Richard Farrant

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Got the sound but no video

Easiest thing to do is get your mate to take it off and give to you to keep the battery charged up while he is away.

8 hours ago, Down Under Armour said:

Thanks Richard that would be great. 

Hi,

I have not found the book with details of modified carb yet, but will have another search for my book. If it was a modified carb there will be a long number stamped on the flange of the throttle body ( it meets the manifold), on the long side of the flange. The number started with the letter M.  I somehow doubt that many Fox vehicles were fitted with them as the carb became available very close to them going out of service, and would only have been fitted if a replacement was needed. I have fitted these carbs to several Fox and CVR(T) vehicles and modified one carb with a kit supplied by the company Marcus Engineering who took over manufacturing of these carbs from Solex, The difference in driving was a really noticeable improvement.

regards, Richard

32 minutes ago, Barrym said:

I'm very interested in this thread re modified carbs, I help to care for prototype Fox KFX 262F/00SP87, which to my knowledge has a modified civilian XK engine and I know has a Ferret gbox, very interested in being able to see if the carb has the mods fitted.

 

I will send the details when I get home tonight, it is identified by the base of the carb

Steve,

This is a normal Military Junior filter I take it? Never seen an o-ring seal used there, all filters I have used have a gasket ring supplied and they seal well, no need to user a sealer either.

Lesson learnt! You never use a torque wrench to undo something. It nearly always needs more torque to undo. I have had to undo flange nuts on earthmover axles and you have to use a torque multiplier on them.

Here is a photo of a combined one, yours appear to be separate ones,

From what I see they are the ones used for MK/MJ, TK, RL, QL. Not TM as they had different axles.

Bedford hub spanners by looks of it, normally they are double ended.

I am pretty sure these burners were still in use in the 70's and 80's as the REME workshops still had an overhaul programme running during that time, if not later.

From recollection of the Eager Beaver parts book, the power steering unit was under a Coventry Climax NSN, I can see it is a Danfoss, but likely a unit fitted to a Climax forklift in military service. The Eager Beaver was a 'parts bin' vehicle made up of parts from a number of different make vehicles.

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This link below shows what could be the production model of the ground power unit, the first two or three adverts alongside a Valiant.

https://www.aviationancestry.co.uk/?searchQuery=Houchin&startYear=1909&endYear=1980

4 hours ago, radiomike7 said:

Struggling to find a real one but this might it:

The one shown above was less than half the height of the trailer in question so they could get close up to the aircraft, I saw a lot of these as the makers used the loading ramp at our workshop to transport them away.

I did notice on the contract plate that it was 'prototype' some likely it was a one off

27 minutes ago, fv1609 said:

As a very basic time frame it has a MoS plate, so that suggests 1939-1959.

To narrow this down a bit, I see that the equipment was made by Houchin. Their factory was opposite where I worked at Ashford and knew a lot of people who worked there. Their speciality was ground power and engine starter units for aircraft and these units could be seen at civil and military airports around the world. As they moved to a large purpose built factory at Ashford in the late 50's I would date it in a period roughly 1955-59. The company went through take overs and the factory is no longer there.

There is a better Champ than that for sale in South Australia

1 minute ago, Zero-Five-Two said:

Had a bit of experience with the Mk5 Coles, I remember they were real top heavy too, rolled terribly on corners

Hi Rob,

The Mk5 Coles had a 760 engine and a bit more poke than the Militant Mk1, as you say, a lot of weight up top!

It say Vulcan on the description. That was a British make of lorry.

23 minutes ago, Zero-Five-Two said:

I did do a short vid of our Stu negotiating Ashford, hope he forgives me for including the bit with the filter light.  Best watched with sound turned right up 😁!  She makes a lovely noise

 

 

Ha, ha, I know those wretched lights at that junction! Wish I had seen you come through Ashford. I bet it goes a bit faster the the Militant with the Coles bridging crane, they weighed about 25 tons.

Richard

16 minutes ago, welbike said:

Interesting Richard! Wire wound pistons, Matchless used those from 1949 to 1952 or so, very good pistons, but unobtainable now.

 

Thanks Lex,

The original wire wound pistons for the Commer were made by BHB as were those for the c.1950 Matchless. It was a Matchless owner in the Workshops who realised the difference in pistons and the clearance differences!

Hi Ron,

I have been rebuilding engines of all shapes and sizes for over 50 years. I think that each make of piston should be considered independently. The manual would refer to using factory supplied pistons. As years go on different manufacturers will be making pistons for replacement. Usually there is a leaflet in the package giving clearance per inch, I know Hepolite and Wellworthy did this. Things can go wrong though and I will give an example, not a motorcycle, but was related to military vehicles. I was working in a MoD Workshop rebuilding engines for vehicles and was given a small batch of Commer engines to build, all done to the manual, block was already bored and prepared. I checked the gap on the rings, put it all together and it went in to the test house. Not long after I was told the engine had tightened up and I had to dismantle it for inspection. It revealed that the pistons had nipped up. On examination it was found that the pistons were not of the make of the original specification and that the originals were, if I remember correctly a 'wire wound' type working on a tighter clearance. Luckily the pistons were not damaged and the block was honed out to the correct clearance and all was well.

I am also aware that during the war period there were inconsistencies with the alloys used for pistons and there were problems with expansion. I had my WM20 seize once and on removing the piston (STD bore) I measured it against the REME Inspection Standards and it was larger than plan size, which bore out what I had learnt.

Regarding this Triumph piston I would ascertain the manufacturer of it and see what info can be found.

regards, Richard

41 minutes ago, john1950 said:

I would think the speed limit was more to do with stopping the rig at that weight. 

Don’t forget in those days speed limit for over 3 ton vehicles was 20mph, so understandable that abnormal would be lower speed limit.

3 hours ago, Stableboy said:

 

The winch has the initials DBS on its housing, and in awkward place to photo, the name Kadicon or Sadicon near tbe cable drum..

Can anyone please tell me more, ie is it of a QLB or maybe a Canadian vehicle...and is this wartim, or a postwar kit to fit any Bedford gearbox..?

 

 

 

 

The wording you can see is Radicon, they were well known for worm drive gear units and part of David Brown gear company.

The winch is definitely not from a QL as they used Turner and Wild winches and very unlikely to be original equipment on a Canadian vehicle.

OK, I spotted them on the HCVC forum

Hi all,

Just seen these wheels on a Aussie forum, looks like the diff is missing from the axle. Does anyone recognise them? Apparently they are in Brisbane