listerdiesel

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• Aug 1, 2017

• #21

We rarely overhauled 330's, it was cheaper and quicker to fit a factory short engine and swap everything over.

A lot of the time taken on the TK was taking the cab off, the Scanias had the luxury of a decent hydraulic tilt cab.

Peter

 

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tomcat59alan

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• Aug 1, 2017

• #22

listerdiesel said:

We rarely overhauled 330's, it was cheaper and quicker to fit a factory short engine and swap everything over.

A lot of the time taken on the TK was taking the cab off, the Scanias had the luxury of a decent hydraulic tilt cab.

Peter

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My mate,now deceased,, used to overhaul the Km gearboxes at Vauxhall Ellesmere Port. Luton used to send them up on the night trunk for him to do.

 

listerdiesel

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• Aug 1, 2017

• #23

I thing it was a Turner or Eaton box on the KM? 381 or 466 engine, 16 tonner.

Nicer version of the TK and popular for tipper work as much more rugged than the smaller TK.

Peter

 

Wazzajnr

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• Aug 1, 2017

• #24

listerdiesel said:

We rarely overhauled 330's, it was cheaper and quicker to fit a factory short engine and swap everything over.

A lot of the time taken on the TK was taking the cab off, the Scanias had the luxury of a decent hydraulic tilt cab.

Peter

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Me and my mate did the head on his dad's tk when we were younger without taking the cab off, christ that was heavy!

 

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tomcat59alan

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• Aug 1, 2017

• #25

listerdiesel said:

I thing it was a Turner or Eaton box on the KM? 381 or 466 engine, 16 tonner.

Nicer version of the TK and popular for tipper work as much more rugged than the smaller TK.
Peter

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What was the tractor unit designation letters,not a very successful unit. Even Vauxhall leased Volvo 's in the end. The night trunk from E/port used to change over at Rugby then head back up the A41 and have a kip in a layby on a board across the engine cowling. The first night they used the Volvo with a sleeper cab the driver was woken by the police about 10 in the morning because Vauxhall had reported him missing as he should have been back at 0600. The bed was so comfortable he slept though

 

listerdiesel

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• Aug 2, 2017

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TM was the 1970's tractor, 500 series or the Detroit Diesel V6 and V8 engines.

Never worked on them, but got woken up most mornings by them when we lived close to the big Vauxhall trailer park at the Luton factory.

Peter

 

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tomcat59alan

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• Aug 2, 2017

• #27

listerdiesel said:

TM was the 1970's tractor, 500 series or the Detroit Diesel V6 and V8 engines.

Never worked on them, but got woken up most mornings by them when we lived close to the big Vauxhall trailer park at the Luton factory.

Peter

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Mechanically I believe they were ok but you had to brush up the body and shovel it into the bin.

 

listerdiesel

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• Aug 2, 2017

• #28

Compared with the Swedish trucks, body panel preparation and protection was pretty poor in the UK. Scania would ship their chassis-cabs with a base paint coat that was good enough to run with, although most operators would paint in their colours.

Pro-Motor had a guy in to hand-paint their cabs, remember him doing a few at Surrey Docks when I was based there. They ran down to the Middle East with their LBT11034 sleeper cabs.

Peter