robin craig

Chris, thanks for supporting the thread and me in my stupid quest! Have been waiting for your input since starting this, knew you would agree with me. Tony, I'm sure not when the "current" slave / jump start units (pun not inteneded) were first used. The first vehicle I can see with the horn fitted was the Daimler Dingo. As fas as build dates Chris has nailed that for the Land Rovers and the Stormer was built around 1995. What does Chally 2 use as a fire warning sound device? R

It is well known that the govenor oil level should checked as part of the first parade of the vehicle. My questions are these:- 1 if it is low, where is it going to and what long term remedial action is required over and above filling it up? 2 Where is the oil going to and is it visible running down somewhere external to the pack? just trying to get to grips with the maintenance of this vehicle. R

Nice to see your vehicle saved from the "Tall Grass Storage". Quite a coup to get it with radio kit inside wouldnt you say? Im sure a slow strip down and clean out and paint will make a lot of it look much better. Good luck R

Alastair, the basic question I would ask you is "is it currently still in British Military Vehicle usage in service". R

Dear Rod, Nice to see some pictures of your service time, hope there are more to come. Did you realise that is the same vehicle posted by Deuceman? Very interested to read your experiences, please dont stop. R

Hey guys, I dont want to sound like im going to kick off soon but im getting close! British MV parts in continuous usage, longest please? So far the Lucas horn and the convoy light are front runners. R

Barry, what were they first seen on and what are they in use TODAY on that is still in service? Likely contender but must have some examples please. R

Dear Steve, no it doesnt count as it is part of the CES for the vehicle. R

Bolts nuts and screws and cotter pins and wire are out of the running, Its my thread so my rules! Component is what i'm talking about. R

Im wondering if the venerable convoy light is a contender also? R

I was looking at a new (to me) book the other day, when I spied the horn on a Daimler Dingo. If I am correct, that horn has not changed and was used in many vehicles over the years and is still in service in Stormers to this day. Does that make it the longest usage of any Brit MV part? Too qualify for this distinction, the part can not be a nut bolt or washer but a whole component ie a bracket or a light or an engine component that has been in service continuously from original fitment to a particular vehicle and then been used on others that are STILL in service today. R

08 FL 52 is a cousin to yours and ended its lfe here in Canada at BATUS were it was struck off likely about 20 years ago. It was purchased by a local who did lots and nothing to it all at the same time. In the end the body went one way and the chasis the other down the highway after his passing. I was commisioned to make a Tamiya 1/35 scale model of the vehicle when in his ownership. That has since come back to me from his executor. R

I'm very surprised that there is not more knowledge on these vehicles, and so far no info on what happened to them. Im thinking that they were used as range targets of cut up or maybe left in Algeria. R

Thanks for that. We have inherited a 20 ft steel towing cable with reinforced thimbles and swaged ends that bears a tag wire to the cable that reads 53 KJ 46 and on the second line BV 005 which was my clue. Im thinking that vehicle was number 5 in someones fleet and that the cables were a part of the CES for those vehicles. For reference our BV is 69 KD 59 Thanks again R

Was it a BV 206? R

There is one example saved at Saumur, which has M series turn signals at the front and what appears to be a different style of headlights than normal. Sorry nothing that I can post here as all are copyright protected. R

It would seem that they were Mk 2/3 vehicles and they were in use as of at least 1964 from what I can tell. Different tyres used I seem to think. Layout of some external items moved around. R

How many did France buy and how or where and when were they disposed of? Does anyone know? Any survived in private ownership? R

Welcome to the forum Rob, i'm looking for two round edged jerry can holders for my Canadian Ferret by the way. Robin

Could you identify which handsome mug is yours in which picture, so those who owe you money borrowed in the Naafi can remain silent . . . . . Or just so the rest of us know please? R

This is why you people are lucky to live in the UK, there is not another country that could produce a tour guide like this. Watch all the parts for his whole story and his full repartie. Very amusing R

Just another tidbit from our daily life at work today. Please bear in mind we are a working property with an owner and myself with an MV bent and an MV collection to boot, we are not a museum. We use exclusively steel jerry cans for mobile fuel usage on the properties I manage / work at. We detest the North American plastic civvy fuel containers as they do not stand up to handling and abuse and expose to sun etc etc. Because we do not have enough cans to have dedicated gasoline (petrol) or diesel cans we drain and refill as required. We have about 20 Cans but when things are going full tilt and we are supporting equipment working away from the "home base" workshops where bulk fuel is we transport it in cans and fill up the dozer and excavator etc from these. It works very well for us. We do not want a bulk tank in the back of the pickup as some do because that ties up space. Also we quite often pre locate a piece of kit for work and leave the machine fully fueled but with fuel for a days work in reserve. Well, recently a minor mishap befell us and remarkably the first time in 8 years of doing this, someone plonked gasoline into a diesel vehicle. Thankfully the culprit thought something was wrong and stopped after only a few litres and the kit was bone dry so dilution was the easy way out with no adverse effect. As a result we have been brain storming on how to mark cans and have come up with the criteria that the marker must be re useable, and stay with the cans, and not require any modification to the can. This is the prototype made in UHMW which is cheap. Basicaly its a small coupon with a slot cut on the table saw and a forstener bit recess on either side for a paint pen colour mark. We will secure it with a lanyard to the can. Right now it relies on friction fit but a MK2 version is in the works. I know the MOD makes tin labels but we dont have them and this is our simple effective "farmer fix". Any input gratefully received. As a slight side bar we bought these 5 litre double jerry can sets with a cleaning kit in between a few years ago. We use them as a set, one per chainsaw when they go out. One can carries 5 litres of mixed fuel the other bar oil and chains and spares etc go in the clamshell. Best $20 we ever spent on those! Regards R

Welcome Richard to the Forum, you are to be congratulated on many counts! First off, thank you so much for choosing your name rather than "pigmaninNI" or something silly like that as your user name, pet rant of mine. Second for taking on a challenge like a Pig. Could I be so bold as to suggest that you perform as search on the forum for other Pig related posts, that will likely help you. So you are aware Clive is quite the walkin encyclopedia of British MVs and you are lucky to have his input! Once again welcome Robin

I can see a minor clash breaking out between the inhabitants of Tonypandy and Trumpton soon. . . . R

It has not been said as such, but I dearly hope that the Haynes conglomerate pays the museum for such raw data to produce a book like that. Cost recovery should be huge I would have thought in this day and age. R