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Nothing military here (well apart from the language….): https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KBxSntGGm8U?rel=0

Finding the cause - another thing to check (if you can get a bar on the front of the crank) is if the engine turns freely when hot (it may tighten up when stopped hot). Try it when cold first to get a feel for how it turns then try when you get trouble whilst hot.

Well at least you can tilt the cab!

Ed - the float degradation might be due to the former owner running on a dodgy supply of AVGAS…...:whistle: Tony

Missed that vital clue, Bernard! They'd have had no need for those 3 trucks if Rugged had been there - a couple of big Russians in the back for grip and Pobept's your uncle!

The Renault was inevitable (pulling on one chassis rail), but what caused the synchronous parting of the front tipper's tow hook and the front crossmember of the KRAZ? Can't see how the two (Renault/KRAZ and KRAZ/tipper) are related……. edit: unless the parting of the Renault caused the front rope to momentarily go slack and then snap tight - but I cannot see this effect on the video.

It is difficult to see from the photograph if the shape is a function of design or wear, but I'm wondering if it was a plain spherical thrust bearing. Maybe there never were any balls/rollers in it - I don't think ball/roller bearing design had progressed that far at the time the machine was built. For the slow speeds involved in that era it would not be a big task to replace the thrust cap fairly regularly to take up the inevitable wear. edit: Ah! I can now see what might be a ball track on the inside (flat) face of the bearing half. So was this was a ball thrust bearing with convex outer faces so it would be self-aligning? But why would it need such movement?

Other than a mention of the difficulties of preserving paintings on brickwork, the article does not make it very clear if this is primarily a 'recording for posterity' project - or if the future of this wonderful artwork is to be ensured by the work of the Eighth In The East project. I suspect the former, and given that these examples are on private property I guess the task of ensuring their preservation will not be easy. I hope they succeed in doing both.

You're welcome! To me it is just a shovel, but you have to give credit to the few folk out there who have researched and gained an amazing knowledge of such modest equipment! A bit like the complexities of the humble Jerrycan which most of us take for granted. In the UK it is not uncommon to refer to a hand shovel as a 1RB - in the USA the equivalent would be a Bucyrus-Erie 1.

Joe - I guessed and googled 'U.S. Engineers Dept'. and 'U.S.E.D.' which led to: http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=58974&sid=41f65ef6405a9610516adb4a8d040547 Although the evidence claimed to exist in the the 1917, 1934 and 1940 specs for shovels to be stamped USED is not replicated in that thread, this does seem to give the answer. The photos of shovels show a dot after the letters i.e. U.S.E.D. Just possible this is a very early shovel since it is claimed USED to be marked on manufacture between 1917 and 1934 with some possible uncertainty of marking requirement after that date. Tony

If I photocopy my Certificate of Incompetence and send to you, you can put your own name on it. I find that once beyond full lock they become much more compliant and behave just like a single axle trailer :whistle:

The scale of the operation, although much reduced, is still impressive. I had a good look around back in November - sadly Ryanair's strict baggage allowance precluded any purchases :cry:

Och - I ken I knoo…………..

Of course - Michelotti cab and matching brake drums :-D

If by any chance (like Scammell Constructors) they are 7/8 BSF then you should be able to get them from your local HGV and trailer parts factor as there are still quite a few artic trailers running around on BSF studded axles. Worked for me anyway.

It seems like this plane is in great shape - or they would not have acquired it for conversion. Story broke in Sep 2013 - this is now cutting it fine for saving the Belle. Where's Richard Branson when you need him? Jack - invite him round for tea NOW!

Sunday was good too, here are some folk getting to grips with Dodge technicals, seemingly oblivious to the Lancaster cruising overhead :-D

Aha, that would explain the cotton reel type lugs - spigots for a flexible drive coupling maybe.

:rofl::rofl::rofl: I think Degsy may have overdosed on the positive attitude medication - but this side effect is surely a good sign :thumbsup:

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In which case don't worry about the engine numbers - I was going to check on a surplus engine I have but you're well set up.

Let us have the Dorman model number and drive layout at flywheel end - you never know…….

Indeed. Those high cube rigs (any relation??) you see run on smaller diameter wheels to reduce height. So they have a much lower ratio (= much faster) diff to compensate for wheel size and give comparable speed. So if one were to order a tractor unit with low ratio diff but with standard size wheels - one might be able to do well over 70mph…….:cool2:

Certainly points to a head gasket or cracked head. If there is an oil cooler (oil/water heat exchanger), a problem here would be evident in the water or sump oil pretty quickly. Big diesels can cope with a fair bit of water in the combustion chamber and chuck it out the exhaust without giving much sign of trouble (depending of course on where the failure point is), although a white exhaust is an obvious pointer to water. Could the water system be pressuring with hot gases? have you tried running without the rad cap on to see if water is being pressurised? Are the cylinder liners wet or dry type? But again a perforated liner usually causes obvious contamination in either water or sump oil.

Could well be, Degsy. I know very little about the history out there. Just found another photo of tanks (different spot) with this caption (the associated plane and helicopter wreck pictures would make sense in this context too): A line of Egyptian tanks lays abandoned after Israel overtook them in the Mitla Pass, Sinai Peninsula, June 1967. After Egypt blocked the strategic Straits of Tiran and expelled U.N. forces from the Sinai Desert, Israel launched pre-emptive strikes on June 5, 1967, against Egyptian and Syrian air forces, destroying them on the ground. In six days of one-sided battles, Israeli forces captured the West Bank, Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and Sinai from Jordan, Syria and Egypt.