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Border raid .... Morris
This turned up here this morning ..... I plead guilty to a charge of border raiding
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19-11-11, 02:36
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looks fairly complete Mike
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19-11-11, 02:49
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Looks pretty complete. Another CMP saved from the scrappers. Don't recall our SA border guards having seen it cross from SA...  Cheers Tony 
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19-11-11, 03:08
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Nice Mike,
Do you think the low loader was a bit of overkill..... Rich.
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19-11-11, 04:03
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The cast brass plate on the dash says 1941 like most of them do here. The steering whel is mostly rotted away ...a common thing . The chassis is good on this one ........... phew  As these are prone to rusting badly on these little trucks. Tony , it aint a CMP but the CMP prototypes were based on these pre-war 1930's pommy trucks ... e.g., wheel size and the wheelbase is 98" . With only around 21,000 CS8's made there are not that many left these days . And, considering that production stopped sometime around 1941 and they went through the early WW2 campaigns where many were lost in battle or abandoned to enemy forces.
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19-11-11, 04:29
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Thanks for the update. I am new at this game having only been a MLU member for just over 12 months. I am grateful for any information that will keep my interest going. I am sure as I learn more about other military vehicles I will regularly put my foot in my mouth again.  Cheers Tony
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19-11-11, 07:35
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19-11-11, 08:33
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Great booty Mike!
So the M-C tally now stands at what number? Seems you have enough bits for a complete one? H.
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20-11-11, 03:47
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PS as we were unloading the Morris , the ex Wermacht veteran from down the road drove past in his Tojo ute .. a strange thing . A coming together of history , in an odd way .
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21-11-11, 14:40
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Congratulations Mike - looks like an excellent project !
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22-11-11, 11:14
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Have done a few checks... I inspected the gearbox just in time ..it was full of water
 ... water trickles down the gear stick . I've seen this problem before on open cab vehicles and I always check it out . I have washed it out with deisel fuel ... looks OK , shiny gears with no obvious damage . It turns over freely and gear shifting is easy . The engine pulley turns a tad , the pistons are not stuck . The slack in the timing chain is taken up, then it jams, indicating stuck valves . These engines have the valve lifters in bolt on little blocks which are removeable . Somewhat like many vintage cars of the 1920's . The unusual rubber cushioned uni joints look a bit sick . Perished . Steering box was full of water as well . The drag link has sheared off, broken at the point where it threads into the ball joint end on the steering arm, at the wheel . Nasty .The drag link is hollow and it's rather thin at the threading , deep threads have left little meat there  Could be dangerous for other CS8 owners .......maybe a safety bulletin should be spread around ...MIKE
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22-11-11, 11:52
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These pics illustrate the potentially lethal problem . What happened to good old British engineering
MIKE
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22-11-11, 15:19
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Illustrate the potentially lethal problem
Hi Mike
Your photo "illustrate the potentially lethal problem" makes you stop and think. Good reason to carefully disassemble parts and inspect them. Cheers Phil
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