Hi Folks

A Mate has this in his collection.

Obviously it is a carrier fuel dipstick, but we were wondering exactly which models it is for - are they all early model British / Canadian carriers.

The internal section is made from red leather. It's untreated so the fuel wets the leather indication fuel depth. Great when taking the first measure, but what happens when the second tank is lower than the first? ( I believe there is only one stick per carrier )

Pedr

As you can see all of the models are listed - guess what I am saying is I can't tell your carrier models from one another. ( Ours are much easier )

Pedr

Photo is Photoshop modified pic from Keith Webb's www.oldcmp.net

Keith ( Ol' Smokey now; Not so smokey :D )

The Canadian mk1 had that dipstick stored on the rear left engine cover. There was only one stick per carrier.
I had one with my first carrier, and it was no problem checking both tanks with it.
Not sure what other Brit carriers it was applicable to, but I would think all the early ones.

Old Smoky
 

You mean Kermit? That's good news. What was done? Complete rebuild of the engine? Just a set of rings?

hahahahahaha :yappy: :yappy:

No Just Adobe Photoshop and about an hour

Hasn't touched the carrier yet.

Pedr

Does anyone have a picture of what the Canadian fuel dipstick looks like?

Dipstick
 

Hi Jordon -I borrowed a dipstick and its sheath and made a duplicate now on my carrier -The only problen was to figure what the measuring surface was -from the info above it seems it was (red?) leather -I suppose I could do that too -can any one confirm that it was in fact leather red or otherwise ? - I use a small wire to hald it in its sheath so noone can walk off with it so the measuring surface cant be seen anyhow -Greg

I also have an original sheath that I re-found in the stuff that came with the UC when I got it.

I thought I remember seeing/reading somewhere that the Cnd ones were some kind of pressed fiber with the markings stamped into it. Something similar to the fiber Id tags everyone wore back then but only thicker.

Am I right in thinking this?

Material
 

The material in the fuel dipstick is not leather, but fibre. The insulation material like on the jeep terminal blocks. (at least on all the ones I've seen)
Yes Jordan that dip stick does all the early carriers. All the Fuel tanks are the same size and capacity (the scout had 4 tanks which included 2 x 1/2 size tanks) They would be O.K. for the Aussie carriers as well.

Went back and took another look at my dipstick holder and guess what, it still had the dipstick in it. I had always thought that what ended up being the dipstick was part of the holder. By using a hammer and a screwdriver I was able to remove the dipstick from the holder. It still had the fiber/leather material in it along with the stampings for how much fuel was in the tank.

I will post up some measurments soon for those interested.