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18 hours ago, monty2 said:

Amszing condition after 75 year 

Yes , that's what I thought - no great signs of corrosion.   Lincolnshire , apparently BIGgest county in England , lots of water & canals like Holland. Possibly no oxygen down at that depth & ground drier than what you would expect  ?   All that 'grey' must be intact paint  ?

Actually - if you remove most of metal using stones or a small carbide burr , two places  180 degree apart - then a cold chisel without heat will split it apart easy.

1 hour ago, steev said:

Thanks I will give that a go (how long should I apply the the heat?), also if all else fails would it be recommended to maybe grind  the sides of the nut with a dremel disc and source a new nut?.

That would be the best option ,  Dremel / die-grinder  - remove most of metal then hit a slot with a blunt chisel & lump hammer to spread / split.

Torches - I would lag around with plumbers asbestos mats (not B&Q , proper thick ones) and scraps of sheet asbestos.   A propane torch with a microbore nozzel  (Sievert or Bullfinch  abt.  3/8" or next size up) , heat in quick and out.  You may be better using a  MAP gas container torch.

Assuming you have been turning the correct direction , and a 1/2" dr. breaker bar like the one suggested gives no success.

Most air / battery/ mains impact wrenches are next to useless , you may have been hired a pup.   I doubt if they hire out a  MAC or Snap-on   1/2" dr. gun that costs  £300+  

You may have to take it to a garage , I doubt if it needs 3/4" dr.  however a commercial garage should shift it for a small £fee.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-56944032

Anybody on here involved  ?

Apparently , "this time" they are to complete the A66 dual-carriageway sections (final infill)  between Scotch Corner to M6 at Penrith  -  50+ years of promises , promises -  the £   is allocated  (probably from the Billions borrowed from  B of E  ref. Covid-19 expenses ) .  Great idea , the gov. now owns the bank , so gov. borrows from itself, then buys Gilts (gov. debt) and this lowerer general interest rates.

People had a healthy respect for the warning signs , probably until your clean-up 1998 , since buildings that were intact have lessened or gone.   Quite and extensive road network and humpy ground can be seen , I understand this was where filled shells were stored  ?       I have always kept well clear - although that that back-road out to the A66  to the west nearer to Stainmore Summit looks enticing for green-laning, obviously permission would be needed, but I have reasonable contacts.

11 hours ago, Chris Hall said:

I see mention of RAF Bowes, I was on EOD clearance there in 1998. Good fun in the morning and pub in the afternoon.

That would be the  "Ancient Unicorn"   ?

Did you find any gas munitions  ?   Or contamination  ?

Hard to believe how complex ,  I would guess a deep $hit situation avoided providing you have that printed copy of on-line chat.  Just think - the power of avoiding litigation on the word of a profit seeking (for management bonus)  QUANGO.    I was once pulled on a very rural seldom used road by a police car , I assume using automatic number plate check - I can't recall any reason given (it was a company vehicle so I didn't give a damm) ,   they had a police motor-cyclist for  "pursuit"   LoL

Mike ,  I know it is now a few years since the Perente fleet disposal started , somebody was trying to import to UK don't know if he did.   I did get a good look at the two Perente sent to Solihull  I guess abt. 1994/95.

              What is the situation regarding purchase of another Perente  in Oz to match the quality of the one you had  ?  Eiter direct sale or previous private owner(s)  ?

On 4/20/2021 at 2:04 PM, fesm_ndt said:

Mate thanks for the kind words..... It has been a devastating year thus far for various reasons.

My nephew whom I was working with went down the meth addiction route, wasting 80k and losing everything else car career house and family.

I bought the Perentie so I could go bush and get away.  I suppose I should buck up as I have my 79 series, it's just not camo

Yes,  you have the answer there  "buck up"   ,  don't be a  'Winging Aussie'  ,  I hope you do get full  $Au  recompense from Insurers ,  if so get back out there (east)  and buy another Perentie as good or better , I doubt if getting a trailer of same quality will be so difficult , but a combi deal may be possible again.  Then do the journey again = same map..

http://www.land-rover-lightweight.co.uk/Seats.html

The correct vynide  for the vast majority of LWT  is colour  CHARCOAL  , it was made by Wardle Storey  and is very non-stretch.

A very few of late Contract  with VRM of KC  + possibly some  KB  were in BLACK  non-stretch vinyl  (but not to the standard of the Charcoal stuff).

Rivet counting , the very best were from Solihull Trip Shop ,  you can tell them by the superior exposed  "Top-Stitch".

Other than stitch - all LWT had the same back cushions.style.

The seat base cushion (Squab)  there are EARLY  and LATE.

EARLY  squabs are screwed 1/8" thick  'alloy '  LID , (seat base) with a hasp to secure to turnbuckle.

LATE  squabs are slipped into  'retainers'   Retainer, angle bracket , these later squabs are secured to the seat base with leather strap.   The tank tops are covered with thin abt. 2mm  thick LIDS (these are not attached).

The side profile of early & late squabs differ slightly - so it is best to have the correct ones. 

VRM  of   -HG--    would be the change point of design changes to squabs.

Is this the same  ?

https://eshop.lmslichfieldltd.com/Penthouse-Lamp-set-FV562064

I don't live too far from the auction house , looking at the photographs - nothing to attract me and I am always in the market for LWT.   For me , photographs sufficient for  a desktop assessment / valuation £ on the base of a chassis re-mount.     Catterick workshops did lots of rear x member renewals using a civvy  style part (non-genuine) .  Why I don't know because the MOD Parts Book lists the No. for the correct  X member that was available (just that it was correct , without the aftermarket extensions that made welding easier).   It seems to be a  --GB--   ,  so Larkspur radio originally , but it has the modifications (wing-top adaptable box)  for Clansman radio - I prefer a unmolested Larkspur (easily taken back) ,  for show purpose ,  IMHO for more readily available Clansman stuff you need the proper front wings with box under spade-lid flaps.

£3K is more than sufficient ,  at auction they get bid up by those who don't understand.      That is generous - the vent-panel is not great, many now are stitched-up , you can't hide it - that is the project stall.    

It is a FFR and still running as such ,  for top $  a FFR needs to be a minta ,  there is a  £  fault-line - buyer beware of this.   Basically retain 24 volt and value / convert to 12 volt operation and use it like a 12 volt GS.  A sound GS is always worth more ££.  The higher value minta  FFR  (generally the older the are , the harder to find a minta) is as always intended, to lug  a specialist radio shack - collector/show vehicle that needs to be capable of immediately accepting a URS  (Unitary Radio Station) without additional £ costs to sort the basic vehicle to a high standard.   Radio apart , it is not just a matter of getting friends/neighbours or a crane to lift the station into the tub.   Many URS (few now available)  are missing some very RARE and £ expensive parts.

5 hours ago, fesm_ndt said:

No it was written off.... Was really nice with the big Izuzu engine

Seems you did not get  "first option"  of the write off  ?     Would make a good spares source if you have another go with  a Perentie rig.  I suppose transport to Perth would be $ Au costly ?

39 minutes ago, callum daf 45 said:

Will get them tested Monday. Seems to be fireing over pritty quick. Where the petrol ? 

Add a bit of petrol in your temporary header tank to see if it improves starting,  Son's Focus diesel has hardly been used this last year.  No DERV added to tank in last year.  Starting normally instant ,  was hesitant - so he brimmed the tank and took it for a long run , now back to normal starting.    Also a earlier resolved problem on pre-engaged starter that I had considered to be the problem , I took it to bits , brush box dirty.  Had to remove a second time , I had left ring gear & pinion dry as they were still perfect after 120K + miles (leave well alone policy).   I sorted it by smearing a bit of  CV joint grease on the ring.

Get the batteries properly analysed ,  I have had a couple of premium batteries fail just after new.  Although you must know if the cranking is healthy speed ?     Try 5 to 10%  petrol in your jury-rig tank.

Try more fuel bleeding ,  what state batteries ?   charge up and borrow a tractor battery and couple with jump leads ,  keep barring until it fires.

The Lightweight may meet / exceed the £4K  estimate but  IMHO  it is too much ££££

56 minutes ago, fesm_ndt said:

I am amazed I have not had nightmares as of yet.... But I expect some

I suppose my biggest psychological scar at the moment is an innate fear to go overlanding again...... Which is the whole purpose behind me fixing ex mil vehicles

Yes, the distances are just mind-boggling , like me setting off and going to Moscow & I would never do that or in Oz. single-handed.   It will be little different to 50 years ago , but it seems now with road surface "improvements".   A shipping agent at Freemantle used to make an old Ford Prefect available to ship's crew.  Once we went inland for approx. 200 miles just to frighten ourselves into a 180.

Just noted , an old thread with much info.

Gooseneck flares must have been around in vast numbers  just post WW2 .    Does anybody have any idea of the pitch spacing(s)  down a runway  ?      More specifically  those delegated  as   ELG's    ?

Something like this - waste of time trying to consider forces/vectors ,  empirical evidence is known .  Under certain circumstances a regular Sankey type trailer can flip a Land Rover regardless of its C of G and side-slope capability ,  the rule of pintle hook / draft ring  - is that something must be free to rotate.

Psychological scars ,  yes - for years / always you will probably be asking why me.    I have also done  3.1/2 rolls ,  some of it I remember ,  I was 21 yrs in 1971 .   Appropriately at a place called Black Hill between Stratford-on-Avon & Warwick ,  passenger in a VW Beetle - first time ever I had worn a seat belt.  Hit at my side by a Mk. 1 Cortina , my seat was on top of the hand-brake & only 4" wide , pushed sideways across the forecourt pumps and then we started to roll , ended up across a side road on the grass verge.     Only been back the once abt.  1990 , I know where we were hit and where we ended up on sideways - couldn't work it all out.