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Plenty of jerry cans in that last photo. :shocked: Obviously a few different colours as well.

Same crane as the Ward La France M1A1.

That was my first thought as well. Wheels look similar to the one of Tims.

Co-incidence or? One just appeared on Ebay. Needs work though. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=330278469192

I know you said it's a job and a half to test the injectors on the engine but can't you just take them to diesel specialist to be tested on a flow bench? They'll probably clean them at the same time. Not quite the same as seeing how they perform on the end of your pump put at least you'll know if they give an even delivery of fuel.

Probably enough sections to make it a worthwhile practice exercise but it's on still water not flowing, so not really representative of a river. Looks more like somer sort of publicity exercise, small crowd gathered to watch a few civilian looking cars accross. Was it something to do with celebrations at the end of the war?

Third picture down bottom leff corner, looks like a piece has been taken out in a large chip, no melting. Are you sure you've not had valve to piston contact? The chipped piece may then have migrated round and done the rest of the damage. The rest of the top of the piston doesn't look too badly overheated. The only other way that large chip could have been removed is on the last few downward strokes of the piston as it overheated due to some other cause. Looking how clean the area is at the fracture point I would expect to still see this large chip on top of the piston once stripped down. You've not mentioned seeing it anywhere so my guess is the first scenario sticky valve!

Sherman weight is given on Wiki as 30 tonnes. Minimum weight for a low loader trailer to take it would be 10 tonnes, more like 12-13 tonnes. Add a tractor unit to pull it all and your not going to be far short of 50 tonnes which I think puts your transporter in STGO Cat 2. Higher Tax lower speeds etc.

Have you already got an aircraft with a hole in it? Suppose you could suspend it from the ceiling of the spare room, if there's room in the loft.

So would the ones coming out of Witham's have been complete with a normal V5, ie already road registered? That'd be a £100 saving on the usual registration fee when presenting the cast vehicle form.

Interesting to see they have Civilian registrations rather than the usual army style, 2 digits, 2 letters, 2 digits. Anyone know the reason for this?

I notice he's got a complete field kitchen. Perhaps he's got the green goddess for when the cooking goes all wrong. :rofl:

Looks a very tidy one! Would appear to be completely kitted so plenty to play with as well. I think these motors are a bit of a bargain at the moment if you can afford the fuel. No pictures of the pump in action?

If going to a later Land Rover engine you may have to drill out the holes in the bell housing from 3/8" to 10mm. All Land Rover diesel models are fitted with heavier duty front springs to take the greater weight of these engines. If yours aren't in the best of health may be wise to change them. If your going Turbo or TDi I would certainly uprate the brakes. Going to LWB spec dual cylinder front brakes and front cylinders on the rear is the usual modification carried out by V8 converters. The stage 1 V8 brakes are even better but not for SWB use.

Good to see you're still on with it! Be good to see some more photo's as well. Are engine parts still available for the old Gardners?

The cause of my engine running problems would seem to be with the fuel supply. Running from a temporary fuel can mounted above the engine the is no problem. The primary fuel suction pump is of the gear type and easily loses it's prime. I suspect the problem is with the fuel pipe routing. The original petrol tanks is quite deep and takes its feed out of the top of the tank before dropping down to chassis rail level and through a modern filter before reaching the fuel pump. I suspect pump is struggling to syphon fuel from the tank and fuel is draining back. I intend to change the fuel pick up arrangement, possibly to feed from near the bottom of the tank and to have a non return valve at the end of the pick up pipe. All this requires removal of the tank. I'm going to take the opportunity to clean it thoroughly as well. There is a lot of water showing in the sediment bowl. Also whilst attempting to drain fuel the other week the drain was blocked with debris and required a poke with a screwdriver before spilling dirty diesel down my arm.

On to the weekend and I'm still having problems running the engine for more than a few minutes at a time. One problem entirely of my own doing was breaking the emergency fuel stop tap. Nothing like it to hand or available so a modern replacement was fitted which does the job but needs changing for something more appropriate in the future.

Bad weather during the week meant no visits up to the truck. It's currently stored outside about half an hours drive away so most work has to take place at weekend. One job I could look at during the week at home was the dynamo. I was informed by the previous owner it needed looking at! A quick test on the bench revealed no voltage produced. A quick test with the meter and no resistance between the terminals or the body. I feared the worst, burnt out or shorted windings. A bit more of a look revealed the problem as both terminals on the outer body were connect to one of the carbon brushes. No connection to the other so current was not flowing around the armature or the field coils. I took the opportunity to strip the dynamo for cleaning and painting. Found many a years worth of dead spiders in there. I cleaned up the commutator ring and the terminals to improve performance. Final photo is dynamo in place on top of the engine.

I did think whilst looking at that shot that it was quite a strain on a Myford. Suppose not too bad on the softer metals, kept annealed like you did. Got a lathe myself but only used on a few jobs on the 101 and Ward so far but invaluable when you need it. Haven't tried metal spinning YET!

Don't think the CPC applies or is needed unless you are using the vehicle for business use. If it's purely carrying your own goods, like your own Land Rover, there's no requirement for that part.

Crikey. :shocked: Didn't think they went that fast. Thought fifty was about tops. Should have had the sirens and lights on going at that speed, clear a bit of the traffic :whistle: No wonder the old girl wanted a rest every now and again.

Use the select tool in Acrobat reader. Right click and "copy" Open Paint and Paste the image in. "Save as" a jpeg file.

I've not ruled it out yet. Waiting on my fabricator friend to give a me a guide price on repairing mine to see which would be most economically viable. He's a bit busy building an extension to his workshop at the moment.

Perhaps the tow hitches protruding present a risk of damage if there's any movement whilst aboard the ship. The first Antar on the right seems to show more marking to the front bumper, not just were the hitch has been removed. The whole item looks a little second hand unless it's a trick of the light or discoloration of the photograph.

Thought the cooling water came in from the sea? Or have I misunderstood? Is it simply captive cooling water cooled by heat exchanger to sea water instead of a radiator. Is the head serviceable with a regrind of valve seats? Hope it all works out and you find the root cause of the problems. Nothing worse than not finding the cause of a fault when you've stripped things down.