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2 hours ago, landrover nick said:

Hi i saw your post about this on another site when i searched through the ledger i found 15 bedford MWCs Australian army registration numbers 50277-50291 intrestingly tha Australians recorded the trucks engine numbers which the  british RLC archive keeps no record of ,did the Australian army use many bedford MWs

At least one MWC was shipped to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea  , and it was used by a searchlight unit there in 1942 .  I think some of the refugee vehicles stayed in vehicle parks for the duration.  They were a odd bod bunch and didn't see much service in the Aust. army.  They were surplused/ sold beginning in 1944  to Govt. departments or purchased by the parent company eg Ford,  Morris , GM in Australia, then sold through the   dealerships to farmers and other essential users

Hi

I found some interesting info in the Australian army registration books , these books are held at the AWM and are online .

Ships loaded with vehicles on board were heading for Singapore when the nips overran Malaya. The ships were diverted and the vehicles were unloaded at Australian ports . I have found MWC's,  WOT2D's , Austin K2Y's and more.  The WOT2's were disposed beginning from late 1944 , I have seen a few of these ex-bush fire brigade examples over the years. Some of the MWC's went to fire brigades as did Morris CS8's.

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

10 hours ago, Tony B said:

Anyone know where I can get the rubber for a fuel diaphram from? I have just stripped the fuel pump for the fire pump, rebuilt engine 1961. Pump was a bit gunky. The diaphram had gone hard, but by a bit of serendipty I've found the 50/50 liquid paraffin /paraffin wax ointment that I use as emollient actually softened it. Lovley stuff, even if it does come with a warning 'Keep patient and clothing away from naked flame'. Another story. But  would benifit from replacement.  

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)

More tanks from TB

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/

On Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 5:56 AM, 64EK26 said:

I am considering re-manufacturing the pumps and filters, for this I would need to borrow a filter and a pump. The top cap of the filter is brass and would have to be cast; the casting is a bit tricky as there are internal waterways in the topcap. The pump (I believe) is also brass, the machining of this and the internal mechanism could prove a bit difficult. I may be luck and find the pumps and filters.

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.

22 minutes ago, Pete Ashby said:

Thanks for posting the filter and pump photos very useful,  I need to replicate these on the D15T at some stage.

Pete

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.

11 minutes ago, john1950 said:

That last picture is perculiar its of a diferent vehicle.

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 .