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No not aware of any such site. but was there something in particular you wanted to interpret?

Jagshemash (you old Pepsi can :wink: )

I have just come in it is so wet I have been out shooting dogs, but my wife is still outside gaining some more plough experience. But unlike UK we are still allowed to do smacking with dogs and hunting with children.

It is very difficult to get, how you say EMURs here. I have to buy two gallons of insecticide to give to the party secretary before he will let me see his EMUR.

But it is difficult here, I maybe have brought shame on my family as it is customary to offer three gallons of insecticide. So he will take me off my job off national prestige which is to make the worlds largest man made cardboard box. Then we be no1 and beat the US and A.

But we still have a woman who has world record for amount of hairs and her husband is very proud as she has a certificate of verification of the number of hairs from the World Health Organisation. So they are having their favorite dog barbecue and they have invited for me to bring a wive. But both of mine are in the cage tomorrow, but maybe I can take someone else's dog and wive.

But I must go back to my film which is coming out very big boy soon :roll:

See me http://www.boratonline.co.uk/

Jagshemash

If you mean military Rovers, High Gloss Deep Bronze Green BSC 224 .

Whatever faults you had with the lighting would not be related to the ignition failure. When I had a mini I used to get a lot of trouble with conking out in the rain as the coil was mounted close to the front grill. Did you try spraying some WD40 all over the ignition cables, distributor & coil, having first dried it off as much as you could with a cloth. Other thing to check is that the distributor cap is clean, once it gets grubby it allows moisture to track across.

If you didn't know how much fuel there was, maybe some off it was quite old? I always thought with old fuel then it won't run very well I never knew the harm it could do. I had inadvertantly used some old (clean looking) fuel & ended up shattering an exhaust valve tappet on the pig. So watch out!.

On the left is the broken tappet on the right an intact one!

Quite a lot of Shorland history, handbooks & photos. In many sections photos that lead to galleries.

http://www.shorland.info/

This is what you want it is from the 1972 User Handbook for 3/4 Ton Series 3 12volt

Despite what you might have heard, I'm not interest in guys who hang around tents. :roll:

I think first of all you need a lot of beer, the friends will soon follow :wink:

I would venture to say this is the most popular tent at any show:

Tent, Beer & Entertainment, GS, No.1 Mk 1.

and

I'm afraid!

I am still writing article no.3.

Richard

I apologise I led you astray, looking back on your original post I see you said it was when it was used as a demonstrator. I missed that then got carried away on call signs :oops: .

Oh I see! These are most likely FVRDE markings for use at shows at Chertsey for foreign arms buyers put on by MOD & The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders. Large numbers to identify exhibits, not call signs :oops:

Richard

According to "Staff Duties in the Field" FAC = Forward Air Controller.

Callsign 47 was used by:

FAC in D Coy of Infantry Units

FAC in Amoured Engineer Sqns

Doesn't seem to make a lot of sense, most artillery callsigns seemed to be prefixed with G. I've got an earlier version of this book & will see what it says, but I can't find it. :oops:

Richard.

Red & Blue horizontal is RA.

46 is the serial no for RA Light Regiment (as opposed to Field Regt which used 42, 43, 44).

47 is the callsign for FAC

I picked up a 1971 book that covers vehicle callsigns. So if you have callsigns painted on side of your vehicle in large letters this is the callsign eg 1A, 29B etc. I may be able to tell you the role, troop & squadron.

Ah yes I haven't got AC 312324 which should be the CES, I've got the other two thanks. It might seem fussy wanting the AC Nos but I have quite a number of books here & they are not entirely in a state of order! But with AC Nos I can instantly see. I'll pm you with my email if I may. Thanks

Can you quote the Army Code Nos please? Then I can see if I have got them already, thanks.

Sorry the other link I thought I posted was meant to be http://www.tankmuseum.co.uk/library.html

Lee

What you need to look out for is:

WO Code No 12757 User Handbook for the Equipment 120mm BAT L4 (MOBAT) consisting of Gun, 120mm BAT, L6A1 and Carriage, 120mm, BAT, L2A1. Published 1960 superseding WO Code No 12243.

Maybe try http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/index.htm or http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/index.htm. They may have it & produce a photocopy for you. But I could scan the odd diagram, if there was something in particular you were stuck with.

Just bought Army Manual of Chiropody 1931 on ebay. Nice & cheap as normal people aren't interested in these sorts of books :roll:

Caught my eye the sense of discipline gets everywhere:

At the command "Foot Exercise No.4" place feet parallel six inches apart; at the command "One" bend the toes upwards; at the command "Two" bend the toes down; at the command "Three" bring the toes to normal position. Repeat eight times"

Far easier to say "Chaps just wriggle your toes up & down for a bit". But I suppose it wouldn't look so impresive as a sanatorium of troops doing toe movements by numbers & in unison. :wink:

Paul

Maybe wrong end of county but there always is http://www.sussexmvt.co.uk/

Well improvisations include:

Broken fan belt:

Use a cut down leather belt or for a light engine leather bootlaces

Oil on clutch:

Squirt you pyrene fire extinguisher (carbon tetrachloride?) in lining

Distributor carbon brush missing:

Foil from chocolate or fag packet

Take the lead out of a pencil

Trim a piece of carbon from a dry battery

Thick piece of electrical cable with end bits of insulation removed

Broken contact breaker spring:

trim pieces of rubber to gently push cam against shaft.

To move a vehicle a short distance:

Remove plugs, engage low gear and turn the starting handle thus moving the vehicle.

Leaking fuel tank:

Soap or chewing gum to plug it.

Hole in fuel tank:

Cut a wooden peg to be driven in.

Leaking fuel diaphragm:

remake out of oilskin or rubberised material

Punctured carb float:

Make hole large enough to wedge in a piece of matchstick

And so it goes on, largely relying on string, wire, matchsticks & larger pieces of wood.

Yes it is for real as stated in REME Recovery Manual 1968. A/26/GS Trg Publications/2912. Section 778. Also describes how to make a condenser out of an old tin can!

Jack Welcome. Do you ever come across any Humbers ie 1-Ton FV1600 trucks, although the exported ones were designated Commer FV1600?

I have had contact from a couple of people over there, but always on the look out any more info. Only identified two Commers so far.

My other interest is in the Australian missile Malkara made by Government Aircraft Factories in 1950s. I have a launcher vehicle for them (FV1620) I believe Prototype No3 is still in Australia, but no idea where or what state it is in. Do you know anything of it?

Your IIA Rover, if it is FFR, what charging system is it 40A or 90A?

really it should only be the white of egg, but if you have no mustard powder, pea flour will do in the ratio of one tablespoonful per gallon of water. Recovery Manual Sect 778

egg? in the REME Recovery Manual it describes how to mend a rad leak using mustard powder.