Muckaway:
On the subject of Dafs, Dads’ 02 reg Alphas’ becoming a joke; Hardly a day this week’s gone by without a trip to our workshop due to the cab suspension. My reversing lights flicker on and off when driving on rough roads and there seems to be more rattles in the cab than before Christmas (it’s not my wages!)
Trust me the older ones are head and shoulders above the new ones we get em on 5 year lease and the 54 and 55 plates which were nothing special were much better than the new ones.ABS/EBS Warning lights,exhaust emissions lights auto transmission lights on we had 6 v.o.rd this week but the problem is that they go to the dealer come back and within a day or so the lights are back on again,all you get from the dealer is bring it back
british steel had a policy of only buying british leyland-some i drove during the 80s loved the brs rental crusaders me & my brother had them on long time hire but were prone to wheelnuts sheering hence the piggyback also did 6months on the skips
revman:
we had to have day cab cos they were over length with our trs alan
What did you think of the Marathon?
hi ramone loved the marathon we had around 20 at rotherham running day & night all tl12 powered though we did have some rentals with ■■■■■■■ then some with rolls eagle i prefered the tl12 after guy big j a big improvement commanding driving position good all round vision i had a mk1 then marathon2 then roadtrain-alan
revman:
1we had to have day cab cos they were over length with our trs alan
What did you think of the Marathon?
hi ramone loved the marathon we had around 20 at rotherham running day & night all tl12 powered though we did have some rentals with ■■■■■■■ then some with rolls eagle i prefered the tl12 after guy big j a big improvement commanding driving position good all round vision i had a mk1 then marathon2 then roadtrain-alan
Did the Roadtrain TL12 differ from the Marathon version
revman:
1we had to have day cab cos they were over length with our trs alan
What did you think of the Marathon?
hi ramone loved the marathon we had around 20 at rotherham running day & night all tl12 powered though we did have some rentals with ■■■■■■■ then some with rolls eagle i prefered the tl12 after guy big j a big improvement commanding driving position good all round vision i had a mk1 then marathon2 then roadtrain-alan
Did the Roadtrain TL12 differ from the Marathon version
ye tl12 fitted in the roadtrain was called flexitorque didnt sound the same & didnt like the spicer gearbox-not the same after fuller roadranger-alan
revman:
1we had to have day cab cos they were over length with our trs alan
What did you think of the Marathon?
hi ramone loved the marathon we had around 20 at rotherham running day & night all tl12 powered though we did have some rentals with ■■■■■■■ then some with rolls eagle i prefered the tl12 after guy big j a big improvement commanding driving position good all round vision i had a mk1 then marathon2 then roadtrain-alan
Did the Roadtrain TL12 differ from the Marathon version
ye tl12 fitted in the roadtrain was called flexitorque didnt sound the same & didnt like the spicer gearbox-not the same after fuller roadranger-alan
We`re they good pullers compared with the continental motors?
ye pulled like a train we did a run rotherham to stourport(parsons chain)tip into bsc wolves ret load-if nowt for shefield area load for robertsons warrington & only thing that passed us up m6 were irish 141s (they could fly)-alan
Muckaway:
A couple of ex Prior drivers said Marathons had a thing for shearing wheelstuds-anyone else know of this problem?
I had one from new in 1976,a TL12 and the only problem I had was with the brakes.When that fault was rectified it was a great motor.I never had any wheelstud problems.
AEC Marshall for sale if anyone’s interested; It has the later BL Badge instead of AEC Triangle. Restoration or spares, owner told me this morning he only wants the scrap value for it; it’s alloy feed body is in good condition…
Muckaway:
AEC Marshall for sale if anyone’s interested; It has the later BL Badge instead of AEC Triangle. Restoration or spares, owner told me this morning he only wants the scrap value for it; it’s alloy feed body is in good condition…
If i win the rollover tomorrow night i will be down for it
I can’t remember which thread I mentioned this AEC over Christmas but (I think) Fryske PM’d me for details. I went to the owners farm today where the AEC was used as a grain cart for years but it’s been replaced with a…MAXILOAD
I think the thread title should be…“Why did British Leyland last so long?”…I have just completed the book written by Michael Edwardes,the unions had BL by the short & curlies,but during the 80’s that was par for the course within any industry,look at Seaforth Docks Liverpool,unions did the same…need I go on?
5thwheel:
I think the thread title should be…“Why did British Leyland last so long?”…I have just completed the book written by Michael Edwardes,the unions had BL by the short & curlies,but during the 80’s that was par for the course within any industry,look at Seaforth Docks Liverpool,unions did the same…need I go on?
Take it easy
David
Im in no way a union fan but they weren`t the designers and certainly not the decison makers , and there were certainly plenty of bad ones made.A stronger management would have been able to handle the unions
