Simon Daymond

Nick, can't you get Steve to lean on the front, that should lower it enough

Hi John,

welcome to the forums, plenty for you to read over the winter months

very nice

this would be the one ?

so near yet so far, thought it might have been a picture of mine? 36 BM 01, don't suppose you have any more?

that news took a long time to reach you! It was 3years ago! We were collecting for the Poppy Appeal, and the Militant had flat batteries at the ed of the day. So we had to squeeze a Ferret alongside, whilst filling the local freezer shop with fumes, and use the 'inter vehicle jump lead'. That was when the batteries were too big for the militant, they were ok when fully charged, but if they were flattened, the militant took a long time to charge them back up, so I put a pair of smaller ones one, and the problem went away.

looking good Rob. You'll have Mike pinching it for the salute in September now

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aec-militant-recovery-truck-/271026645466?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f1a7269da

looks like another one is going suffer the fate of clean scrap x 10 ton. Thought the saga of this one was over for a bit, but looks like it might become the militant version of that bloody ferret that's always up for sale

I like the new wheel arches, is that somewhere to lay the picnic out between fire missions?

A compulsory driving test every five years would be a lot more helpful!

 

Andy

hear hear!

and just to add to that, yes there is the facility to counter-rotate the wheels on the same axle, but what many overlook is the fact that both axles are connected and militants don't have diff locks, so unless you have a double rolling road or remove the prop etc, all that will happen is that the militant will try to drive itself out of the rollers

Glad you got Vosa to amend the regs for the militant, with a bit of luck that info will now be on file, and others in the same boat should be able to get future testers to refer to it, if the problem arises again.

if we have a technical question, we ring Vosa, then ask to be put through to the 'Technical advisor' at our local testing station. In our case it's Rothwell, Leeds. (He is the chap you might see wandering around the Test Station in a white coat, hence sometimes refered to as the 'White Coat Man')

glad to hear you got it through an MOT again Jules! What did they do for a brake test?

Was this another that was for sale a while ago on Ebay? Looks nice and tidy

Most likely Mk1's, you gave it away when you said no power steering!

wasn't the Militant the one on ebay recently?

You want something a bit harsher than a good polish, so best use a rubbing compound such as Farecla, if you think it's too harsh, make a mix up with some turtle wax. Don't use T-Cut it contains ammonia (or did the last time I used it) which will take a small amount of paint off. There are diferent grades of Farecla, we use G6 which is quite harsh, but G3 is kinder. Best to ask at a car paint retailer when you buy it.

There is a prduct available called 'Restore' it has a mix of compound and Canuba wax which is bought by people who trade cars etc.

nicely done. Only criticism, couldn't you have run the camera 'man' over at some point, he was getting on my t*ts! Was he filming from inside a tent or something?

Was that a Scammell driver singing at 9.44?

Only kidding well done

as Fred would say.. 'Did you like that?'

saw the late Fred Dibnah visit this firm whilst watching telly yesterday:

http://www.smithbullough.com/products.html

don't know anything about them or whether they'd welcome small orders, but worth knowing

I don't know if it's relevant... some of the headlights we buy for coaches can be set for either driving on the right or the left. The headlights can be set at the back by slackening screws and moving the reflector to either L or R. Don't know if this is the same with your RB, but take one off and have a look.

re gunge: I think it's going to be quicker to clean the system again, it's probably a bit more that's worked loose. Going to order some biocide this week. What filter did you use, and do you have a part number?

I put the 5.5 back on the wagon to test it under real load, and on hills etc it lacks power, it feels as though someone is knocking the accelerator back sharply, then slamming it back down, almost as though I'd filled up with kangaroo fuel.

after all those pictures, I've only just noticed the vice on the bumper, what's that for ? - a cup holder?

BTW you think you got it bad, my fuel system is still knackered, thought I'd cracked it as well

nice pics, that's another one saved

Hello Peter,

welcome to the forums.

did the horn pushes come apart easily? Mine is not right, sometimes it works, sometimes not, I think it's due to some bad contacts inside? Didn't want to strip it and end up with bits everywhere?