OT-90 Nicks new toy

[acmatman]

transport will cost about £2500 Prague to UK

[Abrs]

It's ok, I was just interested to see how much it was in comparison to a figure a fella at a local firm quoted me, He's trying to arrange it as a back load anyway to try and keep the costs down a bit.

Sorry, I presumed it was Polish coz of the plates on the truck.

[Trapper Ind]

erm they are french plates !..lol

[Abrs]

Ha, my bad then

[Trapper Ind]

Been fixing lots of bits on my ot-90 over the last few days..
Finally worked out how to turn on the indicators and marker lights etc
fixed the comms (fuze)
adjusted the fan belts, helped with air supply build up
Fixed a dash switch for the rear bilge and smoke generator pump (fidley job that was !)
Fitted pkt deact machine gun. and kpvt soon..
checked water and oil.. oil needed 2.5 lts top up, and it uses that much on a 100 km drive !
made brackets and fitted new mirrors, now i can move her on my own
wired in a 24v-12v converter for ancilleries
Fitting reverse camera maybe tomorrow if it arrives?
Tried and failed to sort hand brake warning light, as the detent plunger and brass spring is either on constantly or off, grrrr, not given up yet! may resort to fitting a micro switch instead..
Read the manual some.... and it does approx 28-38 lts per hour on fuel..
Still working on the idea of driving days courses in the ot-90 or indeed any of our jeeps, trucks, bike, apc etc

Nick

[Trapper Ind]

Nick and James...finally got to drive her today !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW4MEA-k ... e=youtu.be

[coldwarjohn]

Nice toy ,looking forward to seeing in flesh .

[Trapper Ind]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW4MEA-kPjM

[sheltiereg]

Nice one Nick
How many gallons of fuel did that use up!!

Reg

[Trapper Ind]

well i checked before and after and it used about 30 mm on the viewing stick, so 20-25 lts maybe? was out for an hour.

[aardvark64]

Nicely evaded: you ought to be a politician....

Best wishes, Colin

[RangerNeil]

Nicely evaded: you ought to be a politician....

Best wishes, Colin

If you prefer - "When talking of tracked armour one does not specify how much fuel one has used, one merely says "Enough". To say otherwise is to invite financial ruin, divorce, bank manageritis and many other nasty things that go with 19 litres of V8 pushing 13 tons of armour at 40 mph...."

[Trapper Ind]

rofl.. tut tut neil its a v6.. not v8, a typo !

[RangerNeil]

I know - highly embarrassing.... For some odd reason I keep thinking of it as a V8 despite all the books saying V6..

[Trapper Ind]

i hate caravans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRw25GvjRwo

[texas pete]

Lol! I like that video! Nick your OT-90 looks awesome, can't wait to see it!

[Trapper Ind]

certainly was fun, shame i did not have much room other wise i would have taken a run up at it and driven through it flat out!..
See you at W&P

[Trapper Ind]

Bad news! ot-90 starter motor is toast! burnt armature and brushes! fun getting it out to any one know of a repair company in the south?

[funkypete]

We as in the dock send our AC and DC motors to Dowding and Mills. They can re wind them to suit, new brushes etc.

http://www.sulzer.com/en/About-us/Our-B ... work/SDMUK

I spent a few weeks or so there working with them, at Ipswich branch, clever stuff how they can rebuild a motor. There nation wide give em a shout.

[TsarPutin]

It doesn't do starters particularly on big diesels to cranked more than ten seconds. You have couple of thousand amps going through compact windings that are not designed for long cranking. Its likely the starter is scrap, as armature core is likely to be distorted or damaged.

I will have a look in my Zil rear box as it came with loads of junk, and there were some motors, unlikely though.