Adam Elsdon Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Clive, are the diffs the same ratio? it may be easier to pull the diff and cover and send that, and are they the same front to rear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Here are some pics from the Veterans Day parade in Aberdeen. I have only just had these sent to me which was a nice surprise, particularly the one of "Donald" who was my passenger, a sprightly 80 plus, who leapt into the commanders seat and seemed to wave at every single individual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 are the diffs the same ratio? Yes. But there are 4 types of transfer box. The ratios are different between armoured & non-armoured. Within each type there are versions for winched & non-winched. If you don't have a winch doesn't matter if you have a winched transfer box as the PTO dog can just be blocked in disengaged. are they the same front to rear?Yes, front & rear, armoured & non-armoured identical. Although the joints could be Tracta/Chobham/Birfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hi Clive, Thanks for the parts disk. look forward to joining you at the shows next year. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Hello gents - I took my restored pig first time to public last weekend. It was the 50th aniversary meeting of JaboG 32 at Lagerlechfeld (German Fighter-Bomber Sqdr.) and I was there with some friends of our bavarian military vehicle club. Showing some of our stuff with Pig, Saladin, LR, Crusader, Unimog, VW181, Werdau G5, Robur... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Roland well done a lot of effort went into that. Few would realise that by just seeing it at a show. I well remember seeing your earlier pictures & was very impressed by your metal working skills. I suppose the greatest compliment will be people telling you that you were very lucky to find one in such good condition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Super job, amazing how people just assume you buy them like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 That is really smart, i must get my wings sorted out! where did you get the canvas roof cover from ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 (edited) The canvas was with the pig as I purchased it. Herewith pictures as I found it as a FV1612FFR Mk.2 at Rotterdam/netherlands : After all metal work it is now a FFR Mk.1 again. The interior is complete now with full working C42 and SEM25 radios. (Berlin brigade has some pigs and ferrets with that radios, I heard). Just the bed on the left side is my own design. Edited July 30, 2008 by Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chambers101 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Cool. Lovely restoration. well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Some work gone into de-armouring it! especially the back doors, side door hatches and front hatches and all the stuff like wipers/covers put back on! Dont suppose you could measure up the canvas as a pattern and put it on here would you!:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Great work well done. well worth your time and effort mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Very Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingp Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 ouch!!! the nasty noise. well had a look and loads of teeth banging around so give her a clean and shes still going. "A LOT BETTER" still need an axel though!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Stop driving it!!! If that amount of teeth are damaged you will only damage more by using it! Look through CMV or MMI magazines for a spare Axle, you should find one for about £150. But make sure you get a Pig one, not a Humber 1 tonne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingp Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 she doasnt make any nasty noises now and if anyone knows of an axal locally let me know and its knackerd anyway and if im going to get another one it dont matter british engineering at its best . anyway it dosnt go anywhere price of petrol!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 So thats what happens when your heavy on the clutch. OUCH!!!!!! Will have to make sure im gentle with the old girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Very very gently ! When in the arena at War and Peace never be tempted to give the old girl a blast over the humps unless you enjoy axle hunting ! :-D :-D :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Its a shame they never got round to redesigning a new heavy duty axle so you dont have to be so carefull with them. Mine has the birfield joints so prone to half shafts breaking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Mine has the birfield joints Are you sure Adam? Have you had them out to see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 That was supposed to say i think mine has the birfield joints. im typing while watching tv. I seam to recal someone saying or reading somewhere that they painted the hub centre red on the pigs fitted with those type of joints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 That was supposed to say i think mine has the birfield joints.im typing while watching tv. I seam to recal someone saying or reading somewhere that they painted the hub centre red on the pigs fitted with those type of joints. Adam I was getting worried that you had broken something & could see first hand! It is widely believed that Op Bracelet also upgraded the joints to Birfield, in fact Birfields came more than a year later. There are 104 Mk 2 Pigs not fitted with Birfields, I think every Mk 2 owner I have asked tells me they believe they have Birfields. But that is nearly a quarter of the fleet that never were upgraded, I'm sure some at least are in private ownership. The original requirement was to put red paint, most usually red oxide on the brake drum. This was not a very permanent indicator & may have changed to a more durable red on the wheel station. But the desire to use red paint on knobbly bits on the pig in service & preservation knows no bounds. So sometimes red is painted on because another pig has been seen painted that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 yes i see your point clive how it may have been painted because another was like it. hopefully i will never have to find out. if you pull back the rubber boot can you see what joint is fitted from there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 if you pull back the rubber boot can you see what joint is fitted from there? No. But if you ever dismantle the hub assembly. Please use the hub assembly sleeve FV252151 or similar. Without this you will permanently damage both hub seals. I have seen so many hub seals destroyed by failing to follow the procedure in the EMER. I know I have no right to get annoyed about what people do to their vehicles, but I feel sorry for the next owner who unwittingly buy a vehicle with 8 hub seals that are damaged. One of the seals is still obtainable, but the other is not. 15 years ago I bought all of Budges stock. But I think I'm only down to 2 now. This sleeve fits on the stub axle, then the hub assembly is pushed over the sleeve then two sharp rims on the hub align into the large & small seals. Unable to obtain FV252151 I measured the required size & had an engineering company make up three & shared the cost with two other Humber enthusiasts. Amazingly other Humber owners I approached couldn't appreciate the value of such a device. Before having made this I improvised a sleeve by using two off the shelf sections of tubing wedged inside each other. It did need a layer of gaffer tape around the outside & a layer to wedge the tubes together. If you're interested I can give you the measurements for either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Thats a great bit of advice Clive,this is where the forum works really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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