Richard Farrant

Clive, Being left handed, I find it easier to use the mouse with left hand and find no problems, considering they may well have been designed for right hand use. Might be worth trying, until that elbow gives you trouble :-( Richard

a seat to fit a camel?

Under the words "The Fighting 500" is written 136 Field Regiment RA (TA), this unit was formed up from the 1st Bn. West Lancashire Regt TA in 1939 when they were in 55 (West Lancs) Infantry Div. In March 1943 they were in the Armednager area of India, then in April, the Ranchi area. In May 43 they were in the 7th Indian Div in India. Sept 43, 7th Indian Div moved to Burma Nov 43, they were serving under 5th Indian Div, in Burma Jan 44, back with 7th Indian Div in Burma March 44 with 89 Indian Inf. Bde in Burma, in June 44, this Brigade went to India, then in Dec 44 back to Burma.

as is Land Rover.............at the present time

Tim, There is another clue in the picture re. the test equipment, the building behind bears the name Herschel Mng. Co. Now, Clemens Herschel was a hydraulic engineer and was involved with dynamometers, such as being used in the picture. Richard

Quite alright, old chap ;-) They were troublesome, and I have found that people have overcome an inop solenoid by opening the butterfly slightly with the idle screw, the fuel only being cut on the idle mixture passage normally.

The TK is a bit faster ( higher geared ) and much lighter on the steering, with more lock.

Ian, Not at all uncommon with the 2 1/4 engine. It is usually due to a red hot bit of carbon in the combustion chamber keeping the engine running although the ignition is switched off. As already said, the Redex tune up is worth trying, also you could stall it when switching off. On later 2 1/4 L/Rovers, the carb was fitted with a little device to cut the fuel at idle to stop this happening, when ignition is cut the valve shuts off. Richard

Degsy, Could be, but I just turned up some old Massey brochures from that period and of course, the Maximum power is BHP (taken from the engine flywheel) and that is what they were proclaiming. An example the 135 was 45.5 bhp, and 35 hp at the PTO. We always knew of it as a 45 horse tractor. Sorry to Great War Truck, for deviating of his subject slightly

Ahh, well, I was with a MF distributor (Coventry built), and as far as I know, they always stated BHP from the engine, cannot speak for the lesser makes from Henry and David :whistle:

Well done anyway, Clive. :-)

Thanks, I really did not give this one much thought until tonight. I hope you mean it was your dog that came 6th, and not you with a waggy tail :-D

Remind me to drive behind you, and not in front, if ever in convoy :shake:

Degsy, Possibly..............?? Depends on thich manufacturues you are talking about ;-). The PTO water brake was a self contained unit that could be used to determine problems with tractors, or even bed in a rebuilt engine. Last saw one being used at the Great Dorset Steam Fair, by the tractor pulling boys. Richard

Thanks Clive! purpose? Camouflage, maybe.

Damn.........just had another look at the 2nd pic, it is a cover for a pack horse or mule to cover the pannier load and animal.

Tim, In the process of answering, you have added another posting. This type of measuring is the easiest way of checking a vehicle's pulling power. When manufacturers give what is called Brake Horse Power in their specs, it is taken from the engine's flywheel and quite often without the generator, fan or water pump being driven, in order that maximum power is measured. This, we used to do when rebuilding engines for military vehicles, on a Heenan and Froude water brake type dyno, which was used to bed in engines under variations of load before taking measurements of output, to ensure engines were up to standards.

Tim, From the photo, I would assume they are measuring drawbar horsepower, by pulling heavy loads with a measuremnet of the pull being made from the drawbar of the tractor. It could be something like a large spring balance and relevant calculations taken from that. But.....I can just see what looks like a bike wheel behind the tractor and the guy nearest appears to have something in front of him. This would appear to be a a hydraulic type self-recording type of drawbar dyno. A hydraulic cylinder is attached to the tractor and the drawbar or chain is then attached to the test load. The cylinder is linked to the wheel and the recording unit (which I think is what the guy is holding). A large disc, similar to a modern tachograph, in the unit, records load and the rate of travel, to determine the horsepower. When I was an apprentice agricultural engineer, we used a "water brake" dynamometer at Tech School, on the PTO of tractors to work out the PTO horsepower. These are something different to the above. Richard

to keep the sun off their heads..... :?

also for mules?

That warm, eh? Well it must be a horse's nightcap :dunno:

A gas cape for horses head in the event of a gas attack?

Clive, Well........it is obviously not a cover for a khazi, which is a surprise given lot of recent objects were either to do with sanitation or Indian theatre of operations. So, I will say it is a cover from a part of the Hornet :tongue:

Hi Mike, This info came from the Census list, which is a copy of the original RAOC Chilwell publication. Not noticied "Chemical" before and have gone through Vanderveen's book, but have not found a reference. My guess is that it was a specialised vehicle to deal with gas attacks, and possibly for washing down. You could ask David Hayward on the "other forum" ( ;-)), as he has quite a bit of MCC records, give him the Contract no. and see what comes up. Richard