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The box with the angled lid that is sitting on the drivers side catwalk contains the MONO power pump, this pump is driven from the engine through the front end

Mario Did you receive the last lot of photos I emailed you ? Pics of the bonnet. Can you email me some pics of the aero screen channel. I think the originals were brass but I really don't know for sure.

A high resolution photo of the CS8 water bowser with kiwi soldiers. The chap to the right has lost some teeth. http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1020751&dps_custom_att_1=emu

I have a set of NOS pistons for the CS8 engine +40 . I think these are a aftermarket brand ? These are heavy pistons, I believe they have a high iron content . The iron pistons normally have a tin coating on the piston, this aids the running in process. The tin has come away from these old ones I have I am thinking of shot peening these old pistons . Any thoughts ? I have done the peening on an old set of Chevy 216 pistons and these have been running without any problems

The 1941 CS8 GS body tailgate I have, has a plain flat capping that goes all around the tailgate , 1/8" thick.

I agree with Richard. Beware of old stock fuel pump kits. Years ago I put a old stock kit in a Dodge WC fuel pump. Everything seemed OK until the oil pressure went downhill . Yikes ! The diaphram in the kit was perished and the petrol just went into the engine sump and diluted the oil !

The fuel pump diaphrams I have seen are usually laminated eg with many layers of a thin rubber material sandwiched together.

N Nitrile rubber might work . I used some for a carby gasket and its been fine . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrile_rubber

The captured Fiat spent its post war life on a farm in Gippsland . It still had the original bodywork in the 1950's. Two of these captured Fiats were taken up to New Guinea , so the owner says.

Hi Keith That is the tag I have seen on a Vokes air filter . I have some filters here , the cylindrical shaped filter with that same tag. You push the end in/out to clear the dust form the concertina shaped felt element. The filter could be used on many types of British vehicles . I believe the Aust. LP bren carriers used them also . There was a large pile of those Vokes filters in a surplus yard in Melbourne years ago. A few of us salvaged some of them for future use . I have about five of them left .

The filter company STELLA https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Paterson_Engineering_Co

More info here https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Thompson_Brothers_(Bilston)

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A kind soul has copied this manual .

In years past when 12V auto batteries had the exposed cell connections you could check each cell individually with a load tester but those days are gone !

Sounds like it is a Canadian engine ( 25" long block) these usually have a 3 and 3/8" bore . The ex-military T110L trucks over here are Canadian manufacture. This is a possible source for a head gasket http://www.olsonsgaskets.com/products/

Maybe we can work on this together as a project. re-manufacturing in brass would be a expensive way to do it . If it's for looks only, and not a operating filter, I would machine the filter body out of aluminium, once painted, nobody will notice any difference. If you can provide me with good drawings or good detailed photos of the original filter , I will make the filters , and make two extras for you . You could make a mold from an original lid and cast the lids with a modern epoxy and finish off in a lathe or whatever MW Bedfords are scarce over here, I've only ever seen three myself in 40 years , two rusted out relics beyond help and one complete nice original truck , but I know of at least 5 others . Nobody has restored one over here.

Found this interesting pic. Six taps in line . Would these be brass taps ? The CS8 has the weird reg number O 2897 , these numbers are seen on Australian issued vehicles in Palestine 1940/41.

Yes nice pics. Can somebody measure the basic dimensions of the filters ? Diameter and height . Thanks

Basic drawing of an old rusty CS8 muffler found on one of my wrecks.

I believe it is a earlier water bowser setup on a Morris CS8 chassis, the hand brake mechanism cross shafts are visible .

Found the pics . This vehicle is a very dark blackish green ?

OK . The seller over here is asking X 10 times what they sell for in the UK ! Blimey ! I thought these bowsers are rare but it sounds like they are not so rare after all On this particular example there are brass nomenclature plates stating " Morris 4 wheeled CS8 " Somewhere I have some pics with a " Thompson brothers" logo on the photo. I will try to negotiate a lower price but I would need to find the rest of the bits n pieces eg rear guards and all the taps and filters and pipework . This could be a pipe dream . Regarding the MW bowsers, the AWM have a movie online depicting scenes of a search light unit in Port Moresby PNG, the unit had a MW bowser on issue .

The Morris CS8 water bowser, one of these tanks has come up for sale over here , the seller is asking a exhorbitant high price . . I've never seen another 200 gall. tank in over 40 years of scrounging here. Are these common in the UK ? This one looks to be in good cond. without the ancillaries of course . Is there a original example around with the fittings eg taps and filters ? Thanks