andym Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Today's job with the FV432 was clearing out the foul black gungy mess in the void between the tillers and the front of the hull. Is there supposed to be a drain for this? I can't find one and there obviously hasn't been any draining going on for quite a while! I'd done about three-quarters of the job (baling out with a yoghurt pot) by the time I took these: I'd unearthed numerous nuts and bolts and a spanner before I found something else buried in the mire. I didn't quite recognise what it was until I'd completely extracted it - an SA80 magazine complete with blank rounds! I carefully removed it to the other end of the yard out of harm's way and covered it in water to prevent it drying out again. Trying to contact Devonport EOD was a complete farce - just answerphones everywhere. I've left a message so perhaps they'll call me back after the weekend .... :cry: Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel demon Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Andy Theyre only blanks, polish them up and keep them a souveniers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Today's job with the FV432 was clearing out the foul black gungy mess in the void between the tillers and the front of the hull. Is there supposed to be a drain for this? I can't find one and there obviously hasn't been any draining going on for quite a while! I'd done about three-quarters of the job (baling out with a yoghurt pot) by the time I took these: [ATTACH=CONFIG]32292[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]32291[/ATTACH] I'd unearthed numerous nuts and bolts and a spanner before I found something else buried in the mire. I didn't quite recognise what it was until I'd completely extracted it - an SA80 magazine complete with blank rounds! I carefully removed it to the other end of the yard out of harm's way and covered it in water to prevent it drying out again. [ATTACH=CONFIG]32293[/ATTACH] Trying to contact Devonport EOD was a complete farce - just answerphones everywhere. I've left a message so perhaps they'll call me back after the weekend .... :cry: Andy I though only Saracens has this sort of gunk in it.:cool2: No magazines with rounds unfortunately. Somebody must have searched for that magazine high and low and probably tried all the fishing methods in the book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mash Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 By the looks of that magazine and with it having blank rounds in it i would say it has been there a long time as that appears to be a mag from the original SA80 as the mags we use for blanks now are striped yellow and have a special catch on the front to prevent us placing live rounds in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuttydon Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Thats the next job to do on mine - but I bet I don't get anything so exciting :cry: I did find pfenig near the fuel pump . . . does that count Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 It seems to happen quite often... what can you see in this photo! :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 It seems to happen quite often... what can you see in this photo! :cool2: [ATTACH=CONFIG]32328[/ATTACH] Looks like a LIVE round just under the Turret basket ring Chris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 By the looks of that magazine and with it having blank rounds in it i would say it has been there a long time as that appears to be a mag from the original SA80 as the mags we use for blanks now are striped yellow and have a special catch on the front to prevent us placing live rounds in them. At least five years - she was sold by Withams in 2005! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 hi fella's try looking under the rear floor plates for gulf war souvenir's (made by kalashnikov) :cool2: eddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mash Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 hi fella's try looking under the rear floor plates for gulf war souvenir's (made by kalashnikov) :cool2: eddy CVRT fuel tanks are popular for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewinder Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 And to think all I found in mine today was some mouldy shreddies and discarded cigarette butts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 i found 2 lizards (kotchi's gheckos to be precise) in an armoured car we imported from greece . One died the other day but the other is still going strong after nearly a year and a half living in a vivarium in my garage . One is called Marmon and the one that died was called herrington(r.i.p) i,ll let you guess what vehicle it was :-D Other than spent rounds,beer bottle tops and tin openers we havent really found anything else to interesting . iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel demon Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 hi fella's try looking under the rear floor plates for gulf war souvenir's (made by kalashnikov) :cool2: eddy I had the traffic police come and give my 43 the once over, he was ex RMP and told me all about the hiding places....must have shufty some day ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share Posted August 8, 2010 I had the traffic police come and give my 43 the once over, he was ex RMP and told me all about the hiding places....must have shufty some day ! I'll get the rear floor plates up once the WD40 has had time to work on the remaining bolts. The cover for the fuel cock has gone AWOL and may well be underneath. In the meantime I've found a perfectly good 7/16" spanner lurking under the ventilation fan! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 As a searched trained person, and knowing of possible Gulf War 'goodies', I searched every nook and cranny of my 432 (02 EE 49) when I bought it in 2005. I was really hopeful as it had seen service in both the Gulf War and Bosnia with 26 Regt, RA, but all I found was....a (used) TEABAG - hidden behind the external NBC filters!!!! As it took some considerable effort to get to, I'm sure some Gunner was having a laugh with the post Op Granby RMP search teams!! I did find a few Pfenigs under the driver's seat though! Peter, Ferret Mk 2/3, 03 CC 42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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