Armour Dreams

[Ganmain Tony]

Perhaps an old flat head V8 may have been the way to go Jonathan.

What a nightmare.. good on you for plugging away.

The final drives are out of ????

[Jonathan Moore]

The trouble is Tony, a ford V8 would be expensive, where as these engines cost about £200 so it's worth a bit of effort from me. The drives are from an old David Brown tractor, so built like a brick sh1t house.

Anyway all's well after my little oil leak, the engine starts, revs but I have another unexpected problem, the exhaust is tooooooo quiet.

Jon

[David Dunlop]

Are there any surviving recordings of a running original you can compare to, Jon? That muffler is an impressive size and I suspect could dampen quite a bit of noise, but the engine is also running under absolutely no outside load at the moment. Things might change when the full powertrain is installed, the full weight of the vehicle in place and the engine suddenly has to earn its keep.

David

[Jonathan Moore]

You are probably right David, I will wait and see before making any changes.

Guten Abend zusammen,

The steering box is bolted in it's final resting position, which isn't exactly as per the original but because of the components that i am using it was always was going to be a compromise. The final drives / reduction boxes stuck out too much from the side of the chassis, meaning that the front sprockets wouldn't be inline with the rest of the wheels. I therefore removed material from the castings, first of all with an angle grinder and then I finished them to size on the milling machine.

[Jonathan Moore]

The next problem was bolting the final drives to the chassis as I had cut the original studs off of the castings. There are six 1/2" UNC threaded holes already in the front of the castings that I can utilise but I need some in the flange area. The answer was to drill five new holes for M16 bolts and then weld bosses on the rear of the flange so that the flange bolt securely on to the chassis. The output shaft was then reassembled into the casting so that I can position the final drive housing onto the chassis and drill all the attaching holes.

That's all for now folks,

Jon

[Mike Cecil]

Hi Jonathan,

I've been back through the thread, but seem to have missed what the engine actually is/is from: could you enlighten me please?

I admire your perseverance with the wiring (well, with the whole she-bang, really!) Great work.

Mike

[D Ellery]

Wow!!! What an awesome project. Amazing planning, problem solving and engineering and all to a very high standard. Damn I shouldn't have looked I'm hooked again. Look forward to the next update, well done.