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    Hang on, Latteman, 6x6 has confused you with that last pic - it is in fact a photo of an early full size version with hand operated crane, and what you see in the background is not a box but a pre-fab garage, so garage space problem solved :banana::banana::banana::banana:
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    An interesting feature - note the brackets on front dolly for horse shafts.......wouldn't want to be the horse :sweat: But I can't see any military features, Antony - normally you would expect to see army pattern lights or a coupling or something, however small, to indicate military service :confused: But that is not to say it wasn't military....
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    There was a naval high speed launch at Norwich till a year or so ago, it had a Perkins P6 with its own closed circuit cooling system - on the underside of the hull were copper cooling pipes. I was led to believe this was so the engine could be run up whilst boat was on davits, and lowered into water from moving ship for take-off at high speed :shake:
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    Another lady GMC driver enters the world! :banana:
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    Come on then, pull the tarpaulin off :-D
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    Before we get onto the trailer, Antony, you're going to have to tell us what's under the blue tarpaulin with a GMC looking body.......:cool2:
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    Those rad cap pics are going to seriously p£$$ off some US guys on g503.com who seem desperate for M1A1 caps - get ready for an avalanche of begging letters. I'm thinking about posting a template "Dear Stormin" letter on there to help them :-D:-D:-D
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    Looks like you cannot simply get a couple of later type seal housings from a scrapper, as the hub looks to be machined differently. But it ought to be possible to modify the original seal housings with a fairly simple adapter to take the later type seal, or another suitable 6.5" seal as the bearing spacer (i.e. seal path) is the same.
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    This is what a U4044T looks like.....with a 2,000 gall Heil tanker!
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    The narrower width of the second one is no problem, particularly as rubber cased outer. We often have to use thinner seals on older stuff!! Gritineye, that is one whacky seal! Can it be adapted to use a conventional shaft seal on the bearing spacer, as per the later type?
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    I have to agree with you 100% on cleaning all old grease out. With regard to the availability problem with hub seals, the seal runs on a bearing spacer and fits in a housing. Are there any seals available near to the original size which could be used if either the housing or bearing spacer were machined to suit? Looking at the Constructor parts book, it looks like the pre-8062 Explorer seal might be the same as pre-8531 Constructor seal. Early type seal (Weston) is 5.625" x 6.881" x 0.562" Late type is 6.5" x 7.506" x 5/8". Are these definitely not availble?
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    That's one heck of a termite :shake: What? Wonderful stuff on the airfield, Richard. Makes you realise how vulnerable Australia was during the war - too easy to think of it as being far enough away from any trouble.
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    Perhaps Jason is the one to ask? By the way, Runflat, nice piece of detective work! I only discovered this info at W+P and couldn't report the info as I did not have his permission to reveal their whereabouts. And last week I stood by a pile of about 100 N.O.S. 12.00 x 20 Runflats!!!! They've got a bit "dry" but the guy reckons some in the middle should be OK?
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    Hey John, just consider yourself very lucky to have some handles and cranks to remove! I spent 5 years looking for a GMC window crank!!
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    I spoke to Jason at W+P, he has yet to start on the tanker but is still keen to get it restored one day. There are a few in U.S.A. but I would imagine this must the only one left over here.
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    And conversly, Carman, it is just wonderful when (just occasionally) a vehicle which someone has restored is reunited with its original driver, or a veteran who drove the same type in service. Then the stories really do flow! It adds an extra dimension to the fascination of keeping these old vehicles alive Tony
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    :-D:-D:-D I was struggling to remember which hole we put the drag link on - the 8 wheeler box ratio was so much higher that it coped really well with the drag link on the first hole, so we moved it to the outer hole and the drag link angle was better too. I can't remember the no.turns lock to lock but it was about double that of the Mat box. The main gear housing was slightly bigger hence need to cut floorboards, but otherwise identical. What a stupid boy I was to sell it......:n00b:
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    The old Mammoth Major box sits same as Matador one - only clue is the pitman arm with two holes in it. Problem now will be finding one as all the old yards are fast disappearing.
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    Where was i today

    N.O.S. replied to a topic in Other Chatter

    And wasn't the Scammell Meadows petrol a development of the Meadows diesel, so should have a large commonality of parts
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    :rofl::rofl::rofl: Perhaps he too needs a new battery......
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    Don't know how I missed this, abn - wonderful pics, thanks for the reminder! The link to www.shorpy.com in USAAF heavyweights thread also yields some super high quality WW2 photos (look under WW2.....), some certainly contrived for publicity shots, some not.
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    An AEC 8 wheeler steering box :idea: goes straight in with just a little floor board cutting, and - even using the drag link hole furthest away from the box - gives one-handed steering and you can even turn the wheels when stationary with little effort
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    Obviously it has been meticulously restored, with a fine eye for detail, to "typical working condition" then......:-D:-D:-D
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    I'm sorry John, I've just realised i did not reply to your PM re. contact info for Lt Horne. As you can see it is proving to be a good lead - many thanks! Tony
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    And don't forget the WRAF girls who ferried new aircraft around from factories - so would need to encompass AVIATION also!
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