Ron

PS. I suggest you obtain all the correct parts and then fit the wheel to the forks. If as you say the rim is too far over one way. You will need to have the offset adjusted. If the spoke nipples are seized? You might be able to get them to move with heat from a blow lamp. Otherwise you will probably have to get it re-spoked. The adjustment is best done in the forks to get it central. Ron

Andy. Here is a scan from a parts list showing the order of parts. Also a couple of not very helpful shots of my wheel. Best I can measure the spindle through the spokes, is 6"-6.5". I bought the 'German' desert paint from 'Jeep Parts UK' as I didn't like the primrose yellow that was offered as 'British desert' colour. It's a stone colour! Ron

Andy It sounds maybe that your wheel offset is wrong. Tomorrow I will try and give some measurements and more info. Ron

Yep! Me and a friend left Goodwood Revival on our bikes to go to a pub for an evening meal. The pub was about 10 miles away and we arrived via the main A27. Our common sense dictated that we shouldn't return by that main road after dark, so the landlord gave us directions by means of country lanes......One of the most horrifying rides of my life. Followed closely by driving my Tilly with its Butler blackouts, back to Bournemouth from Southampton Studio's at night on the main A31. Ron

Yes I agree with both Richard and Tony...... Lighting up time means,... "when ever lights are required by law". So even in daytime if visibility is poor. ( Although it doesn't seem to apply to quite a lot of drivers on motorways it seems). But by the same token, if your vehicle has old fashioned carbide lamps and the law says they must work! I don't think there can be any degree of illumination requirement. I also agree that from a safety point of view it must be better to have huge bright lights, but there is also an allowance for vehicles to perform the way they were built......Like the little slit lamps on Jeeps for instance. I try not to ride any of my bikes after lighting up time whether I have a BO mask or not, as the lights are never as good as modern lights. Ron

Before the MOT rules changed to give us MOT exception for our pre 60 vehicles, you could obtain a 'DAYLIGHT' MOT for a vehicle with no lights. (Like a trials bike for instance). So the same rules must apply. Lots of WD bikes are fitted with BO masks, including some of mine.......As long as you don't get caught riding your bike when lighting up is required, I can't see a problem. Ron

JJ Cables on 01926651470. Best to quote them the lengths of your inner and outer cables Mark. Just to be sure. Ron

Jenk unfortunately I can't see the number on my float chamber without removing it. But it really makes no difference as long as it's a vertical float bowl. There are all sorts of angled bowls for OHV bikes, but in your case it should be without any angle on the banjo fitting. My workshop manual quotes a 107 needle jet with a 120 main jet fitted to it. Unfortunately my 3SW parts list only quotes Triumph number.....Which mean nothing to me!! Ron

No! A 376 is a monoblock carb. Ron

Rik. Martyn once told me that if a needle jet is not stamped. It will be a 106. I guess this must then be the standard jet that you mention. Ron

I'd be interested to hear the outcome. Ron

Jenk I don't know what you have fitted. But My 3SW/5SW spec quotes a 107 needle jet with a 120 main jet. But I'm sure Martyn Bratby will be able to help you with new parts. Phone him on 01543 572583 and mention my name (Ron Pier). If he doesn't answer, keep trying as he might be on his lathe/mill etc. It's also possible that you could fit a bigger main jet as they seemed to straggle these bikes in the name of fuel economy, but again ask Martyn. Ron

They seem to have hacked the front of the mudguards and the stowage box off? Ron

These are the tyres I fitted to my Tilly in 1990 (Blimey! 25 years ago!!!) 600x16 COLWAY remoulds. As used on early Landrovers and such. Lots of long trips by motorway to Southsea and lots of other shows in the early years and a tour in France for the 50th. I've geared up my diff so it will cruise all day at 50-55 (on the flat!) with no rumble or wander. I don't know if this style of T&C tyre is still available? I would hope so, as they look very much like the tyres fitted originally. Not many miles covered in the new century however as I tend to like my motorcycles these days. Ron

This is the way I did mine years ago. A bit fiddly but the cheap switch has worked well for thousands of miles. I have made better jobs on other bikes where I have made up a bracket and hung the switch, almost invisible under the pannier frame.....But not really possible on a CO. Ron

I have two Canadian 1 gall cans for my Universal Carrier. Ron

Pino, it's nothing I recognise from anything British WD WW2. Ron

Yes Rik that might have to be the case. But I have genuine switches on my Flea and MDD and Lex found a NOS switch in its box. So there was probably a glut of replacement switches, especially as the Velo contracts were curtailed so soon. It's worth a shout before I fit another type. Ron

Oh yes! there are hundreds of those replica civvy Miller switches around. Ron

I need a Miller switch like this or similar or parts of. Please let me know if you have anything to sell. Ron

Ha Ha! Yes indeed. I guess you would turn it sideways for firing off the back of a mule. But they must have trained the mule to stand still whilst aiming. Ron

The French had a thing for these! Jeeps, Mules, armoured vehicles and I've even seen one mounted in the back of a 2CV pick up. Ron

I would agree with that Simon. I guess as soon as any paint was applied in a REME workshop it would have been one of the BS colours. I can't image that they would have bothered re-painting them from new. Although they did waist time and money replacing the nice US sealed beam headlamps with the old Butler tractor headlamps. Just so the bulbs were replaceable I gather?? Ron

A few years after I acquired my British Army Jeep in 1986 I proceeded with a chassis up rebuild and respray in British Mid Bronze Green. As the years went by, it occurred to me that they would have gone into service in the colour that they were delivered in of course. So I've bought some of that nice Firwood brand US light Olive from Jeep Parts UK and am trying to stop rebuilding motorcycles long enough to lift the body off for another re-paint job. Ron

When I bought my Morris PU back in the 80's, it came with a Morris Minor SU pump mounted in the engine bay. I assumed that the original Autovac system (disconnected but still mounted in the cab ) must have been unserviceable. I ran it like that for years. Then one day I decided to reconnect the Autovac, and it's worked fine ever since. However I've still retained the SU pump in the system as an emergency back up (now hidden though). Ron