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  1. Richard Farrant
    Hello John, Welcome to the forum. I remember talking to you about your airborne water trailer at Headcorn, nice job. regards, Richard
  2. Richard Farrant
    As Clive said, 37 Rhine Workshop is correct name. It was located at Moenchengladbach.
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    While you have access, you should at least check that there are no tight clearances, as this is the opportunity to attend to them. A tight valve clearance can very soon be a burnt valve seat. You do not need the timing marks, you turn the engine until the particualr valve is fully open, mark the pulley and turn the crank one full turn and then the cam is in the right place to adjust. Easy !
  4. Richard Farrant
    Harry, I have been watching this and agree with what you say about angle of drive lines. The more weight removed will increase the angle of the drives with every chance of wrecking a bevel box or tracta joint. I remember resetting the torsion bars on a Stalwart that was in service with a training unit and used unladen, because they had recuring problems, so I adjusted it to its loaded position.
  5. Richard Farrant
    There is a special locking tool to hold the cam follower from turning.
  6. Richard Farrant
    If the jeep was registered in 1964, then it would not have been an age-related number, these did not occur until around the 1970's, when blocks of unused numbers were issued.
  7. Richard Farrant
    They don't make cars like they used to :undecided:
  8. Richard Farrant
    Martin, I checked again, the last procurement of these, by US Govt was in 1986 ( got it wrong in last post). If you have the contract number off the coat, you may be able to narrow the date down as they ordered several batches. Look at this site and type in the NSN, www.partslogistics.com
  9. Richard Farrant
    Ah........I think you are talking about the front axle swivel ends, which are spherical.
  10. Richard Farrant
    I had to take the radiator and fan assembly out of a Saracen, in a motorway services once. Not for a belt change, but to fit another hydraulic pump.
  11. Richard Farrant
    Martin, I found a site that stated the US government last disposed of the in 1986. If you are interested, I will try and find it again.
  12. Richard Farrant
    Bob, I think this may have been a chap called Mick Gates, he died a few years back and a lot of his vehicles had to be cleared from a premises. Pete Gaine rang me about a Guy which was there and was I interested, but it was apparantly in a very delicate condition. Not sure of its fate, but worth talking to Pete. Actually, I thought he said it was a Gantry body, the one you show is the Machinery body. Memory not as good as it was ...
  13. Richard Farrant
    Coat, Cold Weather ?
  14. Richard Farrant
    Howard, These were used as lighting plants for homes and farms before mains electric. Possibly pre-war.
  15. Richard Farrant
    Going by the price, that would likely be the Smiths bellows type, an elaborate brass component. What you have to realise is that there is still a commercial market for these parts around the world and hence the prices.
  16. Richard Farrant
    Tony, When I come across the leaflet, I will scan it to you. A pity it was not selected because in my opinion they had it right. The Perkins was a better engine than the 330, full air done away with fluid brake system and tilt cab, a lot of it would still have been familiar with those operating and maintaining them.
  17. Richard Farrant
    Actually Tony, when AWD put in for the new 4 ton contract, which Leyland also went for, and won, they submitted a MJ based truck, with Perkins Phaser six cylinder, with a tilt TL style cab and full airbrakes using the same type of axles. They did not get any British army orders but might have sold some overseas. I have a spec sheet somewhere, from when I looked at the truck at one of the Aldershot equipmnet exhibitions. I believe Marshalls also used the Phaser when they took over production, but no Bedford produced MJ had a Perkins, unless someone has fitted them since.
  18. Richard Farrant
    ?????? Where did the Perkins turbo come from ? They were fitted with Bedford's own 330 Turbo in the MJ.
  19. Richard Farrant
    Smoke........old design engine, not built to emission standards of today's trucks, gets better when hot, things to check, air filter, injectors. Although Belgium may not have had MJ trucks, the Bedford TK would have been imported for the civilian market, so any info should be available, for the 330 Turbo engine. Where I worked, we rebuilt these engines and when they went though the test house facility, a smoke test was done, so there were standards to meet, but I am talking now of over 15 years ago.
  20. Richard Farrant
    I would bet that they were made from parts produced by Bedford but assembled by AWD as from memory, they came into service not long after Bedford closed there production. Some were suppleied as only cab/chassis and we were removing dropside bodies from MJ's which were going for disposal. Bodies were refurbished and fitted to the AWD MJ's
  21. Richard Farrant
    Hi Dirk, There is no difference between the AWD MJ that was supplied to the Britsh Army, and those built by Bedford themselves. The AWD marked ones were supplied after Bedford ceased production and AWD took over the business.
  22. Richard Farrant
    The trailer is one used for moving fork lift trucks, hence the "MH" army reg. number. MH : Mechanical Handling
  23. Richard Farrant
    Hi Nigel, I may have one from a "spares" carb. Send me a PM.
  24. Richard Farrant
    Hi Tim, Going by British army regualtions at the time, it is unlikely that any Jeeps recieved into service, would have been automatically painted ib British colours. What did happen was that in some theatres, a camo pattern was overlaid on the US Olive Drab. But there again the RAF had their own ways, so photographic evidence is best.
  25. Richard Farrant
    Colin, Check to see if the fans are blowing outwards, if so, easiest solution is to refit the shroud and rubber flap. I suspect it might be difficult to locate another set of regular fans in Australia.
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