I have only one question: How do you seal the two boiler flanges? I get it that they're fastened with 50 nuts and bolts each, but what's in between the two flanges? Surely can't be metal on metal, right?
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drove one in australia = had a 440 4bbl and std exhaust manifolds - good distributor and thermo fan electric fuel pump = wheel spin 1st to 2nd auto - squeek into 3rd on hard down ! burgundy tan interior .
Don't make them like that anymore. The machinists that built the engine had no CNC lathes it was built by British craftsmen who knew what they were doing. My grandfather worked for vickers on any machining project you could name to ten thousand of an inch waste norm. I'd love this old crate!
Most training areas that were used at home and abroad were light soil and sandy areas. FV 432’s could fill the underfloor frames with it. Like the WOII’s boots! The seals will only work if the panels are not bent but they often are from use. The steel when used in Norfolk boat yards is called bin iron. No our chaps would not have defeated the Russians. Our job was to fight and die for a week while politicians made a peace! Be clear about this, that was our job! The job of the Stolly was to transport ammunition for the guns. These vehicles were maintained by REME usually out side in inclement weather: that was in barracks! The conditions here are luxury! Rods don’t reach not a problem all brake systems were rod operated at one time so no problems In technology. Because the temperature was so high around the engine a Graviner fire wire system was fitted so you did not blow up the ammunition above it. I am surprised you claim the engine from 1944 as Stolly’s were not made then. The Rolls engine was one of a series where the internals were supposed to be the same but multiplied: so one piston etc. It did not entirely work but that was the origins of the B series. At least all the wheel stations seem to work.
3 Cylinder diesel with 34hp running the tracks and bucket, you would need 200hp for a modern hydraulic ram machine to do the same work - something gone wrong somewhere as the RB is incredidbly efficient yet no longer in use.....
It was a pity they stopped making the three-wheel Scammell as they were a fantastic lorry. British Rail had them and they could turn so easily. They could get into places the articulated lorries couldn't go. I would love to see lorries of this type made again. Far cheaper to run and more versatile Than a rigid vehicle. Bring them back.
It is hard to believe that it was back in 2002 when Salvage Squad first appeared on television - that was 21 years ago! Also, it is where steam engineer Claire Barratt made her TV debut; most recently, she has appeared on the Yesterday documentary series "Abandoned Engineering".
