thor698 Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Sorry you will all have to turn your head sideways for that last photo - either that or drink ten pints and then look !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz76 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Thor- easy to upload video on HMVF TV. Select the link from the homepage adn it's all pretty self explanatory. I think it's the same as uploading photos if I remmember right. Can then be linked to the forum I believe/ Cheers. Nice pics. Thanks for posting :tup:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 Heres a few of my truck through the years engines and resprays. One with the original meadows in Then there some with it out and a 680 going in Then with the back axle out and diff out Then the TL12 (the dud one - all that work and the sodding thing blew within 50 miles big end went - gutted ):argh: We are still trying to track down some of gear boxes and walking beams and clutch behaving badly - if I find them I will post them !!:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 Here are some pictures of the scrapper I picked up from severn beach recoveries. Used and abused by the time I got it the back chassis had been gassed out and the front ripped off from heavy winching. Wish I had taken a few pictures when I picked her up - she had a tree growing up between the front axle and it had bent the track rod. She went to the local scrap yardyard and was gassed up and her spares have been used to keep mine going As you can see she was in a bad way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 Right - here are some of my cousins explorer - he was the man responsible for me bying one. This is YSY249 and another found as pair near Dorking in the mid 90's. The other one went for spares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 Here a few more from the archives !! Efnicks engine - a merc Efnick on the back of LSU when purchased Efnick with a rim rusted to the hub- she is on the bank with the wheel nuts off being hit with a sledge hammer to get it off - it worked. There are two of LSU when she was green playing at Stanton Drew a good few years ago now No Nuts - when first back from Wales and hit wiltshire (GPS owns her now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 Right - for those of you into utter flith here a few for you. Avon Dassett in the late nineties - lots of mud and loads of fun !! Dirty Dorset - 1998 - the first year mine was there - we think there is ten in the line up camera not big enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ives Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 love the old beasts will you be coming over to the plains for the plain invasion event Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Hi Thor and GPS ! Great pictures ! Would you mind posting them again in the Explorer Gallery thread as some people may have not picked them up on this thread ! It would be a shame if a few people missed em ! Regards Andy :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 Hi Thor and GPS ! Great pictures ! Would you mind posting them again in the Explorer Gallery thread as some people may have not picked them up on this thread ! It would be a shame if a few people missed em ! Regards Andy :-D Hi Andy-yeah of course - it took a while to get the photos, scan and sort them. Now thats done they are much easier to post ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 :thanx: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 love the old beasts will you be coming over to the plains for the plain invasion event where and when? please let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gps Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 your cousin cam round and had a look at pics ,:yay:he liked:dancinggirls:he wishes his computer was working :cry: so i posted story about brothers gearbox. i took dictation , could not keep up and had to tell him to slow down.still i think it makes sence. his bellhousing looks good had to check that we could turn thrust bearing leaver round to turn it into a pull insted of a push so the clutch will work, and it will :-D he is now a happy boy full steam ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 your cousin cam round and had a look at pics ,:yay:he liked:dancinggirls:he wishes his computer was working :cry: so i posted story about brothers gearbox. i took dictation , could not keep up and had to tell him to slow down.still i think it makes sence.his bellhousing looks good had to check that we could turn thrust bearing leaver round to turn it into a pull insted of a push so the clutch will work, and it will :-D he is now a happy boy full steam ahead. i saw him today he was putting sump on:-Dwell sat in his 4x4 with the heater on:rofl::rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Here are a few pics of the roof off of Thor - as you can see she is not so good:shocked: Got a do a few more panels around the bottom of the cab. Thanks Daz for the telegraph pole idea - worked a treat :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hi the address below should take you to footage of my engine running. If it doesn't and you end up somewhere strange or unusual let me know and I will check it again. Thanks:-D http://s641.photobucket.com/albums/uu136/thor698/?action=view¤t=IMGP0003.flv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 That's been fitted in very well Thor698, what did it come out of and what are the specs please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz76 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Cor! That looks and sounds good. Thanks for posting Thor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 That's been fitted in very well Thor698, what did it come out of and what are the specs please? Thank you - It was from a Leyland Roadtrain this engine but had the marathon manafolds from the 1st TL12 as the turbo was hung very low. Its 12.5 litres, 273BHP orignally a AEC760 block. When Leyland brought AEC they turbo charged and spent improving the performance, they were ahead of there time using a Bocsh injection pump. There was a right up a few years ago in a classic commercial mag that the Roadtrain with the TL12 Leyland done a break test in imperial but by this time everybody was metric-they calculated over to metric and it equated to 298BHP - nice !!:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Cor! That looks and sounds good. Thanks for posting Thor. Hi Daz - the TL12 is the 760 block !! 300 Tdi - hope your going to tweak that - I have done mine if you need to know.:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 hi the cab is going on slowly but will have some more pics soon just as long as gps isent right and we gont get anymore snow:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Hi here are some pics of her and how the restoration is going - what have I started ??:shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor698 Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Hi I have finally got round to put some panels back onto the cab. Can anyone tell me why we mess around with this old stuff, are we all mad:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gps Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 looking good thor :-D not long now mate and she will be all green again :yay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Can anyone tell me why we mess around with this old stuff, are we all mad:cool2: No and Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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