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Yes but only at a sensible time ie not before 0900 :-D If anyone wants some F1600 GS windscreens, let me know in advance.

There were at least 2,500 NI purchased second hand cars with BT registrations between 1972-83. I imagine there was a fairly high turnover to minimise the chance of getting recognised in their role. What happened to them I have no idea.

Although of course they would never display them, they were issued for administrative purchases with registrations in the 'BT' series. These crop up here & there in auction catalogues, although not all BT registrations where necessarily undercover. (In fact I have 27BT68 & 27BT95 in my garage but they have those registrations for different reasons)

Ok thanks for the further info. The series of vehicles produced for the British Army in the 1950s used a 24v ballasted system. Similarly on start up the resistors (it was a pair) were shorted out. Much later Land Rovers used a ballasted 24v system but there was no provision to short out the ballast resistor. Interesting that the VW82 is screened but not ballasted. I would have thought the improved time constant with ballast resistor would have been utilised. But as far as I can see so far no Allied vehicle designers had caught onto the benefits of having a ballasted system on screened installations.

Thank you for coming back that's encouraging. Would you say that all systems with a screened HT used a ballast resistor? Do you know the date of the earliest example of a screened ballasted system? I have diagrams of a Berlin issued document dated 1939. I don't know whether it was introducing it or describing what was already in use. Many thanks

It looks as if it applied on to engines after 25L01943A & there is an open drain hole in the base of the cover. The earlier engines didn't have the top pipe but in the base had an "after wading drain plug" instead.

I think the pipe originates from the turbo boost pressure pipe to maintain pressure within timing case housing during wading.

Have you check whether your devices are 12-24v? Would save a lot of trouble

In the early days an active thread did follow onto here, but the legitimate constraints of a public forum stifled free discussion. Consequently the main Friend posting at the time no longer posts on here.

Precisely. Our forum was closed down & sort of moved here as the only option. But gone is a place for private discussion. I know one Friend carried on discussing things here that we had discussed in our forum. Because this is a public place frank discussions could not continue. Like you when I read Tracklink I really thought we seem to be an impediment to the Museum or at least irrelevant. Although it did surprise me the mag costs so much.

It's a very strange EMER because it lists the items in the conversion kit just as the Gen Panel & two harnesses. No mention of the Generator. Although the intro states when the Generator No. 10 Mk 2 is fitted a new Panel & harness must be fitted. Also I note the Panel must be set to LOW charge rate.

Richard I've got the EMER cancelling the mod for Saracen & Ferret due to shortage of parts. But I don't have the installation mod. I've realised I do have the Saracen mod dated May 1978 & that specifies Gen Panel No.9 Mk 3. So not Mk 4 as I have seen on all the Ferret with 90A I've looked at. There is no mention of shunt box or ammeter & the fitting of the kit dismissed as requiring nil man-hours as it was to be done as part of a base overhaul, but it still takes time though :undecided:

Would I be correct in saying that the retro-fitted 90A charging systems in Ferrets used the Generator No.10 Mk 3 & Gen Panel No.9 Mk 4? ie the final type with the transistorised regulator module. All the one's I've looked at used this set up rather than the earlier configurations, but is that just by chance? Is it correct that the installations had no ammeter & hence no shunt box? Given that the shunt box was also a distribution/junction box what was used in its place? Or was there just a mass of connectors all plugged into individual connecting blocks? Many thanks.

Most satnavs & phone chargers are 12-24v input anyway. Better check your particular equipment specs but out all mine run straight off 24v. :-D

Thanks for the link, some nice no nonsense traditional info there

Good thinking Steve. Yes will do.

Welcome from another one. G4MBS

A large section of the public seem far more fascinated by Jeeps & Land Rovers than more unusual vehicles! For some years I used to display a Hornet/Malkara with the missiles fully elevated. Because it was unfamiliar & not been seen on the TV or films, the general perception was that is was not "real" & was probably home-made. There would usually be far more interest in the Jeep or Land Rover parked next to me. These vehicles are instantly recognisable, the viewer may have driven such a vehicle in service or a member of the family had or they could see themselves charging around the place turning heads, especially female ones. So despite their extensive numbers at shows it seems to be something the public are quite happy to see.

In all my dealings with David I have found him to be a most helpful chap & has always behaved with good humour. His depth & width of knowledge made him a particularly good commentator. This was particularly noticeable at the MV arena displays at the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Vehicles of various types would enter the the arena in a haphazard & non-chronologic fashion, yet David would succeed in a weaving a coherent & sometimes amusing story about the development of all of these vehicles. To the audience it might seem that it was all carefully scripted & rehearsed but it was just spontaneous & enthusiastic knowledge for which David is renowned.

Thank you very much. Obscure? Ooh that sounds fun, yes please :-D

Just started on this, even prefaced with a picture of none other than Lord Cardwell, responsible for many reforms. This was published in Jan 1914 so is a nice adjunct to Hampden Gordon's 1935 The War Office. I have been looking for Capt Wheeler's book since seeing it quoted in Dr Sweetman's 1984 War & Administration - The Significance of the Crimean War for the British Army. Only paid £10 for this on ebay, no other bidders. Being Jan 1914 I suspect if it was published a year or two later there would have been some competition, strange. I suppose not being about a specific war or campaign it does not command much interest. I notice this attitude in many antiquarian book shops when I enquire about the location of the military section. I am usually asked "What particular campaign are you interested in?" When I reply "None in particular" I can see the expression indicating that there is pleb in their shop. When pressed further I say "Sanitation, administration just basically anything to do with the British Army other than guns or uniforms" that really confirms that they don't think they have a serious collector in their shop. So being allowed to look in the locked glass cupboard can be difficult. :-D

Steve my eyes light up seeing a thread starting with "WO Code" but to many that might not be much of a lure. Maybe if you reposted with Scammell in the title it would turn a few heads of Scammell owners we have on here.

I was once ticked off for publishing incorrect prefixes in Section LV1 (non-stadardised British 'A' Vehicles), LV2 (Light tanks & carriers) & LV9 (standardised 'A' & 'B' Vehicles) as it contradicted the complainee's experience for certain vehicles he was used to dealing with. All my listings have been derived from Chilwell catalogues, VAOS, COSA etc. The point is that with time the same prefix can be used by different vehicles, the Section is determined by the role that vehicle fufills at that particular time. PS Examples: LV1/NM Crusader, Cavalier, Tortoise (1946) LV1/NM Churchill Special Roles, Centurion & Conqueror ARVs ((1967) LV1/NM Centurion Special Roles & ARVs (1970)

Bob there are some Domestic Management Codes listed here: http://www.hmvf.co.uk/pdf/ArmyandNavyStoresNumbers.pdf If you think Army codes are difficult take a look at the Navy ones! If you want earlier DMCs with LV prefixes essentially derived from VAOS origins there are some earlier articles in that section.