Adrian Barrell

I have TM9-325, '105mm Howitzer M2A1 carriages M2A1 and M2A2 and combat vehicle mount M4 and M4A1' dated May 1948. It covers the towed piece and the gun mounted in M7 Priest together with all accesories including ammunition. I do not have TM9-1551 but that covers all the mounts and sights seperately.

Richard, you need a copy of TM9-325, it answers all your questions in great detail, too long to post here.

Trust me, they are........:red:

Edd, interesting. It's obvious from your other post that the weight limit is correct i.e. 12000kg train weight. A new one on me!

No worries Pete, that is a problem with forums, it's difficult to tell just what is meant and you're right, there are always ten wrong opinions expressed for every right one! Let's start again.... Hi Pete, I'm Adrian! :thumbsup:

Yes but C1+E requires a seperate test so is not a plain licence.

You implied Nicks reply as being ''from the beer tent''. His reply was factual and well established. I'm sorry you felt I was being childish, I wasn't, it was merely a humourous (to me) comment on your faith in the authorities knowledge of their own subject. There are many on here who would not share your faith. That you have found someone different is lucky. The law is quite clear in the matter of what you can and cannot do with our vehicles.

Thereby proving the need for the instruction........!:-D

Aah, the naivety of youth! Actually, what Nick wrote is absolutely correct, not bar talk, other than the gross weight you can drive on an old car licence. It is actually 8.25 tons train weight but this also only allows a max trailer weight of 750 kg so not much use in moving a carrier.

Dodge, either 1/2 ton T202 or 1 1/2 ton T203 and FWD HAR-1.

Yep, 7.62 x 51 is the old .308 Winchester and was the standard NATO round.

There's been a few interesting trips over the years. John Pearson can tell you better but we did a trip to Wales and John used his RL recovery to remove a Valentine turret for his project. We had to leave the truck overnight in the boonies as it got a bit stuck..... Managed to recover it the next day though! On one Plain trip, I borrowed a Militant Mk1 to recover a Sherman engine. Unfortunately its fuel system and one of its batteries was a bit crook and when it stopped in the middle of nowhere, we had to walk two miles through the moonscape in pouring rain to get the battery off my truck, then carry it two miles back again to jump start the Militant. We even had to use some fuel fittings from a Ferret target to repair the truck. I never used a borrowed truck again! Lastly, for now, I did a trip to Fingringhoe to recover Cromwell parts and mid lift of a turret, the pressure pipe fitting on the HIAB pump failed. It's amazing how far the jet of oil went! Fortunately, Tony had a friend reasonably locally so we took the fitting off and drove in my unit down to his farm and welded the fitting back together. It held ok though I replaced when I got home. Such are the joys of range work! You really are often miles from anywhere so you have to be very self sufficient and aware of the risks. All a bit academic now though as access is more or less impossible.

That's true, though there was a time we had to walk off having driven on.....

Believe me, a weekend on the ranges is not all fun and games....... Actually, yes it was but bloody hard work!

Well done mate!

Hi Andre, welcome to the madhouse that is HMVF....! I'm restoring a White Scout Car at the moment, are you having problems with that?

Given that earlier in the thread you said it was a ground up restoration, I'd imagine you must be a little dissappointed with what you are finding...... I hope it's all superficial, I would love a Humber Scout, good on you for having one!

Eu-de-nil was the colour used on rebuilt engines and transmissions by the British Army. This colour was being used soon after the war if not during and before. My Sherman engine had traces of it. It is a grey-green colour, BS 216. It is not the current colour, that is the pale blue you mention but it too is used on rebuilt assemblies. Normally everything is painted includind ancilleries so maybe your parts were fitted as sub assemblies.

That's a C-54, 42-72719 in military service with MATS. The cockpit still survives in a museum in Spain.

Looks a bit like a Windsor Carrier generator.

Glad you got it sorted and that I was right! :angel: Aircraft often use forced air cooling through hose to cool mags so it's a known problem. However, as they were designed to run in Antar without extra cooling (I assume) it does suggest the coils are not performing as they should so the problem may re-occur with a longer run and/or over time. At least you know what the problem is, well done on your novel solution.

Steve, yes, pretty bad! I do not have any pictures of the surviving A10 I'm afraid unless the one I posted is that one but I fear not....

The A10 remains are pretty poor. I took these two pictures back in 1989 I think. The A10 is probably the one that went to Budge, the other one was/is less intact. The Matilda is one of two I saw but the other was only a floor, rear and partial side plate.

That looks like Bombard aka close target OP.

It still survives in the same condition as you last saw it. Nothing has been done yet but it was discussed in passing regarding repairing the (extensive) damage as a minimum.