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Don't know about AD but this is a SB

Paul haven't you got a Rover to enter?

Closing date 20 March. Anyone else going? Nothing else I can see going on that weekend:-D http://www.abbeyhillrally.co.uk/index.php?option=com_poll&id=1:do-you-intend-on-watching-the-royal-wedding-this-year

Not really, I've got quite a few Pig pics here, not one in-service Pig has a pioneer kit fitted. I have several views of privately owned Pigs that sport various brackets fashioned on those vertical slats. It is always possible that a particular unit could choose to do that as the slats were there for whatever might be required. The oil can holder was installed there on manufacture as was the 3rd jerrycan holder on the slats the other side. What I'm getting at is that there was no specific pioneer kit bracket that was a demandable item.

Perhaps it was this one? http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?23281-new-humber-pig-owner

David, looks like the fittings for a 3-piece pioneer kit.

There should be 3 vertical bars on those studs each side between the rear locker & the front doors. They were for unit adaptations eg tools, oil cans, extra jerrycans etc I can't see it too well but I think it might have been for a pick axe head. You don't need to carry a spare with runflats.

Wayne, no socket set yet? I think you're holding the lad back. I assume he has learnt his alphabet correctly. A is for AESP B is for Series C is for Catalogue of Army Ordnance Stores D is for Domestic Management Code E is for EMER F is for Fiching etc Good edacation is everyfing nowerdays

Wayne you are correct all Mk 1 Pigs should have them. Hmm like growing an extra pair of hands? You're going to need them when you get all your stuff home.

Paul you will see David Dunne's book got a very good review;) I've only got Karl Martins's Irish Army Armoured Cars which was a small book published in 1983. Yes I see what you mean about unobtainable, I've just done some searches on my favourite book sites! I'm sure I have seen reference somewhere to a new book on military vehicles of the Free State/ROI in the last week or so. I think it was this section, but can't find the reference. In the meantime this is quite interesting: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=19719

This is well worth a read: http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/armoured-and-heavy-vehicles-of-the-ruc-1922-2002.html

David just found them. I've never bothered looking in the gallery/album area before. I can see the effects of the sea air. Have you got a picture of the engine bay? I'm hoping that your Generator Panel is in the engine bay NS front as it is missing from the central position in the cab just forward of the gear stick. It would have been moved to the engine bay when it was uparmoured to a Mk 2 as it would have been in the way of the scuttle armour in the cab. I have a NOS roof canvas, but it needs the roof rail being fitted to lift the canvas an inch or so above the armour. That was to give a layer of air to reduce the temperature in the tropics. You also need that gap to allow adequate drying of the canvas. I also have a NOS canvas seat base for passenger & NOS padded driver's seat.

Just sold out of 'a' & 'c. I might have a pair of 'b' I definitely do have a pair of 'e' I think there are probably many Humber watchers apart from me who are bursting with curiosity for some pictures. So as many pictures as you can of as much as you can to see what details can be identified.

Maybe they were damaged & what you have got are front ones transplanted to the rear. The front ones were cut off as they were redundant when it was up-armoured.

I'm afraid the only definite way is to look through the index of parts lists for various vehicles until you find the lucky number. This is of course easier if you have the NIIN or "non-significant number" than a full blown VAOS only based identification. Although if it is a vehicle with a parts list that predates codification implementation ie 1965 then it will not be so easy to find. The part may be manufactured after 1965 & acquired a NSN that way or may have been repackaged & then re-identified by a NSN, although the earlier parts list may not be able to identify it by a NSN. Having a DMC might have narrowed it down to a particular make rather than type or having a general one in LV6MT7 or LV46MT7 would have shown if it was more than one type of A or B/C vehicle.

Degsy, NCB is the National Codification Bureau identifier which in the case of 25 indicates Norway, as in SKF Norge A/S, Jerikov 14, Oslo. DMC is the Domestic Management Code used to aid stores identification preceding the NSN (NATO Stock Number) it was derived from the old VAOS (Vocabulary of Ordnance Stores & Ammunition) eg if the item was preceded by LV9/BOE it would have been Humber 1-Ton, or LV7/BD then Bedford. If it was LV6MT7 it would be for bearings that are not unique to one type of B or C vehicle, but if it was LV46MT7 it would have been a bearing for certain A vehicles. In more recent times the LV has been omitted eg 9/BOE Andy what is listed as you mention is the "non-significant number" which within a given country is unique. It only becomes universally unique with the NCB code to form the NIIN (NATO Item Identification Number) which omits the first 4 digits (NSC = NATO Supply Classification). Even without the NSC the item is universally unique. The "non-significant number" is only unique in the vocabulary of one specific country. Although I much prefer to see a DMC used with the full NSN (NATO Stock Number) it can be argued that there is less tedium when looking in a parts list to identify items by the "non-significant number".

Adding a capacitor can help reduce arcing a bit. But you can do that as well as adding a relay. http://www.mgexperience.net/article/brake-light-relay.html

Chris I would use a relay. Even the Humber brake switch uses a relay despite being a fairly substantial switch. Switches on sale here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Military-vehicle-pressure-switch-FV-260898-/360333786520?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Vehicle_Parts_Accessories_ET&hash=item53e5913d98

Yes Andy we were lucky with the weather again. When Dale drove it in 10-15 years ago it went in forwards but the extraction was complicated as a lot of shelves & racks have since appeared. The tilt frame was too high, so we lowered that & got it halfway through the garage then hit a beam. So out it came again & the frame was removed completely. I suppose if that was not enough the next step would have been to wind down the torsion bars & pretend we were loading it into a Beverley. That would have dropped about 4" in height. The FV1601 that followed was easier as it was facing forwards & there was no body!

SKF 22220 EK equates to 3110-25-141-6435 note the NCB. I'm unable to identify a DMC.

On my phone, if my finger spreads beyond a button & I touch the background I get taken to amazon. Been doing that for a week at least.

First attempt to extract!

But are you using it to switch a relay or are you powering the brake lights directly from the switch?

Chris if it fits use it! The critical factor is the current that it can switch. For a given load a 12v switch will carry twice the current of a similar 24v circuit. In other words the 12v switch should easily withstand the lower current flowing in a similar 24v circuit.

What shoot them? :-D