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I don't believe it..... -

Looks like Rugged Robin has finally found fame in the anals of the Daily Mail and other publications - just heard he's even making automotive waves in Nigeria!. It can only be a matter of time before GQ does a centrefold spread on him (i.e. Rugged, not Bernard - stay in the real world please :-D). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156474/Reliant-Robin-owner-fed-Jeremy-Clarkson-declares-war-armed-tank-version-wheeler.html http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/news/%E2%80%98take-that-jeremy-clarkson-%E2%80%99-grandfather-turns-three-wheel-reliant-robin-into-tank.html

Oh for goodness sake - will someone PLEASE get the answer to this one, and fast - I'm running out of strong black coffee. There must be plenty of others like me who have not got a clue what it does, but who are being driven totally crazy by the interminable delay in the solution being revealed :nut::nut::nut:

They were young!! I can understand why they might want to double-check their work, but I'm sure the chief training officer of their apprenticeship training school remains confident :-D A comment on the back of the cracked block saga - it strikes me that there is a point at which technical solutions may fall just short of the 'art of engineering' as may be practised by your old friend and indeed yourselves at times? Some may say there is no place for 'art' in a scientific craft such as engineering, but I think this tale is beginning to demonstrate otherwise.

It isn't too bad - rubber 2/3rds worn and ideally could do with the pins being replaced. The sprockets are badly worn though. What?

Got time to quickly elaborate on the reason for this please? I can't find anything in the threads. Thanks.

Does it by any chance come from this manual, Clive?

I'm not going to make any comments about the length of that list :shocked: other than to say item 35 - well plenty of us have one of them. Oh hang on, I thought it said Man's truck (GMC 6x6 :angel:), but you mean M.A.N. .....:blush:

He regards my MV antics with tolerance and mild amusement, so I don't rib him too much about the fact that his car registration is his call sign :-D

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Thought I'd get in before Jack posts something on it :-D http://xp-82twinmustangproject.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/may-newsletter.html

17th June MV day? Now that's an idea

Almost, but not quite. About 7 pages further on on that 'quite amazing' :thumbsup: set of photos on the link you posted there are better views of the trailer front right side.

Hi Paul, there's quite a lot of interest in the little machines here - you're welcome to join the HMVF Tug group, we are currently restoring this vintage Barclay airfield tug :cheesy: [ATTACH=CONFIG]62485[/ATTACH]

Just seen this thread - wow. I don't know if it is an inspiration for someone like myself, dabbling my feet back into the modelling pool after a lifetime away with only memories of Airfix kits, or a disincentive in that it seems like a standard which must surely be unattainable. I think I should regard it as the standard to aim for, with the proviso that if I make it even 1/4 way to the target I'll be well chuffed. (If I could see evidence of just one partial gluey fingerprint I'd be a bit more optimistic )

EVEN IF....? Well I don't know about anyone else, but up until about 10 years ago I was lucky enough to be able to give the GMC a ride out 2 maybe 3 times a week when the weather was dry . The last 10 years or so however she may sit for months at a time patiently waiting :embarrassed: So yes, I'd say it was more than a fair chance the fuel in the carb has evaporated. And if the battery isn't fully up (or even if it is) then it doesn't come as any surprise that by the time the fuel is up the spark is not the best of sparks it could be. :red: Hence the priming lever on the pump. And the trickle charger (which I keep forgetting to put on for some reason). And the reason why some folk trickle a little gas in via the wing nut. Mind you, that electric pump is beginning to sound a .....:goodidea:

Are you suggesting I have a passing resemblence to Ogri from those old Bike Magazine cartoons? Been playing around with any sheet metal recently to make it resemble a toolbox? :whistle:

http://www.norbsa02.freeuk.com/goffyleds.htm will probably fit the bill. Wonder if he'd do some specials....

And a N.O.S.crated Higgins boat engine and gearbox on Milweb!! http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=62347&cat=38

Looks like a typical earth mover rim.

I've got a great idea for a TV show - two teams compete to build a vehicle from replacement non-original parts: One team attempts a Landrover from Britpart parts, the other attempts a Willys MB from MD Juan parts.

LED fine with 12v, but very limited choice on 6v. Although there are a couple of motorcycle dealers out there who can supply 6v LED. You can make your own as individual LEDs are readily available from 2v upwards. While on the LED topic, did anyone get around to developing 6v LED clusters for the standard U.S. rear light cluster? I'd certainly be interested.

Nonononono - we all know 6v sparks are yellow :-D:-D:-D Sorry, that should be yellow...... Good point about the filler cap breather - I'll have a look. That would certainly not help. But the real problem is that we don't use the vehicles on a daily basis. So the fuel in the carb evaporates, any slight issue with lift pump valve allows fuel back down the line or makes the engine oil a better consistency for starting :cool2:. Maybe the 'new age' fuel doesn't help either.

Great news for you both! Is that top an example of Dutch winter cammo pattern, complete with mountain hare?

I think Start ya B*&^%$d is certainly appropriate for diesel engines, in that - properly used - it will allow the engine to fire up much quicker thereby easing the burden of the starter motor, especially in cold weather, and do no damage in the process. I don't use SYB on the old petrol engines - Deadline is quite right in that so long as the carb has fuel in it the accelerator pump will give you an adequate blast of combustibles into the engine. But the problem comes when the electrics are working but there's nothing to set fire to :red: Gordon's trick is really neat in that as he says it gives a source of fuel for the engine to run long enough to pump fuel up. SYB would get an engine running where the electrics are a bit dodgy so cannot spark well enough when cold but once running and warm give enough to keep it running. I've had trouble with lift pump valves in repair kits in the past - wouldn't hold fuel up - so went from 6 valve to 2 valve pumps which pretty much got around that problem. But now under heavy load I've been experiencing trouble with fuel starvation. Certainly an electric pump would cure that, maybe the pump is not working quite 100% but I guess there was a reason for going from 2 valve to 6 valve pumps. Anyway - back to slow cranking. The norm, it seems - anything faster is probably just excessive maintenance or a new starter :-D