gps Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 i know what you mean my shafts were both from duff boxes .i could not get my hands on the rubber metalastic couplings . i heard that thy were still making them in japan for boat props :confused: spent 2 years trying to find them before through necessity having to do what i did half way through the rally season.:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrtcrowther Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Will also post this elsewhere. I also have the operators manual in case anyone wants to know how to drive one. Repaires to vehicles in the field (using chewing gum and bits of wire) and recovery layouts for a and b vehicles. (a bloody good read with examples of snatchblock layouts and compound layouts. includes calculations of pul required for sand. deep mud and vehicle weights) diagrams how to recover a churchill tank using a pioneer with a 6-1 pull giving 36 ton pull with frictionall losses. 6 holdfasts needed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gps Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 thank you got none of it but for the ground anchors and 25 tone snatch block and rope shortener rest to new :??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrtcrowther Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Doh! I haven't got anything with mine either not a sausage... nothing. The ground holdfasts go for £90 each!:shake: If you click on the picture and then click on it after it opens up you can zoom in and its easyer to read. (well it works on my computer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 does any one now the full itinerary of recovery gear the scammell should carry :-D your mates phone number:rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 your mates phone number:rofl: Very true ! :rofl::rofl::rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 does any one now the full itinerary of recovery gear the scammell should carry :-D next time i have the sheets off the back off mine gps i will take some pics of the recovery gear mine has on the back from memory mine has 1 draw bar 1 towing ploe 1 long A frame 1 short A frame and a towing distance A frame along with two wire ropes for the ground anchors . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 next time i have the sheets off the back off mine gps i will take some pics of the recovery gear mine has on the back from memory mine has 1 draw bar 1 towing ploe 1 long A frame 1 short A frame and a towing distance A frame along with two wire ropes for the ground anchors . Younggun, have you got a T-bar as shown stowed centrally on this Scammell ? I've never actually seen one but they must be, or have been, around. Thanks. Not a clear picture but it's the only one I've got. There must be a huge amount of stress where the bars meet and form the ' T '. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 It does look like that Tom ! Quite a rare early type I believe ! Often seen on Pioneers ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 It does look like that Tom ! Quite a rare early type I believe ! Often seen on Pioneers ! :-D Oh, thank you. I'll have to start looking at Pioneers more closely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 yes tom i do have wot looks to be a T bar but it is referd to as the towing pole for some reason in the manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gps Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 hi this picture of the t bar look the same as the one used on matadors. do they come in differant lengths like straight bar and hollybone depending on vehicle :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gps Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 i have now got an adjustable hollebone, the pins and shackles are missing . so today as i was doing some turning i machined up some pins. is there supposed to be 2 or 4 pins that lock the poles at its lenghth :??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
declan303 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Hi to all! Just joined HMVF, and long over-due it is too. Last year at War & Peace one of the forum members treated me to a run in his Scammell Explorer - something I wanted to try since about 1976 when I made the Airfix model and a little Scammell bug started nibbling away! Since then, I've been meaning to sign up, and here I am. I like old cars and trucks (and aeroplanes and boats and steam engines, but there's only so many hours in the day!) and the military vehicle thing struck a chord, so on joining a club here in Ireland I bought a fairly unusual ex-Irish Army Nissan Patrol and display it in a UN paint scheme to remember the many Irish soldiers who served under the Blue Flag over the years. One of my colleagues in the club I'm in recently acquired a 1943 Dodge WC 62 and I'm now the main display driver of it, which has given me the urge to get something older myself. Where will it all end?? Looking forward to spending time on the forum and getting to know you guys in the future! declan303 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gps Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 hi declan303 and welcolm, you will find many things of intrest on the site, i have bean a member for a few months and still got a lot to look at ,its like beeing a child in a sweet shop :yay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gps Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 today i started to take out the engine to fit the new but modified bellhousing and drive coupling to the gearbox . JCB got a puncture so could not lift out engine today :sweat:here is some pics of so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gps Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 when i fit or remove the engine i used to lift it over the front crossmember an lower it in tilted. doing this way i found that it was very tight and would hit the bulkhead,so now i put 2 bottle jacks between the front axle and chassis, jack up until you can remove the front spring pivot pin.Then raise the shassis until the crosmember is clear then unbolt the crosmember and remove. now it can put the engine in or out level i found it alot easier :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 hi gps are you doing your front axle bearings when your engine is out:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gps Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) yes i will, there is less to hit your head on :argh:.there is about 3mm of movment in the pinion shaft up and down so beter do it :sweat: Edited March 22, 2009 by gps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 yes i will, there is less to hit your head on :argh:.there is about 3mm of movment in the pinion shaftup and down so beter do it :sweat: very true:-D dident shimming it with the bakedbean tin work:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gps Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 wot bean tin dont like beans,prefer soup :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 got to be beans:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gps Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 you got a spare can then:rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gps Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 its alright you can keep the beans:rofl::rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 you got a spare can then:rofl: oyes:yay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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