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Daily driver? No, too much difficulty with the steering and view.
That V8 engine is VERY greedy on fuel.
Unless you are FULLY aufai with the maintanance proceedures, the vehicle WILL (literally)..'destroy itself!.
Thank yuz'e all for the advice's... O'wever...OCD is..forever..(No bad thing..?).
So I DID take it easy today....Could not get the M35A2 in the shop because the OT 65 was in the way,....Flat batteries..Oh well..CLIMB up and in..neutral..Hand brake off..Climb out and down.. Lift the back end...
I had an eye operation, They changed the lens in my left eye. Fantastic vision there now,
" Do NOT do any strenuous work".. Do NOT drive for two weeks...etc etc..
Then the O.C.D. Kicks in..Annnddd....
Last week I had (BAD!) fall from the top of the OT 65 G 'Fug'..( Is there a good fall??),
Of...
OOOOH..Errrr.. OO..K.. (So), What you can and can't do....Humph!.. then picture this in y'er 'bonce.
Recovery scammell, and 30 ton tasker trailer........Desert Cammo.......oooo..k. so far?
A Bored BUT proud Barely 18 years old squaddie...Mebb'e wi' juss' a 'touch' (?) a' O.C.D.!.
Then, A day...
NOT a good idea running on petrol!. (strictly emergency only..(WITH some oil added)).
Petrol is more 'explosive'...And the popping sound is pre-ignition, Or 'pinking' as was known in the old days of low grade fuel.
Hi octane fuel has 'Bang restraint' if you like.
Low octane does not, So...
A huge thank you to the two young helpers who fit an electric bypass pump to the Filter pre prime hand pump of which the glass bowl.......I.....Dropped into the bowels of the engine never to be seen (or retrieved!) again.
(Go on..be honest(..Well ok..The SECOND!! one I lost..) Bad hands and...
Ho HO!..but you must be thinking of tiny gpw11...? I will 'roust' him tomorrow when he comes to the shop.. to help tiny gpw111..complete the fix on the Fug.
Thank you...I am at a stage actually....where...(Like Today)...My knees and spine hurt so much the kid 'politely' (tiny gpw111)....>chauffeured me< 'away' from the fug..and organized the tools and an electric bypass pump to fit tomorrow...
He wants to post a write up of that event.. when he has...
The battery you have charged the incorrect way MUST now have the negative terminal sprayed RED and the the POSITIVE terminal BLUE.
Batteries charged back the 'Wrong way in polarity' Are (Usually!) fully usable and serviceable, ( ONCE! )MARKED CLEARLY of course!.
(Flattening the battery again...
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