Richard Farrant

In the Bedford gearbox, you have a bronze bushing in the main-shaft and selector forks of a bronze material. GL-5 should not be used in this case. The army, post-war, specified a SAE50 engine oil in Bedford gearboxes. An engine oil of SAE50, is equivalent to a gear oil of SAE90 as they work on different viscosity scales. The engine oil is free of any additives that might harm yellow metal and may be easier for you to find than a Straight 90 (non EP) gear oil.

Sean, You have a point with Mk3 engine, we had a Mk3 recovery from new at the workshops and I think, maybe wrong, that it was Deep Bronze Green same as rest of vehicle. As for the scores of Mk1 Militants I worked on, I think they were all Sky Blue as they would have had at least one engine change in their life by then. Changed a few engines on them. Richard

There's another problem solved!

I have done a bit of investigating and it was still issued in 1990, for waterproofing vehicles. Using that NSN, which is 6WPG/2540-99-816-2664, it comes up as being supplied by Bostik-Findley Ltd and their product code P5408. Hope this helps. Richard

Neil, The guy who found some of these mounts still in crates, is about 2-3 hours West of Sydney. He is on this forum, send a PM to little ray Richard

Hi Lizzie, Looking forward to seeing photos, not just Dingos, but all the other Brit vehicles, WW2 types as well. Welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy the experience! regards, Richard

Hi Steve, It was a must to use when the rear hull plate was refitted on a Stalwart, Ferret, Fox, etc. Glad my memory has not failed me yet! cheers Richard

All I knew was that it was not an automotive part!

Just remembered, the mastic sealing strip used on AFV's was Prestikon, think it was a Bostik product.

Hi Tim, Nothing to do with Ferret or any other vehicle, it is from a group of numbers allocated to Radio and Television Communications Equipment, except Airborne. Sounds like it is a film drive unit.

This was a type of mastic strip that the army used, especially around hull plates on armour and Stalwarts. Have a feeling its brand name was Prestostik, or similar. They would lay it around the edge of the plate and it would squeeze around the bolts. Sticks like the proverbial to a blanket!

Neil, Try this; https://sites.google.com/site/militarysection/ you will have to sign into Google, unless you are already. I think the issue could have been March or thereabouts.

The site that the newsletters are on seems to have changed to a Google one and its asking me to sign into Google, which I have no wish to do. It was an article in a club newsletter, I did not copy it at the time just sent the link. I have given the two members here a contact in the WA club and hopefully he might email it to them. Regards the actual piece of kit that turns up in Aus, it is large and heavy and no doubt cost a bit to ship over. I cannot guarantee it is identical to the British one, as they were made locally. There are quite a few about over there and do not sell that fast.

Hi Lizzie, That is an interesting profile. I must say, the 1950's vehicles are of interest me (as well as my WW2 British vehicles) and the Explorer and K9 are particular favourites, along with the RL of course. I am guessing you served in REME? regards, Richard

About 13 years ago I did some extensive repairs to a Scout Car that at the time lived in the Channel Islands and was often seen in the UK. Think that was ex-Budge and came back from Netherlands. I know of a few other Scout Cars in the UK, but a rarity.

10FM68, I am sending you a PM Richard

Ah, thanks, it has come back to me now, it was the club magazine of the Veteran Car Club of Western Australia - Military Section. Now by coincidence I tried to look at that site yesterday and now you have to sign in to Google to see it. Only chance is to contact the club secretary and see if they can email it to you. I think it was an issue from earlier this year. Richard

Unless I have been looking at the wrong thread, I cannot see where I have put a link up. In my post the word 'International' is highlighted, but that is only one of those Ebay/Amazon links and nothing to do with it. Let me know what post it was and I will no doubt remember. cheers Richard

I think a Merlin rotates in opposite direction, so they would had faster reverse gears than forward. Probably a Meteor engine!

I thought that is who you meant, not seen him for years, used to live in Surrey area, Godalming I think.

As this Nuffield jeep was by us at W&P this year, I can say after looking at it and talking to a guy there, that this is a genuine one, going by the Ministry of Supply plate, it was issued with a post war number in the YH range and had a specified repair in 1955. The plate bears 'Nuffield Mech' on it and also 'Exp', which is obviously Experimental. The workmanship in the mods is good, as to where it has been, I understood it was recently bought in Holland and now resides in the West Country. I guess there will be more in CMV when it comes out.

Have you got the correct spelling of this gent's name? You have spelt it two different ways on this post.

Having built several hundred 2 1/4 litre engines in army workshops about 40 years ago, a few things I recall. There were two comp. ratios, 7:1 and 8:1. There was a large 7 or 8 stamped on a machined face on top of the head. Also 5 bearing crank blocks are noticeable by the heavy webbing on the outside of the cylinder block casting.

I believe that the Catalogue reference no. ( Cat. ref. no. ) is the number of the contracts that came in to each manufacturer. As Bedford is the one in question for now, they start in single figures and by the end of the war were up to three figures, in the 200's. If a contract was split with, for instance, part GS bodied and part water tanker, then there are two Cat Ref numbers for the one contract number.

hi David, The speed limiter was only fitted to CVR(T) engines, the Fox did not have it, hence their turn of speed! The warning sticker was due to the presence of Beryllium in the electronic unit. regards, Richard