XXX Corps event: Liberation Task Force | 13-22 September 2014, Holland

[RichardT10829]

Yeah... I bet ! I thought I was getting the signal to move out into lane 1 by Marc's commander, I began the move off and looked left to see a knarly big sprocket and Ben shouting "right right right" so I dropped a cog and nailed it away from impending death.

Did you get her sorted in the end mate ?

[tankbarrell]

Well that's the thing, it's hard to find anything to sort!

She would do about 10 to 12 miles absolutely perfectly and then suddenly lose power and surge a little. It would idle fine and when cooled down, be back to normal.

I feel it must be fuel but quite in what way is hard to say.

[RichardT10829]

Vapour lock ? Blocked fuel tank vent ? Sounds like she is waiting until she is good and hot

[Lynn Eades]

Sounds like a great experience you guys have had. Watching the various video clips I was feeling a bit envious about it all. I kept wondering if the guy sitting high on the Dingo was going to get thrown out and run over.
Fantastic to see all that machinery looking so very smart! I have to change my views on dressing up in the period gear. it definitely adds a bit of class to the whole thing.
Adrian, what is the ignition set up on your tank like? Maybe it's a coil or condenser breaking down when hot? I suppose the multibank (Is that the one you're talking about?)has 5 or 6 of each?
Rich, did you take your trusty torch?

[tankbarrell]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Adrian, what is the ignition set up on your tank like? Maybe it's a coil or condenser breaking down when hot? I suppose the multibank (Is that the one you're talking about?)has 5 or 6 of each?

Yes, five distributors so unlikely to be an ignition issue as getting five to break down at the same time and all repair themselves would be a heck of a coincidence!

I was interested in the 'additive' that our fuel had but nobody seemed to be able to say what it was......

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by tankbarrell

I was interested in the 'additive' that our fuel had but nobody seemed to be able to say what it was......

One soldier told me it was "kerosine", and it did have that smell about it.

Just looked up military fuels on the NATO site (http://www.nato.int/docu/logi-en/1997/lo-15a.htm); I reckon it was F-57, a "low leaded gasoline (...) interchangeable with commercial gasoline automotive (98 RON)".

H.

[tankbarrell]

It certainly didn't smell like petrol, it was very yellow too. I was told it had an additive just for the tour. To be fair, most people seemed to have no problems.

[Hendrik van Oorspronk]

I was interested in the 'additive' that our fuel had but nobody seemed to be able to say what it was......

It is possible it was "winter" fuel, its vapor point is lower than "summer" fuel, so vapor lock could well be possible, or vacuum in the tank, after a while idling there is again enough air in the tank and it will move again, had that with an Austin Ambulance were the breather pipe of 1 feultank was stuck with paint idling was no problem, but driving was a problem, you can test it by driving some distance and then open de fuel cap, when it opens with a "plop" you found the problem.

Groetn

Hendrik

[Tim Bell]

Originally Posted by tankbarrell

Well that's the thing, it's hard to find anything to sort!

She would do about 10 to 12 miles absolutely perfectly and then suddenly lose power and surge a little. It would idle fine and when cooled down, be back to normal.

I feel it must be fuel but quite in what way is hard to say.

Fuel is a possibility.

Some of the DR riders had issues with the fuel supplied by the Dutch army... they spent the first day after fueling stripping their bikes down - you may have seen them... we ended up with a Jerry can full of petrol drained from their tanks.

I was told the octane level we had from the Army was slightly different to that available to the man on the street... exactly what it was am not sure.

It didnt cause me any issues with the WSC though... mine were simply caused the distributor locking nut coming loose... but then these were the first 300 miles since rebuild.


Tim

[RichardT10829]

We clocked about 220 miles during the trip... So you got 80ish left ;-)

[Tim Bell]

Leaving Valkenswaard, there was one convoy which went via Asten, Duerne and Helmond to get to Son... did you have that pleasure, or were you on one of the other convoys which did half the mileage?

Tim