BigG-Unit:
Was talking about chassis on another thread and I mentioned my dad used to do 'em in the '50s when he first started on ‘plates’. His biggest gripe wasn’t driving them, it was having to cart a big bag of clobber about when hitching back. Their money wasn’t that great back then, as they were expected to ‘hitch’ to make it up, (a bit like waiters tips.)
knew a lad back in the '80s bought a Transcon to have a go on his own, didn’t work out so he went back driving for someone and put it up for sale. I remember thinking he’ll have a job moving that, but he got a call from a chap, speaking very broken english, said he wanted it to work in Russia. He thought it was a wind up but the bloke turn up in his village, bought it, and away he went! Said they liked them cos they had heaters on the fuel filters or something like that, which didn’t ring true to me as I would have thought you could have got that on anything at that time. Anyone know? or am I remembering it wrong!
Hi BigG a guy called Sergi was buying up all the LHD Transcons he could in the mid 90’s, as his name suggests he was a Russian & exported them back home. Thats where my T reg one ended up. As stated a Big Cam ■■■■■■■ used to pump plenty hot diesel back to the tank & keep running in sub-zero temperatures. The RHD ones where [zb] though as the throttle cable used to freeze up for fun at around plus 5!!!
Fly sheet
You’re absolutely right about that. I had a right hand drive one when I was on Simon Int. On my last trip for them (Dec. 76) this happened to me in Bulgaria plus a lump of end plate of the oil cooler shot out resulting in oil and water ■■■■■■■ out. Bulgys didn’t seem too keen in helping me what with having an American engine and I was stranded there for two weeks whilst waiting for the parts to be sent out to me!!
Hi guys I was under the impression that all diesel truck engins returned fuel to the tank not just ■■■■■■■ if they didnt the injector pump would blow holes in the casing ,most pumps were fitted with a pressure diaphram and return system.
sinbin31:
Hi guys I was under the impression that all diesel truck engins returned fuel to the tank not just ■■■■■■■ if they didnt the injector pump would blow holes in the casing ,most pumps were fitted with a pressure diaphram and return system.
Roger Haywood
You’re correct, but if you can remember back to the days when you could find a ■■■■■■■■ the 14 ltr model espicially had big fuel lines compared to other engines, something like 2/3rds of the fuel sucked out of the tank was returned, that kept it nice & warm. I don’t know if the same principles apply to the modern engines, all that common rail stuff & electronics probably eliminates the need for return lines
Hi Newmercman
Yes your quite right the ■■■■■■■ engine did have huge return pipes ,I think that unless someone corrects me all Diesel and petrol Engins under fuel pump injector pressure have to have a return system as the pump will only use what is needed at throttle opening and speed required unused fuel has to go somewhere so back it goes from where it came.I do believe some modern engins have a cutoff system ,that puts the fuel in limbo untill it is required ,this all happens in splits of seconds ,controled by the vehicle computor. Raise your hands for any question
I recall two big Ford artics, light blue with single axle trailers that used to roar up the M1 (I always used to see them heading northbound, never southbound) with a police ■■■■■■ front and rear. Assumed they were carrying bullion but I could well be wrong.
Also, what about those super heroes who used to hurtle past on a bus chassis with no protection other than a pair of goggles and a michelinmanesque coat. It seems unimaginable in this H& S dominated world. Anyone know when that practice stopped, I’m sure they were still about in the mid eighties.
Was discussing the chassis drivers at work last week,everybody accused me talking bull.They just couldnt believe anyone would do it .needless to say they are lot younger than me.
Wow…I remember those Transcontis up and down the M1,they used to take up 2 lanes of motorway and I always wondered what they carried !
I asked my father once and he said it was Top Secret Glider Fuel
LOL
I rember picking those chasssis drivers up in felixstowe and droping them off
in stratford in east London where they would get a tube to heathrow and fly back
to scotland all the best powershot
