younggun

But he can live in a Matador, as he doesn't want to buy a house yet!

i never thort of it like that i like your style bernard but with mat being a student and all that which has more sex apea l? for all those your female enginering students a matador or an explorer? :cool2:

Welcome Matt, well built, good looking and fun, just what a young man should be lusting after....................a Matador :thumbsup:

and if a matador just donsent cut the mustard there is allways an explorer :thumbsup: isant that rite bernard

oh god its worse than i first thought hes got landrovers aswell . there will be a time when the need for something bigger than 110 wheel base just gets too much and u end up with some thing big like i did

welcome to the clubhouse

nick

I'd love a big Scammell too- Pioneer, Explorer or Constructor, I'm not fussy:-D

 

But a Matador is the number 1 choice, and it's almost sensible compared... You are only young once after all. Seems a better use of my money than widdling it up the wall like most folks my age seem to, that or on flash cars. And it's probably a safer investment than putting it in the bank, I'm unlikely to lose much should I have to sell it a few years down the line anyway- ignoring running and maintenance costs of course, but that's a small price to pay for the enjoyment factor methinks.

 

Rambling now, s' bedtime!

ramble on all u like mate nice to meet some one of my age group with the the same views and interests personly i cant see y so many kids our age just piss it up the wall on drink . when we can go to shows and have twice the fun and end up in the beer tent anyway ,lol hope to catch u around at some shows maybee if u can drag yourself away from all that uni work

nick

Ask me this time next year... yours is a very nice example, just what I'd be looking for- but I'm still a skint student at the moment, s' dependent on me getting a halfway decent graduate job. Want to get one sooner rather than later, before buying houses, settling down and real life in general gets in the way.

 

What is the "going rate" these days for a useable, roadworthy example? Don't want perfection, I'd never use it if it was and could never afford it anyway.

ahh reminds me of when i was your age , well it was only 2 years ago . now i own an explorer of my own the wanting for the vehical of your choice will only get worse the more time u spend on the forum so i of hope to see u on here alot lol

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What do you have now in your drive.

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an oil stain where it used to be ?? :whistle:

http://trueasset.org.uk/index.php?page=pumps

saw this and thort of u :angel:

more pics

just some of mine i took today while out for a spin

i tell u wot boys i am very tempted wots the situation with more heavy vehicals like my explorer ?

Hope to see you there Nick.

 

He wasn't there last year for some reason but Alan Plummer is usually there with his (still Petrol) BD series Explorer, we could get three BD's in a line for a photo?

i like the sound of that mike we where goin to try to and get a photo of mine and andis together at dorset but we never got round to it did we ,

Beautifull ( I mean the engine ) ! :-D

i agree with that statment andy hats of to them for doin such a 1st class rebuild

Hi Nick.

 

Spent 4 years working in spain for a french boss. plus the language is very similar:-D

 

 

Clive

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i admire people who can speek another language . i can speek a little french but only when soumthin on the truck is goin wrong if u know wot i mean :argh:

never been before posted my entery this morning tho looking forward to it , all i need to do now is get this living trailer sorted intime for this

looking forward to seeing u all there

nick

yes please do keep posting i love these fodens but u never rearly get to see them in action other than ploding along the moterway

Bonjour Hervé.

Documentaion ce que vous cherchez sur le 8x8 HET Unipower ou il est pour le camion 8x8 plage française qui a été construit par la société française MPI à La Havre.

 

Vous pouvez me contacter sur mon site web, le lien se trouve au bas de ce post

 

Cordialement

Clive

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ok clive no need to show off the the the language skills lol :-\

thanks for posting kevin that a great lookin explorer u got there

nick

Nick, the pump squirts a lot of cooled/warmed oil on the worm in two places and a smaller amount to lube the pump gears and thrust bearing.

but how is this done on the pioneer? we could do with a pioneer parts manual to make a comparsion . any one got one ?

For Sale.....Scammell explorer will swap for road worthy AEC militant Recovery truck:)

just because u think u are safe form the scammell mafia a top that mountain of yours doesent mean we wont come up there and beat u with a rubber hose. :-D your explorer seems to had a very hard life tho rob its about time someone loved her maybee your not sleeping with her enough, leaving her out in the cold all the time

now getting back to this pump ok so the pump dose not work in reverse and the pioneer dosent have a pump at all ! and there are stories of explorers running round with no oil pump ! so dose the explorer only have an oil pump to circulate the oil through the heat exchanger to keep it cool or warm depending on climmate . ?

great pics there alan keep them couming :thumbsup:

nick

:yay: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK :yay:

all the best for the year to come

Ahhh....When you press it in there should be a dull click as the controll rack shoots to the end ( full fuel position) you are now ready to start.

The pump is always in the full power position with the engine stopped as there is no vacume to pull the pump back. Try pressing the button then pull the stop leaver back to see if the button pops up. if not make sure you have a bit of slack in your stop cable to alow the rack to travel further. This could also explane what i think is a lack of "go" from your engine. My pump was gummed up when i got mine so i removed the side plate and spanked the controll rack back and forth and gobed loads of diesel into each end. If you push the button with the plate removed you should see the rack move a bit further. you have to make sure the rack goes full travel of you will be down on power. These pumps are very easy to adjust and also to tweek to give more power but is any one thing is out of adjustment it can slow things right down. Oh make sure the throttle flap is full open and not beyond full open (starting to close again) The size of the throttle body on the manifold limits the overall tp speed. I'll try to get a film of my engine starting and running if it will help. Whats your max engine revs on the clock with no load?

thanks rob i will have to investegat this pump further i have had the side plate off before and eveything is free moveing in there so it might be the stop when i push the button with engine stopp ed it just pops back up

mine only starts like this in cold weather normaly it starts fine but a vid or some pics would help alot rob thanks

glad it is inspirs u rob now get back to work :-D

no that was without cold start i normaly wind it over on the decompersor a few times but i didant do it that time .

the cold start button ontop of my pump confuess me . how the hell do u get it too stay in or do u have to have some one hold it it ?

nick

thanks andy had a feelin u would be the first to discover my vid . only my first vid of many in the future all i need is a bigger stick to poke the camara man with from across the cab

a happy new year to u as well mate

nick

ahh bernard ! i took your advice !

and it was a nice day to go for a drive evan tho it was a little dark by the time i had finished showing off at the local MC donalds :-D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taSIwH0U2rU