Caddy

Looks like the arm used to hold the HIAB crane in place whilst it's stowed on Chieftain ARRV

Congratulations!

How were the HT looms?

Did you need to replace them, pull new internal cables, or were the originals good?

MOT exempt?

yes it's the ht cables that have gone hard and rigid through age and so might be liable to break if not already done so. we could use normal copper cable but it would be nice to have the rf screening so we can use a working 19 set but if push comes to shove then i'm happy with anything as long as it works ! i was on the phone last night to a chap that plays around with meteors and they have been taking the mag coils out and testing them, he also told me water ingress is a problem.

bloody petrol engines will be the death of me.

 

 

rick

A very nice man from Bovington told me the same with regards to water ingress (esp in the mag drop leads).

We kept the screening and just fed new cable in it. I think the HT cable came from Marcus Glenn. Where the rubber outer on the screening had perrished we used self amalgamating tape over the top of it and it gave a really nice finish.

Adrian,

Is it the HT loom you need to replace? We have re-cabled a couple of looms using copper core HT cable rather that the steel that was in there originally. Seems to have worked.

I like the mag setup on the meteor; it is a good system. As long as the mag is in good order and the booster coil is fine there should not be a problem as you say.

Can't make it unfortunately, but I hope it goes well.

Hope you enjoy, looking forward to it already.

Neither Marcus Glenn or Banisters have them, any other ideas out there pretty pretty please?

Anyone going?

Being Jonny Vegas by Michael Pennington

Aren't there two solenoid types?

An earlier one which is a single winding pull in and hold, and a later double winding; one for the initial pull, and the second to hold.

Don't know if this is of help

Cheers,

will give them a shout.

Anyone know where to buy a set? We've got callipers, but all our dust seals are kaput.

Any help would be most appreciated.

Paul

Along with the tartan paint

By the way that R8 would help so much with the photos.....

Just out of curiosity what mark meteor is it?

I think the James 125 became the Cadet.

Good contacts are:

BTSC - British Two Stroke Club.

Think there is a James forum on Yahoo somewhere.

Vale Onslow bought all the NOS off NVT when they went bust so might have spares...

I had a 1958 Captain, quite a bit of fun and just as quick as a Matchless G3

Now I want to go even more!

Think Rick might want the camera mounted on an Audi R8 just so he gets a stable picture like

Not a lot happening at the moment, the vehicle has been shut down due to some damaged asbestos so we can't work on it until a specialist has been in.

Still, not been sat twiddling our thumbs (mainly been drinking tea instead), we've been chasing and researching the damaged wiring loom. Think we have it sorted now:

We have also been stripping down a spare carb set for the main engine as we think the one on AVRE at the moment is full of sand (well both fuel pumps were completely blocked with Iraq's finest)

That's about it at the moment.

There's a garage for the officers married quarters - that should take all the working vehicles in the British army;)

It is a little confusing, on the whole all connections are all bullet than plug. Saying that this one did serve in the first gulf war so there may have been additional mods.....

So I've come across a book that might help with the plan of the clubhouse, how's this for a plan?

There's even a bit of spec for vehicle storage:

It all (and more) comes from this book:

Got given it along with a few other interesting books by my boss who used to work at Shoeburyness.

Does

COOLANT

LTB1

mean anything?

Found it on a heat shrink label on the loom.