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  1. dmetalmiki

    THIS makes me..SO..sad

    Not much to say really..( this huge vehicle ROLLED a few times! ) I could wish a "before and after" senario for it! (choose WHICH way round)..sighs
  2. dmetalmiki

    Kraz 255

    KRAZ 255b Mine is for sale now. It IS the one on utube "slab common heavy vehicle trial" Yes It is fantastic to drive AWSOME sounding engine! and deisel petrol? I run mine on CLEAN contam..no problem. same as my M series multifuel trucks. (heres the link) and dmetalmiki on u tube shows other...
  3. dmetalmiki

    the adventure begins 2

    My recovery adventure here are the phone videos shot on the journey to my recovery collection and the "mid journey" good samariton bit! man that was some pull! wheel spin on my M62..but we one.
  4. dmetalmiki

    the adventure begins 2

    So, I see a tender coming up at my "militery shop" and go view an ex US army ambulance. hmm I rather like that thinks I...As I allready have one it would be good to tinker with or for spares (as the ash tray is full on the other!, (joke I do not smoke)). So I get my lad to take a day off work...
  5. dmetalmiki

    Deuce is not working with me!!!

    too much strain In the hieght of summer waste oil might well work. in winter? never! and the (poor old ) intank pump is now probably burnt out ..bit like trying to pump treacle through a living van water pump. NOT made to do it. In any case there is no mention of cleaning or filtering..if that...
  6. dmetalmiki

    backward driving

    sprags yep that's the sprags. Check underneath when a buddy shifts from 1st to reverse and back again ..you should hear the piston operating the sprag. if not check the filter ,piping and operating cylinder. (seals)
  7. dmetalmiki

    Water in Fuel

    water problem Methalated spirit.? (it's fixotropic).
  8. dmetalmiki

    Cb radio in my M35

    eeezy peezi no cost no short circuits. use a spare 12 volt battery. easy to "hide" and charge infrequently as you are not transmitting for hours on end! (my battery is under the passenger seat)
  9. dmetalmiki

    Hand Crank Deuce

    should go ok Should be no problem at all (as long as!!??) everything is kept (nice and) clean. tidy. in good order. well maintained lubed..painted seviced everything bolted up tight and correct..the list goes on and on and on and on..(and) on.. like the vehicle in the atatchment...
  10. dmetalmiki

    HELP!!! Need Pulled Out of the Mud - (houston) Pasadena, TX

    absalutely not dust7..Not from a movie (well I never saw it) I have carried out EXACTLY this proceedure in the British Army as a revovery mech. (active service). And I must have done it at least 6 or 7 time here in the U.K. with many of my past collection exploits. (I mind once long ago (60s)...
  11. dmetalmiki

    HELP!!! Need Pulled Out of the Mud - (houston) Pasadena, TX

    CAN DO but a lot of work Get some buddy assitance. then dig a "dead man anchor" some way behind your truck (not too far say two truck lengths) and place a substantial gun plank cut down phone pole railway sleeper(s) or the like..(VERTICALLY) .in the D.M.A. hole. better if it slopes AWAY at an...
  12. dmetalmiki

    The Adventure Begins

    ok here's the more info CHAD is when the truck was in action in the bosnian conflict with darfor. It was purpose built for the french and later irish S.A.S. There were only some 144 ever built and non were suposed to be in "civy" possesion apperantly. (like the hummer was?) However the dealer...
  13. dmetalmiki

    The Adventure Begins

    ok here's more info CHAD is when the truck was in action in the bosnian conflict with darfor. It was purpose built for the french and later irish S.A.S. There were only some 144 ever built and non were suposed to be in "civy" possesion apperantly. (like the hummer was?) However the dealer...
  14. dmetalmiki

    The Adventure Begins

    Edit errors lost all the pics trying to edit. so should read " the lady says if it's over 1 meter (and some bits of a meter!) then It would cost 300..etc (not 99! ..(err..welll UALL guessed right here...(nudge nudge!)) I will take some pics of the engine later as i'm maxed out on pic posting...
  15. dmetalmiki

    The Adventure Begins

    Its its its its here Well I travelled hollyhead wales to Dublin southern irsland.after bus and train ride..(got to the train station just as the train pulled in) then 3 train changes and the ferry. (""what is it "" (says the lady taking the details to ship it back the day before booking it in)...
  16. dmetalmiki

    The Adventure Begins

    Well early tomorrow (6-15 a.m. to be precise)..I have decided to go get "this strange ugly but charasmatic vehicle from nothern Irsland. thoght about it hummed and har'd then decicided to (yet again) turn on the motivation engine and travell by car train and boat to go collect it. I WILL take...
  17. dmetalmiki

    Out with the old - in with the new!

    thank you for a great friendly and usefull site.
  18. dmetalmiki

    Out with the old - in with the new!

    just an idea Reading your " asked for" suggestions..would it be practical in having a "select" (menu) page ( for one of the forums or sales classifieds as appropriate) that is designed around a vehicle dash? there are enough intstuments in the M series dash panal for 10 or 12 menu selections...
  19. dmetalmiki

    Front axles locked

    you will be pleased with a simple and quick fix of that problem..FREE off the (propshaft) external contracting handbrake and you (it) are good to go. common fault that on the MB's.
  20. dmetalmiki

    Problem Bikes

    Had and armstrong MT500 wich was a brute to start and allways required the timing dot to be in the engine case window to start it!!?? (imagine the scenario..You out on patrol..enemy comes over the hill Shooti'n SO you shout "hang on a mo' I NEED to get my white dot in the window" ..I spose they...
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