Richard Farrant

Nice history to this one

I rebuilt some of these 6 cyl engines for Shorlands, back in the mid-70's I think. The army / RAF also used a few fire engines powered by them. They are of the same design as Rolls B range, inlet over exhaust, due to very small bores, harping back to the old RAC rating which impeded engine design at the time.

sound travel of artillery or similar, showing the area of greatest noise.

There are other problems to overcome to, for instance the distance of the clutch release cross shaft from the clutch cover in order to get a good operating movement. Not too familiar with this particular Land Rover engine, but would imagine the clutch plate is not as large as 11 inches.

Tom, You need to compare the Land Rover driven plate, diameter and centre, not just the splines as I have seen plates fitted where the fingers had just touched the centre on declutching and pressed the plate against the flywheel. A fraction of an inch can do this. Also if you find a Borg & Beck catalogue, you can narrow down possible plates by outside diameter and centre splines (number and diameter of them). regards, Richard

Danger area of a rifle range ? Going by the distance scale.

I suppose the thread pitch is variable depending on how excited he is :rofl:

Ladies, Take a look at this link, http://www.thewarandpeacerevival.co.uk/vintage.html That might take your fancy regards, Richard

We will await some of your more interesting snippets from this book when you get into it.

So, is this one from Queen Victoria's reign?

Hi Clive, To add a few more of these numbers from manuals, 100/FW1B was a maintenance manual for an AEC Matador, FW coming from FWD, a company that developed the 4x4 design used on the Mat. FW was used as the VAOS code for AEC right though until recent times. Others seen on manuals, HL for Hillman, HR for Humber, SL for Scammell, BC for BSA motorcycles, all these seem to follow through on to VAOS codes. ML was for Morris Commercial, I think that Morris cars and light utilities came under MM for Morris Motors. On Bedford books, the TS number is the companies own code for technical manuals, not just used for government vehicles, and they used PS for parts catalogues.

I have just seen your last post and gone back to the start. As Paul says, diagnosis by internet is not always conclusive, but in my experience, given enough information it can put you on the right track, so here goes. You say the head gasket was renewed just before you bought the Bedford. It is quite possible that the person who did this may have made the classic mistake of not checking the head face for bowing. This will not be cured by re-tightening. regards, Richard

K-seal will work in both pressurised and non-pressurised. It will stay dormant in the system until a weep occurs. Not like the old time remedy of what looked like something a dog had left behind, for those not familiar, I mean Barseal. That stuff will block a radiator, i have seen where people have added a few more to try and cure a problem only to give themselves a bigger problem.

The 28hp is actually 214.7ci = 3,519cc so near as dammit, but a different engine, much improved.

Served an apprenticeship as an agricultural machinery engineer, stayed with the firm for 7 years until they closed the depot. Went straight in to a job with REME at a Command Workshops, was there for 22 years working on all kinds of vehicles, plant, equipment, even rifles. When it closed, I set up my own business of repairing and restoring ex-military vehicles which has now been going for 17 years. So that is 39 years of working for a living on military vehicles, without a break!

Actually, the Wilson pre-selector gearbox was designed by a man called Wilson. He formed a company called Improved Gears, to produce them and they were used in a variety of cars prewar, some for racing like the ERA. The company changed its name to Self-Changing Gears Ltd at some point. David Brown did make tank gearboxes, and I think the CVR(T) box is their manufacure, but I am pretty certain they had no input on the Ferret's Wilson box.

So is Tony Oliver's Crossley-Kegresse, a different model to the RLC Museum's one? http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/42220/howetonwickapr2010%20(81).jpg

and Bedford, AEC, Leyland ............ most of the wagons had tyre inflators.

Err, no ..... you are refering to onboard inflation / deflation like a DUKW, nothing like that on a Scammell. :-D

There should be a pipe fitting on there, possibly with a blanking cap on it, you fit the inflation hose and connect to the tyre valve, then actuate the little lever and Bob's yer uncle, the tyre should inflate ........... providing the air system is charged up

Hi John, If it is a 1940's K type, then the gearbox ratios are same across the board and a crash box too.

I only know what I have seen and read at the museum. Here is the page from their website. I believe it may have come from the Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal centre at Lodge Hill. http://www.lashendenairwarfaremuseum.co.uk/5.html

hi John, The halftrack that Wally is taking about is a Crossley based Kegresse. There have been photos of it on here recently taken at Deepcut I believe. This is based on a Crossley truck and larger than a Citroen. Sorry I have not got back to you this last week, but not had a lot of time to spare. When time permits I will dig out what I have and send it to you to pass on to your historian friend. regards, Richard

Hi Paddy, He could have meant side marker lamps, see the bottom of this linked page; http://www.transportsfriend.org/road/lights/position.html If you have a MK (that is the non-turbo, multifuel one) then I think it predates the regulations according to the above link. It depends on when you recorded date of build is on the Bedford registration document. But I suppose it could be contested. They are wired in with the side lights on later vehicles. A lot of good information on the above website, see here for parking at night; http://www.transportsfriend.org/road/lights/lighting.html

Easy ....... paint them red, then repaint once they are filled