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RX = Berkshire RX 9049 Vehicle details Vehicle make RILEY Date of first registration 01 August 1931 Year of manufacture 1931 Cylinder capacity (cc) 1498cc Wheelplan 2 AXLE RIGID BODY Revenue weight Not available Could in fact be Brunswick Green , DBG , Brunswick & BRG - all very similar

Looked into this a bit more , seems it is FMW For a fee of £5 FMW can also try and find your Military registration plate (ERM) from your Chassis number. Email Geoff at freemil@btinternet.com To save a lot of hassle , then £5 to get your ERM - then that should set the ball rolling.

I have 19FM65 95101107A It was 30/4/73 receipt voucher at Ashchurch , so thingies more or less fall in line. 1973 , I would expect that if RAF then it would originally have been painted in RAF Blue/Grey , not DBG. Most L'wt's are sort of known, try Forum search appeals , try working backwards with PO's - you may get to somebody in possession still of the "Release Notes". There is the odd person out there who would run it to earth for a few ££ , not may ££ but I have never used him , somebody will advise on this ,,

BUT , mine is getting the Bothy 6 feet away , brick,stone & Rosemary tiled roof , CI pot belly stove , interconnection tunnel (non. combustible brick/block etc. May need a induced or forced draught fan to move a bit of warm air into the workshop (that is to be well insulated too) - in fact I may end up with a bed LoL

3/4" finish tanalised Birch ply 8x4 std. bolt up modules using Canadian decking joists - very solid , outer horizontal rails similar joists - to these are nailed the vertical T&G tanalised. 1/2" finish tanalised roof gives immediate standing to do the fake slate roof. Plenty of gable overhang so sides don't get rain-water , all roof timbers tanalised , then quality tanalised fascia boards , undercloak & barge boards when I get round to it. Designed so additional windows can be jig-sawed out as / when required as build progresses & more natural light needed. Front has much extended roof (as rear even but more) , to soften the high eaves & for 4ft decking covered veranda Floor area (internal) 30 square M exact more or less. Brick / block is cheaper , abt. £1,000 material costs for roof , walls - IIRC abt. the same , add another £1,000 for T&G cleading.

The 30 square metre max. without all the bother of council approvals. There are a few more rules :- Off the top of my head 1. Must not be in a conservation area. Also must be within the house curtilage , with garden should be no problem - gath or field adjoining is not curtilage. 2. Max. to apex. 4m 3. Max. to eaves 2.5 m 4. If made from combustible materiels (external) - then it must be a certain distance from the dwelling (I think this is 15 feet) 5. Must be behind the house "building line" / building line(s) , (frontage to adj. highway) ------------- Roof - you will probably find that if you go for a clear-span in excess - of abt. 12ft , then the cost of the structure for superimposed load goes through the roof..

Last year apparently, Bonhams auction house sold the fuselage data plate & a bit of alloy belonging Hess's Bf110 , looted - it had been squirreled away for abt. 75 years. Probably some anorak is lofting away in his shed ,on the basis of a Airfix kit - what ££$$ price for the Deputy Fuhrer's Messerschmitt when it flies LoL http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21651/lot/51/

More probable would be one of those Burmese fuze , should fly more straight ,,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-32488837 I understand the Spitfire fuselage & wings were made from Alclad , corrosion-resistant it may be - BUT so many years in salt water ? Engine parts salvable ? To gain airworthiness certification , I wonder just what remains of the original - possibly more of a replica ??

A Lightweight bumper blade has provision of holes , mil. chassis , so there there is a No.1 cross-member , 2.1/4" x 3.1/4" x 1/8" 3mm , L shaped press-brake / folded , and welded on. You should be able to slip it in loose as sandwich. Civvy pattern Rovers the No. 1 cross-member is where the steering relay mounts. L'wt bumper (late type) rear face has 5/8" packers (to allow 7.50x16 tyres) , there are in addition 4 qty. as welded ferrules where the pintle bolts pass through. ERarly blade is just bolted to the No.1

A very good book that will explain much but not all :- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Armoured-Vehicles-Ulster-Constabulary-1922-2001/dp/0711031606

------------------------------- From your description , two lock-nuts + tab locker , the axle is a early L'wt specific type (not a later "rationalized L'wt type , that was same as 109" front) . It seems you have changed the chrome swivel housing seal. QUOTE. Haynes manual suggests that the part of the stub shaft that the bearings run on is a loose piece. "stub shaft" Haynes means the stub-axle (that mounts the hub bearings) , the early axle has a transition fit (genuine parts) "distance piece" http://www.lrseries.com/shop/product/listing/1803/599698-STUB-AXLE-DISTANCE-PIECE.html?search=217351&page=1 These (often called a land runner) wear and if so you change them fitting new hub seals. This problem was more or less resolved with the rationalized axle twin-lip seal BUT the land runner is part of the stub-axle and these later type are very expensive. Haynes is not good for Lightweight early axle because , the hubs are in fact oil lubricated (comes down between bore of stub-axle and half-shaft joint assy. (stub-shaft). Unlike early S2A hubs that had a oil filler ,the S3 hubs don't (spin the hub & pour oil in) or pack the bearings with LM grease. I normally oil , spin the hub and get the end-cap & big O ring on fast. You could use the special slush grease , it may / may not lubricate the upper top swivel pin Railco material bush - depends on circumstances , like fwh's best to engage periodically to spash some oil up for a certain good soaking. ---------------- Tab lockers , I normally set the bearings as described , don't bother with a dti , genuine tab lockers I get them folded somewhere near in a vice with soft-jaws. Then final folding does not alter the bearing set. Some non-genuine tab-lockers are far too thick , often by +50% you have a job to bend them in-situ with hammer & screwdriver , I have used the things but fold them a fair way in vice prior. If you have done the BIG chrome swivel ball seals , then best to do the hub seals at same time and that often includes fitting a new stub distance-piece land ring. Non-genuine are a PITA , total PITA , don't bother. Same with seals.

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Maria , what is your VRM ? LoL It looks as if it is very near to a L'wt I have had stored for many years (actually 18 yrs) , 52HG33 , Dis. Nov. 1980 I hope to get around to it soon ,,

Yes, I forgot , Rogan did sell 55HG98 on to AR4412 , the chassis does seem to have slipped away fast , but they can and do. I have not been following the resto. thread by AR4412 , will have to find time for a scroll through - see if he mentioned the chassis details, important that the mods are not lost as I doubt if another will turn up. Also all the genuine conversions may not have had the full width tail-board - uncertain on that point as there were a few differences of those in service. I checked the ExMLRA Forum thread , unfortunately Rogan in his absence has not maintained his photo hosting - so all are lost off..

Hi Maria There is one genuine Para Recce , I identified it several years ago. 1980 Para Recce Lightweight - 55 HG 98 , you will find photographs (in-service) in Mark Cook's Lightweight book. I was given first option to buy about 2/3 years ago , possibly I should not have declined. Interesting details extanct were the bracketry for the full width shelf tail-gate. Uncertain if Rogan up in Renfrew kept it , he was not keen selling but had a motoring project abroad to finance, he may still have it garaged - I don't recall him advertising it.

Hi , welcome to the forum Unfortunately I am at the north end of England so not practicable to attend shows darn sarf , pity as you are obviously the type of person I could have a good chinwag with + take a few notes & photographs , being a L'wt person. I do have a couple of Unitary Radio Kits (inc. proper seats) + basic obvious thingies (wingtop boxes & guts) Larkspur ATU & Clansman TUAAM. However I need to study up the actual radio requirements , for a typical run of the mill L'wt fitment , the idea is to do the Clansman project first.

ISTR the hex (button) & Hex TAT nipples are originally Tecalemit designs, best is genuine nipple & gun fittings http://eshop.lmslichfieldltd.com/Grease-gun-adaptor

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/watch-british-tank-sent-ukraine-5401221 Well , it is one of the DM's with a tank click-on LoL

Fully loaded , http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11876141.VIDEO__Overturned_cement_mixer_too_heavy_for_recovery_truck/ Be interesting to see the next technique used , bit more thinking time + proper crane , unbolt the mixer unit and lift off first - probably a plan B

Cement mixer LoL , it is a concrete mixer , unless some chemical extender used , that I doubt . If he had a load then by now it will be set solid - so his C of G now will make the job even harder. Knowing the situation , it seems to me a worth the risk chance to get close into the hotel with the recovery truck rather than wait for more complex heavy crane to lift clear rather than topple. Seems the tarmac was wet and yet he was totally reliant on rubber / tarmac brake friction ,,

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Yes, for a FFR , a pair of 075 is possibly now the best size because it is flat topped like the 069 but is a bit shorter (36mm) meaning that depending on make (as with 069) you should not get too tight fit in the box. Comparison :- 069 = 266L x 175W x 220 high 68Ah at 20 hr rate 505 CCA SAE 075 = 230L x 175 x 220 high 60Ah -do- 550 CCA (570A En230) The current ratings will hardly make any difference between the two when in use as a pair , so it is down to clearance to the cover (IIRC the cover clearance is same with early & late types) The pair of 075 are shown with DIY clamps & J bolts , so possibly not possible using the proper clamp frames ? I think that is because the 075 tops have the raised box as does the 072 I used to have a museum of old batteries for quick cross reference, unfortunately I let some go to a road patching contractor who apparently needed acid to clear his machine tar jets ?