landyandy Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 finaly got her finished today,cured the rough running,problem was 2 plug leads round the wrong way,now she goe,s a treat,she will be out on slab common next sunday the 28th if you want to see her running,might even try out the winch on a dead tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Great work Andy, more video please!!!!! R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 (edited) got her loaded on transporter ready for tomorrow after a good grease up and service so thunder bird is go,hopefully see somebody there tomoz at slab common Edited August 27, 2011 by landyandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 nice one . :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 well what a day we had ,she performed faultlessly apart from me keep missing gears but you don,t learn without expierience,but overall well pleased with it and it drew quite a lot of attention from the people there,the only down side is the fuel consumption which is worse than the cent but i think a bit of ajustment on the carbs will be in order.next job to do on it is replace the jib rams as they are rusted over the winter so when we take her to shows next year we can show it as a fully operational arv,didn,t get much chance to take many pics as was driving most of the time but i,ve no doubt there will be many posted and videos to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Oh Andy, Andy, Andy, over 9 minutes of video, your really out doing yourself, you wont be able to go back now! Grand mate. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 another vid from outing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 (edited) had a day working on on the jib rams and hydralic system today,pins came out of the jib so easily as we though we would have a struggle with but not so, all going well so far,cleaned up the rams as they were rusty,all going well ,pumped 40 gallons of hydralic oil in the old girl and fired her up to bleed the system no problems,operated the jib rams in and out all looking good then tried the main winch,pulled in ok but would not work going out,fiddled about with controls still wouldent work,got out to look at the manual and guess whats all over the floor ??? nearly all the oil we had put in,turns out the pressure pipe to main winch is blown and its burried right under everthing so we now have to take the hoist winch out and the hydralic tank out to get to this f$&*£$!g pipe,oh well thats tank restos for you also m74,s little brother has joined us from aborfield the m32 Edited September 25, 2011 by landyandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Blimey. I remember both of those toys when they were owned by someone else (:-D). And I know who - er - liberated them. Great to see them again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 Blimey. I remember both of those toys when they were owned by someone else (:-D). And I know who - er - liberated them. Great to see them again! curious here who owned them before us ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 The M32B1 TRV was "captured" in Yugoslavia and shipped to the UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 (edited) curious here who owned them before us ? I recall the M74 coming to Beltring many years ago, soon after the museum received it. I think it may have been an exchange from either Germany or Belgium if I recall. Roger J will know. As for the other one from Arborfield, think that one was liberated from Bosnia or thereabouts. Edited September 25, 2011 by Richard Farrant Hanno beat me too it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 I recall the M74 coming to Beltring many years ago, soon after the museum received it. I think it may have been an exchange from either Germany or Belgium if I recall. Roger J will know. As for the other one from Arborfield, think that one was liberated from Bosnia or thereabouts. the m74 was a swap for conqueror arv with a german museum and yes the m32 did come from croatia,was just trying to see who supposidly owned them before us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 the m74 was a swap for conqueror arv with a german museum Judging by it's markings, the M74 TRV is an ex-Belgian Army example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 finally got back to the old girl after a month out and got the lifting boom fixed back in place and working.next on agender was taking off the top plate and start to strip all the floor plates out to get to the lifting winch as its got to come out to repair the leaking pipe on main winch , bit of a job as all the screws are seized solid but persivearence and the jobs done, next week to lift out the lifting winch which is now made easier by the arrival of not 1 but 2 foden 6x6 recovery trucks, bigger lifting capacity is much appreiceated which are now part of the reme collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 and a video of it working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Thanks for the updates Andy , Good to see the Fodens being preserved too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 Thanks for the updates Andy , Good to see the Fodens being preserved too ! if you are interested the conqueror , m74 , and one of the fodens will be out on slab common on 20th november Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 if you are interested the conqueror , m74 , and one of the fodens will be out on slab common on 20th november Thanks for the heads up Andy I'll do my best to get there ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Judging by it's markings, the M74 TRV is an ex-Belgian Army example. Correct! And its mate came from Kosovo not Croatia (hence the markings on the side "POD Thess" stood for "Point of Debarkation Thessaloniki" which to you and I means port. Thess was the main port for stuff going into and out of Kosovo). I think I have some piccies somewhere of it in Pristina.... Best if the M74 origins remain hidden in the midsts of time and ancient Tank Transporting legend........... Only decent beer in vast quantities will get more out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 And its mate came from Kosovo not Croatia (hence the markings on the side "POD Thess" stood for "Point of Debarkation Thessaloniki" which to you and I means port. Thess was the main port for stuff going into and out of Kosovo). I think I have some piccies somewhere of it in Pristina.... Best if the M74 origins remain hidden in the midsts of time and ancient Tank Transporting legend........... Only decent beer in vast quantities will get more out of me. Paul, Thanks for confirming where those two Sherman TRV's came from. So it seams both were acquired as bit of a prank? Just load it up and see how far one can get? That's exactly how the RAF "acquired" a Dutch Spitfire in the 1950s! Hanno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Not so much "prank" as "seemed like a good idea at the time"! And one certainly would just be so much scrap iron by now if it were not for the good idea, as it was on its way out onto a range to be a target when it was, er, discovered late one winters night...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 that said, does the museum have 2 M74s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 that said, does the museum have 2 M74s? One M74, ex-Belgium and the other that came from Kosovo was a M32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 That's exactly how the RAF "acquired" a Dutch Spitfire in the 1950s!Hanno You got it back......eventually! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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