Tony B Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Quick update, we have brakes!, bled up with in minutes!. Who did you sacrifice? :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWade Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Thanks Howard, back wheels on Saturday and run her up and I'll pull it out the shed, past parts are good and not very dear! The WC your rebuilding looks nice, always loved wartime American trucks!. Yep the old US trucks are nice.Are start a blog on the dodge as soon as I really get stuck in, Ive got a dodge ambulance to do first in the queue this is going to be a part strip down and rebuild. I am away for the next week on another job so this will start when i get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Looking forward to the blogs mate! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 Sacrificed my wallet tony!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 sacrificed my wallet tony!!! Know that feeling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 Worth it in the end! Until the next project........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 Drove her out the shed today, runs very sweet, going to start to paint her this week, can't wait to be rid of them German colours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane.c Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Looking good, :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 Thanks shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Out in he dessert in ww2, would the wheel nuts have been red and white?, and the fuel tank caps red?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I thought the red and white paint came out to go along with the shiny deep bronze green, post war. trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Thanks mate just wasent quite sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Ramsden Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) I'm not sure about the red fuel filler cap (I think that was post-war) and I don't think white-painted wheel nuts were that common on camouflaged vehicles in theatre although I've seen them in photos of UK-based vehicles. Here's evidence that they had red nuts in the desert. Must have been caused by the sand, fnar fnar! Seriously though, not all vehicles had the wheel nuts painted. This is the only desert photo that I can find in our Manx Regiment collection that shows red-painted split-rim nuts. Most other photos show them in body colour. Edited April 14, 2014 by Ivor Ramsden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Thanks for the photo mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickAbbott Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 The AEC Matador drivers handbook (dated 1943) has this sentence in it: "When removing a wheel, be careful to unscrew the 10 inner nuts and NOT the 20 outer ones (which are painted red)." Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Thanks nick . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Got a nice bit of work done on the OY nearly getting there! I also fount a photo of my grandad leening on an OY in the royal engineers, he left them in 1942 and then went into 2 commando's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Out in he dessert in ww2, would the wheel nuts have been red and white?, and the fuel tank caps red?. I think white nuts was just a parade/ceremonial thing. The red on the nuts would probably have been indicative (maybe just a dab on the end). I can't imagine they would have painted the fuel caps a different colour without a good reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvinthemartian Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Fuel tank caps, could they not be red for petrol vehicles, and yellow for diesel vehicles, to avoid some oik filling with the wrong fuel? Probably a load of bull but sounds feasible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Fuel tank caps, could they not be red for petrol vehicles, and yellow for diesel vehicles, to avoid some oik filling with the wrong fuel? Probably a load of bull but sounds feasible. They certainly were post war, but I'm not sure whether there were the same problems with different fuels wartime. I'm sure someone on here will know but the only common wartime diesel vehicle I can think of is the Matilda 2. I'd have thought it would be more likely to be stencilled if they needed to distinguish, especially with different octanes in use and leaded fuel for the big engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snort Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I thought yellow was for Hydraulic oil ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I take it back. General principles of M.T. from the Royal Artillery Mechanical Traction School for March 1945 lists several different fuels that are dyed different colours. M.T. 72 coloured orange or yellow (used in the UK only) M.T. 80 coloured red Petroleum spirit undyed (forbidden to be used in vehicles) Derv for C.I. engines That would probably tie up with red marking of the fuel caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Just taken a look in the Drivers handbook (Oct 42) for the MW they mention "do not touch the ring of red nuts" Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I'm sure someone on here will know but the only common wartime diesel vehicle I can think of is the Matilda 2. Not forgetting Matadors, Scammells, Diamond T tractors, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Not forgetting Matadors, Scammells, Diamond T tractors, etc. Ah so it was a bigger problem then. According to wikipedia one of the Sherman engines was diesel as well. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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