Thread: The Ultimate FC

One thing that gives a stolly abit of worry to people who dont know is a clanking noise at idle and it seems like the motor has a big end about to let go.
The air compressor is driven via landrover size tailshaft 6 ft long and the shaft rings with the piston on the compressor going over centre.
My stolly is no different and the noise goes away with engine speed or at full air pressure.
The brakes are dual system air over hydraulic even the foot master cyls are dual independant.
Trailer brakes are straight air.
The brakes and air system is very complex.
Air is not sent into the cabin until 60 psi is reached and there is no low air warning buzzer.
This pic shows the hydraulic motor for the winch.
This is looking from under the driver seat with the water tight lid removed.
The winch cable runs forward though the hull and the winch gets wet when swimming,
The winch itself is accessed via removing a large hull plate between the front wheels.

That is a winch which had been threaded wrong and this view is from the bottom looking upwards into the hull with the bottom plate removed.
I am yet to check this part of my Stolly out.....it could be a big rusty mess, time will tell.
This the self laying guide rollers which is at the extreme front of the hull

I have some thing which has been removed from my stolly..............may be some sort of light.
Does anyone got ideas on what it could be.
It is the lefthand side top rear of the body,,,,,,,the tool box in fact.

The water proof horn is apart of a fire warning system.
The ribbed thing centre to right is the rear tail gate.

How good is the world of stollys.
Both the other stolly owners in aust have contacted me.
One is is being very helpful and offering two cabin hatches and a hand bilge pump for nothing !
I have not anything much to trade in return.
My hand bilge pump is missing and my roof hatches are badly rusted, so this is a great help.
Nothing is easy on a Stolly.
just getting the stop lights to work is going to be a reasonable job in its self as it looks like i am having to hang upside down tomorrow and remove the whole valve assy to service it.
I decided to find out why the electric bilge pump was not working, I could hear the relay working but not the pump.
It has turned out someone has removed it before it came to aust.
So I will have to rig up a 24volt pump or try and import a original one.
I read some where some sort of paper work is kept with the motor in a sealed tube.
I found this today and will free up the threads and find out whats inside soon.
I hope it will give me a idea of its history.
Finding things and where they are is taking a bit of time as there is much in a small area.
I think the bilge pump,is important , not for swimming but for controlling the oil level in the hull
It appears that some stollys were working on the gold coast broad water some 10 years ago and they died a salt corrosion death a short time after.
Ron

I though I would share some of the photos I have been collecting from the internet.

Note the very shallow flat sump of the Rolls because of the dry sump set up the motor is mounted very low close to the floor of the hull.

Hey Ron - here is another one for sale - just in case yours gets lonely

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 411053.htm

Garry

Or is this your next project???

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