15-CWT, 2K1, WIRE 5 Body Details

[David Dunlop]

Oh, She is looking SWEET, Rich!!!

From what I have seen of these bodies, they were all equipped with the same exhaust plumbing in the floor of the Gen Box. A fairly large diameter pipe through the floor to absorb the pressure of two generators running at the same time, with a Y-Fitting at the top end. If I recall correctly, one branch of the Y should point straight up and will take the exhaust feed for the upper, portable Chorehorse. The second branch of the Y will angle outward towards the lower compartment and will take the exhaust for either the second Chorehorse, or Onan. It's all pretty much standard plumbing stuff and adapters or plugs would have been used to connect generators as required.

Underneath the body was a 90 degree elbow and an extension pipe feeding a sausage shaped muffler about 2 to 3 inches in diameter and about 10 inches long. It pointed about 10 degrees aft of perpendicular to the side of the vehicle with the end of the pipe about 2 inches back from the bottom edge of the side of the truck. There may be a bit of a fiddle factor involved with the muffler placement as one has to deal with mud flap and jerry can racks back there. All that equipment had been removed from the bodies I ever examined, but I have seen the identical muffler setup on a couple of Machinery bodies, if that helps at all.

Cheers,


David

[David Dunlop]

I puzzled over the same question from a slightly different angle (pun intended).

It never made sense to me why the poor Cypher Clerk had to sit side saddle in the seat at his work station. Then one Winter's day I was riding the bus on a side seat down one of Winnipeg's pothole breeding streets and more than once was nearly thrown into the isle. For some reason the Cypher Clerks seat came to mind and I realized when on the move, he would be much better off facing forward.

Certainly no reason the wireless could not be worked or at least monitored on the move. Wonder how it's done today?

Keep out of mischief, Phil.


David

[David Dunlop]

Rich.

That is an interesting option for that terminal box. Had forgotten about the little ring tab inside there. Wonder what the heck it was for???

Nice to see you have the paper bin under the Cypher Desk. It was missing from most boxes I ever saw. Popular item it seems.

Do you have the folding Cypher Desk?


David

[rob love]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Rich.

That is an interesting option for that terminal box. Had forgotten about the little ring tab inside there. Wonder what the heck it was for???

David

Perhaps for strain relief? The wires would be tied thru the ring and then terminated to the wingnuts. That way when someone tripped on the wiring, they would not rip out the wires.

[Robert Bergeron]

Gents,

Richard: Great job !

Following David's question on the role of the crew : Jon Skagfeld told me he was once the driver of such a rig in post-war Canadian Army and that his role was limited to driving and maintaining the generators. The Senior NCO would be in my opinion the only truly cross-trained member of the crew by way of professional progression. The only intergangeable positions i can imagine are the radio operator and the cypher clerk.Anyway, all radio message would have to be encrypted . The Germans were experts at disrupting , intercepting and jamming allied communications . There are horror stories about bad radio procedure by the Canadians in Normandy. War is not like exercices in England . Like i said before , i am no Signals officer, so i stand to be corrected.

Rob : I agree, one loop around the ring will go a long way of preventing an accidental tearing off of the wires.

All in all a fascinating restoration to undertake, a dedicated restorer ( Richard ) and fascinating contributions by MLU members. Thanks to all !