RESCUED Bedford 4x4 Army Style Fire Truck Repairs 

Hi Janpur, I’m on the doorstep of 70 and i decided to do some of these videos to try to share a bit of knowledge with others before I get too “old”. I sometimes have to get help with the heavy lifting. I’m glad it gave you some motivation and thanks very much for watching, best wishes, Bruce

Thanks Steve, I see you had a few issues down you way, hope it’s all out now. I think we are in for a dry summer, the winds blowing about 40 knots here today and it has been blowing like that the last couple of days. Bruce

Thanks Bob, they say we are only as young as we feel, but I did feel my age refitting this radiator lol. Thanks for your kind words, Bruce

Hello to France! Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed, best wishes, Bruce

Thanks Chris, it’s actually no terrible with the floor piece removed as it’s quite a big opening, and because it’s so jacked up, you can basically stand when you walk in through the quarter flaps but there’s not heaps of room. thanks for watching, Bruce

Hello Benjamin, thanks very much, hopefully we can do a video testing it out shortly, Bruce

Thanks for that, yes coming together slowly. I’ll change all the oils, re assemble the gear shift and clean the fuel system out and hopefully I can take it for a proper run! Bruce

Thanks Dave, the truck has only very minor rust and I would like to get onto that before it gets any worse. I believe the truck has only done 21000kms and comes with all the original manuals from state forestry. I may end up painting the whole truck but I’ll see how I go. It’s in surprisingly good condition driveline wise. Your right, the cabs don’t tilt on these or the early accos. The acco 6x6 is parked next to this one and it is much harder to work on. The tunnel opening is smaller on the acco and the cab on this one is higher so there is alot better access in and around the chassis from underneath. You can almost stand up in the access behind the wheel. One commenter said the Bedfords are surprisingly easy to remove the cab to work on but I don’t want to be doing big job that each time I pick up a spanner. Bruce

@@bruceinaus Grandfather took the cab off the Bedford using the overhead crane in the shed, sold it after that. Funny thing was Bruce he whinged and moaned about the Acco AA-160, sold it and then bought a new C-1800 and C-2050 (Cummins) which had similar no tilt cab as the old AA-160. Great video on You Tube about some fellows who went all through the North Africa desert in a all wheel drive Bedford similar to yours.

Thanks Dave, I will have a look at that video tomorrow, got all the interior back together now and hoping to take mine for a proper run across the paddock tomorrow with a bit of luck!

Great job and video Bruce, gotta keep these old girls going

Thanks Jack

Thanks Kerry

Thanks Dean, slowly but surely getting there, Bruce

Thanks Scott, yes Jax was trying to help where he thought he could 😂 one of the issues with the shroud is it’s quite large and heavy and I didn’t want to ding the new core which meant everything took a bit longer (over two afternoons/evenings actually). Thanks again for watching, much appreciated, Bruce

Thanks Scott, Bruce

Thanks Shane, not one of my favourite jobs but it’s done now and hopefully it will be right for a while!

Thanks very much, they are great little dogs aren’t they, Bruce