Help on AOP carrier

mudeng · #1 17-11-06, 14:21

In the hope someone can help, I need details or close up photograph of the mounting frame for the cable reel, carried on AOP carriers.
I believe the central shaft was square, and there must have been a crank handle for reeling back the cable, and some sort of guide for the cable.
Any and all information is welcome.

As an added question, seeing the restored conger in Holland, and other carriers, is there a purpose for the holes in the top plate of the mud scraper? Was anything fitted there?

Thanks for any help.

George Moore.

Stewart Loy · #2 17-11-06, 17:11

George,

The holes that you see are in the bracket for the mud scrapper - that bolts into those holes you see.

The scrapper itself is designed to strip mud from the brake drum as it rotates past the stationary blade.

These blades fit close to the drum - so watch your fingers when you are removing these heavy drums with the blades removed. Possibly the last fellow who worked on that Carrier got his finger jammed in between the drum and the blade and threw them as far away from the vehicle as he could ( like I was tempted to when it happened to me

).

If you need pix, I can get them.

Stewart

mudeng · #3 18-11-06, 11:03

Thanks, I have always wondered what they were for, in my ignorance I thought the "bracket" was the scraper.

If its not too much bother a photo would be great, I am engaged on a project to super-detail the Tamiya kit to the AOP carrier, for an "after market" company. I have the engine bay master completed, and the version will be the MkI AOP.

One of my models has appeared on the "softskin forum", I did an AEC 850/FWD R6T some while back.

The MkII scraper bracket was a much simplified version as to the one on the MKI I believe.

One other point, I have reprints from the parts manual, courtesy of Bovington, and am not sure about the bottom panels on the engine cover. It seems there are three panels, attached by "wing bolts". The front panel clears the cam cover, the second has a cut out for the support bracket, hull side to engine bearer, but the third panel is hidden behind the fuel tank. Do you have a clear photo of the shape of the rear panel? I assume that all three panels were fitted to the angle iron running the length of the engine bay, and the engine bearer.

Thanks in advance, I can be contacted at george.dfs@virgin.net

George Moore.