Richard Farrant
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Hello , looking for a piston ring set Std size for a 4 cylinder Morris commercial C4 are C8 engine.
Engine is on 100 mm bore so this is Std size if I have it right .
Thanks.
Try Cox & Turner Ltd in Somerset
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Data point - see this thread about the NZ CVRT rebuild:
Photos only, but I see these engines as first one OEM red with maybe sky blue traces, other two sky blue.
Sean,
The CVR(T) is a Belgian army, they painted their engines a dull red on rebuild,
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you guys are such fastidious record keepers ,:-) sure is helpful though when old kit turns up
Mate,
I worked for many years in one of these Workshops and have a pretty good knowledge of things.
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The advert on Milweb says that these Meteors were rebuilt by Scottish Aviation, which is based near Glasgow. It seems strange that they were sent to Warminster for testing, the test house is now derelict and only used for storing road salt.
l'll ask around at work (I work at DSG Warminster) and see if anyone remembers rebuilding them.
John,
I take the seller's remark about Scottish Aviation with a pinch of salt, they may well have built some engines, but not that one as the rebuild plate (and load test sheet) both clearly say 27 District Workshop, which as you say was Warminster, in 1991. If a contractor had rebuilt an engine it would have their plate on, all down to traceability in those days. It would be down to the contractor to test as well.
There were some late rebuilt engines coming out which were kept back until the last BARV's were disposed of.
cheers Richard
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evening all .
I've got the cylinder head off the stolly ,hoping to cure the water into oil issue !
in the manual it states sealant to be applied to the exhaust side of the new head gasket but doesn't state what type of sealant?
any ideas
cheers
justin
Wellseal was the recognised sealant for RR engines, it was developed by Rolls Royce and initially made by Wellworthy. Still available at motor factors.
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Never mind the railway wagons, Willowbrook bodied Bedford VAS - or is the second one an Alexander body?
Wasn't Strachans another bodybuilder or was that only on the SB3 ?
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RSD if I remember correctly was Returned Stores Depot, which would have been a RAOC establishment.
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Am I seeing the sand painted over the top of this sign?
If so, this is a War Office Controlled Unit, such as School of Artillery, School of Mechanical Engineering, etc. To gain more accuracy, go to the opposite side of the vehicle and see what coloured square you get, along the top of the square is likely to be a white band with abbreviation of actual unit, so take it carefully.
Bluebelle suggested HQ Egypt but I think that one had a pale blue band below the dark blue, so you might need to rub down a bit lower.
Here is the sign that I believe you have;
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The "White" is marked with a German cross.... assume that this is a "remnant" of filming for a movie, no?
With the circular white background to the cross, it might just have been used in an ambulance role.
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I NEARLY bought Ricks T16.... I tell everyone down at the local pub !!!! :cool2: He is the new Dan Snow... or is it Fred Dibnah !!
He will have his own show like Bruce Crompton soon :-D
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I would love to have seen the answer :-D
Crikey, makes you wonder doesn't it. If the bores were on an oversize, it hardly matters so long as not worn.
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In 1962 only about half the Hornets had been built, but there was some correspondence from someone on behalf of CREME wanting to know if the engines were over-bored & was rather put out being told that this was not true & "the only difference was that there was a stronger timing chain".
One wonders if the respondent to the CREME query knew what they were talking about or taking the p1ss ....... timing gears on a B Range, no chains!
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Yes - my lot are the original illegal immigrants Original family name was De Plugenet - Norman French.
Oi you threadjackers! Back on topic, this is not a history lesson :nono:
:-D
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Well Richard if you are right and its just US Olive drab with dark camo that's even more way out. But I'm still not convinced seeing as it has a grey black or dark brown roof which looks to me as if it was to be standard mikey mouse till someone thought otherwise. And were Jeeps in NW Europe painted with dark stripes like this vehicle? I have seen them with such in Italy but not inNW Europe.
Larry,
If the GMC was painted to the full regulations of so called Mickey Mouse pattern, then all upper facing surfaces would be the darker colour. Obviously army camouflage regulations did not filter down to the Admiralty and they did what they thought best. My remark on jeeps was not specific on NWE, but do know that in Italy the over paint of camo pattern was done straight on to the US colour. Vehicles were not painted ofr the sake of it and you will see those going into Normandy had various patterns of base colours.
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Being serious for a moment, for which engine are they or what is COSA section?
John
Hi John,
Does not look like you are going to get a serious reply on this! I looked at their website yesterday and all they showed was a photo of the stillage with a load of long brown cardboard boxes, no numbers or anything visible. Maybe a call to them with the Lot number might get a reply.
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The truck is known as a K53 Weather van and there is a restored one in the USA, see link here;
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The booking in page for WPR looks a bit more promising in that it says the site is open from Wednesday, rather than don't come if you cannot be there all the time. Lets hope this is the case
I think that refers to Wednesday the previous week for setting up. The show opens on Tuesday as it did last year.
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In reading the website for this it says the vehicle was photographed circa May 1944 in which case the camo scheme is a bit out of date for a vehicle to be used in NW Europe; can anyone suggest the camo colours?
Perhaps Les will have an idea. From what I see it looks like the RN have adopted a dark roof (either grey black or dark brown ) and instead of doing micky mouse camo top and bottom, they have gone for stripes. As for the cab it doesn't conform to standard micky mouse, which might suggest the body was built elsewhere in a basic SCC.2 brown and had the dark roof provided and then this has been mated to a GMC cab that got painted in a SCC.2 brown; the stripes were then added by a rating to the cab and the body without reference to anything RN Orders.
Larry,
That is a US body and vehicle is likely to be in standard US Olive drab with a darker camouflage pattern painted over, as was done to jeeps, etc.
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Hi Richard, yes; I think the question is more how these things appear on screen and how the paint ages rather than what eau-de-nil and sky blue look like new in the flesh. That engine in your link is definitely eau-de-nil on my screen.
hi Sean,
Over the years I have noticed engines such as the Rolls B range in armour, which are in Sky Blue, actually change colour slightly, due to heat, grime, oil, etc no doubt. I was trying to find a photo of another engine I rebuilt and painted in Sky Blue for comparision.
Richard
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Hi Sean,
I have a photo linked here of an engine I painted in Eau-de-nil, just compared it to your photo of the Bedford and a distinct difference.
Eau-de-nil is a distinct pale green, where as Sky Blue is ..... blue
http://www.milweb.net/dealers/trader/fvrestorations/b.jpg
cheers Richard
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Hi Richard,
I went to see the truck. Certain it was Eau-de-Nil. It is a 214 though!
Would the rebuild date always be the same as the preserved date? I know little of the meaning of these stencils.
Hi Sean,
I worked in that workshops for 22 years, starting in 1974. Spent periods on the engine building line in the early years. The stencilling indicates the aforementioned workshop, whose code was EC02 (Eastern Comd.) and the date indicates that the rebuilt engine was preserved and packed in 1980. I would be 100% sure that is Sky Blue, as I said all engines in that period left our place in that colour.
Richard
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Another data point - Eau-de-Nil (presumably replacement) engine in the 1952 Bedford OLBC tanker sold by Bovington
Hi Sean,
Looking at the stencil on that engine, it was rebuilt under the large engine programme that run through 44 District Workshops REME for many years, As the rebuild date is 1980, I can be 100% sure that the colour is Sky Blue, same colour as RL, MK, Land Rover and Mini engines that were done during that period. Not only that, but it is not a 28hp, but a 214 engine!
cheers Richard
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Neil,
As there were a number of different contracts spanning the 12+ year span of production for the Mk1 Militant, you need to ensure the part list that you are using is for the same Contract Number as your vehicle. This is the same for a lot of British army vehicles, Bedford, Scammell, Land Rover to name a few, do not assume that all contracts are the same parts.
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This from Ben Fogle's "Land Rover - The Story Of Car That Conquered The World" - William Collins 2016
Chapter 4... "The British government knew that the Land Rover would be invaluable to success in the Southern Ocean, and more than 600 emergency Series III Land Rovers had been ordered by the government. They were commissioned to a reduced spec called CL meaning Commercial.
Wonder who spun him that yarn! With the time frame I doubt they could have supplied 600 in the given time.
Scorpion/Scimitar Restoration in New Zealand
in Blogs of MV restorations
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Just a word of warning, if there is any rust pitting on the torsion bars (and they do look rusty) then it might be wise to replace as the pitting is likely to produce a fracture in use. This is why torsion bars have a coating or wrapping on them.
regards, Richard