da bomb Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Collected the MK1 APC (with winch...oooer) on Sunday, and drove it back home, a distance of 24 miles, it then started to do the following....... Back brakes locked on! fluid pressure not releasing, who says Pig brakes aren't good!! Misfiring, the last owner thoughtfully forgetting to tighten up the dizzy cover nuts! Exhaust down pipe dropped out of the bottom of the manifold..quite loud! Then it ran out of petrol 10 yards from the house, all of this in the space of 3 hours including stopping to fix it. But it's home and it's all mine, just need to spend some time fettling it, probably with a large hammer :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 let's have a piccy then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 It has the name PIG for a reason ya know. :-D At least you got it home. It's better to get all the problems out in the open so you can see what you've got coming. I'm a great believer in driving a new purchase home so you find out all the pros and cons. Otherwise, you wouldn't have found out about the problems until you were making your way to your first show. Hope all goes well Adam and give us a picture. Markheliops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 The joy of getting a new vehicle! I need to experience that again.... 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da bomb Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 It has the name PIG for a reason ya know. :-D At least you got it home. It's better to get all the problems out in the open so you can see what you've got coming. I'm a great believer in driving a new purchase home so you find out all the pros and cons. Otherwise, you wouldn't have found out about the problems until you were making your way to your first show. Hope all goes well Adam and give us a picture. Markheliops Already sorted the misfiring out for a while, had the ignition stuff pulled out and cleaned up, it was all a bit manky The brakes, not to sure either a valve sticking or a vacuum problem. The exhaust is easy enough. Unfortunately i was so busy fixing the B*****d thing, i didnt get a chance to take any photo's, but they will be following soon.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris c8 fat Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 :-D So the most expensive job you have to do is fill her up? :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 :-D So the most expensive job you have to do is fill her up? :-D :whistle: :rofl: good luck with getting it sorted, Adam, at least there's plenty of time before the events kick off, to get everything checked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Collected the MK1 APC (with winch...oooer) on Sunday, and drove it back home, a distance of 24 miles, it then started to do the following....... Back brakes locked on! fluid pressure not releasing, who says Pig brakes aren't good!! Misfiring, the last owner thoughtfully forgetting to tighten up the dizzy cover nuts! Exhaust down pipe dropped out of the bottom of the manifold..quite loud! Then it ran out of petrol 10 yards from the house, all of this in the space of 3 hours including stopping to fix it. But it's home and it's all mine, just need to spend some time fettling it, probably with a large hammer :-D :tup: :rofl: Have you wound the front axle up yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 The before pic's are sometimes even more revealing than the afters , when everything is all cleaned up and repainted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da bomb Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 :tup: :rofl: Have you wound the front axle up yet? Everything transmission wise seems to be working as advertised!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Everything transmission wise seems to be working as advertised!! Adam, that has been known to be the problem. Apparently the have a tendency to wind up the front diff. I'm sure the experts will put you right. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Hardyferret Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 They also have a tendency to wind up the owners .............. and owners wives :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Adam, that has been known to be the problem. Apparently the have a tendency to wind up the front diff. I'm sure the experts will put you right. :-D Only if you go everywhere in 4WD, so for roadwork you just go in 2WD. The problems that resulted in an average 80 pigs being in for repair at NI workshops at any one time were due to rear wheel stations problems. Many of the recovered pigs had not had the modified lubrication mods done. The 'stronger' Chobham joints failed due to the clips holding on the articulating pads breaking or unclipping. Pigs & GS vehicles were cannibalised to recover the 'weaker' Tracta joints which were more reliable. When Birfield joints were later fitted to Mk2 pigs, the joint reliability improved, but axle breakage increased! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da bomb Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 They also have a tendency to wind up the owners .............. and owners wives :whistle: My wife seems to think it'll make a great lawn ornament......now that's why i married her!!! And the front diff engages/disengages from 4wd as required, so in that respect it works quite well, hopefully reducing the tendency to leave big ruts in said lawn :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 My wife seems to think it'll make a great lawn ornament......now that's why i married her!!! And the front diff engages/disengages from 4wd as required, so in that respect it works quite well, hopefully reducing the tendency to leave big ruts in said lawn :-D Does she have a sister? :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da bomb Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Tony, unfortunately her sister is very conventional and over emotional, a personality type that doesn't mix well with Military vehicle owners i find!...not only that....she's bloody awful!! :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da bomb Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Do Pigs have a C.E.S. Kit? just a question my mate asked the other night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Tony, unfortunately her sister is very conventional and over emotional, a personality type that doesn't mix well with Military vehicle owners i find!...not only that....she's bloody awful!! :rofl: If she reads this, Adam, you might be glad of the armour the pig carries. :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Do Pigs have a C.E.S. Kit? just a question my mate asked the other night Yes Army Code No.33579 & an ammended CES for NI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croc Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Adam brought the pig up to my house yesterday, so I hung it on the back of the Scammell..... Hung Bacon http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5641/img0747gw1.jpg[/img] Adam and Pig http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8186/img0750gg8.jpg[/img] Pigs bottom http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/3867/img0752mk6.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croc Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Then we went off roading.... http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/434/img0758og5.jpg[/img] http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3716/img0756id7.jpg[/img] http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/2271/img0754ut4.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Boy's and there toys' :roll: Bet it was fun though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da bomb Posted October 29, 2007 Author Share Posted October 29, 2007 Hated every moment of it!!! :-D Was pleasantly surprised at what you could get a Humber Pig to drive over, i have had plenty of experience off road and i was expecting it to get more bogged than it did, and the ride, ground clearance and articulation is very good, not bad for a 5 Ton armoured box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13BK76 Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Hi Glad your having fun with your pig. When i first got mine it went off roading many times and the only thing that stopped it going was the barricade remover acting like a snow plough :-D Its makes you wonder how capeable the original 1 ton truck was. Stopped doing that with her now but still chipping bits of mud from underneath, didn't seem to ever get clean no matter how long i spent with the steam cleaner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Was pleasantly surprised at what you could get a Humber Pig to drive over, i have had plenty of experience off road and i was expecting it to get more bogged than it did, Adam don't get too carried away. Do you have the belly plate that fixes to the bolt holes I've marked in yellow? This attaches to the diff guard that fits where I've marked in red. Identical to the rear guard which I see is fitted. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/img0752mk6a.jpg[/img] BTW Don't fill up the nearside tank ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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