younggun

Now now don't be rash:shocked: we'll have none of that silly talk> But on the other hand if you are going to put a leyland 680 in it i'll look after your old meadows for you :cool2: ( cue vultures circling over folyd:evil:)

thinking about going down the more mondern engine route at the momment i mite be able to keep up with some of the mad explorer owners that live around these parts i would rearly like to get the meadows out of the truck and give it a full rebuild but just dont to want to miss out on the rallys while i do it

Thought you had the heads skimmed and all sorted out. sure the pumps ok ect before you get all depressed

yea had heads skimed all was done to the best of my ability definity not the water pump has i had that apart aswell and mine is a petrol water pump the van is going round so the pump is goin round

i am going to try another retorque did it once after a couple of gd runs out after the first time i did the gasket there is no oil in the water just the cooling system being pressurised at the momment gonna try another retorque but i dont think its going to help

i know some people wont like me saying this but i think i am goin to start to think about a replacement for the meadows :shocking:

hello all

well as some of u may allready know floyd is once more suffering from a blown head gasket

we had a nice little run out down to avon dassett to meet up with dep ( c.s eliss explorer ) and then run across to hollowell bonfire bash ran down to dasset with no problems at all soon aft

er leaveing dasset floyd starting spewing water out the top of the rad cap took it a bit steady after that to see if it was just getting a bit hotter than usueal but a closer inspection at hollowell found two head bolts with fulid bubleing around them .

ran the 60 od mile back home with the rad cap off and got back in one peice with no more problems . truck seems to be running better than ever at the momment ,

but the question is now what to do next ?

i do think maybee i am asking a bit much of my poor old meadows :cry:

hey marcus nice of u to join us here dont park the zill next to my explorer again mate if u can help i was starting to have ideas

nick

I will need some recovery kit for casualties, anyone got Militant or Scammell with a big winch? :whistle:

:-D spose i better put my name forward then :-D

and bursting the tyres on that trailer.....just how big was the curb you hit:cool2:

cheeky sod :pfrt:

i found pushing the trailer was much more fun than toweing it but after about two laps of the ring the brain rearly starts to hurt from concentrating its like that brain training game u can get but for big boys :cool2: great trailer tho i wanted to take it home with me

You'd have thought with all the fun he's been having he'd would have posed the odd piccy or vidio to give us statics some insparation. Perhaps he dosen't want to play with us now his truck moves:embarrassed: Come on Andy lets go sit in the cab and make engine noises:pfrt:

your just jelous :kiss:

i keep meaning too post an update of wot i have been up too rob but i never seem to be at home at the momment

i am due to start takeing thigs apart again soon over the winter need to get my living acomadation finished aswell .

hers a few pics just to keep u happy tho rob :-D

i hope the air horn u are fitting rob will be up to explorer standard :cool2:

i will apolagise for my abscence from the forum lately been busy working and out scammelling.

how much longer before u will be hitting the road ?

i am trying to talk some other like minded explorer owners into makeing the treck to llandudno next year after all the road miles i have covered this year i just have this uncontrollable urge to do even more :-D

nick

sorry mate i didant know i was goin to the friday before hand they where very late replying to entrys

your welcome to come up and have a play if the scammell lust is getting that bad :-D

hi dizzy t i will confess to the scammell wrecker being mine glad u liked the sound i cant here much inside the cab :-D

great pics there smithy i didant realise that was you stood at the top of the hill while i was noseing the trailer about if i had i would have took you for a spin .

thanks

nick

dont worry smithy the gipsy has just got some pre show nervs my explorer gets it often had a great deal of trouble today trying to coax him onto the lowloder :nut:

see u there

nick

will be there kicking around playpen either with my scammell or with the work lads and the allelys lowloder and steam loco aiming to be there some time saturday before the show . see u all there

nick

excuse me rob but i didant come last this year :-D

Due to the lack of world war 2 wheel clamps, this proud owner has used all available kit to secure his mighty Ward La Faff against pikies.

photo by gritineye

i can see ther are many advantages in haveing a extra seat in that location bernard or is it purely to keep an eye on andy this year when crossing a dtich :shocked: and do u plan to have a handbrake operator in this position during the drag race to aide in the achivment of sideways motion ???

this years suply of cake has just been deliverd ready for war and peac :cool2:

nick

Ah.. met the bloke with the CS ellis explorer last year at llandudno rally and his missus. Not a single explorer there this year:embarrassed: see you have a working cluch brake on you truck i'd have no chance changing down gears like that with mine.

oh i have been researching meadows engines and the 6dc630 seems to have been made in a few different specs over the years and i remember finding a plate on mine saying it had been brought up to blah blah blah specification ect ect however meadows made the later engines 160 hp.........nice:D fingers crossed eh need to find that engine plate again:cool2:

i remember there is a plate on mine saying it has been rebuilt at some point. my cluch brake sort of works not all the time tho that vid was taken on the sunday i screwed the satadays gearchange up a bit and came to a stop :blush: sorry u were disapointed at llandudno this year. think the plan is to invade the place again next year :-D pleanty of time to get yours done .

i dont have a carbon footprint i have a carbon truck print with bar grips on it :-D

I like the scabby yellow one is he on this forum? And what donkey is has the last one in the line been fitted with? The front end had been lifted, mabey to clear a sunp ect?

hey rob the scabby yellow one as u put it is on its first rally out after being saved. a full nut and bolt restoration is soon to begin . it belongs to my mates better half who runs the red C.S ELLIS explorer . they towed it on a straight bar to the show 20 miles each way , after 20 years it still holds air better than mine :shocked:

the one at the rear of the line is powered by a gardner 6lw can,t see y the front has been raised tho because the sump clears the axel with loads to spare ,

as u can see by the hint of black smoke pump is now getting pleatny of fuel :cool2:

nick

That ramp looks like it was designed perfectly to just clear the stowage rack on the Explorers!

Does it make use of the full travel in the walking beam or is there some in reserve?

 

The Meadows sounds purposeful pulling away with some load :cool2:

think there is a little bit more travel in the walking beams but not much . the ramp was designed just for an explorer so it only just clears the locker box . if i had somewhere to keep a ramp on the truck i would make one myself cus its such a great tool for showing off :-D

i didant realise how loud my little meadows was untill i let a friend drive it around the ring a bloxham on the saturday nite and i could hang out of the roof turret and listen but i did have to do a few mods to get it to sound like that before hand :whistle:

passes arrived the other day me and scammell shall be departing home some time on the thersday before the show to arrive there some time firday or sooner if i can catch a piggy back :-D

rearly looking forwad to this years show hope to see u all there :-D

nick

Impressive articulation. What weight are you towing with three on the drawbar?

an explorer is about 12/13 tons so 3 of them is around 39 tones other explorers with bigger rolls royce engines pulled a lot more than my little meadows powerd one

i have been out playing again :-D aint no time like playtime:-D

Hello, as its in our patch (South Mids MVT) I will gladly circulate to our members. +ask Diesel Demon with 432.

 

When my children were little we used to have season ticket, its a great place with all the animals they can touch, Guniea pig town was a favourite.

cheers

Paul

thanks paul that would be great if u could put the word around its simply a roll up and shine event with no paper work and pluss if there are and vehical owners out there with youg kids it would kill two bids with one stone ,

the show is a bit of a short notice puttogether but we hope we can do a bit for charity

thanks

nick

hello all a friend of mine has asked me to drum up a bit of interest in a little fund raising show he is putting together

it is for the south warwickshire dyslexia association who are celebrating 30 years of being a children's charity

we have quite a large area to fill so the more the merryer we hope that some people can come a long for a few hours jus to raise a bit of mony for the charity. were not after any typ of vehical in specific but if u have soumthing a little special we would be happy for you to bring it along . so far we have trucks cars bikes steam engines sportscars and many others .

event is being held at HATTON COUNTRY WORLD just out side warwick on the saturday the 10th and sunday the 11th of july

www.hattonworld.com

hope to see a few of you there

nick

if you want more info just pm me