Richard Farrant

Hi John, The pages from the REME book Vol.2 attached. The vice is shown. These are taken by my phone, when scanner is working might get come better images. regards, Richard

Many thanks Steve. I know Dave will appreciate it. regards, Richard

John, That box on the front with the knob and dial is where you adjust the amperage to suit the rod and weld that you are doing. As Murex is still in business it is worth contacting their technical dept to see if they have a manual to scan for you. I have had great success in the past with enquiries like this.

Tony, Two scans of wiring diagram which will explain Pass lamp.

Hi Steve, That is very kind of you. I will point this thread out to Dave who is doing the work. Not so much a rebuild but a thorough going over after standing for many years. Anything else you might have on the Alvis Mk6 crash tender, I know they would be interested. Regards Richard

Hi John, Looking at the engine number, I am pretty certain it is basically an Austin Tilly engine, without a water pump.

Don't you have a wiring diagram? I will see if I can copy it later if you have not got one. That will be another packet of Hob Nobs you owe me :cool2:

Robert, Even if you had a wartime tyre guage for your vehicle, you would still have postwar air in the tyres

Steve, We have a new forum member, Dave, who is currently bringing an Alvis Mk6 (Salamander) up to operational condition and I know he is short on technical information and would appreciate the book. The vehicle is one from Steve Shirley's collection at Scampton, Dave posted on here recently about it.

Tony, to add, the headlamps on my diagram are single filament no dipping arrangement.

Tony, I have cracked your coded message! Nothing to do with military use at all. I have an old book of my fathers called Practical Automobile Engineering (1945), it comes in handy occasionally, like now, it has some wiring diagrams, one for a Wolesley 14hp. The Pass light is not a headlight it is smaller lamp on the nearside (opposite to the front fog light) lower and inboard of headlights. When you operate the foot switch (called Passlight foot switch), it switches off both headlamps and turns on passlight and vice versa. I seem to recollect this idea was for overtaking, or to indicate you were doing so.

Hi Andy, You will find 6MT4 parts (not inc. lamps and ignition systems though) on every vehicle from WW2 to current, it is not specific for FV430 series vehicles. It covers all common electrical parts for Mechanical Transport. As for LV10, this also covers all Rolls B range engine parts as well. No way to narrow it down, you have to check the part numbers against an ISPL for your vehicle.

Hi Bob, If the 13 digit NSN is prefixed with the code such as LV7BD (Bedford), LV7RU (Land Rover), etc this will give clues as to makes or types, sometimes a makers number is also on the label. Unfortunatley in latter years, the prefix is not used and unless there is a supply and pack label on the package as well, little clues until you unwrap it.

Hi Simon, A British make, check this link; http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Eagle_Engineering_Co The torsion bar suspension types seem to be mainly RAF types from what I know of. My guess your trailer would have had drop sides, although could have been a flat platform. You might find an agricultural trailed implement tyre to fit, depends on load and speed rating, and how fast your towing vehicle is. I did have a new 10.50-13 once, they were fitted to Scammell Mechanical Horse amongst other uses. Hard to find now, I think you will find 900-13, but that may be too small.

Tony, At a guess from the number, 1944.

British armour before WW2 had two independant tail lamps, one red and the other blue. I have never found out the reason why, pehaps this is what Tony is refering too ? :undecided:

Hi Simon, That was a GS (General Service) trailer, made by Eagle Engineering. A contract of 2,300 trailers yours is the 4th from last in the batch. The Census number, first figure should be a 5, making it X5867297. Hope that helps a little! regards, Richard

I noticed the shipping destination was Melbourne. The SS Benalla was a busy ship during WW1 bringing troops up from Australia to Europe.

You might want to recheck your route and destination as you are going too far out of your way. Although the showsite is called Folkestone racecourse, it is not actually at Folkestone, in fact about 8 miles South of Ashford. If coming down the A2, when you get to Faversham, take the A251 down to Ashford, then A20 through Sellindge and it is just the other side of the village. This will save you time and miles. Local knowledge

Doubt it was BATCO, that was introduced in the Eighties :whistle:

I like the bit in the spec. about the fuel tank being under pressure by exhaust gas :shocked:. Also appears to have a diff lock, nothing new then.

The British Army specified use of C-600 gear oil in gearboxes and axles during WW2, especially worm drives (bronze wheels). This was a compound oil of SAE140 grade and still is the correct lubricant for worm and wheel drives. It was a bit heavy in gearboxes and made for difficult changes until warm. Postwar they changed the servicing schedules to substitute 140 for a Hypoid 90 in g/box and axles, except worm drives. I know for a fact that some of the assemblies had bronze in them and I have never come across any noticable damage. It could be the Hypoid oil (EP) at that time did not contain anything detrimental to "yellow" metals. As there are different types of Hypoid / EP oils around now with the GL- ratings, some are OK for these older gear assemblies. The army used OEP220 which was a 90EP and later a classed as a 85w/90, but in the Defence Standard of 1991 it was not to be used where there were gears or bearings of copper alloys. They do not show a GL rating in the spec. I personally use originally specified oils such as SAE140, as it tends to hang on the surfaces better than 90, when standing idle.

Our group will miss the annual ritual of a meal on Monday night at Bell's Fish n' Chip shop. Not to worry, I know one in Hythe, so not a problem

Lauren, You do not need an EP gear oil in crash box, nor in a sychro box either. Many vehicles used a heavy engine oil, SAE 40 or SAE 50.

I have seen one of the filters with a modern cartridge element in it. From a quick look it was similar to those I have come across in MF165 tractors, Hyster forklifts. Try taking it to an agricultural dealer and matching up, the era of the Massey Fergie 165, 185, etc with dry filters would be late Sixties/early Seventies, before that they were oil bath filters. Here is a link, you will have to check dimensions but this is the type I am refering to: http://www.thevintagetractorcompany.co.uk/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3280