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Martin you need to check the "News" section on their website to get your answer.

Excellent bit of home research Malcolm with some interesting results. I'm rather jealous as I would like to have tried something similar, unfortunately all my spares & test equipment are in storage in preparation for a house move. Amongst that I do have some electrostatic kvoltmeters. Thank you for following that up, which adds to the knowledge base for us all.

Front side & front turn lights, Humber Pig FV1609 (red at rear, side & stop/turn)

Nick are you aware of this little article that includes Jeep markings? http://www.hmvf.co.uk/pdf/Airborne%20Markings.pdf It is drawn from Airborne Directives issued by HQ 16 Independent Parachute Brigade Group

Malcolm, so I suppose the thing to do is generate your HT with a "closed" rotor arm, take the lead for that plug not to a plug but say a 25pf capacitor that has the other end earthed. Then see if you get a spark at the rotor arm.

Ah, so all we have to do now is trace Corporal Robinson & ask him what he used the tools for

Malcolm that's a very good point. I think the initial jump across the rotor arm gap is due to charging further down the line due to the capacitance of the sparking plug. "Sparking plugs both screened and unscreened are said to have a capacitance of about 10 pf, I have taken measurements of many types and found this to be incorrect. Unscreened plugs have a capacitance in the range 15-20 pf and screened plugs 30-40 pf." I have no text book nor could find any internet source that actually addresses your point. The initiation of the spark & its switching to the plugs by the rotor arm is not explained, not even in a Lucas training manual, which in all other respects is detailed & covers aspects not really covered by most other sources.

Tim yes the woodworking tools seem curious for EOD use. I can see no tools suggestive of being copper or brass that you might expect to see in an EOD kit. I wondered if CH/X2874 might be a stores cataloguing reference of some kind. Of all the various & rather extraordinary different systems used by the RN I could find nothing that resembled that. In fact the only stores category I could find prefixed with "C" relates to Polaris & Trident components, I shouldn't think any of those are made of wood.

Steve where do you get to on this table?

Universal thinner is quite good for that sort of thing.

Not sure what you mean by "kit" as that is a bit of a piece of string question. But the basic equipment carried by all such vehicles would be much like this: http://hmvf.co.uk/pdf/AC%2031750.pdf

Can you confirm this is 12/24v or is it just 12v?

Ian is a good man & an experienced journalist, I've known him for many years. He used to own a Humber Pig so must be alright in my book

Yes advice aimed at the average bloke in his shed who wants to have a go at stuff and learn as he goes, but also including deeper information that can be delved into for the more advanced reader. I have always tried to write technical articles that give a spread of information that can be savoured according to the reader's level of knowledge or interest.

Nicky thanks for your support. I had enough difficulty getting articles published 25 years ago but what was rejected by the MVT was accepted by Bart V & it got published in Wheels & Tracks! I have been told very nicely & politely that what is now wanted are non-serialised one-off articles that are not too detailed. That's fine I know the score, so I can just carry on & publish things on here & update them as new bits of info come along. I can lay it out as I want without having to have a large eye-catching lead picture because people won't read it otherwise(!)

Nick Bullock & John Mastrangelo did a super mag called "MV Magazine" that included a lot of technical tips & maintenance articles. They were so interesting that I even read the ones about Jeeps, nothing against Jeeps as they are not my thing but there was a lot of good advice that carried across to other vehicles. (I gave up writing for Windscreen several editors ago as the stuff I write is "too detailed")

Pictures like those have been the only reason I have ever bought any of those mags Even if I don't own that particular type, in-service pictures can be a gold mine of authenticity. Even some of the things in the background can yield fascinating info. Worth far more than lots of colour pictures that I could have taken at shows myself, which may or may not have owner's "embellishments". I don't know which mag it was that had the rehash of the Milweb adverts, which were rather out of date by the time the mag was published. The Price Guide chart was strange & pointless.

These magazines are good at giving newcomers an insight into the range of vehicles that they might find attractive to own or model, particularly if someone has never been to a MV show. But many of us do travel to shows & can take pictures in some detail of what interests us. If we have a particular interest in a vehicle type, we may already have accumulated official publications that give more detail than in these magazines or have found the information on here. It seems extraordinary though, that these magazines that are meant to be about military vehicles, seem to be largely devoid of any technical information about servicing & keeping them running. :???

Hello Alan, nice to see you on here. Hope you are keeping well.

There is a RHS one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAND-ROVER-90-110-130-SLIDING-WINDOW-CATCH-ASSEMBLY-MTC6216-/271515089789?hash=item3f378f7b7d:g:6nQAAMXQpPhTkZ87 That is the early type with a round knob rather than the later lever which is much better as it is easier to turn & gives a visual indication of the lock position. Lots of LR dealers have them: LHS - RRC4879 RHS - RRC4878

The 6-way lighting switch in TUM (HS) it is to be replaced by a 7-way switch 7XD/5930-99-832-9696 This is not a wholesale replacement but only when the original switch has failed. Does anyone know what function this additional position provides?

I think the wing nut is 1/2" UNF listed as 250055. Widely available at a price: http://www.johncraddockltd.co.uk/other/military/parts/body-and-fittings/250055-wing-nut-for-pick-handle-military-vehicles.html

The publication is dated October 1973 that includes 68 military variants.

I assume so http://www.solentoverlord.co.uk/blog/