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Oh, I don't know - judging by how cold that play pen can get, maybe the odd pint or two to stop the diesel waxing up :cool2::cool2::cool2:

I tried that 4U site and same security problem. But I seem to remember being recommended that site by someone else on here a while ago now - when I emailed him then, he replied sorry but could only supply jeep plates (but they didn't half look the mutt's nuts!!). Try searching in 'ebay shops' on ebay.com (the USA site) for 'Lt.Horne' (the name of an ebay shop). This guy does a lot of US plates and I'm asking him to do some specials for me at the moment. I expect he'll need a pattern or some artwork or photo though. See chevy42's Diamond T resto blog for the quality of his work. Marcus Glenn might know where to source British plates.

There's a good cafe/restaurant at the museum, but don't be tempted by the soldier on mobile kitchen trailer duty - his stock is well past its sell-by date. Have a great trip!!

Only thing I know (from someone who got the spares for someone to whom it happened) is that the front wheel drive is held OUT of engagement by air pressure. This is fine if you need it to fail into 6x6 mode, as on a batlefield, but not too clever if you lose air pressure to this device when screaming up a motorway. You won't realise until too late, then you'll need a transfer box and maybe a front diff too. If I ran one I would definitely do a 'mod' to this feature, or at the very least a very loud buzzer!! One of these FH70s would look nice with an old Matador cab on :cool2:

Isn't that just what Lee Enfield needs for digging latrines at A&E 2010? What a shame it is post war so will not be allowed - oh well, back to the pick and shovel then :sweat:

Here's one of a variant I'm not yet convinced actually existed. Unfortunately the text cannot be read. :confused:

Will, I believe they were not too successful in trucks due to inadequate cooling capacity - in construction equipment with bigger radiators they would go a good 15,000 hours without being touched at all (V555).

Aha, that's quite neat, and of course saves block/head corrosion problems too. Thanks. We learn as we go!

Oh, so not sea water cooled then.....:confused: Is it normal for marine engines this size to be sealed coolant system CW?

:argh: At least I'm pleased it has gone to a good home where it will be useful, and not sitting high on a shelf in someone's collection never to be stained again with oil!! I'm a bit concerned about too much oil pressure at the moment - like 100psi end of gauge :confused: so I am not running it at high revs or for too long in case there is an oil gallery blocked (it is on periodic run-up to keep the oil sploshing around until Mountaineer can be restored).

That's right - here is one of them. If you have any others going spare let me know!

Not me, Adrian. I'd need a lot of Studebaker parts - all I have is an old logbook! I was there fondling a couple of fire extinguishers early on. You would have noticed....

Parry davis is going to try to borrow one to copy for me, in return I'm lending him a parts catalogue for their records. They are quite cheap in CD form, and even cheaper if you are a Register member. I suggest you contact him if you want one too, Nick - but it might cost you membership of the Scammell Register :cool2:

abn, what you need to do is persuade one of the skilled photographers in the upcoming Overloon raiding party to take some proper shots of the workshop dioramas in the museum there. I took some but they are useless - the vehicles are set up as night-time scenes with low level interior lighting so you need a 'proper' camera with decent flash. The dioramas are something else however with great attention to interior detail - and you can get 'up close'!!

Thanks Mike, I'll get in touch with him.

Thinking of which, I've been trying to get a Meadows diesel workshop manual - missed one on ebay last year. Does anyone have one spare to sell? If so I would be quite happy to get some copies professionally done and ring bound, for anyone who needs one. This would be at cost - but the more copies done the cheaper it is. I usually find they run out at £15 to £30 depending on the number (if any) of large pull-out diagrams. Alternatively is there anyone who would be prepared to lend one for this purpose? If there is one available, I'm quite happy to keep a copy, not the original, but I don't mind organising the copying. How many would be interested in a copy? I have old and later style parts books (Meadows didn't waste money on publications - they look like poorly carbon copied typed lists inside very nicely printed card covers!!!).

Nick, they use engine oil. Some installations use a circulation system plumbed into the engine oil pressure line and drain, but this one will have its own sumps. Hopefully someone here will have a Meadows engine manual with the right CAV information, but the drain plugs should be underneath or to the side right at the base, athough there is a big mounting plate under the pump section....

Here's a nice one going through the wheel wash on departure from Rougham last year. I turned up at 1pm as this was (one of the last vehicles still there) was leaving. What a lot of heartache for the organisers........

It wouldn't be too difficult to convert the tanker pump to SUCK - so emptying might not be such a problem :idea:

Oh no - more latrine duty for us then Adrian (was that you on Jaap's pitch?). No excuse - I wasn't supposed to be going, but a chance lead from Tony Corbin on fire extinguishers at 5pm yesterday lead to 2 being brought over from Belgium. So 5.45am start and in carpark by an amazing 8am. Then straight away I found 2 complete N.O.S. searchlamp assemblies for the back of the tanker - could not believe my luck! I definitely heard Catweazle at one stage, but when I spun around there was just a big cloud of black smoke. Away by 12 to beat the snow back to Norfolk. Not too clever here just now. So really sorry I missed the meet, but hope that my tale goes to show how wonderful HMVF is - by members being prepared to share a little of their knowledge, I now have 4 items that I really thought I would have to cobble together with toilet roll tubes and sticky-back plastic :tup:: So what's your excuse, Adrian? Actually, Jack told me straight NO WAY was he going to buy me a bacon butty :cry:

Well if you guys are getting away with this perhaps one of you would care to adopt this as your avatar?

W.Stevens-Stratten,in AEC Trucks in Camera, gives 340hp for the dumptruck. He seems to have access to a lot of spec sheets for AEC. Nick Baldwin in Giant Dumptrucks quotes 340bhp (up to 410bhp SAE gross) from the 17.75 litre lump. You may be interested to know Mike that this HDK4LA dumper was developed at AEC's Maudslay truck factory. 340 bhp would be about right as engines are typically downrated a little for dumptruck applications. Phew it's hot in here by the wood fire, I must take my anorak off.

I once turned up on spec to view a RAMCO tender of rolling stock - spent for ever driving around trying to find the entrance to Site D - then spent an hour in the guard house only to discover that I had to cough up £250 just to look, refundable of course on successful bid!! No thanks. The point I'm trying to make is it is an amazing infrastructure, but you get absolutely no feel for the scale of it from the ground.

Look, a 3 year error might seem trivial, but there are principles at stake here....

Rather than open a French bank account you can transfer funds instantly between banks in different different countries nowadays for a nominal charge using IBAN system(something like £20). You might just need to agree any potential arrangement with the auctioneers prior to the auction. The rub is that either way you still have to have the money somewhere :sweat: