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It's in the Level 2 (Unit Maintenance) Repair Instructions in Chapter 15 AESP 2320-D-128-522. There are measurements down to a tenth of mm for all three chassis types. Let me know which you want

Actually Piet it would be easier to do a few at a time. If there is a very long list it decreases the chance of me finding time to do it! Besides I think some of us are wondering if you have any juicy parts for our particular vehicles. For myself I would be quite excited if any start their VAOS Section with LV9/BOE. I am sure others have their own favourite VAOS or DMC to yearn after.

Tell me what the FV numbers are & I'll see if I can match them to a NSN.

Paul, just wire the regulator into the ignition circuit.

No. I would check that your control linkages are free & are lubricated.

Paul neither is a very good idea. If you tap off 12v this battery will never charge up fully. It is in series with the other battery & when that is charged it will draw no more current so there will be no charge to the lower battery powering your radio. If you use a regulator be mindful that when they are connected they draw a small but significant current even if the radio is not turned on. If you turn off the regulator each time you will loose the backup memories for pre-tuned stations. Some regulators generate hash interference in various parts of the radio spectrum. There are some very expensive regulators that are a bit less greedy at the standing current they draw, but when I last looked into it them they cost more than buying a 24v radio/CD player!

Judging by the height of the RMP who is standing & comparing with the dipole, they are operating in the region of 70 Mc/s. A folded dipole would have given a better match to their coaxial feed. Looking at the size of the rig & the frequency in use, I would imagine the equipment is a B44. All looks rather casual, are they officiating at some speed trials?

Only two countries listed. Although there could be other sources in the world that have been outside the sphere of British influence. From Borneo. In lb/cu ft it rates 64 Durability - Moderately Resistance Permeability - Moderately Resistance/Resistant Appears not to have been tested on Termites From Malaya In lb/cu ft it rates 51 Durability - Moderately Resistance Permeability - Not rated either way Appears not to have been tested on Termites - Perhaps they don't like the taste of it?

As you might imagine there is even an EMER for wood! It is covered in EMER GENERAL N 800. This 1960 edition runs to 28 pages & details properties of some 300 types of wood dependant on their origin. All the locations refer to places that in 1960 were under or had been under British influence or likely to be so. Obviously so local repairs could be undertaken using materiels to hand. There are no great surprises in the list & indeed some seem sadly still relevant today. Below are a few key pages. In the first table in the right hand column it rates Termite Resistance, probably not relevant up a mountain in East Ayrshire :-\ An important issue is corrosion of metals by the wood & vice-versa. From the last table it looks as if you would be on to a winner if you used pine, spruce, walnut or mahogany glued together with blood albumen :shake: Watch out for 14 (a) "Galvanised volts"

Yes but I expect they have girls there, you only get chocolate biscuits here.

I think he must be into chocolate biscuit snacks?

Trouble with these was that once I finished drawing them in bmp, I converted them to jpg & then they fuzzed up. 1861

Do you want the 1859 or the 1861 version?

Maybe it is! The first record of using symbols on British military stores was in 57/Hong Kong/720 Distinctive marks for packages for the Expeditionary Force in China. 18th October 1859. The red triangle indicated it was in the jurisdiction of the Military Store Keeper. Subsequently in 57/Montreal/541 Circular, No. 732. Marking of General Stores for Service of an Army in the Field. 21st December 1861. The red triangle now indicated Miscellaneous Stores. No doubt troops were provided with beer & presumably would be marked as Miscellaneous Stores. Maybe Bass thought they could capitalise on this association so that even veterans would feel a welcome bond with the red triangle whenever they saw it?

OK Thanks. I was so peeved about the Shire "mislead" & the dyslexia surfaced. I was on the point of correcting my stupidity when you popped up. So I couldn't really blank out my error. What is really annoying is that when I was covering the Mk VII in Windscreen, I totally forgot to include the drawing. Anyway when that article appears on HMVF it will include a touched up & labelled version of that. Anytime now Jack should be putting up the first animal article. Then there is the horsey one, then the Wagons GS & then it was meant to be Wagons Ambulance. Unfortunately research for that side tracked me into other aspects of administration & chaos. So the article in the coming Windscreen is "Early Battlefield Care" although this largely covers some of the admin & maladmin around the Crimea. I hope readers will find some rather alarming information that the commissions & committees of enquiry in the 40 years afterwards did not result in any significant changes. They were already in place! The fact that they didn't work very well is another matter. But most commentators at the time & virtually all historians ever since have formed their views from the spin of astute politicians of the time who were putting forward ideas that already were in place. Nothing changes:-\

Yes sorry Mk VI you are quite right.

It comes from ASC Training Part 1 1909. Not described as "Horse Transport" though in those days :-\ I'm not too impressed with the Shire book. If you read it you are hoodwinked into believing that Wagons Ambulance Mk I & Mk II are illustrated as they appear intermingled with the text on those. In fact they are front & rear views of the Mk V. The other ambulance illustrations are titled, but curiously these first two are not. Their positioning at the front intermingled with Mk I & Mk II text away from the Mk V section & untitled would make a cynical person feel their position there is perhaps misleading.

The British & Australian models look very similar. As far as the difference in Mks go very similar as Mk X evolved from the various changes through the previous models from which Mk VII was the starting point for this style of layout evaluated from the purely experimental Mk V & Mk VI as the result of the 1884 War Office Committee on transport vehicles. The most obvious differences are: Length Mk VII 9' 5" Mk X 9' 1 3/4" Weight Mk VII 16cwt 2qrs 6lb Mk X 15cwt 2qrs 17lb Tyre width Mk VII 2" Mk X 2 1/2"

MRA1 uses the same brake master cylinder & front slave cylinders as a Humber.

ZE was for forklift trucks from ex-WW2 until 1972/3

There was an article on Wagons GS in Windscreen Summer 2008 contained no drawings of Mk VII but some details of evolution from earlier models. I have a drawing of Mk VII I'll post later. There is a Studebaker Ambulance Wagon at: http://www.ams-museum.org.uk/ Wagon GS Mk X at: http://www3.hants.gov.uk/museum/aldershot-museum/aldershot-collections.htm

Yes I was thinking of using Metal Ready then PO15, which sounds similar. http://www.frost.co.uk/productList.a...frostCat=Tanks Yes full tank good idea, although the downside is money locked up in fuel that won't be at its best, for what is for most of us, an 8-month lay up. External protection not a problem really as its fairly well tucked away inside the boot.

Ah yes I only have to look at the black flakey bits on the Wolf! I thought I was onto a winner when I saw a treated fuel tank in their advert. But there was no mention of the inside & besides any berk can paint a fuel tank exterior when it's off the vehicle. Or at least to standard that looks ok when it's back on the vehicle! Looks like the interior gunge treatment is the only practical way to go.

Going back to the tank itself. Anybody got any experience of shot blasting & powder coating a petrol tank? These people are not far away. http://www.shotblastingpowdercoating.co.uk/

mmm and with VAT £171.35 :-(