Richard Farrant

That sounds like the Haslar smoke generator.

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11344424

46 minutes ago, Dirk59 said:

Hi

Would anyone have any pics, drawings, specs of the British Army FV426, Carrier, Tracked, Launcher: Orange William missile system? I'm doing some illustration work on this vehicle and a thorough search on the WW2 has produced zilch! 

So I'm hoping that someone here might be able to help. 

Thankyou

Hi Dirk,

Not surprised that you found nothing on WW2 as this was a 1950’s vehicle. Not sure there were many built. 

58 minutes ago, mtskull said:

Just worked out what the obscured lettering on the sign behind says:

"Appledore for Lydd & New Romney Branch"

I'll get my coat (sorry, anorak).......

That's a coincidence, Appledore station is about 2 miles from where I work!

Wow,, amazing, that is a rare vehicle. Is this in Italy?

57 minutes ago, Morris C8 said:

its back up  and a jeep for 99p

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AEC-MILITANT-MK-1-1954-6X4/263477695888?hash=item3d587e9590:g:vdUAAOSwjytad16o

 

It has been removed now

Possibly an Egyptian 2-6-0 then:

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_State_Railways_545_class

6 hours ago, wally dugan said:

 this one of those questions that has been asked for years the nearest I have ever got was that certain letter are associated to AAWs like  most vehicles worked on by HENLEY carry the WNR sequence  and it is most likely connected to a paper trail for accounting purposes

Hi Wally,

That sounds plausible as most I have seen are wartime vehicles that could well have been through a rebuild or major overhaul in the 1950's, although I know of Champs and Austin K9 that also had them painted under the bonnet. I think Henlys rebuilt Champs at one stage.

Clive,

I understood them as postwar era markings and were thought to be receipt numbers at Vehicle Storage Depots. I seem to recollect reading on a website about them once. I have seen them on Champs, Austin K9 etc.

3 hours ago, Le Prof said:

Hi All,

I've just added a Reliance Trailer dataplate to my collection.

I've tried to find details of them, but only found Reliance Trailer in the US.  Is it possible that this is Reliant Trailer of three wheel Robin fame?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant

They are noted on Wiki as " The Second World War saw Reliant machining parts for the war effort."

Best Regards,

Adrian

This plate is for  a Reliance, according to the contract number, it is British made and would doubt it was anything to do with Reliant. There was a company called Reliance in Yorkshire making factory trucks and highly likely this is them, hence RT Ltd could be Reliance Trucks. Have a look at this link as a family member of the company owners had posted on a website saying they had the firm's history, there is an email address so worth a punt to see if they have any info on wartime production.

Definitely not USA built due to the contract number.

http://www.ltsv.com/sv2/forum_post_view.php?post=389&offset=0

22 hours ago, ted angus said:

Greece 1941  211 sqn, carrying those single axle generators seems to be common practise for some reason, incompatible towing eyes  weak towing eyes  ???  don't really know 

TED

I would think it likely the reason for carrying the generators was to reduce damage to the electrical equipment. I recollect reading somewhere of the damage sustained towing genny trailers over rough terrain, may have been in a REME report. The ride on the lorry would have been better than bouncing around behind it.

I would say the last photo is a Dodge towing the trailer. The RAF had a lot of them in that theatre. I guess the WOT1 Fordsons were OK towing on the flat but with rod and cable brakes they were not up to towing trailers on terrain like that. I am assuming the WOT1 was not equipped with a vacuum brake system for trailers.

If someone changed the engine, maybe the previous engine suffered from overheating. I would be looking at having the radiator checked by a specialist to see if it is restricted. Putting a hosepipe up it is not a guaranteed test that all the tubes are clear. Also now you are at this point is to flush out the cyl block waterways. There is no reason to fit an electric pump if the original pump is OK. Taking the thermostat out (I think you said it was missing), would allow the water to pass through the system too quickly and not have time to cool properly. I know of people who have done this on engines and ended up putting a restrictor plate in to slow the coolant. These vehicles operated around the world in all climates so there has to be a simple answer to your problem.

Hi James,

Those adjustable width pulleys are not that unusual, they are used where both drive and driven pulleys are on fixed points and a separate tensioner pulley cannot be fitted. They work well on the Saracen except when some heavy handed brute has over tightened the locking screws (the lock-wired ones) and distorted the thread in the pulley sheave.

cheers Richard

Hi Aussie,

Sorry to have been a bit blunt in my last post. Whoever put that electric pump on the Saracen was not curing a problem. There is a possibility that the engine's water pump has had the impellor split (they are pressed on) and the parts could be obstructing the ports in the pump. The water flow in these engines is not like common engines, there are differences. Once the front armour is off, the rad can be removed leaving the fan assembly, and it will be a good exercise to make sure the fan belt adjusting pulleys are free to move, the sheaves are threaded.

regards, Richard

1 hour ago, Aussie said:

OK.. Removed the radiator and it needs a bit of a service but not too bad. Connected the electric pump (which is leaking) to the bottom hose and got 5 litres out the top pipe in 30sec, which is probably correct for that pump, though a bit light on for the engine, probably. Then ran the engine with the same set up for a minute but nothing out the top, so it is the water pump that's shot. Can't find the flow rate expected with the mechanical pump and would be interested if anyone knows.

What to do now? If I remove the water pump it will be a saga and I don't know if or how it could be repaired. Seems logical to fit a (bigger) electric pump to the bottom hose, if it can be wedged in there, but has anyone done that? Davis Craig recommends a 150 l/min pump +/- a digital controller to work the pump as needed for large engines, and this does look like the simplest solution...

Simple solution is to change the pump, they are available as are parts to repair it. Not that bad a job to remove rad and fans.

18 minutes ago, rampant rivet said:

Will the air / petrol mixture be weak if intake remains heated by exhaust gasses ? I've looked through my manuals but hav'n found the specific info. I remember the carb on my Chevrolet actually freezing on start up, white frost would for on the carb body and the engine would stutter to a stop you had to then give it a few minutes and it would strt and run ok.

If the intake manifold gets too hot you will suffer fuel evaporation.

The frost on the outside of the carb is something that the Austin 6 cylinder engines suffer from when cold, they do not have a heat flap. The occurrence is not unlike when you remove a tyre valve and the rush of air produces a frost on the valve.

2 hours ago, 64EK26 said:

Looking Good....

On mine, the " exhaust flap thingy"[exhaust thermostat] has been removed, I was led to believe that this was later engine mod as many got stuck in one position, and was not reliable.. I assume the new bits came from Chris Morter

Not sure if to re-instate mine or not

If the flap is removed and engine is run without it, the hot gases can still heat up the inlet manifold, if you look at the flap when in hot running position it shuts off the area of the hot spot. When cold the hot gases are circulated over the flap on to the hot spot.

Simon,

Truck, 2 ton, 4x2, Refueller, 350 gal., Albion AM463

with acknowledgement to Bart Vanderveen's Fighting Vehicles Directory !

34 minutes ago, ploughman said:

Is there an accessible Oil equivalent chart on the site anywhere?

I think that I have seen one at least once and thought I had found it with  http://www.hmvf.co.uk/pdf/POLcompact.pdf

But that page can not be found.

Just need the equivalents of all the regular suspects as against Engine oil, Hydraulic, Brake fluids and Transmissions.

 

Should this be a sticky item on the menu?

Having seen a number of individual queries for specific oils.

Hi Bryan,

here is what you are looking for;

11 minutes ago, ploughman said:

 

I spent about a fortnight in classrooms, even though I already had a license, then out on the road in these Rovers. seem to recall having more road based tyre treads than the usual All Terrain.

Hi Bryan,

I seem to remember that these particular Landies had road tread tyres and they could have been 6.50-16 and always looked a bit skinny. Looks like your Land Rover is on 7.50-16 and looks much more business like. For its age it looks like you have found a good one.

There were 70 Dodge 'Malcolm Campbell's' according to the Chilwell Census, F18001 to F18070

12 minutes ago, LarryH57 said:

I think Wheels & Tracks covered these Armoured Cars but the one shown was the only one of the batch that had a 6pdr gun.

I think it did, but I also recall reading about one in use in Kent in the reminiscences of a Royal Signals dispatch rider and I think it was used by the regular army. The magazine article was probably from nearly 40 years ago but it stuck in my mind. 

I have seen reference to these Dodge armoured vehicles before, so not a 'one off' and they were referred to as "Malcolm Campbells".

6 hours ago, dgrev said:

Thanks Clive for your efforts.

Does anyone have 12856 please?

Regards

Doug.

My first port of call would be to contact the Library at The Tank Museum, Bovington

1 hour ago, Aussie said:

Hi Richard

Been down the coast so nothing done today. It has the metal sheet and rubber cowling and I assume the fans blow out to the front but (hopefully tomorrow) I'll reconnect the output hose and run it into a bucket to see if the pump works and which way the wind blows. Will post again with those details. It seems that there are lots of possible causes so watch this space!

Cheers James

Hi James

OK, sometimes owners remove the cowling and then at road speed the hot air cannot get out, as yours is fitted another suggestion then. When you get the engine running, check that you have good airflow through the radiator. It is possible the the fins are blocked as oily residue and dust can be picked up from engine compartment, Ferret and Saladin suffered this as well.

regards Richard