Chris Hall

Thanks Adrian, I will try that.

 

Cheers Chris, whatever lifted the dammed thing would certainly fly one wing low if it unless there were two or it was belly mounted, its bloody heavy!

youd be surprised at how little difference it makes to an aircraft like Tornado or Typhoon. Even loading them isn't much of a problem.

loading Bombs is just one of the many things I do regularly.

The 1000lb GP wasn't specific to Harrier, in fact Harrier tended to carry the 500lb bomb. The 1000lb was seen more on the Tornado and then on Typhoon. It was phased out in favour of the 500lb PWIV but is now coming back into service on the PWII and EPW2.

What were the 2 tanks in the car park at Bottany Bay about 14 years ago and anyone know what happened to them?

It's not Spitfire, but is similar maybe because they were made by the same company. Dowty or maybe Dunlop?

Is that Ulveston near Barrow? Were they ex Vickers at Barrow?

I would say it's post war judging by the tread on the tyre. It's also retractable but of a smallish aircraft and I suspect possibly an early jet aircraft.

Not much GPW left in it.

This may be worth a read.

http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=219390

And rebuild tutorial

http://jeepdraw.com/John_Barton_Engine_Rebuild1.html

When you take the engine out, Pop the core plugs and flush out/remove all the sediment. My engine water ways around the rear cylinder was solid with scale, rust, a stone and a rusted beyond recognition tool! I was surprised how much was in there, I popped the top rear one first and the crap was there. So glad I decided to pop them.

You maybe overestimating how these guys worked. We couldn't rely on mains powered clocks as the frequencies weren't correct. The clocks used to lose about 10 minutes every hour in the accommodation blocks (as we had US 120v power converted to 240v) and gain 10 mins in every hour in the Tech site. It was a nightmare!

It's also possible that's it's been rigged for 120v, we had Brit Generators powering American buildings in Saudi during Op Bolton onwards.

I was just perusing a thread where the poster stated the images contained with in the thread were his and were not to be copied and used elsewhere.

This got me to thinking about an event that occurred a few years back. Top Gear the Tv programme were filming a stunt with a Veyron on our unit which was to be aired in the next series. Obviously this was exciting for the whole unit and every man and his dog were out taking photos and videos and pasting them all over social media and YouTube. The BBC were not amused and complained to the MOD that their programme was being undermined by the posting of private images and video on the Internet.

The MOD responded by broadcasting to the unit that all images and videography taken on MOD property, was and remained the property of the MOD regardless of who took them and action would be taken against those that infringe upon them. So for those that claim copyright on images taken on MOD property, just be aware that it may not be the case. Don't get me wrong, the chances of the MOD claiming rights is 99.9% not going to happen but if there was a copyright infringement by an individual, and the alleged owner took action, there's a good chance it will be thrown out as technically you are not the copyright owner.

(No action was ever taken by the BBC or the MOD but the threat was there. There are other stories too but I shan't go into those).

I have no idea what that means either. You could try a hosting site like photo bucket or similar.

being a late production ford, and having seen little use (at least time wise), did it/does it still have its original engine and drive train?

Ok it's not Yugo, could be an early MG42/59 but I'm no German gun expert so could be way off.

I know it has 1960 printed on this MG42 but is that the real date, can anyone point me in to the direction of a serial number data base? or what any of the other markings mean apart from the proof house one.

 

Thank you

Is this a Yugo MG42/56? As far as I know all MG42s made in Germany were 7.92mm as 7.62 didn't exist until the 50s

Looks like an ex British jeep. What year? Good project, how are/were the floors?

Welcome to the forum, I'm in the RAF too, but I joined as an Armourer (insert well known song here) there's quite a few serving and ex serving members. I hope you find what you need, have you rung around the ranges and training areas near you? There could be some donor vehicles knocking around Thetford Forest.

Thank Ron, do these switch's come apart easily or is there a knack before I start disassembling it ? I suspect that there's springs, plungers & ball bearing in there waiting to jump out & never to be found again ?

nothing that complicated. It's literally a cam roller, some screws for contacts and a rocker with Spring. Nothing to it.

These switches are quite robust. Take it out and have a look at what's going on. It could be an easy repair, especially if you can salvage parts from a cracked switch.

It looks very RAF to me but there are more trolleys than bomb trolleys. It could have been a Type R weapon loader or a Nitrogen or Oxygen trolley at one time. Do you have more photos?

That's right, my little lad had a go at trying to ID all the planes. Odly enough they were all spitfires or Lancasters, I'll put him straight when he's older.

i would have come over and introduced myself if I'd known.

That's my boss there! The Typhoon is ZK315, a tranch 2 FGR4.

Heres my family with my mate crewing in to her at the Friends and Families day.

Hi

 

Anyone know of any dealers that stock the clip from the distributor , or has anyone got a couple they would like to sell . I found some in the states but unfortunately they don't export .

 

Thanks

 

Dave

if you have no luck and not in a rush, I'm off to the states in September for 2 months so can bring some back.

Picture now added.

 

Tim.

Looks like a good project

I did some 'AEF' (Air Experience Flights) out of Leeming with the air cadets, and then got posted to 25 Sqn F3s when I joined up. Best camp ever.