N.O.S.

Thanks Lee, sounds like it is o.k. for a quickie job, think I'll go the "be patient" diesel route for this one.

p.s. have just ordered the Ware Red Ball book - good call!

I've got a big old engine to free up - seized through standing, probably just rust in bores.

A friend keeps telling me that the best stuff is a can of Coca Cola down each bore, swears he got this from a reliable source.

Must say I am very sceptical, mainly because it is water based.

On the other hand, considering what it does to your insides, it sounds so bizarre it might just be true. :dunno:

Is this a CURE-ALL, or a DISASTER COCKTAIL - what do you think?

New Old Stock, a term given to spare parts which are new (to the forum) but have been hanging around for a long time not doing much (definitely not.....).

Our army chucked anything over 18 years old out, a lot of which I seem to have subsequently acquired to make useful work machinery from. A bit of a hoarder I'm afraid.

It always amazes me where this stuff keeps coming from, like crated N.O.S. jimmy cab doors at W&P. Apparently there are still barns and sheds across France full up with the stuff, just forgotten.

A few years back I found a customer at work looking around my trucks, turns out he was just retired from RAF and had been out in the Falklands.

He was given the task of making secure storage for missiles and warheads, they found a remote level plateau and bulldozed the black volcanic sand up into high bund walls to create a screened compound.

He stood in the middle with his mate, admiring their work when suddenly they both disappeared into the ground. They had fallen 10 ft into a 35 ft Romney shed full up with crated WW2 M.V. spares!

It turns out the Americans used the island as a staging post for flying planes around the globe, and at the end of the war had simply bulldozed the site and totally covered the buildings.

The RAF boys found one more shed and had all the stuff 'Hercules'ed back to Lincolnshire. Wonder where it ended up?.........

Any chance of a progress report, Mark? :dunno:

There's been a real shortage of pics of mechanical gore just recently on the forum........ :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

Hey abn deuce, don't go thinking that living in Nebraska and driving a jimmy will let you off any clubhouse chores - welcome anyway. :-D

p.s. a warm welcome lozza - sorry to have hijacked your intro site with domestic wrangling, but since the clubhouse committee meetings were abandoned these things have to be sorted at any opportunity. Any progress on the QLt yet? :tongue:

Never mind how to get a jimmy into the washroom,

WHO DID THIS not 10 mins after I cleaned it this morning?

That's the last straw, I'm not doing the cleaning any more. The PW kit wasn't so bad to sweep around, but flushing unwanted WW2 stuff away is just not on.

Whoever takes over, I haven't touched the ladies loo at all, so it might be in 'a bit of a state' in there...........

Cleaning the clubhouse is a task for all new forum members

Do you think this might partially explain why new members have been reluctant to introduce themselves recently? :dunno:

P.S. I'm still stuck on washroom duty which is not exactly fair as I do have a jimmy :box:

No wories, just didn't want you to do what I usually do, i.e. the most complicated thing, only to discover it was the simplest thing which needed doing after all :schocked:

I know it's a long shot, but have you tried having the front wheels balanced yet?

:whistle: :what:

What about a TURRET LOCK to prevent rotation of turret?

Really appreciate that. I'm sorry - I did not intend for you to do a lot of work on my behalf :oops:

In fact I will do some research of my own so I can better understand the history of the allied drive into the Denmark/Norway region, the mechanisation of the Norwegian forces, and the Marshall Aid programme in particular. I'm intrigued by the "Norwegian Brigade from Scotland".....

That sounds an interesting book, perhaps that and a Norwegian/English dictionary? :rtfm:

Many thanks,

Tony

Martylee,

It would be really great if, perhaps once the winter nights draw in, one of you guys from Norway could give us a brief review of what WW2 vehicles the Norwegian army acquired, and for how long they were used.

We know that they bought GMCs by the kilometre, and had a lot of Dodges too, but I for one am surprised to see these slightly less common trucks in Norway.

It would be a very interesting story - thank you in anticipation :coffee:

Lovely find.

Even if owner is in his '80s, no doubt he gets great pleasure just from looking at it.

Despite that, please wrap in lots of brown paper and post first class to me :tongue:

Have you checked for play in the track rod pins/bushes? Don't need a lot to cause wobble trouble.

Just learned that the new water-based tyre sealers act in a similar way to the balancing medium Kewelde described.

But DO NOT USE both, or you end up with lots of hard marbles which keep rolling around after the wheel has stopped!!!

I still can't see how this method of balancing would work in all cases, but apparently it does..........

I'm told ATS promote the balancing medium.

Simon -

I've pm'd you Bernie Smith's number.

Does just what Kewelde says, and more!

A very good guy to deal with, I'm sure he could find something suitable with his contacts.

Tony

Had this with jimmy just after putting a pair of NOS Uniroyals on the front, at 35mph. I had a job to hold on!

Tyres pressures were ok so had wheels balanced - one was way, way out. They have to use the stick-on flat weights but a little drab and you don't notice it.

Instant cure :-) :-) :-)

:banana: :banana:

Or try distributing the beer cans evenly across both sides..........

Just a thought........?

Had to get very close to a truck to read 'nosey little f..... aren't you?'

Seen on the rubber mudflap of a Scammell Explorer -

For prevention, try a german pointer. They just love running up and down the workshop and yard under all the trucks etc. Result?

1) No oil drips from vehicles whatsoever :-)

2) The sofas at home are covered in oil off the dog's back :schocked:

3) The dog and I are always in trouble :shake:

4) I dare not prssure wash the sofas..... :dunno:

OK then, pressure washing it is. Try flooding areas with detergent for a few days beforehand, surprising how it eventually breaks down the oil deposits

For best results from the advice hotline, please identify type of surface, e.g.

Concrete

Gravel

Brickweave

Natural stone

Pink shag carpet :whistle:

Suggest oil might have dripped from a visiting Landrover or Range Rover?

No way could it have come from the gmc....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Just a thought on fuel lift pumps -

Had no end of trouble with a 6 valve pump, always kept a repair kit in stock, put loads of kits into it but fuel still leaked back (most N.O.S. kits had white oxidation on valves).

Changed to 2 valve pump - no more problems. If you do change pump, make sure you get one with a priming lever - then you won't need to keep a starter motor on the shelf either!

Saw a van covered in them in New York some years back.

One said SO MANY MICE, SO FEW CATS

Another said SO MANY CATS, SO FEW RECIPES

Can this be "militarised"? (sorry my brain has died tonight)

In my experience it's always the stuff you don't have which you need :banghead:

I got a whole load of useful stuff for mine, and must admit most of it is still on the shelf!

Must agree with LeeEnfield on ignition stuff, on the other hand if you go to 12v electronic kit....(wot? no 6v yellow sparks?).

Seriously, the one good thing about jimmies is that folk like Rex Ward can help with good stocks of parts and really prompt delivery. I do not do a great mileage with mine, so tend to replace bits during annual servicing.

Current supply problems are Hydrovacs (several different types, but not all can be repaired), exhaust manifolds which can be a pain but I believe RW was having new ones made in Germany?

Eventually spares will become difficult, but compared to some vehicles jimmies are not much bother to their owners :whistle:

It would be interesting to hear experiences of some who do high mileage in their trucks.