restoration project waterbowser C15A 1943

[Grant Bowker]

I am at work right now and can not check the manual for the water tank body. I will do this later and let you know what I can understand.
I believe I have posted images from the manual to show the PTO in past but I did not find them on a quick search.

[Guy Verstrepen]

Hey Grant,

This is the photo i mean.

[Harry Moon]

Originally Posted by Guy Verstrepen

Hey Grant,

This is the photo i mean.

Given that it looks like a single speed transfer case then there is no running it off the Transfer case PTO but of a transmission PTO. Does the data tag chassis model end with a "T"?

[Grant Bowker]

I see the model as C15-44?-MT.
Harry, do you have a listing of what options might be used in the last part of the model code. I have understood M=military, W=winch but this is based on observation - not period documents. It would be interesting to know what combinations exist.

[Guy Verstrepen]

Harry, Grant;
I have a clear picture of the model plate here.
and indeed they ended on MT.
in the book Drive to victory page 113 you will find the following.

M - military pattern.
W - winch.
P - power take - off.
T - transmission PTO.
and there is a pto on the transmission at this c15a.
the transfer case is one with 2 speeds, such as for the c60 and cgt

regards

[Grant Bowker]

A scan from the SB-7 manual for the water tank body is attached. Only by memory, I think the PTO would be below the level of the hole in the crossmember. I will look at my C15A to see whether to verify whether I have a similar hole.

[Mike K]

That CMP water tank looks to be a Thompson Brothers product, basically the standard oval 15 cwt British tank but without the rear storage compartment . In the CMP configuration the water purifying chemicals and the hoses would have been stored in the outside lockers ?