RayT

Wet and forget works well.

What top coat are you using? personally I would go with whatever the top coat supplier recommends.

Poor bloke only wanted to paint his tractor 😆

Indeed Adrian. I even have 298 from the same manufactuer and it's different. It also differs on background and application method. And 2 years later looks different again. I like my trailer in 298 (although i feel its a bit too green) and the snark doesn't bother me. It would however be nice to get a definitive answer but I don't think it will ever happen.

Tey restorations/jeep parts sell a 298 in cromadex which seems popular and used by various restorers. It is vastly different in colour to another 298. Here's the colours plus some paint on the back of a bracket but from when I don't know. The truck was overhauled in 52 and then a base overhauled in 56.

Why do I know it to be inaccurate?

BS381c 298 is a commonly used colour for British vehicles. Military vehicle paint supply a matt which starts satin but dulls down nicely. Goes on nicely without a primer but takes a while to harden.

Thanks Richard, brilliant bit of info. I didn't realise there is a parts manual about, very handy information.

Dowel pins are hardened, but how hard in comparison I don't know. Sizes are 1/8 × 1 and 1/8 x 1 1/4

My morris has some badly pitted loose needle roller bearings in the gearbox . None of the bearing suppliers can supply the size. Could dowel pins be used instead, would they be hard enough?

The cylinder head is (as far as i know) original, the freshly painted part is eau de nil. The rebuild date on the engine is 1956. The two colours are a mile apart.

1950s engine rebuild colour is apparently a green called eau de nil. Well mine is green, but eau de nil it isn't 😆

Site traffic must be down massively. I belong to a number of forums and non of them have issues like this. What is going on?

Looking good. Personally I never want to see a coach bolt ever again after doing mine 😆

Hi Oz Would it be possible to get some dimensions or a crayon rubbing of the id plate on your trailer so I can reproduce one for mine please?