Stalwart Mk2 Restoration Part 2: Sand Blasting and Painting.

[@Doug-tp7pf]

White with a BP logo is how I seem to remember,(matchbox). Once again I’m jealous

[@BenoCam]

Tempting to paint it like that but white is a nightmare to keep clean ! Maybe paint my 3rd one like that 🤣

[@teamidris]

@@BenoCam lilac is nice. It would love that.

[@Doug-tp7pf]

Definitely white, it can hardly be seen with all of those trees in the background.

[@HighFell]

I had one of those too, that would look great as a colour scheme 😁

[@tom_123]

The sand blast timelapse with the clouds was awesome.

[@BenoCam]

Yeah it’s mental seeing all the patterns they make over time .. rain was on its way so I think there was some change in front thing going on

[@theackshow5048]

Nice looking Stalwart! Remember, the Stalwart has direct 6x6 drive - no differentials between the axles to allow all-wheel drive on smooth, dry surfaces with good traction. I understand that military drivers had to occasionally drive up on a kerb to raise a wheel off the ground on each axle to release the "winding" between the axles. Several years ago, I had a bad "jones" for a Stolly. Unfortunately, the midwestern part of the US is not known for having a FV622. 623 or 624 sitting unused in the National Guard Armories, so I found a Styr-Puch Pingauer dealer in the Denver area that had a Swiss Army 710M for sale. These little critters were not amphibious BUT they did have a center differential that allowed the operator to drive full-time in the 4wd mode - although it is recommended that it should be driven in 4x2 mode to better preserve the drivetrain. Been there. Done that. Rebuilt the running gear...

[@Ben-Dixey]

First video I've watched of yours, really like your down to earth style, just a normal guy doing interesting things. Noticed a helicopter in the background, that's something I have a bit of experience in. Subscribed to your channel. 👍👍

[@darrenjones3681]

The heli is the Army /Royal Marines version of the Westland Lynx

[@Ben-Dixey]

@@darrenjones3681 thank you 👍

[@glyn829]

Watched 1 and 2 blimey Ben you don't do things by half brilliant job your doing there can't wait to see it finished 👍 Glyn

[@BenoCam]

Cheers it’s getting there. Will do part 3 shortly !

[@aserta]

4:10 oh boy... i do not envy you at all. :)) What a mess. 9:30 if you feel like you could use more time with bare metal to do repairs without primer in the way, you could invest or upgrade by bits to a wet blasting setup and use a rust preventive. It's overall a nicer blasting setup too and if you run it inside a "pool" (which is essentially a rectangle defined by something as basic as rail road ties, with a pond liner tarp on top) you can then pull the water as you blast, have it pass through a filter and basically run in a loop. Not 100% effective, some water is lost, so you do need a full source, but you can pull that used water and put it back in the system, bringing use to a couple IBCs or less. Just a thought. At my brother's farm, blasting is done with a fabricobbled setup and even in that frame, it's very effective. Not having to rush for paint and being able to work on bare metal to do repairs is a good boon as a pay-off. 16:41 oh man, a rookie sand blaster's biggest mistake. We've all done it. :)) You'd think it was a good idea... but oh boy do you end up paying for it. And you always end up finding MORE sand even after you clean it. Never again in my life will i blast an engine.

[@teamidris]

I have a hunch that that the petrol engine would be amazing with fuel injection. They run stoopid rich on carbs and that would be fixed as well as cold and hot starting. I have the rover 60 engine which is the same beast, roughly :o)

[@dennisvandermarkt8263]

Looking great. Can't wait to see it all together and running

[@ATomRileyA]

Looking great. I think the diesel engine is a good idea and means you can use it more often with less hassle.

[@BenoCam]

Yeah definitely. The petrol does sound lovely. I will keep the petrol engine in the 3rd one I have got 🤣 but this one with the crane needs the diesel for reliability

[@clivehibburt]

Looking good great army truck can’t wait to see it running 👍👍👍👌👌

[@BenoCam]

Cheers, won’t be long !

[@Steve-bq4pq]

I´m loving your work. This brings back such fond memories of driving Stollys, and it´s great to see the time, effort and money you´re putting into this. They are so extraordinary and deserve more than just rotting away in a field somewhere. I can´t wait for the next Video, thanks. 🤠

[@johnd7288]

It's looking really smart looks great painted green and black ! Great video !

[@BenoCam]

Cheers 👍

[@philwoods2534]

I'm a bit confused, youve top coated and yet not done the welding???...

[@BenoCam]

I don’t need it watertight just yet

[@benmason1469]

I would like to see how you approach the corrosion remediation work

[@jackmckinnon8256]

thats some yard, jcb's, stolly's even a chopper !!!

[@BenoCam]

It might look good in the background but it’s mostly just a load of junk 🤣

[@jackmckinnon8256]

@@BenoCam yeah but its interesting junk !!!

[@darrenjones3681]

@@BenoCamso how did you come by the Lynx?

[@markburton8303]

Looking brilliant! Really impressed with your skills. Who made the adapter plate for the gearbox?

[@BenoCam]

Cheers! I’m not sure who originally made the adapter. The army had a few converted over to diesel and this could be one of those. I have two now with the conversion and the adapter plate is the same , I’m pretty sure if you took it to a fabricator he could draw it up etc make one

[@markburton8303]

@@BenoCam sounds like quite a common thing. I would expect diesel to be better in this application.

[@MatSpeedle]

Cracking job, looks so much better and hopefully that paint will keep it well protected for many more years.

[@garypollentine194]

I think I would have done the welding first before paint but that’s just my opinion it does look good

[@BenoCam]

It’s only a few small areas. I will do it over winter when the workshop is more free. The rush is on the get the crane working to get my abbot engine out and fixed by august !

[@ThePman113]

Awesome work! Always love seeing military vehicles getting restored. Please show how you weld up any rust holes, as there are quite a few and want to see how you make sure the weld is water tight.

[@fionamichaelpaterson4411]

Nice job. You have been rather busy. I like the local compressor.

[@rintin1874]

Cracking job 👏 👍 can't wait until next video ben

[@BenoCam]

Cheers. Next one might take me a bit longer … 🤣 quite a bit to do for the next one

[@PaulWho-e4k]

Question- do the petrol and diesel engine gearboxes have the same internal ratios? Petrols rev higher than a diesel, just wondering.

[@BenoCam]

To be honest…. I have no idea…. Not sure if anyone will ! They drive similar speeds so they can’t be that different

[@marknewell7355]

If you have the adapter plate you could put any engine you want in there really like the 6.7 out of the stormer. The bedford may benefit from adding a intercooler more for efficiency than anything else could fit one up by the coolant pack no problem

[@marknewell7355]

Looks smart bud cant wait for the engine episodes and first start bet it sound well but yeah id look see if you can fit a intercooler keep intake air temps down with it been in the back covered up fans run all the time so will cool well be good when its working hard and on your wallet and fuel well maybe 😂 is a bedford after all

[@martingardener90]

Glad to see you didn't cammo the wheels - that's a definate no-no - when the wheels turn it looks like someone waving a flag! Always thought a diesel engine would have extended the service life of Stollies, better tyres would have helped but would also have destroyed the transmission!

[@BenoCam]

I did think about painting the middle wheels solid black but decided against it 🤣

[@martingardener90]

@@BenoCam Having said never to paint the wheels two-tone it was usual to paint a white line across the hub end cap so you could see that all the wheels on one side were all being driven. Wheel stations were usually rebuilt by civilians in base workshops and the whole unit fitted at LAD level, it was quite common for the compound epicyclic reductions not to have been "timed" correctly and after a couple of feet the hub would be full of broken teeth and no drive! I'm new to your channel and don't know if you are ex military - if so you probably know all this already!

[@twin40dave]

What a transformation, bit like you said alot more work to do 😊

[@kite7214]

Well done, Ben. 🙂

[@Idoall.myownstunts]

Looks great! Are the tyres an issue with their age? Are new ones still available?

[@BenoCam]

New ones are available but they are very expensive. They have a very thick sidewall I imagine they are difficult to change. They can have hardly any air in and they don’t look soft !!

[@TABRO284]

Great progress.

[@QALibrary]

looks like a great project - very well done on the paint job - how easy is it to get hold of new tyres?

[@robertpacker]

Should invest in an aqua blaster , good work so far though

[@wideyxyz2271]

Looks great.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Did you do all the sheet welding on the flat hull sides? Guess so before paint!

[@BenoCam]

There’s only a few places will do it over winter

[@DavidWhitehead-uh7yw]

LOOKING GREAT. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

[@aserta]

2:03 i suspect there might be some internal damage on that petrol engine given its behavior both with you and Mr. Hewes previously. And yeap, the fuel! You start that engine to move the Stewie for a meter in the yard, half the world's production just went by.

[@peterhoulis1184]

You must do longer strokes to avoid dry spots

[@BenoCam]

Ok cool will give that a try. No one’s ever really showed me I just bought a spray gun and experimented 😬

[@davefrench3608]

Smashing Stolly, the B61 does 5 mph so the B81 must be about 4 Going to be a good one

[@RJM1011]

Wonderful work well done. 👍

[@tambrath]

Looking good what about the rust holes are you welding in new metal

[@BenoCam]

Will do that over winter when I have more workshop time !

[@Mr_Springy]

Good effort 👍🏻

[@crissyb00]

Don't wanna be rude. But, why did you go to the trouble of the top coat before getting her welded up?

[@BenoCam]

Because I’m desperate to get it semi looking ok, engine in and working so I can get my abbot engine out and fixed before august … need the hiab for that ! A few holes won’t hurt for a while

[@jamesal0]

are the final drive ratios different for diesel v petrol. also i'd buy a new spray gun. you should have a nice big fat band of wet pain coming out the front of that thing, allowing you to paint from the shoulder not the wrist - also love your channel and keep up the good work. Watching from Canberra Australia

[@georgejohnson7591]

I was pondering on gear ratios too, considering the diesel revs lower. It may be better to use the box that came with it.

[@jlytollis4]

I remember these vehicles, and I have been in at least had 2 x when it backfires and large flames shoot out... and new undies are needed..😅

[@BenoCam]

Not ideal when your carrying fuel and ammunition !!

[@garyashdown5376]

Is there a reason why you didn't drop the sides down when sandblasting and painting, is it because of the seals. Great job your doing and getting rid of the RR engine for a diesel engine master stroke. Gary

[@BenoCam]

Well I would have had to paint and blast the sides anyway and would have had to put them back on for the camo stripes to match up so it just seemed best to leave them on

[@kernow..exp.]

Brilliant mate

[@bumpy955i]

just missing the hessian skrim bungied to below the side panels, when we painted our trucks we used pain brushes. do you have the stallies service record? not engine service but where it came from, we had them in our sister 8 squadron 27lsg regt in aldershit, they were the stalwart and foden show team... all tossers....lol

[@BenoCam]

Not looked this one up yet. I have the mk1 history but most of the places I don’t really recognise a lot of them are abbreviated or bases rather than geographical places etc

[@Idoall.myownstunts]

​@@BenoCamwill you be repainting the Army numberplate back on?

[@Chambers101]

Fantastic job

[@lecirus2140]

You don't fill the holes with putty or solder before painting?

[@BenoCam]

Quite small areas so will do them when I have more time. Was worried sand blasting might find a lot more ! Then I wanted to get all the paint on during all this dry weather

[@lecirus2140]

It's a shame but once the holes are filled, you will have to put a layer on the repairs! for rain, primer paint was sufficient

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

Did I see you driving past Smokey Joe's at about 3pm today or has someone else got one of these locally?

[@BenoCam]

Haha not me on the road yet I’m afraid (hopefully one day) That’s Jamie who also has a mk1 all road legal he will be on his way to the Kernow old vehicle club rally up by healeys cider farm on the Newquay road !

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

@@BenoCam Fair enough. Good to know there's more of them around. He probably wondered who the weird person waving at him was but imagine it's not unusual when driving that. If you need a dogs body to help, I've got lots of free time at the moment.

[@josephinebennington7247]

What are you, or the next owner, going to do with it? Why paint it before dealing with the rust holes? Is it as useful as, say, a Merc Unimog?

[@BenoCam]

Probably keep it for working on the other vehicles with the crane. I don’t need this one floating just yet but I am desperate for something with a crane on ! Have you seen the cost of unimogs … especially with hiabs on 😮

[@josephinebennington7247]

@@BenoCam I do know Unimogs are highly expensive without knowing how much exactly. A need, or purpose, for it to float at all!…is intriguing. I’ll stick to floating in my kayak.

[@farenheit1100]

Good Job.

[@Daniel-S1]

Is the glass laminated or toughened?

[@BenoCam]

Toughened. I thought it was bullet proof for a while as it’s really thick. But apparently it’s not !

[@Qwertypigeon853]

What do you plan to use this Stalwart truck for?

[@BenoCam]

Lifting things !

[@Toyota-ci3nj]

No rust repair?

[@BenoCam]

Not yet but will do just keen to get the paint on while it was dry

[@Trideboy1970]

Mega 👌👍

[@Carter45ofthecrescent]

I honestly think your making a mistake removing rolls royce for a perkins. For the cost of it all i think a service up by Mr Hewes would sort that engine.and keep it original

[@BenoCam]

I can easily put it back in and switch things back over. It needs to come out either way as it’s pretty poorly I think

[@Carter45ofthecrescent]

@@BenoCam Lets see whats happens. Enjoy your videos and really like stalwarts. Good to see it being restored

[@Daniel-S1]

I'm not 100% certain... But ... I thought grey primer was porous to water and moisture to some extent but that red oxide primer isn't. Though grey primer is better than bare metal.

[@BenoCam]

I have never heard that before ? It’s high zinc grey primer from Marcus Glenn so it’s pretty good stuff. I have painted things in it and left it a while even out in the rain with no top coat so I can’t imagine it’s porous !

[@Daniel-S1]

@@BenoCam Thanks for your reply. I just googled this and it seems that while lots of primers are porous some are specifically non-porous. I guess paint technology has moved on since on the early 80s!

[@workmandan87]

Seems strange to spend so much time painting whilst it's still full of rust holes