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  1. Richard Farrant
    All the Leyland DROPS were LHD and I am pretty certain same for Foden.
  2. Richard Farrant
    A load of MJ's have been sold off in Kenya by the MoD, it saved them shipping home from there and made them more money. Makes sense really.
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    I have the 1983 copy, which shows two as LHD. Working on a lot of plant for the Army through that period, I never came across one, it looks, from what I read that they might have been trialled with the MoD, but not used in large numbers.
  4. Richard Farrant
    Mike, The Perkins D3-152 was same as fitted to the Massey Ferguson 135, a 3 cylinder .
  5. Richard Farrant
    Mike, I think you have a Janes book there, forgot about my copy, it has different photos, but does give the following info; "the Giraffe 225 is a two wheel drive vehicle.........which led to the development of the Giraffe 342 which is now in service with the British Armed Forces. .......The 342 has four wheel drive and steer" A photo of the 342 shows cab on left and the exhaust cowl as on Alan's photo. It has a makers name of Mark (UK) Ltd, who must have taken over Liner Ltd
  6. Richard Farrant
    A link to a webpage for a model of a Liner Giraffe 342 shown in RAF colour scheme, this shows it as LHD, cannot find any photos of real ones. www.tawvalleytrains.co.uk/liner-giraffe-342-3272-p.asp
  7. Richard Farrant
    Clive, Mine is a Sealey, you can unscrew the outer to remove the needles, this reveals an air piston. I can see knurling on the outer of yours, try unscrewing it.
  8. Richard Farrant
    used for positioning a satellite dish?
  9. Richard Farrant
    Clive, The spring retains the chisel ends other wise they keep flying out of the gun. As the photo is the large open end of spring winds on to the gun, the smaller end retains the chisel around its flange.
  10. Richard Farrant
    Clive, Definitely not a MH A5000, I have spent many a time up to my armpits working on them. Axles do look similar though. I think Les was right, a Liner Giraffe. The only pics of them on Google are models but enough to compare.
  11. Richard Farrant
    Welcome Terry. Now would you be connected to Paul Oakford? I see you are from Bucks and have a Dodge which all connects. Back in the days of MVCG used to hear his name at AGM and shows.
  12. Richard Farrant
    OK, second guess noting same titles on the display, it is for gun laying........perhaps :confused:
  13. Richard Farrant
    To display position of incoming aircraft? I note azimuth, elevation, range and alarm on the console display.
  14. Richard Farrant
    Just found a manual for an early Morris Minor side valve, the engine looks practically the same as the 4 cyl in 2nd picture, so, Aux Gen power unit for Cent or Conq. The steam cleaner is a Kismet (you can read the name on it!).
  15. Richard Farrant
    Defence Driving Examiner ?
  16. Richard Farrant
    Adam, Not forgetting our participation in Korea. I have seen photos of Morris MRA1 trucks with Allied star on the door. Can you imagine "those that do not know" challenging you, if you turned up at a show with one marked like that ! I have had no end of people come up to my Bedford QL and said that the American never used them, just because it has an Allied star on the side. Have now removed it, so it is pre-D Day finish :-D
  17. Richard Farrant
    Hanno, There were 150 Riddles 2-10-0 locos built by North British for use in Northern Europe during the latter part of the war. Some good anecdotes regarding Riddles and his design are to be found on this webpage; www.steamindex.com/locotype/warloco.htm I think that there were locos taken from railway operators in Britain for use in Europe, my father who was in Southern Railway workshops at that time made mention that they worked on WD Austerity locos destined for overseas.
  18. Richard Farrant
    Peter, It sounds like you have a magneto problem, I have had vintage motorcycles with mags, which have failed to spark when hot. In the end after having the mag overhauled on one, I replaced it. Never had a problem after that. They do suffer from damp affecting the windings, magnetism can break down, etc.
  19. Richard Farrant
    The coating we used, came through the NSN system and was a International Marine product, colour looked like zinc chromate primer, a sickly yellow.
  20. Richard Farrant
    Not neccessary to use rubber as a barrier, it would be impractical in a lot of engineering circumstances. Take the case of CVR vehicles, where steel components are bolted to alloy hulls, a special marine coating is used as a barrier and works well from experience of it. It sticks like sh+t to a blanket, and unlikey to lift if sufaces are prepared.
  21. Richard Farrant
    Is it the control console for mortar locating equipment?
  22. Richard Farrant
    If I wake up in the night with an idea of what MO 124 is, I will log back on...........................but I feel there is little chance of that.:-D
  23. Richard Farrant
    Clive, It was a phosphoric solution, I recollect that we used this in dipping tanks in the Workshops, for cleaning alloy engine parts, etc. I have found reference to a product called De-oxidine 200 being used on preserved aircraft fuselages where corrosion has taken place. as soon as it is treated, an etch primer suitable for alloys, should be used. Just going back to sleep.........
  24. Richard Farrant
    Alan, I am not certain, but the 4 cyl side valve may be the Morris aux gen engine from a Centurion, which could tie in with the next picture which appears to be a RR Meteor.
  25. Richard Farrant
    Clive, Years ago, I used a treatment which was similar to Naval Jelly (for ferrous metals), it was specially for alloys, I used it on motor cycle parts. No idea of what it was called now though, it was a syrup or jelly consistence, brushed on, left for a time then washed off.
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