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  1. Richard Farrant
    Hi Tony, This was the point I was trying to make in my post early on. The official Data Book of WD GS "B" Vehicles shows the K9 as having a maximum trailed weight of 2 tons. The usual trailer when in service was the 1 ton Brockhouse / Sankey 2 wheeled trailer with overrun brakes. You would not want anything larger as it does not have servo assistance on a K9.
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    Not unknown to me :-D Overhauled the engine last year.
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    Don't know where you trawled that photo up from, it dates back to about 1983 give or take a year. Sadly Paul passed away about 26 years ago. This K5 was restored and I went to a rally in Belgium with him in it, in 1987. After Paul died, it went up north in to Gary Siddle's collection. I came across it again in Normandy in 2004 and belongs to a chap in the South Midlands area. It had been converted in to a grain tipper, hence the body sits a bit higher in that early photo before restoration took place and I had come across it on a farm in the late 60's, in East Sussex.
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    Bill, If this is one of the postwar trailers that are often seen used as living vans, then they are air braked so no good behind a K9, in fact I think you will find they will be too heavy for it. K9 brakes are straight hydraulics so not even a vacuum servo option.
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    The triangular logo looks similar to that on the early Timken drive axles.
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    Hi Bob, Nice buy, and it looks to have the original registration number issued to the military. Have seen this one before and something about the rear body shouts Commer Q4. However, it still looks the part. :thumbsup:
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    According to the club website, "it is to be announced".
  8. Richard Farrant
    Hi Bob, Glad to hear you "retrieved" it
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    Andy, The CAV control box can be converted to fit a later type of Lucas regulator inside and still look original. My electrician has done a number for me on different vehicles, I give him the dynamo as well so he can set the regulator up on his test rig. As you will not have a large electrical load on an MW, why complicate things by fitting an alternator, you will have to adapt a pulley and an alternator has to have a small diameter one to get its speed and the belt profile on a Bedford is too large for the small pulley, it will have a job to "wrap" around it.
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    If you drop a plug it is more serious than losing the oil, it has to be removed else it will damage the flywheel on starting. We had a Fox come in to REME wksps, with a bad leak, found that a squaddie from a unit had dropped the plug and fitted a replacement, when it started up the plug got caught up resulting in the flywheel cover being cracked and mullered.
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    Hi Rick, I have just checked again and realised you did not post it in the Wanted section, here is the link, I can still access it; http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?40633-Needed-Urgently-Fan-like-this cheers Richard
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    This chap was based a few miles from where I work, it is now the local farm shop. It is up on an escarpment looking across to the Romney Marsh so it would have been a good vantage point to observe any invaders. I knew a member of another local unit on the North Downs and worked with him for many years, back in the Seventies and heard a lot of tales about what they got up to. Thank goodness they saw no action.
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    It says 1943, so must be WW2 ! I would check out the canvas and stitching before settling down for a kip on it
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    Mike, Just a standard marking on army tools, the last two groups of the NSN. It looks like a gouging chisel, but cannot see the end to be sure. You will find this marking on anything from hammers to sockets. A check on the NSN says it is Punch, drive pin.
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    Much better venue at the racecourse
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    hi Tim, The photo of the Leyland down the bank, the number on the scuttles of the two lorries, they must identify the units I imagine as they align with a list of ASC units on this website ; http://www.1914-1918.net/asc.htm In answer to a question on the Heavy Repair Shops in France, they are listed on the site, one was in Paris. regards, Richard
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    As the MW cooling system holds 28.5 pints, my rounded up calculations for a 50/50 mix is 8 litres of anti-freeze concentrate, as others have said, stick to the blue, Comma is a good one.
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    These 13 inch wheels have differing PCD of the five wheel studs. Ford, Humber and Morris being main ones, but I do know a Ford one is different to a Humber. (PCD : Pitch Circle Diameter)
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    Interesting to see that the Thorny' with the leaky front hub is a left hand drive model ........... and that the sign on the YMCA building has been painted in reverse
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    Hi Maurice, That would be balata belt, rubberised canvas belting, often used for packing under bodies, exhaust mounting straps, etc. It was not done to save rubber, it is in fact flat drive belt with many other uses, like axle check straps, etc. regards, Richard
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    Hi Chris, I think you are right, because the step is greater than the example I posted, they usually use these in the second groove, to scrape the oil down.
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    Hi Steve, Just dug out an old technical brochure from Wellworthy and they show a stepped top ring with step to top, termed the Quickseat compression ring (top groove only), see the attached pic. These rings are really intended for re-ringing a partly worn engine, to stop the top edge catching the wear ridge. Even when honed it will still do this. Possibly not the best choice for a new bore as you have.
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    No, different numbers
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    I think someone has got the oil around the wrong way !! AG140 is for the rear axle diff, now the SAE40 could be used in the engine, as could SAE30, depends on ambient temperature when you are using the truck. Gearbox might be AG140 although it could prove a heavy gear change until the oil warmed up.
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    I thought it must have been something like that! I knew a chap in REME who had a Champ, although not sure whether he ever took it to Germany. I have a lot of recollections of the old "Knockers", think the first one I drove was the Coles crane. We used to get most versions through the workshops. Changing the engine was not an easy job, at least not when our boss was in charge!
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