form is required, it only refers you to another form (V112/V112G). This might possibly explain why, when the post office staff I've dealt with read this application form and cannot see any requirement to submit a V112 or V112G - only 'X' the box - they are not interested in looking at one even if you insist on showing them the form!

I hear you, but the point I've been trying to make is that I cannot find anyone in the three post offices I use for tax discs who is remotely interested in looking at any form other than the V11 once they see that the exemption box has a 'X' in it. I now understand that, according to DVLA, a V112 or V112G should be submitted. I'd be really happy to oblige if only they'd let me!! I'll try again in February Am I the only one not being asked for this extra form when obtaining tax discs?

Aha, so maybe the form has only just been changed? Lee, can you confirm the wording in Section B requiring a V112G please?

I'll second that. It is worth noting that if a load is carried when operating under Private HGV tax even if only for own private use (i.e. not for hire or reward), a Goods Vehicle Test is required.

Thanks Lee. It certainly states that one of the forms must be submitted with each application for a tax disc. Which is probably why I did try (on two occasions) before giving up as the counter staff said theyt didn't want to see the form. So it looks as if we should cover ourselves by filling out a form and keeping it on file, even if the issuing Post Office might not want to see it. After all, it doesn't specify on the application form V11 that one of these forms is required. Anyone care to volunteer to notify DVLA / Post Office about this anomoly? :n00b: