The Tatra 813 is home!!

[Abrs]

At last she has arrived Going to have a good play with her tomorrow , I can already see a few jobs that need doing though, but nothing too serious so far (fan belts, air leak, oil leaks etc), mostly just cosmetic stuff that really needs the work.

Also put an album on the gallery.
http://www.russianmilitarytrucks.com/ga ... -813-Kolos






John C

[JMD007]

That is f%king awesome!.............

Can i have a go please?

[haymish]

stuff just having a go .when you've fixed it up abrs-don't be surprized if it vanishes.i'll have stolen it :lol:

[Ditch]

There's a dog with two dicks living in John's house

[Rob Reznik]

Nice one John - when can I come over and start stripping it down

[Abrs]

Nice one John - when can I come over and start stripping it down

You stay where you are you! I've seen what happens when get your hands on a vehicle :lol:

Actually I've already started stripping the rear body off today, it was way too ugly to stay on there for any time. Also been driving the truck around most of the day getting used to how everything works which has been great fun , however I've encountered the first really annoying problems; it appears someone has inadvertently been destroying all the seals in the hydraulic system by putting in an incorrect oil which has resulted in eroded seals - now after some use have mass evacuation of oil through every single seal on the crane, also the seals on the steering ram leaks as they used the same oil in the power steering system Oh and also the clutch has started slipping under load :shock: - looks like another big job that needs doing soon Geat fun!

[Abrs]

Just added some more photos to my album in the gallery:

http://www.russianmilitarytrucks.com/ga ... -813-Kolos



Regards.

[Abrs]

Phew!! It looks like I've gotten away with having to do the clutch for the time being - seems as though it's the slave cylinder that operates the clutch release bearing that's causing the trouble, appears to be sticking a bit and not returning fully which is holding the release bearing on a bit making the clutch slip a little, I suspect the reason for it's failure is the same as the reason for the leaking seals on the crane :roll:

Looks like I need to do every bloody hydraulic seal on this truck! :lol:

[haymish]

te-he -thinking of all those seals :lol:

[Abrs]

Yea, you ought to see where the power steering ram is :roll: :mrgreen:

It's all good fun & games though

[haymish]

thinking about them-must be loads to do if all had wrong oil-you'll be good at it by the time you have done them all

[Abrs]

Actually I'm a dab hand at doing these power steering rams as I've done a few of this type on Zetor tractors, the Tatra one is exactly the same thing only it's about 4 times the size :?
The others in the crane are just bog standard type rams and so should be fairly easy - might scrap this crane though if it looks too expensive to repair, may possibly get a more modern one that stores better for possibly the same sort of money.

[Abrs]

Just got this for the Tatra today....



Can you tell what it is yet?

Big thanks to Rob for this one Cheers pal.

[Ditch]

Are you expecting a lot of snow in Cheshire?

[Abrs]

No, I just got a lot of mole hills to flatten out!!

Actually it's the BZ-T bulldozer blade attachment for making earthworks, the snow plough version has a V shaped blade and it's also higher & wider than the dozer blade.


Regards.

[JMD007]

Actually it's the BZ-T bulldozer blade attachment for making earthworks, the snow plough version has a V shaped blade and it's also higher & wider than the dozer blade.


Regards.

So there........you've been told!

[flockee]

Be nice, or he will be round your house with that fitted! And I would love a go with it when is done, will be awesome fun!

[Abrs]

Yea!! What's his address? Or just the post code......I'll do the whole street!!

[JMD007]

Unfortunately chaps i live on a boat. I have no address, no postcode, no junk mail, no stupid phone calls about double glazing and no people in Tatras trying to knock my house (that i dont have) down!

[KarlJ]

Unfortunately chaps i live on a boat. I have no address, no postcode, no junk mail, no stupid phone calls about double glazing and no people in Tatras trying to knock my house (that i dont have) down!

We'll send BRDMDriver or Ranger Neil round instead then