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Taking it off and putting it on was really not that bad at all, of course I own a Datsun 210 so the bar is pretty high. I'm just not sure how the starter carburetor is supposed to work and interact with the rest of the system.

Indeed, it would be lovely to find one to make duplicates of. Someday perhaps. Right now I'm just fretting about the delay in my gearshift arriving and worried I'll have to try to find another.

I got the diaphragms back in the Solex and the vehicle runs, but really badly. I think I might have messed up something in reassembling the starter carburetor. Still, it ran well enough I could pull it out of the shop and turn it around so now the back end is off the ground awaiting brake...

Yep, somebody reinvented the Ferret. Pretty cool toy though.

Well, that supports the theory of a hobbyist replacement motor then, or just possibly some international cooperation going on in West Germany? My poor Ferret has no idea if it's Canadian or British I feel. some features of both and no real way to know what it's past was.

I hadn't looked at the engine tag previously and with just over five thousand miles on the clock I thought i was likely to have the original motor, turns out that wasn't the case. I hadn't thought about looking at the tags because I have plenty of real work to do, but the frustration of not...

Indeed, I gather it was a fairly common item for old tractors and such. I'm told the fitting works, but is a lot messier than newer zerks.

Is it just me or are dummy/display guns a lot more expensive lately? Of course, "lately" is all relative, last time I checked a 1919 parts kit was $600 and people were still turning their noses up as Izzy-marked ones. :-) Hadn't been aping attention for a while but recently checked and I saw...

So based on the facebook page, just about everybody with a ferret in the USA had it out on the road over the weekend. Hopefully you got out and about.

I saw the videos, well done but I do wish he did a text block listing sources for parts and part numbers. So based on the facebook page, just about everybody with a ferret in the USA had it out on the road over the weekend. Hopefully you got out and about.

Of course you are quite right and now that I think on it I'm sure that's why I threw away the first handful or two of links since I don't aspire to those new-fangled weapons. As to what it was, the Canadians ran the C6 GPMG AKA the FN-MAG AKA the M240

Oh, that's very interesting, the Canadian Ferret has a *very* different stowage arrangement than the British. Much more like a Mk2 British than a Mk1, but not that either since it appears they didn't have any sten magazine boxes. I'd be interested to know if that was always the case or if...

I saw Captain Stevens site, nothing for my particular vehicle there so I guess it didn't travel the world like yours did. I was just hoping to pin down it's regiment and service as a start.

Indeed, when I took apart the Scorpion I found a few empty cases, a couple live rounds, and three really badly corroded smoke grenades.

I swapped the old pan-head grease fittings in the front suspension for zerks. 1/8" (BSP naturally). With over 30 grease fittings for just the front suspension I figured I needed the help, hopefully you won't judge me too harshly. ;-) I also lubed the inner and outer tractas. The hubs were not...

I'd looked at this thread before and found it inspiring, if a bit daunting. As a fellow ferret owner I know how much work some of that took! I notice you have kept the stowage from the Mk2 conversion, are you going to look for the MK1 bins or leave it as-is? It's certainly functional like that...

There's a whole forum just for the 430 series (of course there is) at https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/wwwfv432couk/index.php

Links, links EVERYWHERE! I keep finding MG links in every crevice. I think I threw out the first handful or two but still: /PSA Hey kids, when your parents let you play with the giggle switch of the 1919 in the turret, make sure to use cloth-belted ammo, or at least use protection, a link...

Well, I guess it was that or buy up some FV-432s

Indeed, the 7" would have been a trick. Some old distillery pipe or something perhaps. What you had worked great though. You know how it is, we make do with what we have. Used a SS canteen cup for the ends and stole some heating elements from a toaster oven. Just add a power cord and some...