RayT
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Wet and forget works well.
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What top coat are you using? personally I would go with whatever the top coat supplier recommends.
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Poor bloke only wanted to paint his tractor 😆
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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.
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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.
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Why do I know it to be inaccurate?
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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.
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Thanks Richard, brilliant bit of info. I didn't realise there is a parts manual about, very handy information.
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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
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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?
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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.
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1950s engine rebuild colour is apparently a green called eau de nil. Well mine is green, but eau de nil it isn't 😆
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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?
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Looking good. Personally I never want to see a coach bolt ever again after doing mine 😆
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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?
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Looking good. The bolts down the side are slotted dome heads with nuts. The timbers should have a chamfer on them on one side only.
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Some jeeps used on the flightline were painted yellow. I just spotted a picture on Facebook but can't find it now though.
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Go nice with the 25pdr on milweb 👍
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Not sure of condition only have a photo or two
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I have found what I think is a searchlight trailer ,but sadly no searchlight. A worthwhile restoration?
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restoration Dyson 4 wheel tailer restoration
RayT replied to HWade's topic in Blogs of MV restorations
Resurrecting an old thread.... what's a searchlight trailer like this worth once restored? -
I've got a bent shaft on a towing eye. Any ideas of best way to straighten it or recommend someone who could straighten it in the Suffolk area?
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Sorry. All I know is that hitch is a Canadian model.
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The spring loaded hook in one of the images is Canadian.
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Got this going spare. Collection from Suffolk.
