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03/4/2016  post by  AB   'The Russians are coming'  - talk similar to Hitlers Op. Sealion  -  where does this info. come from  ?

All that I am aware of - but just what is true/false  ?  

1971  MI5  under Martin Furnival Jones   -  apparently Soviet Spetznaz  were to attack MOD & US bases , saboteurs target public services, such as water,power, transport , communications and nerve centres of government.  True  ?   Well I will not mention Peter Wright types  & apparently the NAFTA petrol filling station chain (later sold to Q8) , many uneconomic stations built in line of gov. microwave communisations.  Twenty five Russian intelligence officers running about 400 agents   Heath PM wanted the lot thrown out.     MI5 swooped and expelled  105 Soviet Agents. 

btw  - you may be due to check the valve guides , especially exhaust that wear oval sooner - that's the full cylinder head off job but best preventative maintenance.

Gaskets are just common 2.1/4  (2286cc)   new ones now seem self adhesive on one side with peel-off strip.  IIRC the ones I get from a local factor are British Gasket who do good stuff.

Rocker/valve stem clearance , excess due to face wear on rockers is the Archilles heel.  I tend to do a precise check with a DTI  (dial test indicator) if indentation not too bad - compensate using DTI & feelers.  ABRO engine recon. the rocker faces are often re-faced - not a good idea because I think they are induction hardened (look hard & you can often see evidence if the surface 'flame' hardening / oil quench.  A common Classic tool for this wear problem is to use a  SPQR tool for adjustment.  Some say - viscosity for barrier - use  20W/50  , however the last few years of S3 production a  15W/40 or semi version was cleared & quoted in civvy User Handbook  (MOD instructions lagged) & then the Defender 2.5na came along with its own particular engine oil problems.  Good unworn engine - I use  15W/40 semi  arguably it may not provide the same cushion , however a semi has far better anti-scuff & anti wear properties.

Happy New Year for 2023 ,,

1 hour ago, eddy8men said:

putin already has super weapons, about 5600 of them.

Putin has the option first of sailing carrier Admiral Kuznetsov + Aux. Group  into the Black Sea , but I doubt he would ratchet up that way. Main problem being it's dry-docked until 2024 at the soonest - so it will not be a sitting duck soon.

The forbidden corner , been only once with cousin's family so that was 5 kids, it was very good. IIRC we went the second year it was open , from memory - I guess 25 or possibly 30 years ago. Then it got quieter - planning trouble with cars and they had to admit reduced numbers (entry by ticket booking in advance)..  There would have been a few heavy blocks of stone to position with the Atlas.  However to keep it in work in that area - I would suggest steel erectors for farm portal frame buildings by Hares of Snape , they did use contracters who set off with a RL Bedford with Hiab & advanced to other rigs.    Euclid stryle DIY body for shifting stone in Brown's yard - hardly , more probably stand-by to get any work when Redmire & Black quarry trucks were out of service.  Of more probably shifting blocks of stone from a quarry in the hills south of Coverham to Calverts cutting yard at Wensley Rd. Leyburn.  The only other industry in the area - is tourism & huge but well hidden static caravan sites + of course horse yards at Middleham.

7 minutes ago, Royal42 said:

That is what has been confusing me with that plan.  How can it be both 86" and 88" when it shows the axle line to be in one position.   Does that drawing show an 86" and I have to move the axle back 2" for the 88" or is it the other way around?  I am assuming that the differences are made at the rear.

Can anyone here please advise me how many leaves make up the front and back springs on the Series One; also the dimensions of them?  The only drawings that I have seen show those areas blanked out by the wheels.

Thank for all your input, especially with those little pieces of additional information,  I do appreciate it and would like to see more information please.

Cheers,

Mike

 

If you look at H  the w.b.  (wheel base)  - then it gives the different w.b.  dimension for both 86" and 88" ,  the rear tub length is also longer by same.   I had a 86" but got shot circa.  1968  , I have some S1  Rover books but they would take a bit of finding - there should be a table of differing spring data (that should be available by  Goooogling)   ,   thickness of leaves  and number of leaves - with your 1/35 - then could you get all the lines on a very small dimension  ?  There is no difference of spring bush centres front & rear for  86"  ,  88"  ,  107" and 109"    ,  possibly there was for 80" but never had one.

That chassis drawing is clearly as stated 86" and 88"  (Series One , this term only started with the arrival of the Series 2) -  therefore the maximum overall width  DD  =  60.1/2"  ,  NB  the cranked outriggers for mounting the bulkhead - only with Series One. 

The S2.  S2A and S3  chassis width was the same  -  60.1/2" max.   These vehicles were 4" wider - but that was on body width (rounded waist , the S1 was slab-sided.

The Lightweight S2A  (Rover 1) and S3 - the chassiswidth  is 59.1/4" (I have just double- checked with tape-measure).   and the slab-sided body width is of course  60".

Seems to be Tactical Ground to Air.   VMARS site indicating for  A13 radio set  -  unfortunately Norton blocking download -  due to a security risk  ?

I actually have and it's exactly the same , just pulled it out of my 'playroom' and dusted it off.  It has a MOD  'record plate' with table of numbers to hatch-off.  Stencilled on underside of flange is  NSN  5820-99-103-4476 - Goooogle on that for more clues.  I was given it over 25 years ago by a HAM , he told me more - memory thinks vehicle & Larkspur.  It has a tapered , 4 section (but fixed) antenna  4feet long - this I assume is original  ?  No other info.

If politics are entering mechancal/weaponry discussion .   A  interesting book is  Britains Secret War's  by  T.J. Coles  (2016)  - Chapter 7.  Ukraine - 'We saw this one coming'  .

The axe heads seems to be a 'Hudson Bay' type  (these are of French origin) the North Americans seem to go for this style more than the light  Scandinavian forest axe style, German /Austrian forest  axe style such as by Muller is again different..    The entrenching tools - you don't have the universal heft , they look a bit Mittel Europe  ?

10 hours ago, steviem said:

Cheers bud,  sounds to good to be true 

https://www.asa.org.uk/rulings/d-lock-associates-a15-303926.html

10 hours ago, steviem said:

Cheers bud,  sounds to good to be true 

Google search on Broquet - should bring up story after story.

ESSO  Synergy Supreme E5  ,   you have to trust the pump label.  Go to the  Esso website and it gives the  'rules' for their E5  for such as Devon / Cornwall  ,  North East England.    I found  not so many filling Stations in west of Durham  City  bothered selling E5  ,  a near (and £ cheaper) filling station is Esso.  So - I investigate further and it is actually run by a Northumberland based outfit called  Penny Petroleum and they franchise using lots of main players labels, so it seems in the North East not all Esso branded stations follow the Esso National  'rules' or possibly they do  ?

Harvest seem to supply most of the actual Ethanol , their petrols supply independants , their own & supermarkets.

A local station  (IIRC now  JET)  was previously Harvest  (and a few others in last 30 years) , going off harvest it was out of action for 2 weeks as a specialist company was called in to thorough clean the tanks.

Most of the N.E. as a continuation of the POOL system ,  mainly overnight tanker from Stanlow to Shell Jarrow Dry Terminal  (now no longer operated by Shell).  Topped up from ICI North Tees Oil Works , sold under ICI label + a few minors and ISTR  Q8 ,  I think it was also used to adulterate other minor sources.    With Land Rover underseat fill - I have often seen water rolling around in the bottom and that was with leaded 2 star, run it off to abt. 1 gallon remaining - easy task to drain and remove.  Many years ago - I removed 2 pnt + of water on a Renault R4L and a VW Beetle and they both had locking caps - not so easy for someone to have a Pi$$ in - overnight event parking - check your security.

I just had a Gooogle around , surprisingly  - you seem correct - No. LR Series 1 (of any w.b.)  in kit form  !  ?

I just had a look at a Dinky  'Matchbox' that has been motoring with a Corgi Classics  Bedford CA Dormobile along the top of skirting box (covering c.h. pipework) in my downstairs loo for  30+ years.     The Dinky  (Made in Macoa)  1980   ,  Reg.  EOF 999 and underfarme describes as  DY/9/49   Series 1  80"  ,  of course we know there never was a Series One / 1   - that term was only introduced when the Series 2 was produced.  

                 So  the Dinky  80"  topsides  is quite good , it would be difficult to scale fault using a vernier.  However the underside details are just a blancmange monococque.   I'm not saying your 1:35 project is not possible , it's commendable - just the practicalities are grave if you intend a real chassis & suspension  - you would be only abt.  x2 size of the Dinky and to make use of dimensioned as built drawings - would be more than several sticks for your own back.  

Yes,  I know it's expensive   £££££  but that's a try on - may be £200  ?    I have a original & it's a low number -in the box it came in.  I have a large library and LR is just a single interest.  Can't put hands on it just now.  IIRC it is a pull out centre feature.  Ab't  2005  - I purchased a 2nd printing oy because it had extra info. on some pre-pro that had not been known at 1st. printing.  Somebody on S1C  will put you wise before I can find the books , unfortunately on a car repair job outsie between finger warming sessions.

btw  -  you had best register as a 'non-membr' and enquire at the  LR Series ONE Club Forum.

You will find it or a better drawing ISTR in a Land Rover book from the 1980's.  by Tony Hutchins  - Land Rover  THE EARLY YEARS.  This is now a collectable and top$ book ,  limited numbered Edn. Hardback , I think it was later re-issued as a H.B.  or possibly a soft-back  ?  .  I have seen that Solihull  'General Arrangement ' before  -  I am thinking from a  Autocar Magazine.  There is a similar , but 'cut-away'  -  in  1976 (first published)  by Graham Robson  The Land Rover  : Workhorse of the World.   Just now - I can't think of any earlier LR book.

Contact  -  Dellner Romag  "  Leadgate ,  Nr.  Consett.      They have a history of this type of military work.  A friend used to be the works engineer - but he will have retired by now.

btw  Hobson will be top $

Suggest you contact Colin Voss

2, Springfield Place

Yeovil ,  Somerset,  BA21 3NA

He had a spell of selling all Mk. of Snatch , bit late now - he may have some stuff in his shed or have contacts.

Sells military LR parts on Ebay  -  handle of  MattBlack2003  ,  that may be a good way to message him.

You don't say if you have the frame(s) & need only balistic certified glazing.

At short notice , I would say your only chance of a full screen is to contact Hobson Industries -------  sales@hobsonindustries.co.uk

I only posted this because it was MV related and X'mas seasonal  'silly season'  possibly threewheeler could tell me more of the vehicle (I have a tracked interest but more so wheeled)  also being nosey - the real truth.

4 minutes ago, Jessie The Jeep said:

That hut wasn't at Cassop, it was closer to Sherburn.

Sherburn included , I know the area / history - mining / railways / WW2  -   the first hous I purchased  1975 , not too far away with a distant view of the cathedral .  That view would still be possible , just loads of new houses in what were fields.

Ethanol attack on soldered brass fuel tank float  ?     Not what I would expect - been watching expected Ethanol problems .  Garage trade mechanics recently telling me it's all a myth  ?      Considering the best quality Classic tanks were made from Terne steel (inc. Rolls Royce)  - if this coating of tin/lead alloy is affected (I had anticipated) then I think it would be regular news  ?    Ethanol attack to the many grades of brass - I would doubt that , still interesting comment.