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Happyoldgit

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  1. On a different tack I need to get some heat wrap of some sort to insulate the fuel pipes on the '43 Jeep. It's all standard but every wartime Jeep I've had has has issues with modern fuel vapour using to a greater or lesser extent. The steel pipe runs from the tank under the driver's seat up to a standard big bowl filter on the right side of the bulkhead. From there it runs down to a flexible connection between chassis and engine, over to the engine, around the front of the block to the fuel pump on the left of the block fairly close to the manifold's. From the pump the steel pipe runs up to the Carter carburettor. The whole lot gets hot so in summer fuel vapourisation and vapour locks can be an issue. Obviously I can reroute the pipework but I prefer to keep original vehicles as original as possible. So some kind of unobtrusive insulation wrap would be good. I think some of the French M201's (licence built Jeeps) had an insulation for the engine bay pipes ...but fitting postwar Hotchkiss bits goes against the grain a bit.
  2. Crikey, that photo of Elsa on the roof of George Adamson's Series One brings back memories, I think I still have my original hardback copies of Born Free and Forever Free tucked away up in the loft. I always fancied meeting and having a chat with Adamson. Interesting thread.
  3. Indeed but I was referring to the interior lining not the buck. I admire the craftsmanship but like you I wouldn't buy it ... congratulations on your win BTW 😁
  4. Nicely crafted but the end result looks like a cross between an Airstream trailer / caravan and a boat. With all that timber I wonder what it weighs?
  5. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has problems. The diesel industrial mower that I used to run was often plagued with punctures too. The two ride on's I have now aren't tiddly domestic jobs, I think one has a 40" deck, the other may be 48" so medium size jobs. The out front deck one has poxy little 14x5.50 - 6 tubeless on the back which are only 2 ply. I put another new tube in it yesterday but it won't be long before that too will require patching or replacing. My topper tyre is made up of sections of reinforced rubber set on edge into the rim - imagine a giant abrasive flapwheel but without the abrasive. It's used beside hawthorn, blackthorn and other thorny, prickly hedges that have been flailed the arrangement works well. Other implement tyres do ok but they are generally full of sealant and often travel a bit faster than the lawn mowers.
  6. Good news. Fingers crossed and all that.
  7. Yep, Linseal OKO is the one we've used and plenty of it too. We've had success with it in other things but as above I reckon the mowers are just too slow to get the stuff distributed about quick enough.
  8. Aha, sort of makes sense now I come to think of it.
  9. We have a fair amount of lawn grass here and our decent size ride on mowers suffer from frequent punctures, the cause is usually bits of hawthorn, blackthorn etc from our hedges that get missed from the tidy up after hedge cutting / flailing. We've tried different tyres, fitting tubes and filling them with loads of tyre sealant but none have been effective. You would think the tyre sealant would be the answer but I think the trouble is that the mowers don't go fast enough in use to disperse the sealant into the punctures quick enough. Basically I think the tyres are pretty rubbish, even the expensive ones. I've watched videos on YouTube showing people filling mower tyres with expanding foam but results seem mixed. Anyone here attempted something similar with successful outcomes?
  10. Why would a recovery company want to connect an electric vehicle to a supply to enable it to be shifted to a safe area when the norm is to hoik an incapacitated vehicle onto a beavertail or spectacle lift etc?
  11. Cough, cough, confession time.... I still have not done mine yet. It's been one job after another recently and my trailer floor mojo has not been helped by the after effects of the Big C and chemo. That said I have managed to replace all the brake shoes, some bearings, cut off all the cable retainer clamshells off the backplates and weld in new ones, replace all the cables, replace a tyre, and renew all the lights on the thing. However since then it has sat there giving me the evil eye on a daily basis while I wince at the price of phenolic ply and the other alternatives and try to muster the enthusiasm to fork out the cash and most of all the effort of getting the job done... I may even sell it before or after that anyway ....hmmmm.
  12. Good advice. I think we've covered all the bases so will lock this now.
  13. Photo shows ok now Sean. Ok I'm getting old(er) and easily confused but the hedge confuses me. Is the pavement the only way to navigate from beyond where your truck is to where the car is situated?
  14. Same could apply to any forum or social media group. What we need to be mindful of is the usual 'them v us' echo chamber and filter bubbles.
  15. Speaking as a horse owner, driver, past rider and mindful that there are two sides and nuances to every incident, I would say that responsible horse folk would be insured for third party damage. I would report the incident to the police and inform your insurance company. You might find it useful to also consult the British Horse Society https://www.bhs.org.uk/ And post your queries on somewhere like the Horse & Hound forum https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/
  16. That's a very effective way of showing a customer what their vehicle will look like. Personally speaking I like the blue but not sure I would go for the sunroofs though.
  17. Having heavy horses means instead of using a tractor we sometimes use one of the horses to chain harrow, either walking with long lines or with the harrows attached to the forecart.
  18. Yep, I am curious to know what the commercial uptake will be and what the fleet pricing will be.
  19. Gotcha. Very true although I have to say that the last two or three Puma's I bought went pretty well but I was always mindful that it was no stronger in the body dept than the standard Series jobbies I trundled about in decades ago.
  20. Idiots are to be found driving all kinds of vehicles, 'proper' Defender's included. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the standard of driving in that clip the integrity of the passenger compartment of the vehicle after the incident potentially offered greater survivability when compared to the relatively flimsy hardtop on a standard 'proper' Defender.
  21. Following discussions about the current trends in secondhand values of the new and old Defender models I wonder if sales of the Grenadier are likely to be impacted? Interested to read views and opinions.
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