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Another take on the Cummins into Explorer clutch shaft dilemma, This is Edward Collins' method. He an engineering firm make a flange which they welded onto the shaft, drilled, trued and balanced and the huge propshaft made to suit, don't think that will break any time soon!

Yes Mike, I fitted these after I overhauled the steering, the sticking seal was rolling in the steering servo and acting as a damper because when it was all rebuilt and oiled the steering shakes got so bad on bumpy corners and potholes it was really scary. Those dampers had lain on my shelf for many years, left over from my off road competition days, Bilstien gas filled coil overs, do the job perfic. Something will turn up re boots, just a case of keep looking. Ball joint gaiters are on order!

Well if I see it looking like this one, I'll ask you to put the bonnet side covers on immediately! :-D Nothing else looks as good as a well polished engine Jimh. Antar Mike once said something like, "It's not a military vehicle, it's an ex military vehicle and it's mine, so I can do what I want."

A really edifying site with some amazing photos, thank for the link.

The Mechanical Horse did have the Scammell name on it..............:whistle:

Some Pioneers had the Scammell cast into the coffee pot and some didn't, I am not sure but I think the later ones had no name.

There is another special fix shown in those pix, I'm surprised no one has spotted it (or them) yet....................................................:coffee:

A good idea Rob, as long as they are kept soft, Vaseline is recommended for this, according to Landrover. The leather gaiters once made for Landrover swivel housings, I put a pair on my series 1 to protect the perfect swivel chrome but when I took them off a couple of years later water had got trapped inside (through the lace hole I reckon) and rusted them! :argh:

Looks like there was some interest from abroad, does the reg no mean anything to anyone?.

Here is what they look like Will, never took any measurements (forgot :rolleyes:) Servos all good just a cleanup and gaiters required All that hidden crapp in the servo bracket! I did do a bit of lateral thinking here as well, just to keep the crap out till I find some gaiters to fit, any help here would be great. Dense closed cell foam cut with a Stanley knife. This is the fixes and workarounds thread after all....................:coffee:

Might, I'll look again next winter.

Did that to the other side they were so soaked it didn't work, all slimey again after 200 mls, as you and I knew they would be! :coffee:

Some of you may remember that I had a front hub seal leaking on Forceful, I intended to copy the modification that Graham Germany has done to his, but stuff and things got in the way. I'm running out of pre season time to make and modify the parts, so I've cleaned everything out and regreased with super sticky stuff and put it all back until next winter. If it has not leaked out by then I may just leave it as is. This is the hub that didn't appear to be leaking, but as can be seen it was, not a lot, but enough to mess up the shoes. The other hub that I had greased with normal grease last year had not leaked any further but the seal had worn enough to leave a rubber dust debris, (some wiped some off to show it better) the seal surfaces where lubed before being put back on! How where these ever acceptable? I only did about 200 mls to make this much dust! The manual says that if the seal leaks it is only 'advisable' to replace it, maybe front brakes where not really considered neccessary! This is the grease I am hoping will do the trick, it is so sticky it's stretches into really fine threads. The inner bearing packed and with the silicone sealer ready to take the seal adapter, notice there is a large groove around the bearing which should hold quite a lot of drips of grease before they get any where near the seal. The manufacturers of this stuff tell me that it will not move away from where it is put, ever, we shall see! There are two spacers and then the second layer of the seal, you can see that the groove and this cover make a good centrifugal grease trap. How complicated can a useless thing be? The top part of the seal in place, this useless seal comprises 15 parts, and 4 gaskets, (silicon used) and 12 bolts. I then cleaned all the old lube out of the stub axle and drive shaft and greased every thing against rust, this grease it so clingy that washing parts and bearings with brake cleaner solvent is needed, as any old oil on the surface means it will stick to your fingers better that the component. It is quite difficult to spread it out smoothly. As can be seen all brake shoes were relined, expanders cleaned and lubed then the hub was then refitted in the normal way.

Cap'n Catweazle......... "These are my throttle levers and I push them forward like this to go faster" Able Seaman Andy................ "mmmmme me me me !! "

Or been to 'Butchers Hole Bottom' near Polegate, some miserable git has changed the sign now, never took a pic!

Have you noticed that as you travel north along the road a parked Jag morphs into your Pig? That's pretty cool, Jag mode for posh, Pig mode for play! :-D

Hi Declan, good to see you made it at last. Sorry Tony, I think maybe the Dodge is just a passing phase as Declan is already hooked, and too modest to admit he has driven a Scammell, and managed to do so without grinning like a muppet.

I'll try and find mine as well, ain't seen it for years, it might have some instructions inside!

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No and Yes.

Well done Croc, and congratulations, glad you didn't bow to fashion and stretch your Explorer or the pig for the occasion!

Hi Carl, welcome to the forum, are these scratch built Welbikes? nice to hear a small business doing so well!

I agree, this has been bothering me for some time now, I can understand someone finding something very rare that is about to rust away in a high humidity jungle, and bringing it home because there is no hope of any local finance or enthusiasm coming to the rescue. Some stuff was special ordered to suit local conditions and requirements. these have no place in the UK, and as long as they are not in danger of being lost should remain where they are. Like the LRDG vehicles still lying in the sand in North Africa, for instance.

The Sad Story of a Motor Fan H. A. Field Young Ethelred was only three Or somewhere thereabouts, when he Began to show in divers ways The early stages of the craze For learning the particulars Of motor-bikes and motor-cars. He started with a little book To enter numbers which he took, And, though his mother often said, ‘Now, do be careful, Ethelred; Oh, dear! Oh, dear! What shall I do If anything runs over you?’ (Which Ethelred could hardly know, And sometimes crossly told her so), It didn’t check his zeal a bit, But rather seemed to foster it; Indeed it would astonish you To hear of all the things he knew. He guessed the make (and got it right) Of every car that came in sight, And knew as well its m.p.g., Its m.p.h. and £.s.d., What gears it had, what brakes, and what – In short he knew an awful lot. Now, when a boy thinks day and night Of motor-cars with all his might He gets affected in the head, And so it was with Ethelred. He called himself a ‘Packford Eight’ And wore a little number-plate Attached behind with bits of string, He wound and cranked like anything, And buzzed and rumbled ever so Before he got himself to go. He went about on all his fours, And usually, to get indoors, He pressed a button, then reversed, And went in slowly, backmost first. He took long drinks from mug and cup To fill his radiator up Before he started out for school (‘It kept,’ he said, ‘his engine cool’); And when he got to school he tried To park himself all day outside, At which he Head became irate And caned him on his number-plate. So week by week he grew more like A motor-car or motor-bike, Until one day an oily smell Hung round him, and he wasn’t well. ‘That’s odd,’ he said; ‘I wonder what Has caused the sudden pains I’ve got. No motor gets an aching tum Through taking in petroleum.’ With that he cranked himself, but no, He couldn’t get himself to go, But merely buzzed a bit inside, Then gave a faint chug-chug and died. Now, since his petrol-tank was full, They labelled him ‘Inflammable,’ And wisely saw to it that he Was buried safely out at sea. So, if any time your fish Should taste a trifle oilyish, You’ll know that fish has lately fed On what remains of Ethelred. H. A. Field contributed several items to Punch from 1924 to 1931.

Hi Brodie, I'm a bit biased when it comes to choice of big trucks, but those Russian trucks are desirable and seem pretty reliable from what I've heard, a few members have them and will be along to help I'm sure. Welcome to the forum.