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    Martian artillery carried two spare wheels IIRC.
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    Simon, a radial engine commonly uses a master con rod with the remaing rods pinned to it in order that the cylinders can be in the same plane and the engine depth kept to a minimum. John, the term that describes the force exerted by a rotating object is centripetal force.😊
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    There is no location for it externally so if it carried a spare it must have been in the rear body. Are there any holes in the front bulkhead that might be for a bracket, similar to swb Martian cargo?
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    Witham sold quite a number of these over the years, they always listed them as AFV spotlamps but possibly used on Challenger ARRV. X MOD currently have them for £3180 each 😲 Unable to help with the bulb except that they are sometimes called linear halogen bulbs.
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    I am guessing the bevel gear suggests it was mounted at 90 degrees to the cylinder block rather than inline?
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    I'm not sure that is fully to scale, the six vehicles depicted are all to different unspecified scales and other than assuming the tyres are 12.00x24, the bogie being a 30 ton and the chassis rails are 12" deep it would be difficult to scale the rest. It could be done but there are other unknowns such as the width of the chassis and cross member positions.
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    The drawing in the manual is not very clear but shows the two devices side by side in what might be the thermostat housing.
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    https://www.sweeney-kincaid.com/Sales/SaleDescription.aspx?SaleId=3543 https://www.sweeney-kincaid.com/Sales/Live/LiveBid2.aspx?SaleID=3543&LotNumber=550&index=90&PageNo=1 For some reason the above link sometimes defaults to lot 517, just search for lot 550. Looks fairly clean compared to others I have seen and none of the usual flat tyres. Wider than C&U regs so almost impossible to get registered in the UK.
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    There are two devices, a temperature sensor for the gauge and the thermal switch that brings the stop light on. I suggest unplugging the thermal switch and seeing if that cures it, you will still have the gauge to keep an eye on the temperature.
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    One of each on Milweb ATM. http://www.milweb.net/webvert/a3809/95773 http://www.milweb.net/webvert/a3811/95776
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    Stop light is activated by low oil pressure, low air pressure, cab lock down or high water temperature. The thermal switch (type TS 3219/9/00) is normally open and sited to the right of the gauge temperature sensor with a circular 90 degree boot. Cut in temp is 94>98 degrees, cut out 92 degrees.
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    Hi Adrien, Welcome, I have great memories of Alsace from 1982 when we stayed at Mulhouse and were entertained by a director of EDF as my father in law led the raid to destroy the barrage at Kembs so that the Americans didn't get their feet wet when crossing the Rhine.
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    Are you sure the brake is at the hub, it looks more like a reduction hub with a wet brake within the diff housing like a tractor?
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    Agreed but puzzled as to why someone wrote Systeme Purrey on the photo, Purrey made steam trams and wagons. Definitely a NAG here:
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    Our trackday RX7 with a 6.2 LS3 really upsets the rotary purists..... Biggest problem with the XJ6C is the bendy body, it is rather like a Bedford RL chassis.
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    Foden limber, prototype recovery and production recovery are within 2.5m wide so comply with C&U regs. Only downside to the limber and prototype recovery is the less attractive metal cab compared with the composite on the recovery. All have 4 difflocks.
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    Bwiskaveetza would be closer but good try. It was built at Cowes and was capable of 39+ knots, have a read here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORP_Błyskawica
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    Indeed Wally but the 8x4 Foden has a different arrangement without the extra pivot and rams at the end of the arm as seen on the 8x6 versions. It predates the later DROPS by some 15 years.
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    Could be, Ampliroll is a US system made by Marrel. The Foden kit looks like an adaptation of a commercial 'big hook' system used for collecting waste bins but I don't remember it ever being referred to as DROPS.
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    In the fording trials posted by Keith Sanders there is a photo showing an 8x4 low mobility Foden delivering a Muir Hill tractor using a DROPS type system. My book of army reg numbers has Foden 8x4 17GB85/87/88 clearly listed as DROPS but I was under the impression that DROPS only referred to the later 8x6 Leyland DAF and Foden models. The rack and handling arm are slightly different, were these a conversion by Boughton or some one similar and how many were produced?
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    Probably one of these as used with the petrol 20ton Constructors, I seem to remember they were made by Cranes:
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    No, Martian BURV, beach unarmoured recovery vehicle. Crane is completely different to the AEC the spare sits in more of a recess and AEC does not have a horizontally split screen.
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    Looks to have hit the house with the overhang. Wonder what they are saying!!
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    From memory the kerb weight was a smidge over 21t and about 23.5t with full C.E.S.
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    It has been suggested that the Maxter used a Magnum headlamp, have you looked into that? There was also a Maxter available with four round headlamps.
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