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    Battery terminals

    in I may be stupid, but......

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    On 7/3/2021 at 10:35 PM, LarryH57 said:

    I bought a vehicle battery and the negative terminal was smaller than the positive. That meant that the connector on the negative was still loose even with the securing ring tightened to its maximum point. I could just pull it up and off. After a test drive it was nearly off the terminal. If i use copper, lead or steel to wrap around the battery to allow the negative lead to fix tightly, are there conductive metals to avoid?

    And BTW why are negative terminals on new batteries smaller than the positive ones?

    To make them identifiable as +ve or -ve .and less likely to be mixed up.

    That is what I was told when I did a Plant course at Chatham back in 1978

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    Repainting a series 3

    in British Vehicles

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    I have a 1978 LR series 3 CL SWB.

    According to the records it should be matt finish.

    However just wondering if there was a precedent for repainting in Brunswick Green?

    I have a suspicion that it may have been painted in it previously due to finding some traces  of DBG. 

    The records indicate a history with Royal Signals Headquarter squadrons in Sheffield and Glasgow but no sign of any Radio gear fitted, which leads me to speculate that it may have been an "Office Runabout" rather than operational.

     

    Landrover S3.jpg

    Mk1 Militant Tanker

    in Blogs of MV restorations

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    On 4/25/2021 at 8:23 PM, Zero-Five-Two said:

    Had a bit of experience with the Mk5 Coles, I remember they were real top heavy too, rolled terribly on corners

    Back in 78 we were building a footbridge over the A3 in Guilford for the county show.

    2 of the 3 cranes we had were parked up on a path with a ditch alongside. 

    Overnight it rained and washed out the ditch causing the 2 cranes to roll over.

     

    Ex Military Railway Handlamp

    in Trailers, plant and equipment

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    A friend of mine is stripping and repainting an old Handlamp.
    It looks to be ex military.
    Can anyone translate the lettering as to manufacturer?

    The lamp was covered in a roughly applied and badly chipped thick madder red paint . After five applications of paint stripper I finally got it down to smooth bare metal.

    The underneath of the base was an olive drab colour ,which I thought was rather unusual.

    It was only when I applied a light spray coat of primer that things turned interesting.

    ‘C E & S 1955 JA2348 ‘ plus crows foot symbol appeared.

    So, this must have been of military origin. It seems of rather late manufacture, I would have thought , to be a) paraffin lit and b) to a pre-grouping design.
    Three aspect -traditional red and blue glass and a cut out for the clear.

    Handlamp.jpg

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    Generator

    in Trailers, plant and equipment

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    I am fairly certain that we used 6kv generators in trailers towed by a Land Rover.

    This was for Airfield Damage repair and was used for powering 4 Kango drills on long extention leads at the same time.

    This was when we were bolting down the mat after filling the crater. 

    There were 4 bins one in each corner inside the trailer to house the Kangos.

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