Richard Farrant

Neil, The DVLA will not accept the age of the vehicle unless it is verified by one of the allocated club representatives, either MVT or IMPS I would think in this case. Problem is, that there will be little info on these vehicles regarding serial numbers v. manufacture date, in this country. Why not get Russian Trucks to register it for you?

John, I would say that it is all down to adjustment. You say the box has been rebuilt and adjusted to correct Bus Bar heights. This may have been so, but if it had been fitted with new bands, they are now bedding in and it could be that the auto adjuster is not touching the peg. You need to remove the top cover and select the gears and use the gear change pedal to observe if the adjuster is in operation. The Bus Bar heights may have to be reset. It sounds like this is why the gear will not engage. Also the linkage from pedal to box needs checking for correct adjustment, this needs to be done in 1st gear as that is the one with least freeplay.

Hi Dougie, Thanks for that link, I have now found a book on my Alco Featherweight charging set, ex-RAF. Despite Google searches, never found anything, until now :tup:

Hi Mike, Welcome to the forum. I just looked up that Contract number and see the truck is described as "Truck 15cwt 4x2 Chemical", not noticed that role before, wonder if it was a tanker? Census no's Z4434248 to 4434607. Check the other number on the plate (Cat Ref), should be 209. By the way, you are not alone in being a foolish optimist ;-), there are a lot more of us on here :whistle: Richard

Tony, Andy who? Must have meant me! Justr to say, that the OM&M one is an original Canadian Chorehorse, hence why the cntacts are different, I did wonder if that might have been the reason. Richard

Tony, Yes, they are 4 stroke, hence the valves sticking, nearly always the exhaust one. I could not remember there being two differing points set ups. There are actually two versions, the 15 volt, for charging 12v batteries and the 30 volt for charging 24 volts. There is a variable charge rate knob on there and they really do put in a good charge. as I said, these postwar ones were made by BSA, but are based on the WW2 Canadian Chorehorse, built by the Outboard Motor Corp.

Tony, That looks like a BSA 300 watt charging set. Unless you have disturbed the points mounting plate, the timing should be alright. I do not have any info on these, but used to get a lot in for repair in my past employment. The main troubles we had with them was sticking valves, where they had been stood for a while. The manual, I think, an Clive will confirm, is in EMER Power. A rule of thumb for timing would be points just breaking when piston is 1/16" BTDC. A lot of people do not realise that these sets have form of dynostart, meaning, if there is a battery connected for charging, with a little bit of power in it, by pressing the red button on the panel it will self start, better than snatching away with a frayed old rope! Is the points gap on the data plate attached to flywhhel cover?

Andy, I am begining to think I know where this is from :whistle: Your best bet is to sign on to MLU Forum, which is dedicated to British and Commonwealth vehicles. There is a special Carrier section with input from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Holland, etc. Anything you want to know, is answered there.

Andy, Have a look at this link; http://www.mapleleafup.org/vehicles/restorations/restore2.html

Andy, The Canadian GM armoured car was modelled on the Humber mk3 armoured car, but using their own components, such as the 270 ci engine. Is it near you? I know of one from that way, last seen at Hellingly rally about 18 years ago.

Tony, The only way, I see it, it to use a tow hitch assembly of something like the post war 1 ton trailer, this one has a spring in it that works the other way, ie when ring is pushed in to apply brakes it is against the spring. Once grafted on to the drawbar, you can then manufacture an arm, pivoted in the middle, bottom connected to the brake rods and top with a pad on for the tow ring shaft to push against.

Tony, According to the War Office vehicle data book of 1945, "overrun device is not fitted. Simple hand parking lever is only brake". Perhaps when someone fitted the ball hitch, they made that an overrun. The ring hitch is spring loaded if memory serves me, but only to take out the snatch. Richard

Tony, Not sure that this trailer had over run brakes on it.

Baz, Bygone Bedford Bits ( Norman Aish ), Poole 01202 745117 John Morter, Norfolk 01953 602581 Pete Gaine, Berks 07831 138408 Richard

In the case of the MW, the customer requested that he was going to tow a car trailer with it, mostly in France and needed an increase in power and road speed. The bhp increase made it much more easier to drive in that situation, holding on longer before down changing. Better than fitting a diesel anyhow. The sight and sound of the new engine is practically identical and it has the benefit of better oil filtration.

Baz, Although the bore and stroke are the same, I don't think there is anything you can share between the two models, except bell housing of course. Head and gasket are different.

Hi Baz, Left the new filter on, the elements are off the shelf and cheap. There is a metal tray that fits between the chassis and engine on the MW, probably the same on the OX (not sure), but I left it off as it makes servicing a bit awkward and I think it would have to be cut for the filter. Only real problem I had was the top hose connection, it was not at a good angle to connect to the rad, I had to make a special pipe to join them. This was only because the owner did not wish to alter the radiator, in case it was ever put back to the 28hp engine. Again this was an engine built to fit a TK, from looking at you bell housing, I would think yours was for a J type.

Still going for jeep, the angle of front edge is right as is hinges, cut out for mirror and curve up at lower edge follows the bodyline with the inner door handle, locating over the body edge. A lot of these enclosures were non-standard, local mods by units.

It is Light and Medium, there does not appear to have been a heavy. I think the term "dragon" comes from its role of gun tractor, (ie drag gun : dragon). The Medium was obsolete by early war but used for training, powered by an Armstron Siddeley 8-cyl engine of 90 hp. It looks like it was based on the Vickers Medium tank

I would say jeep, there is the cut out for the mirror arm. They do not look like the British "Humber" type.

Mark, You were too quick! I checked it and found I made a mistake, try again.

Andy, Here is a good picture of a Light Dragon Mk3; http://www.jedsite.info/tractors/delta/dragon_series/light-dragon-mk3/ld3-intro.html#top

Tony, Here are the grades of oil for those codes in your pamphlet; C600 SAE140 gear oil M800 equivalent to Essolube Heavy Gear oil M265 SAE50 engine oil M220 SAE40 engine oil M120 SAE20 engine oil (used in diesels) Vac BB Mobiloil Heavy engine oil (civ. grade)

That would be Bill, he has two TS19 searchlight trucks, I think they date from around 1936, but a later model, TS20, came out about 1939/40, there was one of these laying at Ashford many years ago, but went to preservation, by whom I do not know because it has never surfaced to my knowledge.

Quite true, and of course bomb disposal, now known as EOD, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, but any bombs found below the surface are dealt with by Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal teams