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  1. Richard Farrant
    Clive, is it to do with degaussing ships?
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    Not jealous..............letting someone else have a go now....by the way, the next one, just looked, not got a damned clue :???
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    You smooth talker Clive. Are you asking Bernard out? :-D
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    Bernard has the "what"...........now my guess for "when" is the Boer War in Africa
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    Been on the dog and bone, just logged in now, have I missed anything?
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    The shafts have large splined flanges that engage in the gearbox outputs, there is a spring loaded plunger in the splined end at 90 degrees to the shaft, push this in and with someone else pulling the shaft out, Best to screw a UNF bolt in the shaft outer end and use a crowbar, to ease it out. You may have to move the vehicle slightly until the plunger comes in to view.
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    Tony, Are you on commission ? :???
  8. Richard Farrant
    Just read the link refered to, Selmestonblog, it has a detailed account, worth reading.
  9. Richard Farrant
    Probably shrunk, when making things in canvas an allowance has to be made for shrinkage.
  10. Richard Farrant
    Bernard, Here are the details; www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php/t=4085 Oh, it is not showing up, I found it by Googling "Berwick Selmerston Meteor" and it was top of the page.
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    Bernard, I lived South of Wadhurst through the 50's and we used to get a lot of Meteors from West Malling, they would be tree top height at times, just as you witnessed....................mind you where I work now, we regularly get Tornados, Hercs and Chinooks doing likewise.
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    Bernard, The Meteor crash I refered to earlier, was in Wadhurst High Street, I saw the aftermath following day.
  13. Richard Farrant
    Gary, I have worked on a varied number of gen and charging sets for the army, some dating from WW2, but have never come across this make before. I was dubious about it being ex-military, did a quick search and found a web site dedicated to engines and someone else was enquiring about how to repair one, they had a 34cc JAP engine apparantly. A poster came on to say they were used by the Royal Observer Corps at the underground posts for battery charging, he was a member so sounds like that is where they were used. Site was www.internalfire.com
  14. Richard Farrant
    :banana: Thanks Clive, how many is that now? Think we will have to give you a chance to have a go, will try and dig something up.
  15. Richard Farrant
    A mobile cathouse / knocking shop / brothel, for Officers use only, German
  16. Richard Farrant
    OK thanks, what about a clothes steriliser?
  17. Richard Farrant
    No joke, absolutley true
  18. Richard Farrant
    Clive, You seem to think it might be a horsedrawn fish n' chip shop , but my first guess is a horsedrawn mobile bath unit, as for era, pre-1914
  19. Richard Farrant
    Not forgetting original name intended for Ferret........Fieldmouse
  20. Richard Farrant
    Hi Marcel, Glad to help. All I have is a 20 page booklet of course notes, from when I went on a training course for repairing this model crane with the Army in 1980. It is a photocopy, not terribly clear, but I could scan it for you, as it has a few hydraulic circuit diagrams.
  21. Richard Farrant
    Just spotted a parts list for sale on a website, worth enquiring; www.bwelectronics.co.uk/bits/bitsforsale.html it is near the bottom of the page, with a load of other manuals.
  22. Richard Farrant
    Hi Marcel, It looks like a Coles Hydra Husky, engine would be a AEC AV505 with Clark transmission. It would be Model 150T if an army version and max lift mobile was 7 tons and blocked would be 15 tons. The army workshop manual is EMER Eng & Misc U153/12 if that helps.
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    Sorry
  24. Richard Farrant
    Hi Mike, You edited it before I could reply! An interesting webpage here with more info on the actual Bison; www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/bisonpage.htm
  25. Richard Farrant
    Mike, The name, Bison given to these mobile concrete pilboxes, was taken from the name of a company who made prestressed concrete products, like floor beams, etc. and possibly produced these pillboxes. Although there was a Leyland Bison in later years, I don't think it was used back in WW1 era There is one at Bovington Tank Museum.
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