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Still chipping away slowly but surely The dash board is now stripped sanded and painted, I’ve made a new pair of mirror arms using 10mm mild steel tube with pressed ends and cut new edge cover plates for the new lever gators ( pictures to follow ) There’s always something to paint!!

I know!!! 😂 I feel it’s personal now 🤪

NO!! W&P no longer respond to my emails

Would a telehandler work with slings attached to the jib top roller and winch drum? Or Hiab ?

Do you have extended forks for the fork lift? Would it be possible to support the rear body with slings from the rear and guide it on? Not sure on the counter balance 🤔

Tidy little repair 👍

I’ve been asking for a 2020 dated copy of there terms and conditions but surprise surprise there’s still been no reply!!

W&P are still adamant that there not doing refunds, I deferred my 2020 tickets but like so many others I wasn’t given a choice to defer or refund the 2021 tickets, unfortunately I can’t attend the dates set this year but at least I did get a reply from W&P !! after 20 emails 🤬 Unfortunately there are no refunds as the show is going ahead this year.Sorry about your situation but we are honouring your ticket as it wasdeferred and not refunded in the 12 weeks we gave to apply in 2020.Kind RegardsJane MorganAccounts DepartmentFRL Media groupBritish Shooting ShowWar and Peace revivalMagazine & Media network

I feel your pain with these type of repairs 🤨😁

Thanks for the heads up, I’ll have a look.

Hi everyone I am looking for 2 x 11.00 / 20 bar grip tyres in good road worthy condition, please PM me if you can help, I am located in Surrey. Thanks in advance

Small amount of progress on the wot6, all the brakes have now been freed, cleaned and adjusted, brake pedal feels good and so does the handbrake, all the levels have now been checked and I think all the grease nipples have been found 🎉 Today I decided to work on the transfer box problem, I removed the lever and it’s clear that it’s been cut. I found a suitable piece of steel which I cut and doubled up to match the thickness, worked out the angle and length going on Tom’s measurements and bolted it in position as a trial. I then straightened the rod and fitted it check how much it needed to be shortened. The rod it quite thick and needed and inch section cut out before being welded back together. Once the adjustments had been made and everything worked I welded the new bracket in place. Had to loose one of the bell housing bolts and grind a bit off the conversion plate. Thankfully I now have 2WD and 4WD. Just I was starting to make progress, squatters moved in !! and made the rear chassis leg there home 🙄 Almost forgot, I am looking for 2 x 11.00 / 20 bar grip tyres, I had a very disappointing 120 mile round trip this morning to a dealer in Essex who had advertised good condition bar grips….they weren’t 🤬

Well I am going to chance my arm and ask for a refund, AGAIN!!! having been previously told in no uncertain terms that I would not be getting any refund as the dates were only proposed dates and my consumer rights had not been breached, now W&P have confirmed the dates that I can not attend let’s see what happens next !!

Apologies for the late reply and thank you for your comments and advice. This set up is along the same lines as I was thinking, it’s not the bell housing that’s in the way it’s the conversion plate, the extended part would have to be angled at about 45 degrees to completely clear. 👍 I’ve looked at shortening the lever at the transfer box and it’s not that simple, the connecting rod passes through a crossmember and would foul if lowered, also it’s not the same set up as the transfer lever end and would take quite a bit of engineering to alter but thanks for the idea. 👍 The lever has definitely been cut off to clear the conversion plate, Tom’s pictures with the flathead V8 have a mile of clearance. I had looked at altering the travel on the lever and have slightly enlarged the opening in the cover but unfortunately there’s not enough space without it hitting the engine cover or the boxed section at the rear. 👍 Thank you Tom for the pictures and measurements, I’ve measured my lever and it’s about 25mm shorter than yours. So…it looks like the best course of action is to extend the lower part of the lever about an inch at an angle to clear the conversion plate and then I’ll have to cut down the connecting rod and re weld it as it’s already fully screwed in and straighten it to allow for the lower connection….simple 🤨🙄

Looks good, I’ve heard good reports so far.

Apologies I am a little confused, do you mean change the pivot point as pictured below??

Do you mean an extension attached to here?

I suspect your right David, it’s difficult to get a decent picture but it looks like cut marks to me, the rod is also bent up at one end which I think the previous owner has done to shorten the rod. So the question is….what now??

That’s a possibility David, I’ll take the clevis pin out tomorrow and have a better look, it is quite possible that it’s something to do with the engine conversion, there’s always a knock on affect when you convert something, the bell housing is the same as original and I know that the engine sits higher than the original V8 but the gear-lever position hasn’t been affected and you would have to drop the gearbox housing considerably if the transfer lever was longer 🤔

The rod is long enough, you can fully adjust it in and out, it’s almost like the throw on the lever is not long enough, if you set the adjustment to select 4WD then pull the lever back to engage 2 WD it won’t fully engage, so you shorten the adjustment to engage 2WD then when you move the lever back to 4WD it’s to short to engage 4WD, it’s as if the travel on the transfer lever in the cab is different to the travel on the transfer box lever, whatever the problem is I just can’t work it out ( yet ) , I don’t really need 4WD but if it’s there it would be nice if it worked.

Yes that’s something I had looked at, there are a couple of shims under the mounting bracket so it misses a bell housing bolt but it fully engages both positions on the lever Full operation IMG_5902.MOV

WHAT AM I MISSING!! So….I’ve been working my way through the running gear cleaning, checking, servicing etc and noticed that the truck wasn’t engaging 4 wheel drive, there’s only one adjustment which is on the connecting rod, the previous owner had this screwed fully in Simple I through, take the rod off, unsieze it and adjust, the manual said place transfer lever in 4 wheel drive and adjust rod, which I did and happy to say 4 WD now works……but…..now I don’t have 2WD 🤔 There is only 2 positions for the transfer lever Ok, I’ve adjusted to far, to adjust the rod you have to remove it each time and screw in or out as it can’t be adjusted in situ 🤨 I’ve removed all the linkages, cleaned and checked there working freely So basically I can only have 2WD and neutral or 4WD and neutral, it’s as if there’s not enough travel on the transfer lever, in the picture above you can see the positions on the transfer box which are located by a sprung load pin. Any ideas welcome, I’ve spend several hours and I am getting nowhere!!

Very important part of the process 😁

That is a great bit of panel work. 👍

Cold axle and now you mention it it could have been vacuum, I just remember undoing the level plug and hearing a very slight noise, I’ll pay more attention when I check the rear.