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Hello, What exactly is the problem? What machine and control are ypu using? Is it setting the machine itself, or you having problems getting the correct machine code from your cam software?

Hello, It's a standard 12 volt coil you want, not the 9 volt type. Alex is right, but it would have to be the older mini, pre altenator, to have the 12 volt coil, not just any coil. They will start and run on either coil, but the 9 volt one will fail after a few miles. All the fuses are 25 amp, apart from the dynamo fuse which is 22 amp. Hey alex i've a mini in ny other garage to!!

I know this one above, it used to look like this....

Hello, This bedford MW has come up for sale on milweb, www.airbornegarage.com I'm more of the thinking its been used as a film prop, But may well be wrong. It's not of dunkirk era, but may well have been captured else where. Can anyone recognise any of the body work fitted to the mw from other vehicles, the dash panel and steering wheel have been changed. I'm not sure why the front has been altered so much, usually it is just the bodys and cabs that get altered, other than to make it look like something else. thanks

Hello, Found a picture of one on a mw, Yes as far as i know that is the correct place on a QL, i've seen at least one other with it in the same place. I have not seen any referance to them in the mw handbooks either. They do seem to be missing on a lot of vehicles, but they are an original fitment. the Thread tends to fur up a bit, i don't think they are aluminium, but white metal which seems to corrode very easily. Rippo

Hello, Thats the spark plug holder, all wartime bedfords have them, its not a unf thread, but the "spark plug" thread, i think!! two J8 spark plug should screw in. I have seen them in other QL's. All the best Rippo

A picture of the bedford mw tool kit, not much different to the QL, As for service parts i think the mws only carried light bulbs and brake fluid.

Maybe out of the back of a water tanker? EDIT The picture in post 3 looks the same, http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?15406-Bedford-MWC-66144-water-tank

Sorry the pictures are a bit blurry. The label on the suppressors reads 16 E MT4-21388 suppressor,spark plug Tyoe 15,000 ohms part no. 21388

Can anyone help me identify these parts. Side screen frames, t was suggested they were bedford, but i don't think they are. A mains operated heating element for the engine of an austin K2? Fuel pipe but what for? Part number LV7 SD 45323 Possibly K2? Anyone recognise it? I've not opened this box yet, What vehicles would these be used on? Thanks for looking.

hello, Thanks for the reply, what vehiclesare in the FV1600 range? Thanks

Can anyine tell me what this steering wheel fits? FV 16986 and FV1560 are stamped in the middle. Thanks.

Hello Found this website when searching the web. http://www.henderson-tele.com/royal-signals/index.html Some very nice 3D pictures, but maybe he should have checked what he was drawing first!

Hello richard, I think there's also a plaque on the front of the tank, saying who restored it. Might be wrong though.

One has a brass plaque saying its a mk1 churchill!!!

Brilliant, i can see you take after your dad.

Hello mate, Nice project, be well worth it when its done. John mortor has also restored a couple of these, be worth giving him a call, he's on milweb under bedford spares. Good luck. :-D

Happy Birthday Richard,

I think the assistor springs were fitted during the war. The body looks like a war time one with it being wood and having the straight mud gaurds,

Hello, The chassis number is generally on the passenger side chassis rail between the step brakets. Looking at the pictures i think it'll be somewhere near the red patch. I'd agree with glynn, probably an owst, but there were a few OX tippers made. If you could take a measurement from the back axle to the front spring hanger left on the chassis, from that we can work out the wheelbase and that will narrow it down a bit, also a picture of the rear dif might help.

Hello, OEP 220 is the grade of oil to be used in the axle. By the look of the paint that will be the rebuild colour, bronze green. john

Hello, Here's our cat after she's eaten to much and can't fasten her jacket, she loves her kipper tie thoe :cheesy:

Hello Neil, I've chased a couple of these danish ql's but so far not brought one home. Yours seems to have the original bedford rear body where as the ones i've seen had a fordson body on. Also its got more modern indicators fitted the ones i've seen had semaphore's fitted. Are you going to keep it in danish colours or you putting it back to is wartime guise? How do you get on finding parts, or were there some sold off with the trucks?

Hello Mate, "driver Twisik" Thats a great wartime film, some nice shots of early QL's on there. The chassis on the trooper is the same as a general service QLD, the extensions for the longer body bolt onto the chassis at the back. So i think you've lost only a couple of foot which shouldn't be to hard to remake. Parts for the bedfords are reasonably easy to come by, so i think you should be able to pick up the bits you need quite easily. Pete gain would be worth a try. Going back to your point about the P6, a friend of ours had a QL with one in and wasn't impressed with it at all. The noise in the cab was terrible and from what he said it wasn't much more powerfull.

Hello, Chassis numbers 7230-18161 were built in 1942 :-D. This is from Bart Vanderveens Kaleidoscope of Bedford & Vauxhall Military vehicles, isbn 0 7232 2875 2, or the bedford bible as its become known. Its now out of print but they do come up on ebay, book fairs etc. Its a must for bedford owners. Another book that i can recommend on the QL is, Bedford to Berlin and beyond-QL the forces Favourite 4x4, by Robert Coates. As for tracing your QL's service history, Is there a brass reme rebuild plate on the chassis? The Rlc museum is worth a try to, we've never had any luck but i know some people who have so its worth a try. Other than that you may find some numbers under the paint on the doors, the passenger side on your would be worth a look. I've done many miles sat on the engine cover of a Quadruple Locomotive, the are by far the best of the wartime bedfords. Like richard says once you get them wound up they are reasonably fast, Quicker than a MW, untill you hit a hill!! They also drive very nicely, the steering is lighter, and the gearbox is easier to get through. They are very evenly balanced, from what we were told by veterans, there wasn't much that could match one off road, but i've never tried it for myself! I've fancied one myself and been to look at a few, but need a bigger shed first. Yours, although missing some parts, looks reasonably clean, the cabs tend to rot badly, but yours seemd pretty good. Good luck with the restoration.