Tony B

Looks like a general purpose warning siren used at mines, railways, on ships etc. 1960's at a guess.

Welcome in. When are you going to try 1:1

I can also hazard a guess where the film was made. The lake looks like Lullingstone Castle near Eynsford Kent, which was an RAMC training establishment. In particular the lake was used to train RAMC personnel on water. http://www.lullingstonecastle.co.uk/

20/50 should do the job. I use the Halford's Classic 20/50 in my 1944 Dodges with very good results.

Apply rule A, get someone else to do it.

Been looking about, there are plenty of motorcycle resovoirs available complete with fixings, so I'll go with one of them.

Just in time for summer, enjoy your work.

Well I didn't have a set of spring pliers. I'm thinking a metal resovoir of the type used on early Land Rovers would'nt look out of place, but of course to return to original, just replace filler plug. One thing I have found is to take your time and set the shoes by the manual afterwards, then no problem stopping.

Someone on the 'other' Dodge place has been kind enough to post pictures of their set up. So that's the way to go! Easier to attach pressure bleeder if nothing else. When I did Katy's brakes a while back I bemoaned the fact I didn't have the right return spring pliers, someone here had a spare set and I got them. So now I get a chance to try them out! :yay:

Thanks for the usual clear consise clarification Richard. To add a bit, a slight detraction form the Dodge design is the site of the master cylinder. Right under where the steering coloum comes down to the front. I'm thinking of putting a remote resovoir on. The blank pice to seal the mastr is a standard BSP thread, I got one from a plumbers supply place to fit the pressure bleeder. I'm thinking that if I get another blank, drill then braze a tube on I can fit a motorcycle type resovoir to the pipe and secure it to the bulkhead. Just to make life easier. Though the manual says when the system is bled, allow one more pump of the brakes to get an ullage space in the top of the master. Would a resovoir still give this ullage?

I agree mate homily is well put. But in defence of Jeparts, I was closley questioned on what I wanted to do and well advised. Jeeparts do take brakes very seriously. The parts they supplied me for Katy the ambulance were all of good quality and have worked well for some years now.

That appears to be problem. I'l stick to the DOT 4 .

My ex used to work for British Oxygen/ Omedha in Harlow. More stuff was privatley chromed than product.

Never heard of NORMASH before. Often wondered if Katy my WC54 was rebuilt in 1952 for planned service in Korea.

I have had parts from Jeeparts on Katy's brakes for some years now, never a problem. Though I know the other supplier, they never seem available, and the cost a morgatge.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I know a French diplomat at the trexing centre on a farm who measured his length. The memory of his wife in a charming French accent saying ''E as fallen in the , how you say it? 'E sh88t? Still make me laugh. Try this one as well What do 'ee mean farmers are tight? They save every bit of baler twine for repairs!

http://www.coleshillhouse.com/captain-peter-fleming.php The man who organised.

Legend has it the place stunk of Mollases for years afterwards. The local flies must have been bad in summer though.

To be clearer, the DOT 5 total synthtic is what Girling are advising not to be used in Step cylinders. Though there has been the general view that DOT 5 is unsutable for older break systems for a long time. Rather like 20/50 oil, DOT 4 is the improved version of DOT 3 suitable for sytems originally designed for DOT 3. But DOT 5 is like a synthtic 5/40 oil, just not compatable. I have always used DOT 4 on my Dodges and Land Rover Series with never a problem, so if manufactuer Girling recommend that for the system, I'll use it. Back to the old adage a Bugger if it don't go, a Disaster if it won't stop! Same with rebuilding, I'm not happy to do so as I don't have the confidence in my ability to do it properly, so I have bought new.

Very true Both my Dodges have 'new' bits, in the case of the WC51 the dynamo has a 1964 Norwegian plate on it and the WC54 has a US Ordnance rebuild plate for 1952.

System is now once the vehicle is SORN, that's it , till either taxed or scrapped.

Very odd to modern eyes to see crowds posing with a cash aftermath. :wow::wow::wow: And they didn't even have smart phones and You Tube in those days!

Told you so. :angel: Still you can put them in the back of the Dodge, or get her a motorcycle trailer for Duaghters next birthday present?

Nails require less time and material to manufactuer, so are cheaper, need less time and skill to fix, and the truck wasn't reckoned to last that long in service anyway! In wartime production anything that saves a few minutes and an ounce of material is vital. Henry Ford took one nut off the Model T, when queried why he pointed out the nut cost 10 cents, so that in a week of production he was saving the cost of a skilled man's wages for the year. Makes you wonder how much they got paid.

Having brought my two out of winter hibernation, leacking wheel cylinder on Ruby the WC51. Not that bad I've had her near fifteen years with no problems. Just ordered a new set of cylinders and flexis from Jeeparts (The Dodge Gods will forgive me) Speaking to Amanda, she told me that as the Dodges have step cylinders and in consultation with Girling ONLY Dot 4 fluid recommended.