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Monday morning with a mate, Bob, we collected a trailer and went up to move my caravan. All went well. Trailer loaded with what I was taking home and caravan lowered to ground and moved to an empty pitch. Then it started. Came to drive back to where we'd left the trailer and no clutch. Bonnet up and a small leak was spotted in the pipe running to slave cylinder. My local Land Rover specialists wife kindly came up with a pipe he removed from another vehicle, along with brake fluid. We bled and bled and bled it, all to no avail. 6-30 pm we decided to go home and Sarah, who had kindly stayed with us took us. Tuesday morning collected a slave cylinder and along with more fluid, Bob and I returned in his Range Rover, to do what should have been an hours job. No matter what we did we could not get a pedal. 2-45pm, hungry and getting p****d off decided to tow the Disco back. Bob not to happy with only a rope. So I suggested I drive it back. Selecting low box, 2nd then starting engine off we went. 30-35mph managing to get 3rd now and then, down the A74 and A7. Not to popular with those coming up behind us. Negotiating, traffic lights, roundabouts and the rush hour traffic around the outskirts of Carlisle, we reached the garage, 30 miles and an hour and a half later. This morning, calling in garage on way to collect trailer in borrowed Disco, I was informed it looks like the clutch release bearing has failed. The leak in the pipe had thrown us of track.

started making a dash today so i found an old wooden water but and cut one of the metal rings of it and welded it in then coverd it with a bit of alley plate this should look ok when the rest is painted a dark colour behind it

Hi Nigel, If you have a low displacement pump this will make your rams move slowly compared to a high displacement pump, the pressure would only be a problem if you don't have the correct relief valve in the circuit. if the pump you are using is a low displacement you could use smaller rams and get the same lifting force by using a higher pressure setting, providing the spools etc are rated high enough. With rams, 'deadheading' will bring the pressure up to the point where the relief will lift so it can be adjusted to whatever suits your system.

Hi All This is the last engine in the mentioned barn, a Lister CS 6/1. I thought the engine was seized but when drained about 3 litres of water out it turned over as you can see the bore dosent look to bad. Just got to free most the moving parts up now. Paul

Hi all after a lot of searching I have found my new project a Ransomes Mg40 Dumper. Some of you might recognise this as I have bought it of Tom (Dibnah). The engine has already been recon by Tom ( Dibnah)so its just the rest of it what needs sorting. I hope you like the thread and the photos.

I can do Tuesday all day with the big van, Ian

hi neil the lister d that we have driving the saw bench is still mounted on its original trolley and both trolley and d still retain their drake and fletcher brass plaques this unit started out as a vegatable washer or so we are led to believe it came from inverness where it had been in the same family from new belonging to the war ag ? will stick some more photos when time permits thanks danarmdave ps i left it in its working clothes and it gets loads of attention

well I don't believe i'll be able to come, but i'll still be around to taunt and make fun of you. Good luck in this moving thing, don't throw your back out or break off something you might need later.

That's lookin' good, Nigel.

looks like one of my mrs handbags

Or one of those things you take your cat to the vets in.

it's not a fuel tank - it's a mail box good work btw

That's good news about the engine not being seized Paul, your soon have it up and running at the speed you work That is a rather funky shaped gas tank

like that fuel tank, reminds me of an old style lunch bucket.

it probably will be all right. I've just had a lot of nightmares caused by customers trying to use modern hammers of the packs then getting cross saying i hadn't fixed them right. Due to a combination of age and higher pressures I've found the packs can be a bit of a bugger to make oil tight aswell.

If we've done my dad's DOT, might as well add my brothers DMW

Starting to look something now! Can't wait to see next week