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  1. Richard Farrant
    Definitely a DUKW
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    an RAC man would fix it by the side of the road ........... well would have done in the old days Ian, if you have the button type of valves in it, then just go to someone who deals in Land Rovers and ask for a kit for a Series 2 or 3. They are standard kits with assortment of rings and gaskets.
  3. Richard Farrant
    When the engines were new from the factory they would have been Austin green. You will find BMC Green engine paint (as close to the same colour as you can get) from any firm that deals in car restoration supplies, like Frosts. Sky Blue was only used once an engine had an overhaul in the military system.
  4. Richard Farrant
    Hi Martin, Give Ditton Service Station a call, they are only at Aylesford. Details here, http://www.bedfordparts.co.uk/ If they do not have specific MJ/MK headlining, then I think a TK one will do, just cut the cupola hole out, using old one as a pattern. See you in the week no doubt. Richard
  5. Richard Farrant
    That reminds me, a Jet Provost flew over twice last Saturday, at the War & Peace Revival launch day.
  6. Richard Farrant
    Mine comes up with a Triumph advert, but nothing to do with motorcycles, it has scantily clad young ladies showing off underwear of the same name :-D;)
  7. Richard Farrant
    I remember working on one of these once. The driver would not leave us alone with the vehicle, it had some damage underneath, floor pan dented and steering rod bent I think. I remarked that he must have been off roading and all he would say was the roads were a bit rough.
  8. Richard Farrant
    http://www.autoyesteryear.co.uk/american_mac.html no connection with that business
  9. Richard Farrant
    Hi Jasper, That FV610 Saracen is equipped with FACE (Field Artillery Computer Equipment).
  10. Richard Farrant
    Hi Tony, Just watched the programme and your extra interview, very intriguing story and all your efforts to seek it out. regards, Richard
  11. Richard Farrant
    The one seen postwar used by British Army is as Adrian said, made by BSA, but it was the WW2 Canadian one which were officially Chorehorses. The BSA came in two versions, a 15 volt and a 30 volt and were known as the 300watt charging set.
  12. Richard Farrant
    The British military MJ did not have 5-speed boxes, this must be a retrofit, possibly a Turner box. you could try one of the Bedford spares specialists, for instance Ditton Service Station, near Maidstone, the parts dept. number is 01732 844920
  13. Richard Farrant
    Trevor, For B vehicles it is usually at the rear, but armour has the switch at Driving position, for obvious reasons.
  14. Richard Farrant
    Hi Jules, It shows the switch in the wiring diagram I have here for a Personnel truck, and for the Utility. I could copy it to you. Richard
  15. Richard Farrant
    Jules, Not sure which vehicle in particular you are referring to, but most wiring diagrams will show the same. The convoy lamp is run from the rear lamp circuit. Most MV's of the period had a "rear only" position on the light switch, this fed to the back of the vehicle and a changeover switch where convoy or rear could be selected. regards, Richard
  16. Richard Farrant
    I will take the Austin truck, you can have the Land Rovers
  17. Richard Farrant
    I do get the point as it happens, having been working on Ferrets for around 36 years, I do know my way around them. Often people stick an oil gun in the level plug and get a blob of oil shoot out and think they are full, where it is far from full. There is a guy who has done this mod before, a bit of thought and it could work. A lot of improvements can be made to these vehicles to make servicing less of a chore. So when you check the levels it takes more than 3 mins then as you do it twice
  18. Richard Farrant
    3 mins eh? Well if you had to top up and had done it in that time, it would not have had enough time to level off into the bevel box. When I was doing these I would top them all up then go back and check again, you will find the levels will have dropped in that time.
  19. Richard Farrant
    This was the 0.1% and was actually one of the settings on this forum, the "switch editor to WYSIWYG mode". Never had any problems with IE.
  20. Richard Farrant
    Hi Enigma, wow, cheers mate, it was as easy as that. Something else I have learnt. Thank you, regards, Richard
  21. Richard Farrant
    The name "Screamer" is due to the transfer box and the double helical gears in it. No other Austin makes such a prominent whine and although the gearbox itself has a distinct note, as does a Bedford, it is the transfer box that gives a K5 its nickname. regards, Richard
  22. Richard Farrant
    Hope someone knows a solution to this. In the last week, I have had problems when composing posts and PM's on this forum (no problem writing emails). For instance I write the first line, for example "Hi all,", then click to start another line and it is impossible to click down, meaning that you have to write one continuous paragraph and sign off on same line. Has anyone else had this problem? Only thing I have noticed is the laptop has upgraded to IE 10 now, but that may be a coincidence. Not tried my old PC, which is not updated, will go and check it now. Regards, Richard :undecided:
  23. Richard Farrant
    Hi Andy, I use a very good electrician near Maidstone, he is great on this sort of thing and will fit modern parts in to those CAV control boxes and tune it to your generator if you take that along. Sent a PM with details.
  24. Richard Farrant
    hi Tim, that sign is for a Royal Engineers unit. regards, Richard
  25. Richard Farrant
    Don't forget that the Cent came in to service in 1945 and our factories were still gear up to Imperial BS form threads, no one was to know at the time that Unified was to be on the horizon.. As it is, BSF is far superior to NF, the latter is too fine and is damaged easily. Also, it would have been foolish to change thread forms on later Marks of the Cent as it would make the parts situation impossible for earlier models or upgrades.
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