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Our fiend Amos Bodsworth will be pleased to see your modified roof design. :-D

What I meant by not bothering you was I assumed the liner was a normal fit and the rings were new so it pushed up a bit, coming up like that after being a tight fit is worrying.

So maybe it closed in and decreased the ring gap a bit then, maybe the block machining was a bit tight and that may have been a contributory factor in the break up?

Most likely a reflection of the gap at the other side of the piston made jagged by the honing marks then, sorry to worry you CW, but I didn't think the liner moving a bit would bother you too much at this stage.

Looks like a crack/gouge in the wall above the piston, too ragged a mark to be left by oil on the top ring?

Just think of the many happy hours that could be whiled away whenever a small crowd gathers :cool2: Is this yours? Yes why? I reckon it's an early and a late one cut and shut mate. Dunno why do you say that? And on and on................... well perhaps not just seen your last post!

That's gonna be a fine looking lorry when it's done Simon, nice to have so much wood work left to copy/restore. I reckon young 6X6 has come up with a good workaround there, makes one wonder why the later type of mudguard was ever adopted. Getting some paint on is so encouraging isn't it! :thumbsup:

Shame it's not closer, I'd like to turn up there too!

:tup:: Great collection of pix Rob, big is best! No.85 is impressive. Where is the playground shown in the last few shots?

This country is in a mess right now and my sympathy goes out to those who fear for their jobs, but I like Jack and Mark's optimism, be flexible, think outside the box, the only way is up! I started working for myself the day after I got my mortgage through in 1975 as knew I couldn't afford to pay it on the measly wages I was getting, and yes I fibbed! It was very hard to get one at all those days! I started with three days work ahead of me and never had a plan, just did any sort of work to earn money, my dad said it doesn't matter what you do as long as you learn something every day, you soon find your niche. Lived through the last two recessions but this one seems worse, I've just retired and out of it now, but enjoyed it immensely. I would say to anyone looking for a job, work for someone else and you will be too busy working to make any money, work for yourself learn a privately marketable skill and go for it.

Hi again Rob, the Big Russian Truck gallery could do with some well informed owner content, we're impressed. Could you let us know the turning circle as the herbaceous borders round the clubhouse drive may need moving back a bit!

What happens when cornering sharply at high speed on any road that is not perfectly smooth is that the front tires start to slip which starts the front axle bouncing, with no damping this quickly builds up until each wheel is airborne alternatively, swinging on the pivot pin. This makes the air assisted steering rapidly try to compensate and a fearful tankslapper can occur, nothing can be done as the four rear wheels keep going straight on, each time the wheels leave the road the front steps out a foot or so. I kid you not :shake: This should only happen to a Scammell driver once, however I had it happen a while ago when I drove onto a large empty roundabout at 30 mph without noticing a change of camber at the entry which made the front go light, I needed both lanes!! :sweat: The answer to this is to corner in a manner suited to an old Scammell, that is SLOWER and all will be OK, the speed limit in UK at the time they were made was 20 mph. I don't know if the Pioneers with lighter front axles or longer Scammells do this, someone out there will be able to tell us I'm sure. By the way, liked the bird scarer :-D

Explorers on acid, you'd think they'd know better!

Impressively quick progress there Dude, just a hint on the springing, the springs should be nearly solid as the pivoting front axle gives no resistance to roll, the Explorer is in effect a three wheeler. The most impressive unstoppable off road performance is at low speeds, :cool: first gear is 88.03 to 1, second is 54.7 to 1 I've always thought that building a RC model Explorer would be fun but I lack the patience and my spanners are too big :-D

May be just a Firefox thing, when I right click a menu appearers with amongst other things the option to 'Spell check this field' clicking this enables the function.

Spell checking posts......... when a word is underlined in red, position your cursor over it and right click, a list of alternatives will in appear in bold, click on the correct one and it will be substituted for the miss spelling. I found this purely by accident by the way!

Very interested Richard, I have been very interested, I had never heard of anything like it, taking part must have been so much fun and we have all had a taste of it now! Thanks for putting it all on here.

For what it's worth I'm with you on this one Joris, I had noticed this a day or so before this thread started and thought it was a good change. I have looked back on topics in the past and noticed that people had edited their posts in a discussion at a later date, this can make a counter argument look rather silly as any new reader reads the edited post first, or vise versa, and the respondent has moved on and not noticed. It should also make us think more carefully before posting.

Is it me or has that Explore been rolled? roof and wing both bent on top.

Glad you got back OK, a breakdown in heavy rain ain't good! Hopefully Maud's problems are behind you now and all of us who have been following this saga can relax. :clap: :yay:

Just happen to have this pic, can't imagine why! It amazes me that all the stress and forces created by the front axle and steering are held by those four small bolts and one front spring pin. the tube X member can be seen in PDF 2 The wheelbase looks a bit long to me, imagine another wheel between middle and front with all four equaly spaced, to look about right. Front axle c/l to rear axle c/l is 11'6"

Looking good so far! Radius arm details, Front spring slips one side (see PDF 2 need to look carefully to see) Would you like details of the rear axle braking system? It should be very simple to make, if you've got a year or two spare :cool2: torque arms.PDF

Hi Antar, I reckon your Crusader might be just out of shot here, These pix courtesy of SO&EC who gave me permission to publish them on my old website (now no longer) so should be OK here.

Apparently his name is Paul Marshal, they were returning the scorpion to Trafford park. I've dug out the mags but strangely none of them are dated, I guess it must have been a round 10 yrs ago.

I remember an article in SO&EC magazine about the seduction of Bernie Jones, didn't realize it was you up to your mischief again 6X6! I also remember a really funny article involving Bernie and a parachutist around the same time, you again no doubt! Any one you know in this pic?