VICKERS MK6B's resto

[colin jones]

Anyway long story short, it is back in and now appears to fit well and the sides are all ready to take the final drives. That part has been a long time coming.

[Lynn Eades]

Remember it's "Made in England" Colin.

[colin jones]

😂Yes Lynn, you're right and the ferrets never got any better to work on either.

[tankbarrell]

You could say they were an engineering masterpiece, cramming all of that into as compact a vehicle as possible. A tactical masterpiece!

[Lynn Eades]

Adrian, you appear to be in a tactically defensive position?
Colin, I have done recon work on a ferret trans and assembled a couple of bevel boxes, however I have not been (un)fortunate to have tried working on a broken down Ferret. I have yet to see in British historical photos, images of mechanics hanging by their feet while working on carriers and tanks. I do remember (a picture in a manual) of the Leyland man holding a Leyland 680 cylinder head at arms length while lowering the head (there are two) onto the block. My back trouble probably stems back to TK bedford head work. A much more viable proposition. I digress (again!)
Back to your master craftmanship on the VLT. On your hydraulic drives. I assume you do calcs. to work out what your ground speed might end up at?

[colin jones]

Hi Lynn, I've heard there's a full sidchrome socket and spanner set under every ferret and sarecen engine.
I have done calcs for speed in the hydraulic tank and if my calcs are correct it should do 18kmph and 25kmph. I have a two speed pump and the komatsu drives are also two speed.That should be at around 1800 rpm.

[colin jones]

I decided to do a job that's been bugging me for quite some time. It's the round head bolts that hold the towing/ lashing points on the front of the tanks. I had some normal 1/2"bolts in there but I thought it was time to correct them and finish the front considering that's where I am basically working on.