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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
A question for Jeffo! (or anyone I suppose) As I've doubtless bored on about before, I have to change Bessie's compressor - well, I don't but my mate Mark does and boy, is he looking forward to it. Well, obviously the guy who I hope is going to find it for me needs to know the serial number on said compressor. We will dismantle the luton yet again and tip the cab to find out the answer if necessary but I can't help feeling that some judicious work with a mirror on the end of a broomstick in one hand and a torch in t'other whilst lying under lorry on old feed sack might do the trick. This is because I'm not totally sure where the compressor is. I'm sure someone is going to tell me not to be a complete moron (why shouldn't I be?) as it is completely inaccessible - or is it? Any thoughts on this dilemma will be much appreciated and I will remember you in my Will (which is not quite as generous as it sounds)---------------------- |
 Tue 23 Feb 2010 @ 00:09
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Hi ERM?? I dont have a horsebox/luton so I can tip the cab easily. Would it not be possible to attack the luton with a circular saw and piano hinges? I have seen them with hinged flaps that swing out of the way in order to tip the cab easily. A days work would make life easier for years to come. The compressor is on the passenger side of my truck. It is infront of the injector pump between the chassis and the engine block. I have never really noticed if it is accessible with the cab down. Even if it is I do not know where the numbers are. I will take a look for you but is yours a 220 330 or 500? ---------------------- |
Tue 23 Feb 2010 @ 23:08
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Ee, you're such a star. I often think that you must rue the day I started bloody posting. Thing about the luton is that it has a metal frame integral to the whole horsebox thingy and contains our bed (well, we have one in the house as well, if you can call it a house). The hingeing idea would be wonderful but I can't see how it could be done. If you can check the compressor label whereabouts I shall be so grateful but the weather is ----ing awful so I don't really expect it. |
Wed 24 Feb 2010 @ 09:45
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Hi I have not been near my truck today. Been working on the house instead. (Another BIG story of woe!) If you reach around under the passenger side engine flap towards the front of the engine, you should be able to reach the compressor. I will try and find where the ID plate/stamping is. I think if the truck is located where it is to be fixed then it is time to dismantle the luton! ---------------------- |
Wed 24 Feb 2010 @ 23:24
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Thanks so much. I am sending good thought messages for your house woes - ours is beyond my good thoughts, wishes or anything else. I know in my heart that it's luton off time again but it is out in the open at home and so would have to be dismantled for getting number, then reassembled to go to Marks, etc. etc. Maybe I shouldn't be keeping a Bedford at all. Too much rain and ----ing cold. Bring on the Spring. |
Thu 25 Feb 2010 @ 09:05
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Ok I have been climbing round three different TL trucks today. The compressor is hard to see from the engine hatch as it is hidden beyond the exhaust (330 turbo) With the cab up it is still not possible to see any numbers or ID plate. I would say that you should not dismantle the luton but take it to your garage as you will be none the wiser for getting closer. Only when the thing is taken off will you be able to tell. I have had a nose from underneath but it is too oily and cramped to see anything of any use. ---------------------- |
Fri 26 Feb 2010 @ 20:43
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Is there room to use a torch and mirror? ---------------------- |
Sat 27 Feb 2010 @ 10:04
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Jeffo, thank you so much for that - in this weather too. I think that I've got ideas above my station thinking I could run a lorry! I will bite the bullet (or rather, the bank balance since it takes Mark several hours to dismantle the luton) and get it sorted. I'm so sorry I put you through this. And I'm the queen of mirror on a broomstick (not something one generally boasts about) and will have one last try - when it stops raining. The kitchen's awash. Yours appreciatively, guys, Mrs Noah. |
Sun 28 Feb 2010 @ 11:52
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Kitchen:- A cheap fix I have used is to dismantle the glazonite sides from a lorry body and fix in place on the house. The panels are really strong and as they are fibreglass coated they are weatherproof too. Breakers often have little use for them as they cannot be weighed in as scrap! Ask Mark about converting the luton with hinged hatches. If you have to pay for labour to dismantle and reassemble it may be little more cost. I have converted things that others say cannot be done! Would it be a nutty idea to unbolt the body and slide it 5/6 foot back? Again, a while spent with the welder to make a few brackets and quick release catches underneath........ Any friends with hinged boxes that you can go take a nose at to see how it is done? I really would not have thought it would be a major problem providing the body is wide enough to allow the cab to pass through it. Would a CF horse box be big enough for your horses? No cab tilting problems! You wont gain much in fuel costs but the repairs should be cheaper. Dont buy a modern box! They are horrendously expensive to repair. The Bedford will look like a freebie in comparison! I am about to buy a bearing for the Leyland. From the discount suppliers it is £350. I can have the old one re-con at £500!!!! My heart cannot allow me to ask the full retail cost! Labour will be extra. I asked the main dealer for some bolts recently. Care to guess? I wanted 20 little bolts. Bet you didnt guess £34.14 I also reckon you didnt figure that would be for each bolt!!!! I found identical ones locally £2.00 for 25. ---------------------- |
Sun 28 Feb 2010 @ 18:58
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Many thanks as ever. First off, fear not that I would ever consider buying a more modern box - or indeed another one of any age - I paid for Bessie with the last of my savings. I know you're supposed to invest in something or another not go buying Bedford TLs but £3000 doesn't go far in investment and generally speaking, the lorry is endless amusement for the More Mature Person. I get where you're coming from on the unhingeing etc (why, I'm completely unhinged myself) and think that may well be the way forward. Sliding it back is a no, no because there isn't the room on the flatbed and it would mean that when parked out the back of our terraced house (she of the leaking kitchen) Bessie would overhang our long-suffering neighbour Marian's exit for her car. Re kitchen, am entranced by idea of glazonite panels except 90% of light coming into living room comes via the glass roof of said kitchen which is a 19th century conservatory of very modest proportions. I fear the light piercing qualities of glazonite might not be quite good enough. Anyway, rowing the 8ft to the back door, bearing an umbrella is much better than boring convention - or shall we live in the Bedford? |
Sun 28 Feb 2010 @ 20:28
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Protect your investment rather than lose it http://www.rust.co.uk To make your newly cut luton doors seal watertight try http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk (5th catalogue product down on the left- aperture seals) With the cab up you want to check all the hoses and connections. You can do it yourself. Just because it is a truck does not mean you have to be a mechanic to spot a rotten jubilee or swollen/cracking hose. Any wires that look loose or frayed should be checked and bound if required. Again it is more likely that you will find it by looking yourself as mechanics never bother. The most important thing is that your water warning buzzer is working. If a hose burst it will save your engine! I saw a CF for sale on ebay that a bloke had lived in for 8 years! Our local postman had an entire lorry body behind his house that was used as his kitchen! It was well disguised and made an excellent and cheap extension. The lorry body roofs are fibreglass and allow light in. They are not pretty but they are dry. Cut it off the body and bolt it on to your house. Ugly but temporary and it will stop the water damage until you have the funds available. Not as daft as it sounds! ---------------------- |
Sun 28 Feb 2010 @ 23:08
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Now you're talking. That's what I shall do, if it turns out Bessie is no longer a viable proposition. We will use her as an extra room. Believe me, with two adult sons at home, we really need it. I am totally mindful of your advice for when the cab is tipped. I shall do all that. I used to be a not bad mechanic but I no longer seem to be able to do it, for which read, I don't like getting my hands dirty nowadays, what a sap. However, I'll don my latex gloves and get going. I have to try and do this French charity ride in June even if I never do anything else. Thanks as always |
Mon 01 Mar 2010 @ 10:07
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