Chris Hall

What does your ignition light do? Is that to show if you have power? What type of ignition switch have you got?

5 minutes ago, steviem said:

I don't think it's something i would attempt myself,  like i say i can the jeep out come back and it's dead not enough to turn over almost as if it's being drained whilst being driven,  battery is good,  alternator as new

 

So is the issue that it doesn’t turn over, or that it turns over but very slow or normal but doesn’t fire?

3 minutes ago, steviem said:

Never seen this done Chris or any idea how to do it tbh. It seems after a drive its turned off and shows no power on the ignition ligt.

Agh, unlikely to be foot switch then, that would just be a slow or no start.

I would bridge the posts on your foot starter switch, they are notoriously bad.

Have you tried bypassing the starter switch and ignition switch?

43 minutes ago, PaulJager said:

Is there anyone who can tel me how to fit the clutch rod into the gear housing? I ordered one from Hitchkock, but when I stick it into the hole behind the arm to which the clutch cable is hooked it won't go in completely. I still have about 4cm left. The 1940 wd/c we have at the hangar has the same gearbox as far as I can see and also the same lenght rod. I can remove it and place it back with no problem, but mine looks like having a blockage of some sort. I need help.

Have you had a look at the mushroom in the clutch end? It could be jammed or possibly the wrong item.

2 hours ago, Ron said:

I seem to remember there was a "Tankers" holster. Webbing with a longer than normal strap from the belt.  Ron

Yeah, there was a long drop holster (2 versions) for the RAC. The Enfield No. 2 Mk1* was due to a change in doctrine rather than for tank crews. The name Tankie may have erroneously been due to reports from armoured crews that the hammer spur was catching on objects within the vehicle, and therefore a desire for a spur less hammer version.

On 3/27/2023 at 7:19 PM, gary0003 said:

Is it likely that a DR would have used an Enfield Number 2 MK I * .38/200 Calibre Tanker's Revolver at all?

No such thing as Tankers or Tankies revolver. Nearly all Enfield No.1 production after 1939 was the Mk1* or Mk1**. 

11 hours ago, steviem said:

Absolutely Steve,  always enjoy seeing your pics and adventures, hopefully this year I can put quite a few miles on it, get to know it properly etc, I do still have to finish paint, stencils then done. Really hoping to get her to woodhall spa in July. 

I live close to Woodhall and work at Coningsby. It’s my aim to finish my Halftrack and get it to there by 2030.

2 minutes ago, kernfromstoke said:

International Harvester. I'm in the Midlands, UK.

Should have twigged with the Stoke in your user name.

Liberty Engineering (Dave Pojta) darn sarf, is a good guy to deal with and ask advice. 
 

Robbert de Lange in the Netherlands is also a good contact.

Lots of dealers specialise in certain bits or only have certain items in stock which is why asked what you need. I’ve got a few IH parts but most of mine are Whites type. If you need Armour then that becomes more difficult and expensive.

Which model is it you have? M9?
 

Which model? What do you need and which country?

All sold but I do have more, what are you looking for? I still have a large chunk of the collection.

I know well, that feeling of confusion followed by the moment you realise you made a monumental school boy error.

Many years ago I was the supervisor of a Oxy replen on a Typhoon. It was my very first job on Typhoon after passing my course. The SNCO told me to replenish the Oxy on an aircraft and I asked if I could have an experienced SAC. I was given an SAC who’d been on type for a few years and was more than happy to help me learn. We drove around to the GSE park and reversed up to the bottles. We got out to hook them up and I spotted that they were Air bottles. I asked the SAC if he was sure, and he replied “yep, 100%”, and I asked twice more if he was sure and even explained there were impurities in Air, and again I was told “100%”.

So off we went to fill the Oxy bottle on this jet, I jumped in the cockpit and pulled the Ejection seat back plate to get to the bottle. The SAC unwound the hose and let a trickle of gas out as is normal practice. He passed me the end of the hose and proceeded to get some more tooling. I hooked up the hose to the bottle and he produced an adapter and 2 spanner’s. I told him I only needed the one spanner as the hose connected directly to the bottle, and he was pleasantly surprised that they had at last modified the hose to fit directly to the typhoon bottle. That should have been a big clue!!

We proceeded to complete the task and return to the desk to sign up. The SNCO then asked if I’d like to observe a flare load, so off I went. After 10 minutes another NCO came to find me to ask where we had put the bottles. I told him they were in the GSE park and he replied that they weren’t. I walked out of the HAS and said “There they are, right where we left them”. At that point I realised the mistake I’d made and had to go and explain to a very understanding chain of command.

It turned out that the only set of Oxy bottles on the Sqn had been taken away for a detachment and no one had thought to mention it or get another set. 
 

As a consequence the SNCO wasn’t content to deplete the air from the Oxy bottle and flush with Oxygen. He decided he wanted us to cannibalise another bottle from a dead jet. Unfortunately when we accessed the bottle on this jet, a bracket was missing and we now had to complete a loose article search and find another option.

So my first day on a new Sqn, on a new jet didn’t go to well. I learnt a lot from that mistake. I learned I should trust my own instinct and question everything. I also learnt to take all “100%s” with a big pinch of salt!!

Luckily for me we are now in a culture of open reporting and a number of procedural changes were made. 
 

The only need for air on a Sqn is for the Survival Equipment Fitters to test the pilots kit, so the bottles are now locked up and controlled by them. When a Sqn deploys, they request extra kit rather than take the ‘in-use’ kit.  And until my mistake no one had really realised that the Oxy hose had a different connector to the Nirogen and the Tuphoon Oxy bottle had a Standard pipe fitting that the Nitrogen hose would connect directly to. Not much could be done about this so a poster was created and referenced my Murphy report (I think it was a Murphy back then).

I wouldn’t have a clue how many, but I’d imagine it was thousands back in the 50s/60s hay day. We had at least 4 or 5 on our Sqn of Tornado F3s. They were used for Oxygen, Nitrogen and Air (but I think the instruments may have been specific to the gas).

The legs are the same as the standard fold up table, you know, the type that just want to trap every finger on both hands for no reason.

We still had them in the late 90s/early 2000s, they lasted a lot longer than the current in service trolley which is already proving difficult to repair.

Photo off the internet but is how I remember them. The words refer to a prototype scale model as it’s off a modelling site.

There’s a bolt head that sits in there and stops it rotating as you tighten/loosen a wing nut on the end. It’s for the attaching of a positive cable from a generator so this acts as the insulator against the negative chassis. A forum member is kindly donating a piece that I can mill to the correct shape.

7 hours ago, Jessie The Jeep said:

I've never had a problem with E5 before, which is why I suspect it was the wrong batch from the filling station pump. I've never had petrol turn so green.

Apparently some E5 has no Ethanol in it at all and others produce the max 5% and it depends on the refinery. If your local refinery provides E5 without Ethanol and had issues (ie shut down due to a fault or maint) then the petrol station may have obtained the E5 from another refinery which does add upto 5%.

1 minute ago, Citroman said:

Are you shure it isn't ebony?

How can I tell? It’s brown and has the pattern on it that I’ve seen on Paxolin.

As there’s some very knowledgeable chaps on here that have done some unbelievable repairs / builds, I’m after some advice on repairing / making a replacement for this insulator.

It insulates the 12V+ from the Briggs and Stratton Power Charger to the negative chassis of the mount. It looks to a phenolic material but I’m no expert. 
 

The chances of finding a replacement are slim so I need to repair this one or make a new one. I have a mill so could easily make one if phenolic material can be milled?

Has anyone had to mill this material before and if so, any advice? And any ideas of where to buy a small lump that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg?

2 minutes ago, Chris Hall said:

There’s what appears to be a military Ford Flat head V8 on Facebook market place. Looks very rough but may have some useful parts for £200. Tried to screen shot the page but FB just crashed.

There’s what appears to be a military Ford Flat head V8 on Facebook market place. Looks very rough but may have some useful parts for £200. Tried to screen shot the page but FB just crashed.

They look good!

I got a reply from one of the advisors to the filming. Pretty much saying that they did what they could with the money they had. The tank and other vehicles were borrowed from the Moroccan army as they couldn’t get hold of an appropriate vehicles in the area (fair enough). No explanation for Winston Churchills son 1980s cap with staybright queens crown badge though.

on a tangent, at least they got the Breda 37 the Italians used in episode 1 correct (I sold it to them), well actually it was a Portuguese M938 but close enough.