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No family arguments on here please!
As always seems to be the case nowadays, there are several YouTube vids on every subject, in this case showing how to use a Fuller Roadranger box. Here’s one- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qisr-ryn_V8 Now looking for Scammel video.... Mmm, nothing found, but nice bit of history on Scammel..... http://www.scammellregister.co.uk/index.php/history Last edited by Mike Bell; 15 Aug 2019 at 10:40. |
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Wish I had had the extra range of gears though. If only because it would have provided some extra toys to play with. I pity the usage of the extra range was not covered in the video when he mentioned the potential for getting confused about which gear one is in. Otherwise quite entertaining. Thanks for finding and posting Mike. |
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Mike, the Scammel box was a proper gate box, had three or four neutrals, if you left it running in between 1st and reverse it would seize the box up as the oil pump was not driven. Gear changing was an art in itself, going up the box the knob was held firmly in the palm of the hand with pressure to the right. Going down the box pressure was to the left. If you made a balls up of gear changing you more than likely had to come to a standstill and work your way through the gates till you got to 1st or 2nd. On the 32 tonners we would leave them running between 1st and 2nd neutral to get another half gallon of EP80 to help cooling, as the box was designed in the 1920 s by some one who was either a genius or ****ed.
Actually the box was a three. Speed box which changed from high to low range between 3 and 4 manually by itself, hence my option of the designer. |
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As all the cars that I have owned since 1973 have been automatics, on a daily basis changing gear using a clutch to change gear is not something I have to worry about.
However, on the occasions that I have to hire a manual car or have driven trucks, I often find myself double de-clutching without thinking. It all comes back to the fact that my early cars didn't have synchromesh, nor, of course, any of the trucks back then. It also helped whenever the clutch cable snapped on the Hillman Imp I had the pleasure of driving between 1966 and 1969. |
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Not a Scammell, but this appeals:-
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Probably because ballast is the only load dense enough to be too small to make it worth having a rigid.
To illustrate your point, I drove an eight wheeler tipper thirty years ago, keeping a concrete plant fed. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk |
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I wonder if any one here can help an aged Vauxhall Corsa owner sort out a fault? (For the avoidance of doubt both car and owner are old?
My 1.4 Corsa was running perfectly on Tuesday, motor way, towns etc. Not used on Wednesday. Thursday morning completely dead electronics, only thing that worked was the red warning light that appears before you start the car, no lights , horn, radio etc, etc,. Am charging battery as I assume it is flat, however, after a couple of hours I tried reconnecting to see if anything worked. Still stone dead. Owner manual pretty useless, little help at all. Could it be a) Shorting out somewhere. b) A fuse problem. c) Something else. Any help gratefully accepted. |
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Watch from 5:00 for the next minute.Replayed over and over again for me.Just incredible.Never gets tiring. |
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A battery cell failure can offer that sort of odd, apparently sudden fail. Do you have a way of measuring the voltage across the battery terminals? If you can jump start it and measure the voltage it is receiving with the engine running it would be a way of checking the alternator's performance. Yes it could be an earth problem - cable from engine to chassis for example - but the battery situation is an easier check if you have a suitable meter. If the electrics are totally dead then the battery is a strong suspect. I've had basically the same thing on my Saab and on Management's Corolla. It's about the only thing that seems to stop the Corolla. Beyond that I'll leave it to those who know what they are talking about to offer professional advice. |
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Doubt shorting out. That would have melted something. The fact that the red light comes on suggests some power available. If battery has a dead cell, however, that may not have enough guts to do anything more than make the lamp come on. Simple next step would be to try a slave battery on the car. If that doesn’t help then you have some sort of failure in the car electrics themselves..... |
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These days batteries just fail. If it's more than three years old it will be the battery. Happens more often in hot climates and since you live in petit Pakistan I suspect you have higher temperatures.
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Me too Bob, would suspect the battery after checking the connectors. You can read a high voltage when the engine his stopped but everything goes wrong under stress. Batteries die too…
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Battery on charge, some electrics working, lights etc, but not yet enough to start. Unfortunately the car is on the drive, and the battery is such a tight fit I can't remove it (well easily) so it needs long lead, and charger under the bonnet, so not able to leave overnight.
I will let you know if it starts once fully charged. To avoid battery going flat when not in use can I just disconnect the positive lead, or do I do both? Many thanks for your help, I take back all I ever said about you all. Bob |
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