daz76 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Meadows petrol engined Explorer http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250851753080&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Overall tracks and engine side covers, all rare stuff and still Petrol. Would be nice in anyone's shed (apart from mine) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 seen his other stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormin Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Explorers are just like buses then. You wait ages then two come along almost at once. Seems even more unbelievable that last weeks Explorer seller also had a Martian for sale. :wow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 It looks like there is an Antar parked behind the Martian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 gorgeous .but..........a Meadows Petrol?..........I'm not even gonna start to imagine what she doesn't do to the gallon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croc Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Free motoring if you run it on contam, and they run fine on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimh Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Contam?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 (edited) Contaminated fuel. Fuel drained from cars whose owners have filled up with the wrong fuel by mistake. A mix of petrol and diesel in varying amounts. Garages would normally have to pay to dispose of it as a hazardous substance, so if someone offers to take it all away then everyone's a winner! I'd heard that some older diesel engines would run on it, but I didn't realise that an old petrol lump would like it too! Edited July 14, 2011 by Johnny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormin Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Contaminated fuel.Fuel drained from cars whose owners have filled up with the wrong fuel by mistake. A mix of petrol and diesel in varying amounts. Garages would normally have to pay to dispose of it as a hazardous substance, so if someone offers to take it all away then everyone's as winner! I'd heard that some older diesel engines would run on it, but I didn't realise that an old petrol lump would like it too! Bet it would smoke like a train until it got warm too, depending on diesel to petrol ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croc Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Contaminated fuel.Fuel drained from cars whose owners have filled up with the wrong fuel by mistake. A mix of petrol and diesel in varying amounts. Garages would normally have to pay to dispose of it as a hazardous substance, so if someone offers to take it all away then everyone's as winner! I'd heard that some older diesel engines would run on it, but I didn't realise that an old petrol lump would like it too! These days it is fairly difficult to get diesel into a petrol tank but easy to get petrol into a diesel, because of the filler design. I recon it averages at about 80% petrol. My RL runs on it OK as did Adam Elsdons Humber Pig, I have a lawn mower that loves it, A Suzuki 410 runs it no bother and Ted Rileys Explorer ran on it very well. Bear in mind that older low compression petrol engines were designed to run on much lower octane fuel, all a bit of diesel does is lubricate the upper cylinder. Granted it can be a bit smokey until it warms up but you can get it for nothing and someone has already paid the road duty on it so it is legal. If you do get a more diesel batch you just add some fresh unleaded to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davhems Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 its jacksons recovery in morpeth northumberland that had the explorer and martian for sale. i know the guy and he does also have a antar and an old humber which ive been told is rare. they buy and sell ex military stuff and do repairs for the army as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Back in the 1980s when I first restored my GMC 353 I found that when I took her out for a steady run, sometimes whilst just feathering the throttle at 30/35mph the engine would suddenly cut out....... fuel starvation, I rattled the accelerator a few times and she fired back in, a little later the same thing would happen again, and so on. I eventually came to the conclusion that the problem was the float sticking in the carb. I decided to mix about a gallon of diesel in with a full tank of fuel ( You could afford to fill up in those days) to act as a lubricant in the carb............ I never had any more trouble with the float.:goodidea: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Sold for £10,000!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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