Carrier gearbox problem - any advice?

[Tom Millward]

Hello Ron,

I'll be stripping my Engine & gearbox out over winter to restore the inside of the hull. You're welcome to borrow my stiffening plate as a pattern. The Carrier is only up at Larkhill, so not to far from you. That or I can post it.

[Ron Pier]

Originally Posted by Tom Millward

Hello Ron,

I'll be stripping my Engine & gearbox out over winter to restore the inside of the hull. You're welcome to borrow my stiffening plate as a pattern. The Carrier is only up at Larkhill, so not to far from you. That or I can post it.

Great Thanks Tom. Let me know when you strip it.....I came up to Larkhill earlier this year on an invite from the WW2 gun crew. Ron

[Petr Brezina]

Ron, it's quite easy to make, you don't need a drawing at all.

[Ron Pier]

I think you are right Petr. But nothing like having one to copy if it's near to hand. Ron

[Tom Millward]

Thought I post an update on my gearbox problem, which I’ve now managed to solve. Thank you to you all for all the advice.

The interim solution was to have a third man in the back who’s job was to pull the gear selector lever hard over to the right every time I put my hand in the air, not a long term solution but it got me through the veterans parade I was attending. I covered the gear linkage liberally with penetrating oil and slacked off the gear selector rod bolts (the rods were rusted up and wouldn’t budge). My gear linkage at the front end is adjustable, like a split collar and pinch bolt.

The Carrier drove very well, in convoy with several Morris gun tractors and guns, apart from spinning out on a corner, much to the amusement of the gun tractor behind me.

The journey back was a different matter! Firstly I ran out of fuel. Secondly, the heat from the engine and the efffect of the penetrating oil completely freed off the gear linkage and with the bolts loose I lost all the gears, the gear lever was loosely slopping about in the gate. After setting the gear position roughly correct and tightening up the pinch bolt I had all the gears working again. But now the battery had gone flat and I couldn’t start the engine...

The problem with the gear change must have been that a heavy gear change had caused the rod to become misaligned and neutral at the gear change gate didn’t align with neutral at the gearbox. It’s nearly working properly again now, just a bit of fine tuning required, and I’ve got to work out why it isn’t charging properly.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Tom Millward

The journey back was a different matter! Firstly I ran out of fuel.

Unwelcome I am sure, but I once gave this advice to my daughter: If you look after the top half of the tank, the bottom half will look after itself.



She never lets her tank go below half.

[Tom Millward]

Sound advice Rob. I am running off a Jerrycan at the moment as I have finished the fuel tanks. The Jerrycan doesn’t seem to last very long! Lesson learnt though...