Ceres Hardi

There were Nissan powered Scouts here. I've seen the odd one, but not for many years.

Jarrod.

I typed out a message yesterday, but it seems to have vanished, probably my end.
Anyway, you could put the nuess in a scout, as long as you didn’t want a radiator…..or a bonnet….probably part of the firewall would need to go as well….
But I’d say go for it as it would be interesting to see.
Gumpy

You are probably correct, I was sort of surprised to see just how big it is sitting on a pallet

Doesnt look this big in a ACCO or a tractor

The Americans seam to swap the DT 466 and DT 360 in F trucks and Chevy's

So I dunno ??

Paul

A common Scout conversion was a Falcon 250  for the early ones. They needed the firewall to be brought back into the cab to cater for longer length.

Big problem with both early and late Scouts is a short engine bay set up for either 4 or 8 cylinder. I reckon an SD33 Turbo might make a very nice conversion. About the same power as the 345 V8.

Some more progress

The problem with all the liquid getting pumped into one tank from the bypass or release valve has hopefully been fixed with the aid of a couple of these doohickies

 

So I removed the tanks and unbolted and removed the fittings and pipes etc inside the tank

 

Then stood the tanks this way and that and with aid of a hoe handle and rags and tape and luck I managed to get the fittings inserted in the 2 1/2" holes I had pre drilled
Covered the mating surfaces and rubber washers with sika flex and screwed them all together and crossed my fingers that it is all water tight

 




 

Ever since I have owned the linkage sprayer, maybe 20 or 25 years now, the rubbers that stop the tank rubbing in the frame have always been swinging in the breeze

   



So while I had the tank out for the first time in its life with me, I thought a fella smarter than me would pull the rubber straps off and clean them up and sika flex them in place

So that's what I did, as the Newcastle song says "don't "don't you ever let a chance go by"

 

 


 

So bunged the tanks back in and whilst "visualizing my succes" I thought I'll just slip that suction hose over the barbs

Anyone that has fitted new nylon suction hose to a barb knows just how hard it is 

It can frustrate me in a way you can't imagine 

Ratchet straps and WD40  type of lube and still no luck
 
So pulled it apart with the aid of ratchet straps

Then heated the hose up with the heat gun until it was soft like a rubber radiator hose and it just went in seconds

I do wonder why I didn't do this hours earlier

 

 

 

Is that the plastic re-enforced stuff or the metal spiral
Gumpy

Paul, i always admire your work and resourcefulness, but may i suggest you fit a tap to the bottom of the tank before you get to mixing up any chemical.  In fact, fit taps everywhere you can!  I have learnt the hard way in the past.............  Get a leak or some sort of failure further down the line at any time in the future, but still have half a tank of chemical and unable to shut it off, things get messy very quickly.................

Plus, a tap allows you to shut the tanks off over night, holding any remaining chemical that might still be in them (however much or little), and still allow you to flush the pump and boom with fresh water at the end of the day, ready for a trouble free day of spraying tomorrow.  Or if the weather turns bad and you can't spray tomorrow, at least you know your pump and lines/jets have been flushed clean if they have to sit for a few days before you can get back to work.

I spent a serious amount of money on a brand new tray mount sprayer about 12 months ago, but very disappointingly had to re-plumb the whole unit entirely before i could use it, just so that i could isolate any component safely, flush the pump and boom at the end of the day, drain the tank, transfer to another tank, and even bottom fill if i want to.  Quarter turn taps are cheap and easy, for the many benefits they offer.

Oh and look into thread sealant specifically for poly/plastic fittings, it just works..............  Thread tape on poly fittings will leak.  The only place i was able to get the sealant was from our local CaseIH dealer, as they are also agent for a particular brand of sprayer, although i guess any reasonably major sprayer dealership should also keep it.

Brett.

 

Brett that is a great idea, I hadn't thought about fitting taps to isolate and or flush bits of the spray rig
I guess the reason was because I have owned a few spray plants over the years and non have ever had any such thing fitted
I will look into it as you are right, it always ends in a mess if something needs to be be fixed on the tank or pump, the booms are okay, but even these, if I could plumb it in such a way to hook a garden hose to, to flush it out and check for leaks etc within the boom
For those that have never owned or operated spraying equipment, no matter how much pre season checking is done, they always are a bit finicky for the first few loads
Or at least that is my experience with them, they are all plastic fittings and no matter how UV stabilized they may say they are nothing seems to last

Great feedback Brett, I really appreciate it

Paul