Humber FV1600 - ARN 105-819 - Restoration moves forward.

[Dave Mills]

Saturday was the day that we conquered the dreaded gear growl in our Humber. Another set of Humber ears came down from Stawell bringing a second transmission. A drive of the old girl and a diagnosis of transmission noise was confirmed, so, out came the transmission for the 3rd time and in went the donor transmission; road test and you guessed it same noise at the same speed. Heart breaking to say the least, so off came the front drive flanges to discount the front drive line and noise was still there. Could not believe it some serious head scratching then it struck us; the clouds opened up, angels began singing and their it was staring at us. The tail shaft from the transmission to the transfer case was out of sync by 90% Removed the shaft split the slip joint, realigned, refitted and now I have a very, very quite vehicle. Somehow in a past life the tail shaft must have been reassembled incorrectly and I did not pick it up, with the rear diff solidly mounted the tail shaft was winding up and trying to turn the gears against themselves. This explains why the transfer case and transmission both had noise and when I hit a bump the noise stopped as this allowed the tail shaft to unwind and de torque.

Anyway a couple of shots of the transmission being removed again and the donor vehicle going to the Humber grave yard at Stawell.

A very happy Humber owner at the moment.

Cheers,

Dave.

[hrpearce]

Been caught working too hard on a problem myself only to have a bystander point out the obvious staring me in the face. Dam frustrating.

[Dave Mills]

Have now had the canvas made and fitted by our local canvas fellow. A great job and we are very happy, you will notice we had it manufactured so that we can roll up the sides for greater vision. Yes, Yes I know it is not original, however, it is very practical.

Cheers,

Dave.

[Dave Mills]

Over the weekend we drove to a small town called Euroa which is about 60k's North of home to participate in the National Show and Shine a massive event with over a 1000 vehicles and 400 motorcycles on show. Anyway, parked up the Humber in the main street and sat out the day enjoying the event and explaining our rare and beautiful vehicle to the crowds. No intention of entering any categories just a chance to be able to display our newest vehicle to the public.

Our Humber won the "Best 4 x 4 in Show" and the "Best Special Vehicle in Show"

Very happy and proud Humber owners, it was good to be judged by others as the best of the best on the day and having your restoration skills on display.

Pic 1- Shows the wife and myself after accepting the awards.
Pic 2- Shows the Humber proudly wearing her awards.

Old vehicle restoration is a passion that we all have - Keep up the great work to preserve our military history.

Cheers,

Dave & Kathy.

[pauldavies]

Dave what a great change in fortune you have had, it is such a buzz when you get some one else judge your vehicle and they like it as much as you. Better get a tin of Brasso and a clean rag they might not be the only prizes you get, great result and well done.
Paul

[Dave Mills]

Final have had a new set of skid strips manufactured. Still have work to do on them bolts, painting and finishing touches. Last piece of the puzzle.

Dave.

[Robert Sexton]

Dave, those strips look the real deal and you have done well to be able to have them manufactured to such a good standard.
It must be a Humber thing as when I first started up mine it had the same horrendous vibration from the uni-joints being out of phase. Fortunately(or unfortunately) I had had previous experience with out of phase uni joints in agriculture machinery and it was the first thing I went looking for.Once experienced you never forget the sound and the vibration.
Robert