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    SimonBBC - electronic ignition; which 12 volt coil to use?

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    I've run my Ambulance on its standard 1974 dated coil for the past 14 years with no ill effect.

    When I fitted a kit to the 2.25P in the 88in S1 last year I went with a fancy red powerspark one as I was getting kit/leads/plugs etc and freshening the engine up anyway. No real improvement that I can detect, they both start instantly and run beautifully as most fettled 2.25P do xD

    Alec.

    Widetrack Trailer Contract Numbers

    in Research Centre

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    I was idly looking to see if I could determine which manufacturer made my Mk2 WT (a true Mk2, not an updated Mk1, with the later recessed Hydratow Mk4 Hitch) as its Body/ERM plate is missing but the chassis plate is there (FVE21A/3803).

    I started pooling references from various photos and the limited documents I have, I came up with the following:

    Widetrack Trailer Contracts

    Mk1
    Contract: WV12094 - ?

    Mk2
    Contract: FVE21A/352 - Arrow Construction Equipment Ltd
    Contract: FVE21A/3801 - GKN Sankey
    Contract: FVE21A/3802 - Arrow Construction Equipment Ltd
    Contract: FVE21A/3803 - ??

    Contract: FVE21B/82 - ?

    Mk3
    Contract: LVIA/231 - Universal Engineering
    Contract: LVIA/155 - Viking Trailers
    Contract: ???????? - Paratow Ltd

    Does anyone have some more info/contributions to add? I thought it may be an interesting subject (or rabbit hole depending on your level of obsession, ha ha).

    Alec.

    British Army Stoves

    in Weapons/Accessories

    Posted

    Patents are a fickle reference source i'm afraid.

    Something that was on the 10th variant may reference the initial patent, just to cover themselves so to speak.

    It is a good starting point though and generally shows what they were thinking and where they were going 👍

    Alec.

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    British Military stove cooker manuals

    in Research Centre

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Mark Ellis said:

    Alec, would you happen to have a better page 12 please?

    Mine looks to have the same source, I cleaned it up many years ago bu the same page tear is there. Easy to work out the missing wording though.

    Clive, the front page I have on the '62 document has been defaced, probably to remove the "Restricted" markings and the WO reference. At the bottom of the page is quoted 1962 and J2-JB 10912.

    The VAOS I have with the equipment list is Section J2 57/Vocabulary/382 dated June '39, this is the earliest version I have found in my research on the Hydra. It also lists items that were quite rapidly phased out so its a bit of a red-herring in terms of what was subsequently used in practice but its useful for the early stuff.

    The '45 57/General(A)/4196 is also a really useful one made by the DCS as it shows the later improvements and what was in-use at the end of the war. A number of these were improved again and the '62 document is really representative of what was in-use until they were phased out in the 80s.

    Alec.

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    British Army Stoves

    in Weapons/Accessories

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    20 hours ago, Mark Ellis said:

    Was the No. 4 Mk 1 a trailer as well then? I thought it was a stand alone stove for some reason.

    They were collapsible solid-fuelled stoves, the largest component part designed to be carried comfortably by two persons.

    Alec.

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    British Army Stoves

    in Weapons/Accessories

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    The 2 and 3s were made by a couple of different manufacturers to the same basic spec.

    The 4 Mk1 Portables were sometimes known as Triplex (one of the suppliers, or the one that submitted the first basic design).

    The 4 Mk2 would have been an assemblage of components. One company to make the trailer (Arrow, Sankey, possibly Brockhouse, GKN, Universal Engineering, etc etc), one to supply the burners/petrol equipment/Latterly the LPG Equipment. The CES will help to identify what was what, and then further dissect via suppliers list/NSN number as far as you can go. But they would have been supplied by a manufacturer/supplier under a specific contract code (The trailers were their own B Vehicle).

    Alec

     

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    British Military stove cooker manuals

    in Research Centre

    Posted

    No.7 is a hybrid. From memory an Optimus 80 with a 123R burner but I cant quite recall. There are a few topics on it and lots of examples in the galleries over on CCS Forum :thumbsup:

    Theres no makers names on my No.6s, I believe they were a fairly small batch produced for evaluation purposes, but look at the supplier's lists for NSN 7910-99-138-3660, to see if that produces any more info. One of my containers is stamped J&F P /I\ 85, that rings a bell as something like Jones & Fellowes who produced all kinds of deep-drawn steel and aluminium items/cookwear. Again a few topics were posted on CCS, including a post about one chap who had them with him on an expedition on trial.

    Alec.

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