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Supply to a minature market , I don't think petrol will be sold at EV charging points when the hybrids are gone. It will not be like the pool arrangements to give a fair coverage - some may have to travel quite a distance. It's all relative to the £ in your pocket. The Blower Bentley man will still be around and he will fill his tank the same as always. The lower classes of petrol-head will be thanking the BB men for not dropping their interest.
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We adopted the word Petrol abt. 100 years ago , we could have used the words 'motor spirit' that was pre-dated by 'launch-spirit' . Basically it is just stuff that was first used with coal-gas to increase illumination of churches and other large buildings - then along came very primitive carburettors that did not use producer / power gasses. What goes into Petrol has changed often over the years , inc. adulteration with industrial alcohol from grain distilleries. I would suggest suitable spirits will continue to be produced as by-product but not from hydrocracked mineral oil. Probably the feedstock will be 're-formed' from natural gases ,liquified coal (pumped from underground) is a not so new buzz - then back to the Bergius catalyst process , hydrogenerated coal to make synthetic petrol or Fischer-Tropsh (processes both used WW2 for high octane aero-spirit) , of course watered down for Land Rovers & Ford Pops etc. You will be lucky if there is a single dispensing pump to the general public in every county - that's in 20 years future. DERV may be similar formed - but you would probably be forced to fumigate it with propane. It's all a subject 'they' (politicians) don't wish to be raised.
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Stirling would be ABRO , possibly the 110 were rounded up in Scotland at Stirling to examine for sound chassis (the basic requirement & they got it wrong at times). Then sent on a transporter to Hobson who AFAIK did the work ?
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With a Rover that will not start , one of the best methods to lell if fueling or ignition - pour a little neat petrol directly down the 36IV throat - if the plugs / HT are OK - it should fire, if it fires immediately but does not run with various positions of choke - then it probably lack of petrol / air mix for whatever reason.
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Thats why 'some' (living in warm climates where choke is strictly not required) , still use choke as the wet petrol on bores gives initial lubrication until the oil takes over.
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A stab in the dark - possibly a HD Wolf upgrade incorporate to Tithonus, or possibly pure Tithonus ? - I would send the photographs & query direct to Hobson Industries , they did the Tithonus contract & possibly still have parts.
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Regarding Lend Lease etc. - of course it's true that prior GB had to be bankrupted , the good British investments within U.S.A and some other countries had to be fire sold and £$ raised handed over first. US destroyers (to certain the delivery) sent to South Africa for any gold held there. Some reverse lend lease in the final calculations , Some bitter disputes - of course a few para. in a forum post are no use.
A good book to read _ US Wartime Aid to Britain 1940-1946 by Alan P. Dobson (1986) . Even the Introduction page 1 to page 13 is far too much to type up. Long time since I read it - but no mention of Churchill Tank supply from Canada.
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Roosevelt grabbed all - even Al. Cappone's armoured limo. the best in the U.S.A.
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12 hours ago, LarryH57 said:
So Ruxy and co, back to the problem. Would a hole in the exhaust pipe cause spitting and a feeling of hestitation in the engine?
And how long does E5 stay fresh?
As said - do the service checks , always change the condenser with the contact-set. A small hole in exhaust could give popping on the overrun , but other things can also do this, sometimes a slight enrichment at idle(volume screw) can clear. If it has stood a while I find the carburettor top gasket dries out and cream crackers into bits 6mmx6mm - some of the aftermarket gaskets are better than a genuine Land Rover item. Worn / stretched timing chains and exhaust valve guides worn/oval are the archilles heel. Spitting - sounds fueling problem , hesitation - more ignition . HT wires don't last for ever (don't use cheap £ ones). Ignition - I use a set (4) Laser spark plug testers , use twilight not bright sun - often you can see bad HT to a plug(s). Don';t do too much at once - it's a process of elimination. E5/E10 - I always add Wynns - there is a new E10 Protector that I intend using , just I have rater a large bulk box of earlier product(for E5) to consume first, supposedly stops valve seat recession and also a fuel stabilizer (so any lay-up) - I double dose a low tank and make certain a short run gets it all through the carb.
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Well - I have no intention of a battery electric conversion in a LWT , Propane still has possibilities but seems to have died a death (the idiots wanted a Gas Safe registration), Land Rover did a good 2.1/4 (2286cc) petrol conversion for Kalmar/Climax fork lift trucks - way back in early 1980's. I had a Landi Hartog conversion rigged up in the 1970's IIRC that originated from a Coventy Climax or Hyster FLT. I never got around to telling my Insurance Company (actually - I was employed by the same firm) that t was just a Super Ser type cylinder clamped in the tub with a ratchet strap. More advanced systems of Liquid hydrogen is a possibility when Tesco etc. give up petrol sales ?
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58 minutes ago, john1950 said:
There have been reports lately of modern cars breaking down using e10.
You can go online and enter your Reg. No. & it states if OK to use E10 , possibly car manufacturers have not done adequate research ? I suppose any claim is not financially viable by a individual in County Court. The opposition would just have excuses if not services by a franchised dealership - like you drove it too fast.
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E5 I don't think too bad , E10 - the reports coming in are contradictory IMHO. The good thing about such as a Lightweight / Rover with military underseat tanks is that it's easy to peer in and see what is happening and take out a sample. Even with leaded / unleaded you could expect to beads of water rolling around in the bottom, if it is discoloured / cloudy then with such a tank it can be easily drained with the brass plug that does not rust underneath.
I have recently been weighing in a few scrap cars , tared off = £ 180 / ton BUT any tyres left - they remove £3 per rim. I think the price of cars/mixed scrap must be at very highest ?
I have a Mk. 1 Fiat UNO that is being difficult to extract and it has been laid up exactly 20 years. So - the last two afternoons I have spent 2 hours cutting it up / unbolting bits like doors. I am about to cut through both driveshafts to get the engine/gearbox out (I will then split to get in wheelbarrow). So yesterday while axing the front out , I answered my own query - did I leave petrol in the tank ? So - I put the axe through a fuel line to the carburettor , I splashed my face with petrol , it smelt high in light ends and where it hit my face it certainly burnt - so light-ends are still spirit !
It seemed quite clear -what I collected on a jam jar. Steel tonnage is down as floor & sills quite corroded , at least that should make it easier to reduce. Engine out - son 2 & I will roll the shell over and I will fully drain the tank - what I collect will be mixed with 2-stroke oil and be consumed by my oldest Victa mower. Of course this will be real Petrol (thank you Carless Capel & Leonard for that word) - I have my doubt on the ability to power the Victa with E5/E10 ??
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It has the look of Cam Garage Equipment (Radstock). They could have made it in the distant past. I have one of their garage floor cranes/engine lifter - it's all HD if they make it. Their house colour always used to be a pale blue.
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Does AB mean the Valentine ? In any case - his present research is getting very lax.
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Actually Stobs camp should not have a apostrophe s
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It's quite large , bigger than A4 & pale blue colour (at least the set part the buyer is handed)..
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A few weeks ago within a local history book - I found a photograph of a Comet tank upside-down after going through a dry stone wall. I think it was on the final driver assessment course between Barnard Castle & the village of Copley. So at present time I am observing dry-stone walls instead of keeping by eyes on a sometimes straight , with hills and bad corners 'Coal Road' (as it's known). If ever I find the location , then I will take my 1942 ET (English Tools /now Bulldog) General Service spade and start digging - it may have continued to sink into soft earth.
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Is that possible ? , I have my doubts. Normally a 645 was handed over by auctioneers or direct sales org. When you went to a local DVLA office for first registration - it was best to photocopy prior because once hander over at counter they never gave them back. I suppose it was legal title to ownership along with sales receipt. So how you prove your Militant was not nicked from a Material Park - I don't know. However I suppose 'Registered Keeper' is more important presently , I would try a FOIR (freedom of information request) - however I doubt if the MOD retained their copy for more than 10 years (I think this would be the legal limitation period).
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4 hours ago, Matt W said:
You've found the missing evidence! It's all true then, I'm going to get my spade!!!!
You'r too late , seems like Eddy8men has first bags on the lot !
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12 minutes ago, andy brown said:
Hi I'm inclined to agree with all you have said with a couple of exeptions ,,this was the height of the Cuban crisis not that anyone here took much notice as there was a continuous diet at that time of atomic or hydrogen bombs as they put it tested by almost anyone who could afford To do it.what set the ball rolling really was the arrival of the RAF military policeman bouncing across the airfield in his well worn mk 1 long wheel base land rover , almost bursting at the seams he kept out shouted we are expecting to go tored alert at any moment case this place is bound to be on there list of targets ,lept back in his machine and bounced back.recalltelling him I better eat my cheese and beetroot sandwiches then case there isn't a lot you can say when faced with oblivion,I'm at the tree line south west corner of the airfield furthest point from main gate from that poin lookin east the houses rise up a hill over which a vulcan appears ,from my standpoint it looked as though it was skidding across the very roof tops and was shifting no sedate approach belting out black smoke with what I assumed were air brake flaps down if he had been any closer to the main gate he would have been in the Farnborough road got to end of runway spun left onto taxiway stil with bags of throttle blew two olboys and their fire slithering into the done another left cross the runway towards the back of national gas turbine centre ,this aircraft looked as the cars do on the east African rally ,,,five six minutes bomb bay doors open and as I am quarter of a mile away couldn't count how many men in white overalls were ther may be ten or twelve ,best described as a cradle on wheels positioned underneath while others either hooked or strapped a white canvas screen around the cradle and suspended fro m I think the bomb bay door s slowly was lowered what looked at that distance spherical although that said I am looking from ehind and could not see it side view but had the impression that it had some length as I could see figures. Ataching cables or pipes whilst standing on the front of the cradle,still others were having trouble closing the end of the canvas facing my direction seemed to short to go round ..finished fitting pump coupling on tractor and left .....
It happens , I well remember a case abt. 1986 - the start of RAF Leeming HAS shelters. I was told to drop everything for a PSA job. So - I reported to the gatehouse & showed ID , then I was directed to go to the Control Tower - this I did. Flying Officer kite told me to get in my own car and drive down the runway to the far end where I would find the office. I queried not being granted a LR 90" taxi & was told the place was free of aircraft, I asked for it in writing that the place was not ELG status. I was told to pi$$ off , so I drove down the runway until I hit the grass at 100 mph ! No Portacabin - zilch , Then I heard a phone ring , so I raised the lid on a plastic dustbin (Telecom had beat me) , at the other end of the line - Flying Officer kit enquired if I had located the office ? !
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On 2/5/2023 at 5:42 PM, Great War truck said:
It might be an idea to mention Andy's other thread and see if we can draw any comparison:
https://avgeekery.com/dont-be-a-moron-and-stand-behind-a-jet-like-this-guy/
So Andy observes - two pushbikes sent spinning 150 yards into the woods , two human grass-cutters gripping the grass so they didn't follow, engines throttled back for taxi condition . This is what happens when aero engines rev up for take off.
Somewhere - there is a classic film where a floor sweeper with his brush walks past a jet engine exhaust in a lab. It may have been Frank Whittles place.
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So - 05/02/2023 after 6+ years , the Andy Brown story of hundreds of burried tanks is deemed - codswollop , the work of a creative mind. Then it is suggested that one looks at AB's other post as originator :-
History repeating itself.a waste of 60 years (posted 15/82022).
AB - gets the last word and gets no bite in response , it's a case of down but not out on the case of the black ball.
Andys - last typing , I was unaware that they produced a missile in the shape of a sphere.
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So - the day Andy was a tractor mechanic (civvy) on a RAF field, like most technicals - he would be nosey & store in memory ? If the story is not contrived - then w.t.f. did Andy observe ?
Could it have been the "Radioactive Bomb" ? Probably the greatest secret of WW2 on ? Not the two route to a nuclear explosion.
At close down of Tube Alloys and hand over £$ free to the USA , the greatest secret was the Cyclotron. There was the idea of an Americal scientist (as if a British scientist had not considered, as if Blunt & team had not passed it on to Russia (until Op. Barbarossa Russia shared all secrets with Germany). Both Chadwick and Oliphant were ordered to keep their mouths shut. The idea was a dirty bomb, to use the radioactivety of the cyclotron - the nuclear accelerator for producing a stream of electrically charged atoms or nuclei travelling at a very high speed - in a bomb. This could destroy the human population of a large city. Apparently Sir Mark Oliphant - made no mention until January 1994, posibly by then he had lost a few marbles ? Oliphant merely said - that the radioactive bomb was a contentious issue in the immediate post-war years !
Ban on Petrol?
in WW2 Vehicle Manuals
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That's correct - Shell / Shell Transport & Trading , originally made their £ (before the days of motor vehicles) shipping paraffin / kerosene through the Suez Canal from Baku to the far east - lamp oil was in great demand + cooking with.
Several years ago - I read that in Indonesia - natural gas was being 'reformed' into diesel & this was shipped for use in the Gulf States !
If you are conventional cracking for light-ends , there is only a small marjin you can fiddle - thinners/petrol/DERV / burning oils