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  1. Richard Farrant
    The disc holders were fixed to the outside of vehicle cabs, especially those with no windscreens.
  2. Richard Farrant
    Tony, Been there, done that and it works! Forgotten what engine it was now, but one of my colleagues at a previous workshop showed me, and he was a stickler for doing things right. Apparantly John Deere used a compound for doing this, probably more expensive the Vim though.
  3. Richard Farrant
    Like this?
  4. Richard Farrant
    I have come across new unissued ones at shows, they have WD cast on the rim.
  5. Richard Farrant
    Mark, The owner's identity is no secret, just look at the entry list in the W&P programme, or the list of prizewinners on the website. Incidentally, talking of prize winners, how can a Panzer IV and M5A1 Stuart, win 1st and 2nd prizes in a category for "Best British Tracked Armour" ?? When I judged that class some years ago, I only looked at vehicles Made in Britain. The following year, someone else judged, and awarded it to a Chaffee !!!
  6. Richard Farrant
    Hi Jean, They were placed inside a round licence disc holder affixed to the outside of the vehicle. It was diecast alloy with a glass front, the back had to be unscrewed to insert the licence. regards, Richard
  7. Richard Farrant
    Hi Tony, It is the last paragraph in Clive's scanned page that implies the tyre is fitted when the wheel is on the rig. If your dog has eaten the pigeon carrying the voucher, that is a bit of bad luck, remember the saying, "don't shoot the messenger" :rofl:
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    Clive, That reads as though the jig is for trueing the wheel, after the tyre is fitted.
  9. Richard Farrant
    Thanks Tony.............. as for the £25 voucher, I reckon I can whistle for that :whistle:
  10. Richard Farrant
    To ensure that the wheel is true, ie, concentric to the centre, before fitting the steel tyre.
  11. Richard Farrant
    Hi Clive, Is it a clamping jig for the making or repair of wooden spoked artillery wheels ?
  12. Richard Farrant
    Thanks Clive, just spotted this, I will forward details to my friend.
  13. Richard Farrant
    For ventilating tunnels in WW1 trench systems?
  14. Richard Farrant
    Robin, This is not Canada, an potential buyer specifically asked about this date.
  15. Richard Farrant
    Hi Timbo, Take a look at the link in my post #2, it shows these guns being transported on railways in and around Coventry, for onward journey to Scotland.
  16. Richard Farrant
    I have had an enquiry from a friend overseas who wants to buy a RB44, but due to import regulations needs to buy an early one, ie 1989. Apparantly, the first ones were built in 1989 and those being disposed of through Withams at present are 1991-2. Can anyone say for sure when they were built for the army and how they can be dated? I know the military data plate does not show year of manufacture.
  17. Richard Farrant
    Hi Andy, That was an age old problem with Bedford MK and MJ. I have had numerous ones brought in to the REME Workshops, having been recovered, with broken pickup pipes. Strange about the pump valve falling out, because I had problems with a forklift recently, found a valve had come out, replaced it, still did not run, turned out it was an electrical fault on solenoid cut out, so just proves they will run with faulty pump valves.
  18. Richard Farrant
    It looks like a naval gun produced by Coventry Ordnance Works Ltd, owned by a group of shipbuilders, Cammell Laird, John Brown and Yarrow. Possible dated around early WW1 and may well have been on its way to Scotstoun to be mounted. See the link for more photos; http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/misc/foleshillrailway.htm
  19. Richard Farrant
    If you have an airline available, try pressurising the tank to push fuel through the system. With pump outlet detached, one it comes to that point and wets the valves in the pump, you should be able to hand prime the rest of the system. to pressurise, stick the air blow gun in the tank filler with a wad of rag around it to seal.
  20. Richard Farrant
    You get a pronounced "knock" with ignition too far advanced, and it will not do the bearings a lot of good either.
  21. Richard Farrant
    Seen yesterday afternoon, a desert sand coloured L/R 101 ambulance with driver in appropriate desert camo, coming off J10 of M20.
  22. Richard Farrant
    The fact that ignition was well advanced would not have helped either.
  23. Richard Farrant
    Think I spotted winch fittings, so probably a winch drive, as it is a short w.b. chassis, most likely a artillery tractor version.
  24. Richard Farrant
    It was sad enough to lose this Mustang from my locality ( sold to new owner in Germany in April ), after many years enjoyment seeing it flying around, but for it to be lost forever is tragic. Glad to hear the pilot is safe.
  25. Richard Farrant
    Hi John, I have never stopped to look at that one closely.
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