The noise did allow me to check the pinion, transfer case which both had wear in them but the major "Elephant in the room" was the transmission all looked great until it all went wrong. Now that is another story. If I had not found these potential faults "Murphies Law" would come into play and it would have stood me up a couple of hundred k's from home.
Yes, the sound is terrible and one you would not forget. We have done over 1500K's in her now without a glitch apart from the oil leaks.
250 K's out of a tank on the dot, have an electric back up fuel pump fitted as I thought to transfer the fuel line from the empty tank to the full tank would take some priming. Not needed at all the pump pulls fuel like there is no tomorrow. I now have it in case of vaporisation.
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1 x 1955 Austin Champ WN1(restored)
2 x 1956 Austin Champ WN1(restored)
1 x 1955 Humber 4 x 4 GS (restored)
1 x 1945 FMC 1/4 Ton Trailer (restored)
1 x 1942 Bantam 1/4 Ton Trailer (restored)
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