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  1. Richard Farrant
    My guess is late 80's onwards because of the Foden recovery trucks being used
  2. Richard Farrant
    Hi Lizzie, Wondered where you had gone! They would be British halftracks, as this one is an International, as can be seen by shape of front wings and radiused corners on rear of hull, not sure of designation M5 I think. Still think an Austin K2 is more desirable
  3. Richard Farrant
    I think the Clark airborne dozer was a petrol engine
  4. Richard Farrant
    The D2, D4 and D7 also had petrol donkey engines
  5. Richard Farrant
    Thanks for this Degsy, fascinating reading, keep it going.
  6. Richard Farrant
    Hi Jules, the Daimler DC27 ambulance from around 1948-50 used the 40AIP2 carb. Not a military vehicle, but London ambulance service used them among others.
  7. Richard Farrant
    Brass or aluminium buckle clips on vehicles were the norm. I still use these on restorations to give the period look. For motorcycles as Ferg points out, the John Bull rubber ties were used right up until the 70's on British motorcycles.
  8. Richard Farrant
    That is exactly the question I would ask David. If a truck was 'adapted for conversion to wireless', I think that would mean it had the screened distributor and ignition system at the very least. If it was designated a MWD, then it would cause confusion on parts ordering, so I am sure it would be a MWR. Especially if this adaption was done in manufacture and under the Contract.
  9. Richard Farrant
    He is probably out on the hills tending his sheep
  10. Richard Farrant
    Good one Clive, look forward to reading it.
  11. Richard Farrant
    Yes you could see we were well aware of trouble brewing. Despite what some were saying we were developing MT through those times. One thing was the 6 wheeled lorry chassis mentioned. This would relate to the WD rear axle bogie design, from the late 20's, this was used on a number of makes, inc. Leyland, Karrier, Guy, AEC, Albion, Crossley, Thornycroft and later, Austin. Thornycroft were still using that design on the small Nubian crash tender built in the 60's.
  12. Richard Farrant
    Clive, Some of those excerpts make fascinating reading, thanks for posting. cheers Richard
  13. Richard Farrant
    That looks like a box for a Mk1 Militant.
  14. Richard Farrant
    I can highly recommend Truckfix Ltd for rebuilding your clutch cover and plate. http://www.truckfixclutches.com The lady who runs the business is on the ball and quick to respond. Richard
  15. Richard Farrant
    Hi Mark, Contracts were issued for MWR wireless trucks and they were built 'as is' straight from the factory. I know postwar, some MWR appear to have been converted to normal GS trucks. Richard
  16. Richard Farrant
    J60 engines in service threw rods through the side without the use of Ki-Gas. I did see the engine on a Lister factory tug once where someone had slipped a plastic pipe down the air intake and used a can of Start Pilot to give the thing a boost, think they might have been 'racing'. The end result was it did not run well, a twin cylinder air cooled diesel. When the heads were removed, one piston did not reach the top of the bore, suffered a bent con rod. You can easily blow a head gasket from using too much of these ether based starting aids, seen that many times.
  17. Richard Farrant
    I have not had a chance to read it yet, but here is the link; https://www.scribd.com/doc/260010985/Assumed-Missing-Reported-Buried-as-Published-23-March-2015
  18. Richard Farrant
    British and Canadian Carrier track links, according to manuals were either malleable cast iron or cast steel, track pins were hardened steel.
  19. Richard Farrant
    Re. Ferret: As there should not be any fluid around the piston, unless the seal is leaking, the liberal use of Red Brake Rubber grease around piston and handbrake piston and in bore, should help. That is what I always do and not had a 'come back' yet.
  20. Richard Farrant
    This could also be attributed to oil starvation and what I mentioned in a previous post, working through various angles and oil pickup pipe drawing air at angles of inclination. Either a floating pick-up or a dry sump lubrication system might have benefitted, but the designers were on a steep learning curve at the time.
  21. Richard Farrant
    With the pitching of early tanks as they crossed trenches, assuming they were conventional wet sump types, there would be oil splashed up bores when the tank was at large angles of pitch. The designers could have had this in mind to hold back excess oil from the bores.
  22. Richard Farrant
    That is a Rolls Royce part number, from what I can see it could be for an Eagle.
  23. Richard Farrant
    Doug, I think what you thought was a M113 was probably a British vehicle, an Oxford Carrier that had been used as a test vehicle to trial hydraulic drive and steering in AFV's. regards, Richard
  24. Richard Farrant
    In the 1991 issue of Defence Standards, OX-8 was to spec SAE J1703 which is DOT3, but I always use DOT4 which is to SAE J1704
  25. Richard Farrant
    Hi Alaister, I bought some large BSF studding from these people a couple of years ago; http://www.thesitebox.com/bsf-steel-studding.aspx I am not sure what size I bought, but may have some left over, I will have to check the size, not sure if it was 5/8" or 3/4". regards, Richard
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