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EMB

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• Dec 7, 2004

• #21

TB wrote:

> It's illegal to use it now and it should be disposed of via a special
> company. Ownership is not yet an offence however.
>
> Disposal may present problems -

There are still a number of dispensations for it's use. As such
disposal is not a problem - there are places that will take it and
recycle it for use by people with the dispensations. I actually got
paid quite well for the last lot of Halon extinguishers I disposed of.


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EMB

 

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TB

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• Dec 8, 2004

• #22

I actually got
> paid quite well for the last lot of Halon extinguishers I disposed of.

Worth knowing....



TonyB

 

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david harrison

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• Dec 10, 2004

• #23

Chieftain tanks used to do something similar...horizontally opposed, two
stroke, multifuel, 6 cylinder with a supercharger for scavenging...the
blower oil seal could fail, and the engine would run until it had consumed
all it's own oil...about 30 gallons of the stuff...fluid flywheel, so can't
stall it...engine covers needing a crane to get them off...intakes nicely
shielded (don't want the enemy chucking nasties straight into the
engine)...tankies used to sit and wait for it to seize...


"TB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I actually got
> > paid quite well for the last lot of Halon extinguishers I disposed of.
>
> Worth knowing....
>
>
>
> TonyB
>
>

 

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Tim Hobbs

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• Dec 10, 2004

• #24

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:40:49 -0000, "Paul - xxx"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Office vaguely muttered something like ...
>> If Turbo Trouble ? Would Engine Run At Low Rev's
>> & When Higher Smoke & Miss Fire With Clouds Of
>> Smoke From Exhaust
>
>That's exactly what happened on a (company car) Nissan Bluebird Turbo ZX I
>blew a turbo on .. with a distinct lack of power too ..

Ooooh, I had one of them. Until now I've been too embarrassed to
admit it! My turbo failed too - sticky wastegate.


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Tim Hobbs

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• Dec 10, 2004

• #25

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:09:02 +0000 (UTC), "david harrison"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Chieftain tanks used to do something similar...horizontally opposed, two
>stroke, multifuel, 6 cylinder with a supercharger for scavenging...the
>blower oil seal could fail, and the engine would run until it had consumed
>all it's own oil...about 30 gallons of the stuff...fluid flywheel, so can't
>stall it...engine covers needing a crane to get them off...intakes nicely
>shielded (don't want the enemy chucking nasties straight into the
>engine)...tankies used to sit and wait for it to seize...
>

An engine never designed for transport IIRC. It was meant for
constant speed running as a generator I think. About 15 years ago I
worked at REME, where they seemed to be despised as an engine.
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Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

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Paul - xxx

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• Dec 10, 2004

• #26

Tim Hobbs vaguely muttered something like ...
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:40:49 -0000, "Paul - xxx"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Office vaguely muttered something like ...
>>> If Turbo Trouble ? Would Engine Run At Low Rev's
>>> & When Higher Smoke & Miss Fire With Clouds Of
>>> Smoke From Exhaust
>>
>> That's exactly what happened on a (company car) Nissan Bluebird Turbo ZX
>> I blew a turbo on .. with a distinct lack of power too ..
>
> Ooooh, I had one of them. Until now I've been too embarrassed to
> admit it! My turbo failed too - sticky wastegate.

Heheheh, I wouldn't have mentioned it, but it was a company car, so I didn't
pay for the thing ..

Went well, and actually cornered well, just didn't have brakes to match, or
stying, or character, and drank juice horrendously.

Good fun for a while though.


--
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"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."
(8(|) Homer Rules !!!

 

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Tim Hobbs

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• Dec 10, 2004

• #27

>
>Heheheh, I wouldn't have mentioned it, but it was a company car, so I didn't
>pay for the thing ..
>
>Went well, and actually cornered well, just didn't have brakes to match, or
>stying, or character, and drank juice horrendously.
>
>Good fun for a while though.

Mine was just about the last one ever registered before the Primera
came in. My Dad went to buy a Bluebird 1.8 thing and the salesman
said 'you can have that for the same money' as someone had just
cancelled their order.

I bought it off him about 3 years after that, so it was in pretty good
shape as he'd looked after it well. I thrashed 30,000 miles onto it.
It started to use oil a lot, and I almost ran it dry. It's probably
no coincidence that the wastegate started playing up shortly after.

The 200SX that I got new shortly after was the best car I ever had -
merciless abuse for 80,000 miles and the only thing I replaced outside
the service schedule was 1 spark plug that burnt away within a few
days of being fitted.

Oh, and lots and lots and lots of tyres....
--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

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Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com
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Austin Shackles

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• Dec 10, 2004

• #28

On or around Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:33:57 +0000, Tim Hobbs
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:09:02 +0000 (UTC), "david harrison"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Chieftain tanks used to do something similar...horizontally opposed, two
>>stroke, multifuel, 6 cylinder with a supercharger for scavenging...the
>>blower oil seal could fail, and the engine would run until it had consumed
>>all it's own oil...about 30 gallons of the stuff...fluid flywheel, so can't
>>stall it...engine covers needing a crane to get them off...intakes nicely
>>shielded (don't want the enemy chucking nasties straight into the
>>engine)...tankies used to sit and wait for it to seize...
>>
>
>An engine never designed for transport IIRC. It was meant for
>constant speed running as a generator I think. About 15 years ago I
>worked at REME, where they seemed to be despised as an engine.

i fort chieftains used merlin engines, or was that summat else?

 

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David G. Bell

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• Dec 10, 2004

• #29

On Friday, in article
<[email protected]>
[email protected] "Austin Shackles" wrote:

> On or around Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:33:57 +0000, Tim Hobbs
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:09:02 +0000 (UTC), "david harrison"
> ><[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>Chieftain tanks used to do something similar...horizontally opposed, two
> >>stroke, multifuel, 6 cylinder with a supercharger for scavenging...the
> >>blower oil seal could fail, and the engine would run until it had consumed
> >>all it's own oil...about 30 gallons of the stuff...fluid flywheel, so can't
> >>stall it...engine covers needing a crane to get them off...intakes nicely
> >>shielded (don't want the enemy chucking nasties straight into the
> >>engine)...tankies used to sit and wait for it to seize...
> >>
> >
> >An engine never designed for transport IIRC. It was meant for
> >constant speed running as a generator I think. About 15 years ago I
> >worked at REME, where they seemed to be despised as an engine.
>
> i fort chieftains used merlin engines, or was that summat else?

The Meteor was the version of the Merlin which Rolls Royce traded with
Rover for the jet-engine business during WW2. It was used in some late-
war tanks, and the Centurion.



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Paul - xxx

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• Dec 10, 2004

• #30

Tim Hobbs vaguely muttered something like ...

> Oh, and lots and lots and lots of tyres....

Heheheh, can't think why ..

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"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."
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Tim Hobbs

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• Dec 11, 2004

• #31

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:40:51 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:33:57 +0000, Tim Hobbs
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:09:02 +0000 (UTC), "david harrison"
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Chieftain tanks used to do something similar...horizontally opposed, two
>>>stroke, multifuel, 6 cylinder with a supercharger for scavenging...the
>>>blower oil seal could fail, and the engine would run until it had consumed
>>>all it's own oil...about 30 gallons of the stuff...fluid flywheel, so can't
>>>stall it...engine covers needing a crane to get them off...intakes nicely
>>>shielded (don't want the enemy chucking nasties straight into the
>>>engine)...tankies used to sit and wait for it to seize...
>>>
>>
>>An engine never designed for transport IIRC. It was meant for
>>constant speed running as a generator I think. About 15 years ago I
>>worked at REME, where they seemed to be despised as an engine.
>
>i fort chieftains used merlin engines, or was that summat else?

Twas called 'L60'. I googled to make sure memory wasn't playing up
and got to this...

http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/bopall/ref16632.html


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Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk
Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com
Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com