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It looks like Sky Blue to me Sean. Now you are going to hate me for this. :-D It is dated 1980 so looking in the 1980 edition of Catalogue of Ordnance Stores & Ammunition Section H1(a) Paints dopes & varnishes. Eau de Nil is not listed as a heat resisting paint. Looking in 1978 EMER WORKSHOPS N 111 Chapter 2 Long term preservation of gasoline engines. Painting. "... then apply one coat of finishing paint H1/8010-99-943-4730". Looking in the COSA it identifies the NSN as "Heat resisting Sky Blue BSC 101 5 litre can".

Here is my Jolley set up at the end of this: http://www.hmvf.co.uk/pdf/IGNITIONMATTERS.pdf

If it has been half installed, just make sure that the ballast resistors have not been shorted out. The way to test this is to disconnect the CB lead from the coil to the module. Put a voltmeter between the coil SW terminal & earth. With the ignition on it should read 24v then connect the coil CB connection to earth then the reading should drop to 12v. May be higher than this but by design it reduces as the ballast resistors heat up.

James he's just shorted out the proper ballast resistors & fed it to his new ballast resistor & matching coil. I assume it is a new coil, not just because of the fuss about a special ballast resistor, but the coil looks shiny & unpainted. If it was mine I would reinstate the proper ballast resistors & fit the original coil or a normal 12v non-ballasted non-sports negative earth coil. The new coil I assume is a quest to get ever more HT but as I said before that increases the chance of electrical breakdown in 50-year old equipment that was not designed to operate at a higher voltage. I know there is advice to increase the plug gap but if you have RSN13P you cannot adjust the gap. I did for a while run with RSN12Y & opened the gaps but I found had starting issues when hot & returned to normal each time I fitted plugs adjusted as ooriginally intended.

James I have fitted two Jolley B60 kits. All I wanted was the module although he seems keen to sell you a special coil. I assume that is one with a lower resistance now that the module can switch a higher current current & give more HT output. I assume this is a 12v coil so the ballast resistor should have the same resistance to ensure the coil is supplied with 12v. I don't see that always striving for a higher voltage is the ultimate goal, because it can encourage leakage through components made 50 years ago such as the rotor arm & HT cable although cable can be modernised. I just wanted an HT system to run much as nature intended but with a reliable replacement for the contact breakers, so run with the original coil. I think any standard 12v negative coil will do, easier if you try to get one with screw terminals.

James is it still the original coil? I know that some people have been tempted to change the coil as well & he would supply his own ballast resistor. But if you have an original coil, the ballast resistors are each 7.6 ohms, but wired in parallel give 3.8 ohms. The are made of Nichrome/Nickel wire so that once hot the resistance will increase.

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Richard there used two MWs (one early & one late) where I used to go for my MOTs, one survived as it served as a breakdown truck & then was restored. So got to look at them a bit, the other interest is that the RF RUC had nearly 50 of them.

Richard if those trucks are MWs, I don't think they should have a hatch in the canvas?

Mike I found this chap Terry was good. Honest & turned up etc as planned. He is used to moving MVs but he might be a bit big for what you want. Not sure if you are in his coverage, but might tie in with return trip for something else. He brought my two MVs from Wiltshire to S.Wales in June. http://thmhaulage.co.uk/

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Yes I think you are right Chris now I can see it on the PC screen, that's what happens trying to look at detail on a phone screen. (Plus an element of excitement I suppose)

I only wish as a schoolboy I had been given the opportunity to go to events like this, but there weren't any. So the more young people that can see what the hobby is all about the better, be that as participants when a bit older or to expand their education it can't be a bad thing.

Chris they are super gems there. As above I wonder if the second from last picture is showing the VPK LtWt in a sort of angular Picaso camo is in fact an example of "Distinctive" as opposed to "Disruptive" camo?? It looks deliberate rather than a few different panels from different VPK sets?

Ok Chris so that takes it to 1972, there were lots of strange things going on in the early 70s with Army paint schemes in all theatres.

Is it home-made? :argh:

As always Chris some super stuff there with much detail. That VPK LtWt, what year was that, can you recall? Do you think it is possible that it was gloss deep bronze green + the black?

Well they had a stall at the last Malvern. It was all systems go & they seemed very pleasant, helpful & sensible. So I will be going. I expect they will have a presence at Stoneleigh.

I also was given a signed photo, still have that. John's signature was in felt tip & faded away. Pete just signed it as "Pete", but the other two used a biro with fairly lavish signatures. I think they are genuine it was before they got round to facsimile signatures on fan photos.

I joined the fan club in 1966 to find out their gig list. I won the prize for devising a crossword puzzle, it was meant to be a drum & some sticks. After a lot of chasing I received a side section of a drum from the Pictures of Lily kit Keith had made. The piece was about a foot square incorporating a picture of said Lily. When I was a student my parents moved house & told me they cleared my belongings of "rubbish" this was gone & various bit of WW2 radio "junk".

Suitcase :wow: Yes the things I have pulled apart. I could get 19 Set chassis for 7/6 (no valves or case) from Arthur Sallis, Brighton & 38 Set Mk II (basic set with valves but no ancillaries) for 22/6 & most of them worked. The things I chucked away & my parents chucked away for me (including a part of Keith Moon's drum but that is going off topic)

Ok Chris I think I had three altogether I had fixed in my mind one was a Canadian, but anyway I pulled them all apart to try to make a telephone exchange & morse code reading machine but neither of those projects was a great success. Just wish I had left the things alone, never thought they would be worth saving

I bought my first wireless remote control unit in 1958. I think they were 7/6 (40 new p) new & boxed, nearly a months pocket money though. I think this was my Canadian one.

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Gordon I wondered that, perhaps there is a tiny diode bridge rectifier in them?