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    Apparently there is a huge quantity of Clansman kit in the next Witham tender.
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    But many Pioneers were converted into haulage vehicles, retaining the crane to raise the spare wheel.....
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    This old girl was just shy of £10k in 1956, the invoice stated 'PIP' which I suspect was price in primer.
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    Quite, mine once drove off with a Martian.:shocked:
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    He is fitting the TM axles to a Jeep mud plugger thing:shake:
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    This is begining to make sense as on odd occasions it has been fine from cold. The only cold start devices I have seen on my 305 are a Start Pilot pump on the dash and a plunger on the fuel pump which someone has extended so that it can be reached without tilting the cab. I shall have to see if there is a fuel feed direct to the manifold.
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    Simon, my 305 in an S26 with only 25Kon the clock is exactly the same from cold, starts fine but runs badly for about a minute, then picks up nicely on all 6 but continues to smoke for 5 minutes or so. Smoke is a nasty brown colour and gives the eyes severe grief, but once warm it runs as smooth as silk. Let me know if you get to the bottom of it. Mike
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    Yes, he also has the Pickfords Constructor PUC 475 for sale at £28k.
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    Sorry to hear that Nick, but if it is a head gasket you will need to change it, not a bad job on an old pushrod engine. Running it with the gasket blown may well burn away the block or head to the point where they need skimming as it sounds like exhaust gases are leaking but not yet reached a waterway which would pressurise the cooling system. You need to take the head off, check it with a straight edge and get it skimmed if it is not completely flat. Align the head with the manifolds, torque the head down, run it until it is hot then re-torque and re-set the valve clearances.
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    The heat exchanger is bolted to the rear worm drive diff where a mechanical pump circulates the lubricant. A pair of water pipes run to the exchanger from the hot and cold side of the engine cooling system to both heat the cold oil and to cool the oil when it reaches working temperature, hence it is called a heat exchanger rather than a cooler.
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    Are you not confusing red diesel with 28 second burning oil which is essentially kerosine?
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    Did you see the cut up ones left for all to see from space?
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    Tim, that fact that it runs OK for a while and then develops problems may be overheating due to the mixture still burning when the exhaust valves open. This may be caused by the very low compression causing a delay in complete combustion. Is the exhaust manifold getting very hot with unleaded or flames showing at the tailpipe? The lack of power and mechanical noise may be the valves begining to seize and not closing correctly. Mike
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    Tom, you are thinking of the Volvo FL7/10 which had a brake control valve on the dash that popped out if the pressure dropped. I seem to remember it had 'Bremse Brake' written on the knob.
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    The Albion 900 is what it says - 900 cubic inches (actually 926) so about 15 litres. It was used in railcars, Scammell Super Constructors some export Leylands and produces about 250bhp.
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    Thanks Mike, Didn't realise they were so different.
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    That's what I thought Mike, surely taking a C6 out of a space usually occupied by a C8 cannot be that difficult:confused:
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    Lurcher:confused:
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    Polish WZ 34 with road/rail conversion?
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    I think he has gone to ground:)
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    Yes, absolutely correct Tony, current flows in the opposite direction to electron flow.
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    Tony, if they are the same spec tyres as the ones on the ex Pickfords 200 tonner at GDSF which is believed to weigh about 80t with the long girders and runs on 24 tyres, the weight per tyre is over 11t. The Crane 45tonner with sixteen could therefore theoretically gross 170+t:shake:
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    Not quite Lee, many older vehicles were wired with positive earth and the feeds were negative. Posh vehicles such as mine have insulated (wired) return rather than using the steel chassis.
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    Don't think that is it's rope Mike, it is too low down. More like using a straight tow to right the other one, or reversing to prevent the casualty crashing down.
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