Hoseman

Do you know anyone with a GRAB WAGON, Hiab, Atlas etc type??? I have seen the STABILIZER LEG lowered onto a bead to break it...!!!! Quite effective as ive seen!!!! Suppose a JCB 3CX leg would do the same!!!

It looks like a Group 1 or 2 gear pump, standard off the shelf, prob a clockwise rotation (altho they can be reversed easily!) Bout £80 - £100 is right. What happens is the Steel gears inside rotate in bushes in either end. Bushes wear after a while causing the steel gears to cut into the Ally pump housing resulting in a throw away item! Bad oil and contamination also cause this but not as much. WORD OF WARNING!!! If replacing ANY part of a hydraulic system with new due to this sort of failiure make shure the system is drained of old oil (flush if can) and replace any filters also. It can be expensive but think about putting your new pump/motor into a system thats had metal swarf and contamination running round it, new unit wont last that long! Also make sure you prime it with clean oil before installing. Pour into all ports and rotate by hand to get it inside. Put some more in just before you fit hoses, even pour some down hose before fitting. Will give you a fighting chance of not doing any internal damage on start up due to oil starvation! If I can be of any further help dont hesitate to ask, I do this for a living!

Two WW2 era jeeps going up the M53, Merseyside, opposite way to me otherwise I would have chased them up! Maybe John and Alan, couldnt make them out!

This has just kicked the arse out of a deal i was doing for one abroad. Guy asking WAY too much for a resto project and was trying to get him down. I was even invited to go over and stay at his with the missus to batter it out! Just had a mail off him tonite saying about the Milweb one and now he wants the FULL asking price he originally had it up for, which is the same as a fully restored one over here...!!!!:nut: If he sells that for £75,000 I will lick his boots n hump his donkey!!!! (dont be having a whip round now just for the Kodak Moment!!!!)

No silly.... June was on April!!!! You Plonker...!:nut:

Im sure theres some in my back garden you want to dig it over...!:cool2:

G`Day friend from the top of Wales (plus a little bit more!) Like you ive been into green stuff for years but never owned a vehicle. I collected militeria most of my life and now im looking for "The Green Machine"

I went on the sunday to see how many of our local lot turned up from Cheshire MVT, a few there. Was told that it was better on the saturday but not many left on Sunday. Weather as usual was to blame!!!:-( Had a wander, and a chat. If anyone recognises me, I was the one with the demented (but cute!) Chocholate Labrador!:nut:

The way I see it is the shaped washers are backing strengtheners for the holes drilled in the leather, which acts the same as a modern rubber coupling, simelar to a Hardy Splicer unit! The centre hole does nothing except look pretty...! (as with everything else on this vehicle!!!):cool2:

Hi Lexc Just reading this thread and been after a Welbike for a whie now. Got the details of one in Italy, maybe a second one but no info on that. Im also looking at a Universal Carrier in with a deal. The Welbike numbers I have are FRAME No 278 ENGINE No XXE2793 Which would make it an early MK1 by my Welbike book.

Going to this tomorrow, already told the missus its a flower show...!!!!:blush:

Local news report last nite had interview with the administration company. Its not over yet. They have done it to prevent going under or operating at a loss. The DUKW`s are getting the full it and full inspections by relevant boards. They are looking at putting sponsons around the sides as flotation aids (like on Dublin ones) and maybe just doing a limited road service first without the splashdown. They have had to lay off 30 staff to keep the company afloat (sorry for pun!), but maintenance remain and admin. Be a shame to see these mothballed because of unsafe docks, but I see the point made about the prop cage too. maybe it will be taken on board (pun central today...!!!).:undecided:

G`Day friend, welcome up top (caus your down under...!!!):undecided: OBERON....king of the faries, i`d move house mate incase you get a name on here...!!! LOL:nut:

I use one simelar for work and its great! grease hardens after a while, not just in the nipple tho, behind in the pins etc they are screwed into. Sometimes taking the nipple out and probing the hole (oooh errr missus...!! You sure your a real doctor sir...???) with a thin wire (Mig) breaks it up enough to get fresh in. If not, get heat on it, obviously depending on the part! Sometimes you have no choice than to remove, strip and clean out the offending part.

Apparently they interviewed Rex Ward on the cause and problem that caused the sinking , on local radio today. He said same, tyre round prop, ripping out the bearing holder (carrier) causing prop to flap about like dick in a bucket (yes, thats a technical term...!!!) damaging hull and causing water ingress!! They are highly modified close up, not much original left after all the military has been removed and civilian / safety has been put in its place. The ones in singapore look just like the military left them apart from the roofs, hoods, covers etc, even still got the bullet holes in them!!!!

Its gonna be easier if I do Questions and Answers on that one!! Wouldnt even know where to start on that thread!!! So whos gonna be first.....??? LOL

No probs, dont get me started on hoses, could start a forum of my own on the subject!! lol

Liverpool Mayor wants them mothballed or Museumed!!

There is actually a service tool for this, 816-h4mm3r, it's a 4pound precision instrument that if used correctly will work mate!

Hi am in process of trying to buy a Carrier of a collector whos english isnt too good. We have got to the stage of Identification and he has sent a few pics of i think Engine plate and the numbers stamped into the top edge of the drivers compartment. Engine plate says a Canadian, cant make out mark or year from this. Could someone in the "Carrier Know" extract some info on this please. I have history of where its from and what it was used for post war, fascinating story but have to keep quiet til deal is done and im running my sticky little hands all over it...!!!!

Bugger, you beat me to it!!!! Just saw on local news. sank in the Albert dock, Liverpool. 30 on board, 27 in hospital but none serious. 18 ambulances and two helicopters!!! The kiss of death for these now. Looks the same one that sank the other month too!!! The brown sticky stuffs gonna hit the fan over this!

Lol, point taken my friend!!!:-D

Get to Nijmegan (spell check please on isle 21!!) drive thru Belgium into Netherlands. When I was 13 I visited an Uncle in the forces in Brunssum, travelled the whole area. Followed the Landing Zones and Drop Zones from maps, located fields and structures, found part of the maginot line buried and still with Barbed wire on etc. Spent every school holiday over there with him, stayed on base in his quaters (Officer, RAF) dhopped in the NAAFI, met other NATO guys from different nationalities etc. Great learning curve for a teenager. Would recommend it to anyone!

Have we a date on this AND is anyone interested before it gets crushed?? The Civvie trailer looks to have Landy wheels on, they look very military! Maybe a bit of swapperoonies?? Guy who owns the yard is a good mate of mine. If anyones interested I can collect and store or break on the spot if parts required. Let me know