unionjack Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Hello all, Despite obtaining a copy of the Drivers Handbook, and the Maintenance manual, I can find no reference at all to the correct tyre pressures. So, what should they be, and what do people recommend if different? By the way, tyres are 10.50x16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Driver's Handbook says: Front 50 Rear 60 Assuming you have an OYD, different for OYC petrol tanker & different again for water tanker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unionjack Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Great thanks. It's an OYD yes. Couldn't see that info anywhere in the manual (Bart reprint) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 This book B.453/3 was issued by Vauxhall Motors in Aug 1941, covering MW, OX, OY & QL. It explains that within one month of the outbreak of war there was one manual per model but apparently they focussed more on driving & general care. This combined Driver's Handbook gave more specific detail for each model, which to me seems a bit surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unionjack Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Yes you'd expect the other way around. My reprint is of T.S. 162/8 March 1944. For OYC-OYD. Interestingly at the top it is marked "Book No. 100/BD7A" and "Air Publication No. 2o75A. Vol. 1, Part 1" I wonder if these are the seperate terms for Army and RAF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 My reprint is of T.S. 162/8 March 1944. For OYC-OYD. Interestingly at the top it is marked "Book No. 100/BD7A" and "Air Publication No. 2o75A. Vol. 1, Part 1" I wonder if these are the seperate terms for Army and RAF? TS sometimes appears on the lower left corner on MoS initiated publications, but I've not discovered its significance. "Book No. 100/BD7A" follows no pattern that I am familiar with & yes the AP is the just RAF's own cataloguing of the same book. Is there an imprint at the last entry of the back page? In theory at least it should have an indication of printer (to comply with the Printers, Newspapers, Reading Rooms (Repeal) Act 1869) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43rdrecce Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Clive, I've just listed a Fordson WOT 2-H Drivers Handbook in the classified sales section. This had the code Book No 100/FD 5A, Air Publication No. 2687 Vol 3 Part 1 It's a 1944 edition. I've never come across an index for these either. Cheers Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unionjack Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Sounds like BD is for Bedford and FD for Ford. Maybe there was also AN, MS etc. too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Sounds like BD is for Bedford and FD for Ford. Maybe there was also AN, MS etc. too. Yes I'm sure you are right. As it happens BD, FD & AN are used in VAOS Section LV7 not MS though, ML is used for Morriss. (BTW These abbreviations differ from those used in LV6) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) Yes I'm sure you are right. As it happens BD, FD & AN are used in VAOS Section LV7 not MS though, ML is used for Morriss. (BTW These abbreviations differ from those used in LV6) Hi Clive, To add a few more of these numbers from manuals, 100/FW1B was a maintenance manual for an AEC Matador, FW coming from FWD, a company that developed the 4x4 design used on the Mat. FW was used as the VAOS code for AEC right though until recent times. Others seen on manuals, HL for Hillman, HR for Humber, SL for Scammell, BC for BSA motorcycles, all these seem to follow through on to VAOS codes. ML was for Morris Commercial, I think that Morris cars and light utilities came under MM for Morris Motors. On Bedford books, the TS number is the companies own code for technical manuals, not just used for government vehicles, and they used PS for parts catalogues. Edited January 21, 2013 by Richard Farrant added "just" to last sentence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unionjack Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 I have a number of handbooks for Vauxhall cars from the 1960's/1970's and they too all use T.S. Numbers. No idea what it may stand for though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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