Category Archives: Workshop and Restoration

Getting the Fordson home

Posted on April 10, 2011 by lowdhamstation

We have recently acquired a 1941 Fordson ECU from Alan Patmore in Hertfordshire. Alan has owned it since the late 1970s, and restored it from the brink of destruction. It has a working escape ladder, (a Merryweather “War Pattern” escape) … Continue reading →

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Austin K4 TL Restoration

Posted on March 15, 2011 by lowdhamstation

Eventually, it will be grey all over! At the end of August 2011, it blew a head gasket, and persistently boiled over, so the radiator was flushed, and the opportunity taken to do more work in the engine bay.

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Dennis No2 Restoration

Posted on March 13, 2011 by lowdhamstation

The Dennis priming clutch got weaker and weaker, until one day, the lever hit the end stop and the pump didn’t prime, so it was ‘game over’, and time for a rebuild.

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Bedford RL manuals

Posted on February 24, 2011 by lowdhamstation

EMER_RL_A-6_ENGINE-MECHANICAL_p01-06 EMER_RL_A-6_ENGINE-MECHANICAL_p07-14 EMER_RL_A-6_ENGINE-MECHANICAL_p15-17 EMER_RL_A-6_ENGINE-MECHANICAL_p18-20 EMER_RL_A-6_ENGINE-MECHANICAL_p21-30 EMER_RL_A-6_ENGINE-MECHANICAL_p31-40 EMER_RL_A-6_ENGINE-MECHANICAL_p41-48 EMER_RL_A-6_ENGINE-MECHANICAL_p49-54

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