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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

    Posted

    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

    Posted

    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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    British Army Stoves

    in Weapons/Accessories

    Posted · Edited by Rangie

    Oh yes absolutely.

    That is the burner unit used in the No.4 Mk2 LPG version, still used in the last versions of the Sanky Trailer Field Kitchens, colloquially known as an H-Burner for obvious reasons, ha ha. Originally the same H-Shaped burner and vapouriser assembly was petrol-fuelled and had its own little petrol-fuelled preheating burner.

    The petrol units were later converted to LPG when the switch was made, they can be identified by a blanking plug where the preheater burner was, along with a bracket for the burner. Later ones as per your photo were LPG designed/had a specific manifold from the outset.

    The petrol fuelled version utilised a 2-Gallon pressurised tank which was essentially a No.1 Hydra Burner without its burner but fitted with a 4-valve distribution manifold for the 4 feed-hoses to the H-Burner units.

    Those H-Burners can also be used independently as you see in the photos, just fed from a 1-Bar regulator/hose for quick boiling/feeding duties. There is also an angle-iron frame thats supplied when they are used individually for supporting large pots (to save them bouncing around on the burner themselves!), I have a support frame myself and use it with a burner when i'm doing pickling or boiling duties amongst other things in the shed, very handy!

    I'll try to find photos but I'm bunged up with a hellish head cold and struggling just now.. :/

    Alec.

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