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Congratulations on the Ferret! I think you can still get all the manuals and such off Doug's page:
Park it or jack it sharply nose-up so the muck can run out the back when you steam-clean anything in the crew area or engine compartment. Also a good idea to remove the drain covers under the hull.
Compared to all the other armored vehicles I've messed with everything on a Ferret is light and easy to get to. Of course that's like saying a single-action revolver is easier to detail-strip than a belt-fed M.G.
I don't know how long your Ferret has sat or last seen service, but based on the experience I had bringing mine up I'll make a few suggestions:
If you haven't personally changed your acceleration pump diaphragms, just get that over with now. If they ore old or have been sitting dry for a time they will crack and leak. It might not be now or tomorrow but it will be soon and then you will be wondering why it was running fine yesterday but won't quite run today. For that matter it might be why you are having trouble now (in addition to spark). I found an outfit in the UK that shipped me a set for a small fraction of what REME wanted.
The life of a Ferret owner means cleaning out the fuel tank, resealing the selector valve, and rebuilding the carb at least.
I see you are on it but change your condenser at least. I got tired of fussing with the points and went with an electronic ignition. I know it's not original but the vehicle runs so much better that I don't care.
I found making up an adapter so I could use a timing light to be helpful.
Once again, if you don't know when they were last changed, it's time to change your brake hoses. REME Depot charges hundreds of dollars for a set but since the Ferret has just one circuit and manual brakes to boot, a failure would be... bad.
I'd suggest rebuilding your master cylinder while you are at it.
Remember to "pump up" your gearbox and that pedal IS NOT a clutch! I'd go ahead and make the band-measurement tool and measure/set your bands while you are at it. The tool is cheap and easy to make and measuring/setting is under 1% the effort of having to source and change a band if you drove one that was out of sync and burned it up.
Park it or jack it sharply nose-up so the muck can run out the back when you steam-clean anything in the crew area or engine compartment. Also a good idea to remove the drain covers under the hull.
Compared to all the other armored vehicles I've messed with everything on a Ferret is light and easy to get to. Of course that's like saying a single-action revolver is easier to detail-strip than a belt-fed M.G.
I don't know how long your Ferret has sat or last seen service, but based on the experience I had bringing mine up I'll make a few suggestions:
If you haven't personally changed your acceleration pump diaphragms, just get that over with now. If they ore old or have been sitting dry for a time they will crack and leak. It might not be now or tomorrow but it will be soon and then you will be wondering why it was running fine yesterday but won't quite run today. For that matter it might be why you are having trouble now (in addition to spark). I found an outfit in the UK that shipped me a set for a small fraction of what REME wanted.
The life of a Ferret owner means cleaning out the fuel tank, resealing the selector valve, and rebuilding the carb at least.
I see you are on it but change your condenser at least. I got tired of fussing with the points and went with an electronic ignition. I know it's not original but the vehicle runs so much better that I don't care.
I found making up an adapter so I could use a timing light to be helpful.
Once again, if you don't know when they were last changed, it's time to change your brake hoses. REME Depot charges hundreds of dollars for a set but since the Ferret has just one circuit and manual brakes to boot, a failure would be... bad.
I'd suggest rebuilding your master cylinder while you are at it.
Remember to "pump up" your gearbox and that pedal IS NOT a clutch! I'd go ahead and make the band-measurement tool and measure/set your bands while you are at it. The tool is cheap and easy to make and measuring/setting is under 1% the effort of having to source and change a band if you drove one that was out of sync and burned it up.
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