Richard Farrant

hi Robert, Here is a link to a supplier I have used for old style wiring, http://www.autosparks.co.uk/index.php?cPath=86&oscsid=1p6t4grsud5v1ke2ds4a73jdk3

:n00b: come on, you know you should never use water on an oil fire. .... not a very useful technique.

Richard, Without a postwar army number, there is little chance of finding the entry on the Key Cards at Deepcut museum. I went through all this when Beverley held the records, as my Bedford was transfered to Denmark before the re-numbering process. The staff were very good there and were able to find about eight chassis numbers around mine, so that I could get a close proximation of the wartime census number. It is within 100. What makes it difficult is that unlike some other vehicles, Bedford chassis numbers did not run in order with census numbers, possibly due to them not being delivered to vehicle depots in order, from the factory.

So .... you are saying that Land Rover are wrong in naming the body material as Birmabright in their technical literature? Well what about this then, the specification of materials used in the construction of body panels for the Rover 0.5 tonne Series 3, was "Birmabright" aluminium alloy as laid down in DGFVE Spec 341 I have been involved with Land Rovers in the past for many years and have never heard or read of body panels being made of duralamin. as for quoting Wiki and similar websites, we all know they are largely unsubstantiated, with no traceability of facts or sources. Whereas the above quoted specification is from an official document.

Mark, I know of a late 1950's Karrier Bantam ex-RAF dustcart in preservation in Kent.

Rob, Why not try local hauliers in Portsmouth and Southampton area, they may well deliver out there and come back empty.

If you mean the metal used on body panels, I think you will find it is Birmabright, which is not the same make up as dural.

Hi Drew, That was indeed a mod, I fitted quite few when they were in service. It involved drilling two mounting holes between the two rear hatches, using a monster air drill with morse taper armour drill bits ............ a long time ago now. And yes it was to stop petrol escaping in a rollover. regards Richard

It will work, amazing compound, we used it in MoD. The heat is dissapated through the hull as well.

Hi Chris, Nice one, looks like an early Mk2

Hi Martin, Welcome........... I was at 44 Cmd Wksp from early 70's to 96, and I can well understand what you say about methodology !! On leaving when the place closed, I started a business in restoring and repairing military vehicles, so have had 38 years full time on them.....and green is my favourite colour to paint

Hi Enigma, That has been happening to me for several weeks, only on the website, not cookies either. I thought it might have been my pc, but obviously not. It does happen on short replies as well, but not every time. Frustrating if you have done a long and detailed reply, so much so that I started to reply on wordpad then pasted in, to reduce the time of compiling the message. Some replies I have abandoned through frustration.

Hi John, The trailer was built by Cranes (Dereham ) Ltd, Contract no. T9917, Trailer 4 wheeled 2 ton Type "R", Census no. X4364197 to 4364446 Have a feeling it might be a radar or wireless trailer, but have not checked this out yet.

Robin, It is all coming back now. The previous thread was about yours, sorry. I recollect an unusual body now. Can you repost a picture of the body, because I remember a REME unit having an odd shaped container body, it might be the one as it was on an MJ although last seen about 16 years back.

The Contract number prefix, 6/VEH/ seems to indicate that the trailer is post war.

I thought that I responded to this thread but somehow it has not appeared. On the container bodies was an embossed plate showing the position of the clamps, it showed Bed RL and MK/MJ as the two are different. There was a thread on this a while ago, not looked myself, unless it was lost a few years ago.

I see from some of my notes from way back when, that I worked on 11FD21 in 1980, when it was with 2RTR. I think that it was on a KAPE tour and had to have a power steering unit removed, got it finished in time for them to go to Beltring. We did used to get a Fox in with a **HA** number.

Phil, The Supacat Mk1 was powered by a Citroen engine and was full skid steer, the drivers position looks different though, so maybe this is a prototype, or early version. I had dealings with Mk1 Supacat supplied to the army for range work, they were awful on hard roads, the steering brakes overheating as the tyres grabbed and restricted the turns, went well on grass and beach though.

Chas, You are spot on about the distributor running backwards, why they never modified the base plate and points before the vehicle went into production, we shall never know. The points for a J60 were different to a RR B range, as they had a thicker heel to compensate for the rapid wear. The reason your friend was shouted down over the rotor arm, was that it had been tried initially but if run on the governer, it could cause damage to the engine. The CVR(T) limiter worked on the electronic igniiton as was not so harsh in operation. Speed, yes, I saw the speedo needle on the P and we worked it out as being 90, I recall passing every vehicle on the road, then got to a roundabout and met them on our return run, faces were a picture !! Richard

Hi Chas, You were obviously not with C Sqn RY ! We used to carry out all repair work for their Fox's ( and other regular units), from when they came into service, which was some years before 1981, I am sure it was 1976. I worked on them during the whole of there service life, which was nearly 20 years I think. Gearboxes suffered badly at the start, and the first major exercise to Germany really tested them. The second gear band was wearing quickly, this was found to be a flat spot in the carburation, just as you were pulling away the engine would fluf and the driver would dip his gear pedal and blip the throttle, consequently slipping the gear band. mods were issued with different jets for the carb, I think several goes were made at this, and never really solving the problem, until Marcus took over manufacture of the carb from Solex. Then it was realised the problem was in the throttle body, a new one was produced, accelerator pump delivery was reduced by 30%, to reduce "bore wash" and new non-return valves fitted. Unfortunately this did not occur until near the end of the Fox service life, but made a dramatic difference to its performance. As for engine blow ups, have changed many J60 with large lumps missing out of the cyl block wall. Fitted a recon J60 once, it went out with the Examiners on road test, wthout a problem, then the above mentioned unit collected it to drive back to base, 4 miles up the road, BANG !!!!!! a camshaft broke in three places ! I once heard guys from the unit say they had about 100mph coming down the motorway, well having been in the turret of one in the early days at 90 mph, on a short stretch of road, I can quite see why the engines blew so often. regards, Richard

Another way was to dig a hole between the rear wheels, each side and drop a gun plank in so the leading wheel pulls back against the plank and in turn on to the rear wheel. Ground being rock hard at this time, that would not have been easy to dig.

Just found this on another forum, it explains all ; Re: What does it mean "on a distinguished road"? REPUTATION LEVELS: User is infamous around these parts -99999 User can only hope to improve -50 User has a little shameless behaviour in the past -10 User is an unknown quantity at this point 0 User is on a distinguished road 10 (new users start with this level) User will become famous soon enough 50 User has a spectacular aura about 150 User is a jewel in the rough 250 User is just really nice 350 User is a glorious beacon of light 450 User is a name known to all 550 User is a splendid one to behold 650 User has much to be proud of 1000 User has a brilliant future 1500 User has a reputation beyond repute 2000

Kevin, I understand what you are saying, but without any manuals here I cannot be sure how the circuit is on the EKA. Do remember having to put new seals in the ram when our unit recovery had a problem, but being telescopic, it make me think it is single acting.

Green dot means you have positive reputation according to the website I found.

Gerry, That is the way I understood it.