Thread: The Ultimate FC

Originally Posted by THE BOOGER

What about one of these and a trailer

Rare Diamond RIO Original Vietnam AUS Army Tank Carrier Truck Vintage Military | eBay

We both know someone who would love one of those. Fits right into his

I want one of everything I worked on as a RAEME crafty

philosophy.

He even had a couple he bought from the auctions to use as tippers but they've long gone. (Long before he got back into mil stuff)

I wonder what the reserve was?

BTW: Ron Camden Park is on the 19th!

I pulled apart the tracta joints on that wheel station I removed.
One of the tracta joint forks had a mark in it , just like the last one.
New tracta fork and bearings are to be fitted when I find time.
This wheel station was a lot more rusty than the others for some reason.
Manage to get the chassis/hull in primer behind where the wheel station goes.
Looking into if gears from a Saracen APC transfercase can be fitted to the Stalwart transfercase.
The transfercases are very different, but the main reduction gears look the same other than ratio in the parts books.
The Saracen gears are available in Australia would give the stalwart a top speed of a whisker under 80 kph and therefore a relaxed 60 plus kph cruising speed with better fuel burn.
The stalwart can do just over 60kph now, but its screaming to do so.
The stalwart balances well with a wheel station missing, hardly any lean on it with out a jack under it.
I think I will keep the suspension wedges that hold up the wish bones in the vehicles tool kit as it could come in handy one day if the vehicle ever had to drive home on 4 or 5 wheels.
The wedges are easily fitted by jacking the wheel station up and placing them in.

Hi Ron

Apparently one of the design parameters of the Alvis 6X6 FV were that they could lose one wheel station on each side and still be able to drive.

We found a billabong at Camden Park when we moved our campsite from the regular place a fortnight ago. Perhaps you can do a swimming demo some time! We hope to have both Stuarts there next year and maybe the M548 (Tilley)

Diana

One problem I did have is the fitting of new rubber boots on the suspension without removing the suspension brackets from the hull which is a pull the vehicle down into a Million bits job.
luckily until now the old boots have been serviceable.
With a lot of rubber grease and removing one bearing plate I was able to work a new old stock boot over the torsion bar tube.
It took a few boots to get it right as they are 30 year old new old stock and tend to split if worked out of shape too much.
Another option if that didn't work was to made a split boot from new rubber sheet and rubber glue the split together.

Just a quick report.
This wheel station I am working on is I think is a ring in from another vehicle.
Found the chromed ball for the tracta joint for the hub has a mark in it and the chrome worn off in one spot.
I am hoping I can locate another chrome ball.
I have a vague plan of taking the Stalwart to the same show and shine show I did Two years ago as it is local and a chance to show it off.
I have to get a move on and get the big old girl back together.
Money has been extremely tight meaning I have to wait and save up before buying the bits I need which slows things up.

The flash from the camera hides it a bit , but the worn spot on the chrome ball of the tracta joint can be seen.

I hate doing the wheel stations, they just take up so much time and mucking around.