fv1609

Ah just twigged this is ex-AFS so Asset Code doesn't apply. Are you aware of https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RSOLES/info

Tom that's certainly a bit different. Here are a couple of pages from the Servicing Schedule. There is a list of civilian equivalents in here: http://www.hmvf.co.uk/pdf/POLcompact.pdf If you tell me the Asset Code, which is 4 + 4 digits on the chassis plate I can tell you which Group yours is in for the tyre pressures.

Mark oil etc will help repel water, but might encourage grime. Bear in mind when you come to repaint it the adhesion may not be too good. I don't know what era of vehicle you have but if the matt paint is representing IRR paint, it might look inappropriate to have a vehicle has now got the IRR properties significantly modified ie looks shiny when it is meant to be matt.

"Do you feel lucky, punk? Well do you?"

Alan nice to get a thank you, glad they were of help.

The best rubber to metal or glass adhesive I ever used was "black Bostik". Probably not allowed to be called that anymore, seems to have morphed into Bostik C. Much better than Evostik etc.

Always a cornucopia of articles both historical & contemporary in this issue to 1949 One article of particular interest was the story of Percy a chimpanzee who was on the roll of an Engineer Company of the Gold Coast Regiment in 1911-16. His exploits & jocular escapades cannot be repeated here as in this post-Colonial world would be seen as unacceptable. Although attitudes in the opposite direction can be reported: Percy, it seems, delighted & at times alarmed all ranks. For an animal to wear a uniform & partake in the full range of mess activities would be regarded by many as unacceptable. But Percy was rescued at the point of starvation clinging to his dead mother who had been shot by a native hunter. In 1916 he was brought to London Zoo where he found the lack of privileges depressing & in 1918 died of pneumonia shortly after an air-raid. He was buried behind the Ape House. I have not yet found it, but apparently there is only one photograph of Percy. It shows him wearing a fez & chewing the tassel whilst holding his pipe between his toes.

Apparently still for sale, located South Devon. http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/view_large.php?ad=80064&cat=14

Oh I think they were a tight fit, but they can still get pinched easily. Many people use a black cable tie to discourage that sort of thing. I suppose try Marcus Glen or Roy Elvis.

There are quite thick flat ones around sold as covers for smokies but I believe they are actually covers for the ends of torsion bars on Stalwarts?

The only trouble is Steve, people will want fondle & poke at the pointy ones, they can't leave them alone. You don't get much of that with the flat ones. I have observed this behaviour with pointies on one discharger set & flat ones on the other set. I also stuck a label on "THESE THINGS ARE SMOKE DISCHARGERS. DO NOT TALK TO THE MAN" That cut down silly questions no end

In that case, I think they should also get rid of the wishing well "on the grounds that it is unsightly and serves no purpose."

Niels ok there's a lot of misinformation out there so its a common mistake. The design was based on a Pig but the Hornets themselves were built on conversions of FV1601 trucks. Some assume they must have been based on the FV1602 FFW but not so as even the uprated charging of 25A was too piddly. Hornets had the original charging system removed & were fitted with 100A alternators. Curiously one Hornet 21 BK 96 was later converted to a Pig Here is a picture of the Hornet intended for Saumur being prepared. I was wrong it was 29 years ago not 30.

Niels it came from C.J.Evans Ordnance at Sturminster Marshall, Dorset. I saw it being prepared there 30 years ago. (Please its a Hornet, not a Pig ) Got some picture somewhere.

The definitive chart with 3x3 in. samples is in: War Emergency British Standard 987C : 1942 Incorporating amendments issued December, 1944 and July 1945 CAMOUFLAGE COLOURS September 1942 There is well preserved copy in the library of Bovington Tank Museum referenced as: 623.77 (41) CAMOUFLAGE/23

No.5 not a lot to it, a rather corroded ammeter shunt on the lower left.

There are the two on the Bovington display Hornet, there are another two on the Hornet in storage which I used to have. There is one at Cosford & another at ABF Museum, Duxford. I had a couple that I sold some while ago. One turned up with a dealer about 20 years ago & was acquired by a Government department. There are probably quite a few lying on the seabed at Lulworth Cove! The one you have is a Mk 1A which has enclosures for plug-in light units with a 44-watt bulb on upper & lower wings. If your wings match your motor there will be just 2 venturi, rather than 5 for the Mk 1. Does it says PARA on the head that would make it rare?

Yes I think you are right.

Earlier on TB mentioned a book that you said you have got. But for any Larkspur fans following this thread, this has been on e bay a while. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/User-Handbook-for-Radio-Installations-FFR-B-Vehicles-W-O-Code-12798-1963-/172106471598?hash=item28125858ae:g:~RcAAOSwG-1Wxe5y

A much better job is here, not sure if he can still supply kits. http://www.shorlandsite.com/Model_Shorland3apcGNR_Lemos.htm It is also a Mk 3 but a GNR version rather than the UDR on e bay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-35-Shorland-Armoured-Land-Rover-resin-conversion-kit-for-Tamiya-Pink-Panther-/172116729383?hash=item2812f4de27:g:bIEAAOSwe7BW0sv1 Just watch out he has these on two listings for £49.00 & £59.00

Item No.1 5820-99-900-9578 throws up only one result for a "polarity indicator" that was once on Spanish e bay. Curious that no NSN sites list it. Often the NSN changes because the NSC (5820) is later seen to be inappropriate. Searching just using the NIIN (99-900-9578) throws up the item as 5895-99-900-9578 "interconnecting box" which is fairly self evident. No great clues from the new NSC 5895 = Miscellaneous communication equipment Displacing the original NSC 5820 = Radio & television communication equipment (except airborne) So you can get lots of hits now googling with 5895-99-900-9578

Can you show us the underside of No.5? It is likely to be a junction/distribution box or house a Type 440 regulator with suppression components.

No.8 Suggests it might be a SWR (Standing Wave Ratio) meter that would be useful in matching a radio antenna.

Lower left looks like the yellow dangler on No.3 Dress Warm Weather Ceremonial