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  1. Stormin
    May be a few vehicles there with the necessary kit and capability to tow a tank but if it's on the road who has the correct HGV licence? I believe if you are running on a car licence and driving a pre 1960 commercial, affecting any recovery on the road is a no no. Think Heliops and Too Tall Mike both qualify with HGV licences but I'm sure they'll confirm.
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    Welcome to the forum. Particularly like the last pic. Above, Dovestones I assume with Indian's Head in the background.
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    Surely that was in reference to steam engines though
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    Newark, Northern??? Midlands surely!
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    Anyone going? It was on my list of to-visit events last year but was reportedly a wash out from the Saturday so didn't go. May try and visit Sunday or Monday weather depending. Not looking good at the moment, heavy rain again, so any reports of ground conditions for tomorrow would be appreciated. Also be interesting to know if there's a good attendance of vehicles or if people have been put off the site after last year.
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    I see there's another sale later in the year for a disposal of Peter Boys' military surplus collection, spares and what not as opposed to the vehicles in this June sale.
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    Still not recieved an auction catalogue yet :-(
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    Should be just about O.K. most plant trailers will come in at just under 1000kg on their own. So assuming you haven't got too many spares on the carrier and trailer it should be just under 3500kg gross. Not sure many vans will legally tow 3500kg usually requires a 4x4 and not many of them are upto the full 3500kg. Land Rovers and Toerags being the exception.
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    Got to be tyres! The ultimate wear item and hard to get hold of original patterns. I'd like some 9.00x16 Bar grips for my 101 and ideally a set of 11.00x20 bargrips for the Ward. I find it hard to believe that a tyre mold is £20,000. I know of someone in the off-road racing game who a few years ago made up a mold for the maxi-cross type tyre and it was no-where near that sort of money. I think the real problem is getting them approved for road use. Most metal parts I can either re-make or know a man who can.
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    I'd have said they were more attractive with the old K60 you can run on anything, free mixed fuel from garages. Running one on straight diesel is a bit pricey.
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    Available on Amazon for a price! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Breakdown-History-Recovery-Vehicles-British/dp/0112904564/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274514721&sr=8-3
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    I'm fairly certain brake chamber diaphragms are the same as Ward La France ones and available from Army cars in Netherlands for around £15 each. Carefully check the condition of the tops of the chambers as well whilst you've got them stripped down. Some of mine were badly pitted. Some of my spares were rusted through.
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    Hard to believe there's only Five left of twenty thousand built! I suppose it's use outside the military is fairly limited but sure it would've made a good ferry for small river crossings. That Detroit engine sounded fantastic. 250bhp would be welcome in my Ward LaFrance
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    Great programme! Not much focus on vehicles but still kept me watching. The infighting was both funny and sad at the same time. What a pity that when we visit we won't come across Errol the real character in the canteen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00scr08/Behind_the_Scenes_at_the_Museum_Commercial_Vehicle_Museum/
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    :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: 15mm copper pipe? Surely you'll be getting imperial pipe and not metric!
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    How about mounting the intercooler horizontally above the engine? Subject to space of course. My Cummins has lots of clearance between rocker cover and bonnet. Not commonly seen, in fact the only vehicle I can think of with that arrangement is the Mitsubishi Shogun / L200. A horizontal intercooler is more efficient than vertical when standing or only moving slowly.
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    Please don't make this conversion look too simple or I may not be able to resist doing the same myself!
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    Plenty of Coffee must have been drunk over the course of your restorations :coffee: Has this restoration gathered pace now that the engine start is nearing? Second Abn Deuce's comment on the fine machining. I've seen many a contraption been devised for ball turning on the lathe but never come across the spherical turning method you use on the mill, seems far more elegant and uses reasonably common tooling.
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    I've not heard from them from about six months back when I enquired about some more brake bits for the Ward.
  20. Stormin
    Oops! It's the ordinary track rod ends Part No's 599488 and 599489 Left and Right hand threads that the club listed at £15.16. They didn't list the specially extended ones with the bend. They do list a track rod end repair kit though which I believe is to suit these parts. The ball and seat can be removed from the end by removing the Circlip on the top, similiar to Range Rover drop arm ball joints.
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    Just checked a back issue of Six stud and they were listed at £15.16 in 2008. Worth the cost of joining the 101 club just for the saving on that part alone. http://www.101club.org/
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    Are you a member of the 101 club? I think it's the only likelihood of getting the part at a reasonable price. I think they were listed at over £100 from Land Rover dealers when I last enquired and that was for a plain one without the damper bracket. The asterisk means they're a unique part to Land Rover 101's. What makes them even more unique is the bend in them just beyond the threaded section.
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    Hope this helps:-
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    Superb finish on that flange! An excellent bit of machining there. Glad to see you are not rushing things now it's getting nearer to running.
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    stolly 2

    Stormin replied to paulob1's topic in British Vehicles

    Are you going to swap the tyres or run a cutter through them? Bargrips aren't renowned for their grip!
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