phil munga

some great replies guys , not been on for a while as been very busy must crack on :-D

What a thread guys makes great reading and I think the wine has worked twice as fast tonight :-D

Great work on the replacement pipes , looks a nice box full of parts ,,, including what looks like some 16" 1990> G Wagen alloys ,,:-)

Hi , yes looks like its still there , can see it on Google maps , to the left in the link below

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Torcross&sll=51.911238,-0.657806&sspn=0.363428,0.88028&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Torcross,+Kingsbridge,+Devon,+United+Kingdom&t=h&ll=50.268702,-3.652329&spn=0.000735,0.001719&z=19

The yellow battle axe on black background is for the 78th. Div. The white 50 on blue is for the 50th. Company Royal Engineers.A Google search will give you all the info. on this hard fighting Div. John.

Hi, thanks for that did not even think to do that :blush:

Hi, these photos look so good they'd make a great calendar ,,, What depth are they at ? will there be much movement in depth due to the tide ?

Hi ,Not had chance to get on with the Munga , been trying to find the problem on my Grand Cherokee , Auto slipping in third and 4th something electrical , real head banging stuff replaced speed sensor , govener pressure transducer , pressure solenoid , adjusted internal brake bands , checked throtle potentiometer which I think is ok have no data to cross reference , must be a bad signal coming from a sensor and the transmision control module releasing gear engagement pressure ,

going to have to get it hooked up to a compatible computer to see whats going on , everything OK apart from that :-)

I did something really romantic. I tided the garden and took all the rubbish to the dump. Wife V happy.

looks like you were not alone as I was doing the same and the other half was very happy too :-)

looking great Mark , just dont let the wife read what you've put :red: , I'm getting stick for turnning my comp on :-)

Great stuff Phil, and thanks for sharing it. Could DM stand for' dangerous materials'? Sounds like a more modern term, and for sure that wouldn't narrow things down much back then? Plus nobody cared whether it was dangerous or not, but that's my only guess. The word 'exposed' would suggest that the powers to be were aware it was dangerous and it had to be noted for medical purposes. Decontamination might be more likely....

Simon

It is a little strange the way it is worded , I'll go through some more paperwork thats arrived to see what it says , also got to try and sort out some photos

:-) Hi and welcome Pete, great shed collection got any pics of the steamers ,, If you've got three steam cars would one be a Stanley

Hi , do you have any pics of your pig , and might the parts be the same as on other Humber trucks I might know of some parts ,

:-) Yes it would be a realy nice to find something like that , few rolls of duct tape and away you go :-)

I did see a link to this a short while ago not sure if it was on thiis forum or another :-)

Good explanation on the propshaft joints this should be pointed out more to the folk that put high lift suspension on there 4x4s

so many visits Maybe because its a great project showing in detail how these trucks were built , and many of us could only dream on doing a build like this ,,,, I'll be logging on later as going to take the sons laptop to show my father this thread :-)

:-) nice machine the early TD-6 ,

What does the entry "exposed to D.M" mean ?

Hi, after looking through some more paper work and cross refrencing the date it looks

like exposed to D.M = Driver Mechanical Transport , just seems a strange way to word it

Hi, that looks very nice done a great job , I dont have a half track only the International Harvester full Track :-)

Hi , you say the " Most of the constituent parts of the Universal Coupling have now been made up to the original drawings" on the drawings does it specify the type of material strength or if case hardened ( if they did that sort of treatment ? ) I know you've used other materials for some jobs for the better just wondered what detail is on the drawings

No, I never have seen one or even a picture in the parts book. I was planning to make a sort of 'C' spanner with two buttons riveted on to engage in opposite slots.

Steve

Would an angle grinder spanner do this job ?

Welcome Alex, I think you should make the call , you've asked around even asked the haulage driver "his story seems a little odd" ,, do you know the day it was moved as there should be a tacko disc with details on

Hi and welcome, Think it'll have to be a good engine engineering company , are the cranks pressed together like a motorbike crank ? seem to think there was a picture showing one but don't quite remember if the big ends can be unbolted ,

Made a nice job of them wheels , I'm think my splitscreen VW camper came with an odd set of wheels a pair of 16" wheels on the rear from a pre 1955 bus , and a pair of 15" on front ,

On the subject of banded rims I once had a sand rail ( like the fast response vehicle ) not too long ago and took for an MOT and the tester said strait away that he'll not be able to test it unless I change the wheels , aparently they'd been banned , when I removed the tyres they even had a company stamp inside so not a shoddy job , keep up the good work :-)

All to true , I remember moving furniture at my grandparents and found an old brass razor , so went to show my grandparents and my gran hurried me out the room before my grandfather saw it , saying that he'd found it next to a well in Egypt ,

Here's another one that a few members might remember , near Scarborough just south of Filey you've got Primrose Valley holiday park , next to the old Butlins ,upside down washed onto the beach is one or two concrete lookout posts

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=54.184345,-0.275055&spn=0.002719,0.00677&t=h&z=17

Hi, I'm not to sure what a few things mean , and some of the writing is faded and some wrote like a doctors note "unreadable" , that entry is under Particulars of training ,, what can be read is -xpose- to D.M.

under record of leave = Granted 28 days U.K leave on L1AP27/R16/BTA April 1945

"then a stamp dated 14/10/45 " Major, R.E. (H) Field Coy..R.E

Medical

22/1/46 Category or grade 3149 forwarded to 02E

This is from his booklet not all places are in the book

Enlisted on 4-10-39

Gas test 7-1-40

Exposed to D.M 22-4-42

Embarked U.K 6. 1. 43

N.Africa 17. 1. 43 -- 15. 12. 43

Italy 17.12.43 -- 18. 07. 44

Egypt 23. 7.44 -- 6.9. 44

Italy 5. 9. 44 -- 10.5. 45

cant quite make out what it says next but looks like austhip PTO, 474 of 43.44

Also in his booklet is a reminder of one of his pals from home that was lost in Battle

form E.2. , 23rd April, 1943 Dear Madam I have to inform you that your son, 7902292 Trooper Stanley Moore The Bays, Royal Armoured Corps is buried in El Alamein Military Cemetery , Egypt plot 4, Row A, Grave No. 21.