Hi Carl , long way to go from Oxford , maybe I might have to wait untill I get a job to go to Ireland , I got a job pending for Dublin soon .
JAKEY:
Hi Carl , long way to go from Oxford , maybe I might have to wait untill I get a job to go to Ireland , I got a job pending for Dublin soon .
Hi Jakey
We got for £0.99 each return with Ryanair, but we only took hand luggage and had to hire a self drive car for a day.
Carl
Spotted this in Covent Garden couple of saturdays ago.
Mike.
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Thought I better bring this page up a bit .
we had this in at work the other day was new to R.J. Phillips and sons shrewsbury
(same people who owend my bedford after my dad)
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Drove for Robinsons last week , tranship off a 18tonner to a wee little Sprinter over in Stroud , this was a picture ofthe 18t Scania , what a heap .
Driver pulled out let the single axle down un plugged air lines and then reversed this neet single axle trailer .
Probably a stupid question 
I know that furniture vans with a tilt cab had hinged flap in the Luton so that the cab could be tilted for major work on the engine.
Those that didnt had lift up panels behind the cab for access(Thinking Vanplan style or a Tk) but how the the hell did you get the engine out for major repairs? 
Suedehead:
Probably a stupid question
I know that furniture vans with a tilt cab had hinged flap in the Luton so that the cab could be tilted for major work on the engine.
Those that didnt had lift up panels behind the cab for access(Thinking Vanplan style or a Tk) but how the the hell did you get the engine out for major repairs?
From underneath, did loads of them years ago. Bedfords were not bad but BMC stuff required the front axle removing as well. A lot of these horseboxes nowadays dont even have the hinged flap to allow the cab to tilt, I had to tighten the alternator belt on one recently and I had to unbolt the complete floor in the Luton and even then the cab only tilted a couple of feet because the front panel was rivetted in place. Just managed to get to the alternator by removing a wheel and scratting around under the slightly raised cab, certainly not designed with maintenance in mind. 
Pete.
windrush:
Suedehead:
Probably a stupid question
I know that furniture vans with a tilt cab had hinged flap in the Luton so that the cab could be tilted for major work on the engine.
Those that didnt had lift up panels behind the cab for access(Thinking Vanplan style or a Tk) but how the the hell did you get the engine out for major repairs?From underneath, did loads of them years ago. Bedfords were not bad but BMC stuff required the front axle removing as well. A lot of these horseboxes nowadays dont even have the hinged flap to allow the cab to tilt, I had to tighten the alternator belt on one recently and I had to unbolt the complete floor in the Luton and even then the cab only tilted a couple of feet because the front panel was rivetted in place. Just managed to get to the alternator by removing a wheel and scratting around under the slightly raised cab, certainly not designed with maintenance in mind.
Pete.
Thanks for the reply Windrush.
Seriously, you could take an engine out from underneath . .how did you do that,over a pit or via a ramp?
The quickest way to do a major engine job on a tk was to remove the cab. a vanplan body was a lot more difficult.
Suedehead:
Thanks for the reply Windrush.
Seriously, you could take an engine out from underneath . .how did you do that,over a pit or via a ramp?
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We usually raised them up on stands, didn’t have a pit anyway so everything was done on your back. Bedford engines would lower straight down with the gearbox as the rear mountings were overhung, normally for a TK (as has been said) you would whip the cab off in under an hour but that couldn’t happen with an integral body. However, with a standard TK cab and a Luton body the cab would slide forward off the chassis if you removed the mudguards behind the wheels, a piece of wood through the cab doors and a trestle either side and it would just clear the body with an inch or two to spare, leave the cab suspended and wheel the chassis back. Simples! 
Actually before the new workshop was built they used to remove all the wheels and roll the vehicle in on the brake drums, using sleeper’s as rails, as the roof was to low to get a high bodied van in but thankfully that practice was long gone when I started thank goodness!
Pete.
windrush:
Suedehead:
Thanks for the reply Windrush.
Seriously, you could take an engine out from underneath . .how did you do that,over a pit or via a ramp?
We usually raised them up on stands, didn’t have a pit anyway so everything was done on your back. Bedford engines would lower straight down with the gearbox as the rear mountings were overhung, normally for a TK (as has been said) you would whip the cab off in under an hour but that couldn’t happen with an integral body. However, with a standard TK cab and a Luton body the cab would slide forward off the chassis if you removed the mudguards behind the wheels, a piece of wood through the cab doors and a trestle either side and it would just clear the body with an inch or two to spare, leave the cab suspended and wheel the chassis back. Simples!
Actually before the new workshop was built they used to remove all the wheels and roll the vehicle in on the brake drums, using sleeper’s as rails, as the roof was to low to get a high bodied van in but thankfully that practice was long gone when I started thank goodness!
Pete.
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hi Pete,
From recollection in our workshops all Tks were treated the same whether integral or not. I think they had it to a fine art. At our green lane depot in Spennymoor we had 6 bays. Four with pits and 2 solid floor. They tended to change engines on solid floor. First they took off the cylinder head and then sump, and then dropped the short motor down onto the floor and pulled it out. We always replaced with new Bedford Short motors, refitting orrignal head, provided it had not been damaged. On average the Bedfords 330, 466 or 500s did about 200,000 miles, with some achieving over 300000. Our fittersrepaced about 2 to 3 short motors each week.
We paid tem according to Bedford recomended hours for the job, and as some could achieve the work in about 8 to 10 hours, it was quite a good bonus for them. The engine changes tended therefore to be allocated on a fair basis, with all our fitters wanting those jobs.
Carl
Suedehead:
Been a while,just unearthed these.
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New build nr Campbeltown.
How long ago was that?