Humber FV1600 - ARN 105-819 - Restoration moves forward.

[lynx42]

Congratulations Dave.

Gives me plenty of incentive to get into mine.

Please keep an ear out for a set of hood bows for me.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Dave,

Fabulous work done in a short time, certainly when looking at the amount of work that had to be done.

Thanks for sharing the restoration with us.

Hanno

[Allan L]

Beautiful!

[Dave Mills]

Thank you for your comments, we are very pleased with our Humber and will enjoy many happy trips in her. Am currently fitting the tray floor, am using " Grey spotted gum" as the timber planking a great Australian hardwood. Am having trouble sourcing the steel loading strips which run down each join.

Thanks again,

Dave.

[Dave Mills]

Timber floor with winch access panel in place as well as canvas bow structure fitted ready for the canvas. The bows are set at the lower height so that I can get the beast down our drive. we believe it looks nicer on the lowered height. Still trying to source the skid strips for the floor; they sit over each join.

Dave.

[motto (RIP)]

To see such a comprehensive rebuild through to the end is inspiration for us all. Congratulations. I wish you many years of happy motoring.

David

[Dave Mills]

Well, we have placed about 250 K's on the old girl and she has developed a harmonic type noise at about 48KPH when not under load. Tested the drive train by running her at speed whilst sitting on Safety Stands. Thought it was coming from the transfer case so removed it and disassembled only to find nothing that could be causing the noise. Upon further inspection I found the following;

1. Pinion Dog Gear and securing Nut which was not tight.
2. A marvel of design the Pinion Carrier so easy to remove once you have access.
3. Pinion carrier being removed from the diff housing.
4. The culprit (I think) worn pinion teeth.

To wrap up a long and frustrating story I have sourced a NOS Transfer case and another Pinion in which I will try to mate to the crownwheel and cross my fingers that I get a good tooth pattern and no binding.

I will pick up the parts this Saturday and hopefully get Sunday to play around with them. I am pretty lucky to pick up a NOS transfer case a short 3.5 hour drive from home.

Cheers,

Dave.