charlieannear

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Happy Birthday!

Paul, thought I'd ask before you've put everything back together again... Have you got stainless brake cables? They are available from Western Towing for only a little more than the ordinary version.

You can get brass ends like housed in the bracket under the step in my photos, but I've never seen or found brass versions of the bit that screws into the backplate. I was going to get some made up out of metal (ally possibly) which just have a blank end for the hosepipe to slip over and be fastened with a stainless hose clip. The Hoselock connection at that end isn't really necessary.

Like that, but with an even smaller screw thread. I've only ever seen them in InExcess, and they are a proper Hoselock part. At only 25p each I buy a quid's worth when I see them! I'll get a pic of one next time I venture up to my shed! **EDIT** They are like this: 2287 1/4" BSP Hoselock But only 25p in the InExcess shop rather than

In short, I drilled a hole to 11.5mm, then tapped the hole with a 1/4" BSP thread. I then screwed in a small hoselok fitting from InExcess (25p) which has a male Hoselock on one end and a 1/4"BSP thread on the other. (Not sure what this fitting is called, but it is Hoselock 2287, and they generally have a tub full in InExcess.) I then have a short length of garden hose with a Hoselock on each end. One clicks onto the fitting attached to the backplate, the other is secured to a bracket which I made out of a bit of alloy and attached to the trailer. I did the same on the other side, and have both free ends attached on the same side of the trailer (the side which is easiest to get to when the trailer is parked up on my drive. Additional: On my trailer there isn't much clearance between the Hoselock fitting on the backplate, and the trailer itself. This has meant that a couple of the Hoselock thingies have got snapped off when I left the hose attached to it (due to suspension travel). I intend to replace this with a similar fitting machined out of metal with the hose attached to it with a normal stainless hose clip (it doesn't really need the Hoselock at that end). Also, garden hose doesn't like to make sharp bends (it kinks) so I'm going to make up a 90 degree bend with a bit of copper pipe to solve this. I had a real blitz on rust in and around this area at the time (pictures available in my album and will be interested (!) to see how it looks after 12 months! ...(mostly of sitting still on my drive, but it has had a few dips in the briney...)

I installed the "Frannear Hub Flush System" 12 months ago with cheap hoselok-type fittings from InExcess and some hose cut off the reel in my garden. I also bought a 1/4" BSP tap and a 11.5mm drill from ebay to enable the fitting of the hoselok thingy into the backplates. When I strip my hubs down in the next couple of weeks I'll report what they look like now!

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That'll be Chris Somner, C Serve now moved to Balena Close. If you go to him tell him Charlie Annear recommended him and that you're in PBSBAC.

It's true! And it was quite a lot of air too!

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It sounds to me as if they've been using your boat as a source of spare parts to do up another one. Perhaps have a roam around and see if there's another like yours in the yard.

Mark also responded to my email very quickly and positively.

That's nothing short of theft. You must have the patience of a Saint. Immediate return of items and/or a phone call to the local constabulary and/or trading standards.

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I wrote to (emailed) him the day after his visit, and included a link to this thread.

If that doesn't I'll find something that will!

Rob F and Charlie A out on Court Jester with Neal.

Perhaps we should show our support as a club? Are we allowed to put the AT logo on our site, prominently?

I didn't think I had imagined it! I may have read it in An Auto Express or Practical Classics or Land Rover Monthly... I'll do some more research.

Hi All I recall that there has been talk in the recent past of an MOT or similar being brought in for trailers (as this kind of thing is already required in most of mainland Europe) and that April 2010 had been a date that was being mentioned. Have any of you chaps heard anything (official) regarding this? C.

Yep!

Yep Pete, that's the one I mean. I think the 'anti-evaporation pads' are an optional cost extra- well done for making your own! The Origo, with a 2kw rating should boil a kettle as fast as gas would. The thing with meths cookers is, counterintuitively, they work best when recieving a bit of a breeze though the side vents. (A Trangia works really well in a gale!) They go through the fuel a bit quicker then of course... Mike, I was an Oggie from 1991 to 2006 at St Mawgan (After that RLC TA until August 2009).

(Sorry to hijack this thread) I always used the Coleman stove when out on the ground in winter with the RAF Regt (well, when we were allowed hot food!), or a hexamine (solid fuel) cooker at a push (the hexxy is messy though, and the fumes are very bad for you- thanks MOD!). I've been experimenting with different types of cooker on the boat since the gas cooker issue arose. The Coleman is fine in cold weather, but they aren't really considered when talking about cookers on boats. I think the trouble with Coleman cookers (I've got one) on a small boat isn't the danger from the fuel and vapours themselves (this is the supposed reason against them but it can't be any more likely or dangerous than a gas leak), more it's to do with the 2 foot jet of flame that you get when you first fire it up! When there's not a lot of headroom you can imagine the effect... I've tried mine on deck and it was OK, but if the canopy was up I think it might be risky and using it in the cabin is just daft! Not sure if a Primus also does this? I have tried a Trangia (meths camping cooker) which worked very well, apart from it is designed to be assembled on a stable surface (i.e, not on something floating on the sea) and so I think there's a risk of it 'coming apart' at the least convenient moment. Having said that we did use it to succesfully warm up tins of beans and sausages on Rob's boat, with it precariously resting on his chopping board which hangs out over the side of his boat! So third time lucky... I have got hold of an Origo cooker, which in essence is a boat-friendly version of a Trangia. So, no danger from fuel spills or vapours, or of it coming apart or it being affected by cold weather. Being a 'Marine Solution' they are priced at a premium, but I got one for about