MLU FORUM  

Go Back   MLU FORUM > MILITARY VEHICLES > The Carrier Forum

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #91  
Old 03-01-18, 03:41
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Fortune favours the brave....

Thanks Mike,

As this carrier had very little paint left on it and nothing from which I could discern the pattern, I figured I had some licence to adopt the NT colour scheme.

The grey is is as close as I could find to the AWM sample and has been correctly applied using a brush (with stokes at right angles to the line of the curve) over the green. With a bit of practice, it's surprisingly easy to get the curves and they have this sort of slightly sharp/ slightly feathered edge.
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #92  
Old 03-01-18, 03:54
Mike Cecil Mike Cecil is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cody, Wyoming, USA
Posts: 2,365
Default

We'll all look forward to some overall images in due course. In the meantime, great work.



Mike
Reply With Quote
  #93  
Old 04-01-18, 09:26
Wayne Henderson Wayne Henderson is offline
Member since 1998
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 468
Default nice tank mister

Hey Phil, looking good and up to your usual high standard. My favorite colour too, Envy Green.
I'm sure there's a rule somewhere about only painting carriers green and brown
Awesome work!
Reply With Quote
  #94  
Old 04-01-18, 15:26
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Where does the time go.

Does anyone ever spend a whole evening in the shed and at the end, wonder what they achieved?

The screws holding the bushes in the swing arms for the rear bogies were either missing or too damaged to re-use so I had to make some more. I found a gasket company to cut the seals as well and these should arrive next week.

Started on the fuel tanks, one is bone dry, the other has the congealed jelly fuel residue that we all know and love so much. I've sealed that tank and currently running a few litres of acetone in there to start cleaning out the gunk.

Plan is to use the POR15 fuel tank sealer. I've used this system a few times before with good results.
Attached Thumbnails
IMG_1048.JPG   IMG_1051.JPG  
Attached Images
 
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #95  
Old 21-01-18, 01:37
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default A differential pinion....

The long awaited pinion pilot bearing is currently clearing customs so should arrive next week.

In preparation I re-cleaned inside the diff and fitted the new bearing races. NOS crownwheel is fitted to the diff centre. Here's the matching NOS pinion next to the old one, you can see the amount of wear in the teeth. I guess the old one would have been okay for a while

Diff gaskets and seals are sitting on the shelf, so once pinion bearing arrives, just have to press the new bearings into the diff centre and pinion, then bolt up and fit diff.

Next, suspension......
Attached Thumbnails
IMG_1086.JPG   IMG_1089.JPG   IMG_1090.JPG  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #96  
Old 21-01-18, 18:52
Andrew Rowe Andrew Rowe is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Manawatu , New Zealand
Posts: 544
Default Setting Diff

You may already know this but with setting up the diff the preload on the side bearings of the crown wheel is only achieved by the thickness of your gaskets on the two halves of the diff housing. Good idea is to set this up without the pinion in so you can rotate the crown wheel through the hole to get the desired preload, then when you have worked out how many gaskets you need pull apart , put pinion in and seal gaskets and bolt together, just my idea anyway, cheers Andrew.
__________________
Valentine MkV
Covenanter MkIV
Lynx MKI and MKII
Loyd Carrier / English / Candian / LP.
M3 Stuart
Reply With Quote
  #97  
Old 28-01-18, 10:40
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Exhausting work......

Just after the New a Year, I dropped an original exhaust pipe into the local muffler shop to get them to bend the pipes and find some mufflers that were as close as we could get to right dimensions. I picked up the components from the shop on Thursday and spent the long weekend fabricating and fitting them.

There were a few issues, the first being that I could not get the pipes mandrel formed locally, so had to contend with changing pipes diameters caused by press forming. The second issue was that the mufflers are close but not identical to the originals - The main difference being the that inlet and outlet pipes are 2 1/4” (pipes are 2”) and about 1/2” further in from the edge when compared to the originals.

The change in piper diameters was overcome by turning up some bushes, this allowed me to, starting at the bottom, position everything then weld the pipes to the bushes, whilst allowing the bushes to sit snugly in the muffler.

Once everything was cut, assembled and tacked in place, the top pipes were welded to the muffler and the original cut offs on the lower pipes were welded in place before a (incomplete) coat of paint was applied.
Attached Thumbnails
546BE210-0F78-4520-B7E9-D827C6BFFDF1.jpeg   CF355DB1-1231-49C5-B933-18D413EE69B5.jpeg   73E8D7FF-D7B7-4023-A5C2-8236F4AB67D7.jpeg   2719CDB4-40EB-43B4-B42F-A143D391DBBF.jpeg   D9445A07-AB17-4D74-9BAC-CDC98D6D535B.jpeg  

__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)

Last edited by Phillip; 28-01-18 at 10:42. Reason: Grammar
Reply With Quote
  #98  
Old 30-01-18, 15:18
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Hmmmmm........ back to the drawing board

The semi hollow rivets turned up today, so with a glint in my eye and a handful of rivets I disappeared down the shed for the evening.

Using guesswork and black magic, I made up a former to hold and roll the rivet end and welded these to a sturdy g-clamp. Results are 50/50, the tool works okay but I now have to find some 3/4” rivets and modify the tool to get the right angle on some of the rivets.
Attached Thumbnails
53A3C755-0AB6-45A1-909B-5D0A5092089A.jpeg   1CAD3A39-C1ED-43B7-8EF8-1CC96C61B52C.jpeg   92ECC95E-9C31-441D-BB20-6B318AFC7287.jpeg  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #99  
Old 30-01-18, 19:37
Lynn Eades Lynn Eades is offline
Bluebell
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Tauranga, New Zealand
Posts: 5,534
Default

Phillip, over here I used some aluminium rivets. I followed exactly what a friend had done. because of the small quantity, the company supplied and sent them free, believe it or not.
They were solid aluminium with the countersink flat head, and the right length.
I set up a dolly with knob on it, to keep the counter sink finish, and peined them over.
I must add, it was not the most successful thing I've ever done.
__________________
Bluebell

Carrier Armoured O.P. No1 Mk3 W. T84991
Carrier Bren No2.Mk.I. NewZealand Railways. NZR.6.
Dodge WC55. 37mm Gun Motor Carriage M6
Jeep Mb #135668
So many questions....
Reply With Quote
  #100  
Old 12-03-18, 13:36
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Kept in suspense.....

The diff has now been rebuilt, twice. The first time with the correct gasket size 0.010” but this did not provide any backlash, it took a slightly thicker gasket 0.040” to give the right amount of backlash. I can only put this down to the NOS crown wheel/ pinion and bearings and maybe they were ever so slightly different.

Diff is now all installed. Dropped the brake drums and pads into the local brake shop and they will match the pads to the drums.

Assembled the trailing bogies. The nitrile bushes fit and seem to work well at keeping the grease in.

One set of springs are installed, the other boggie is installed and just the other set of springs to be painted and installed. To completely strip and rebuild the suspension has been a laborious job, but I suspect will be well worth it.

Now I can finish making the new brake rods.
Attached Thumbnails
2AD99320-B35C-4FA2-983F-EBB784839A99.jpeg   37F9E20E-3773-4717-B958-21FC15E0EED7.jpeg  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #101  
Old 29-03-18, 16:55
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Red and Orange and Green and Black.......

Brake drums and matching shoes are back from the brake man.

The grease seals in the hubs were obviously what ever could be found locally and a galvanised steel shim of around 1mm in thickness was used to hold them in

New grease seals have arrived courtesy of Macs Auto in the US of A (same part number as per the manual) and new snap rings from the local bearing shop.

I cannot find the little steel cap that goes over the top adjuster. It’s probably not that important but would be nice to find.

When I took the springs off, they were not coloured and were all over the place. Some careful checking to the manual and some references has hopefully enabled me to work which spring is the right colour and therefore where it goes.

The first hub is back on and the shoes centred, the second hub can go on until the cap turns up and then I can complete the brake rods.

The engine is still in the machine shop - it needs a new cylinder liner, the heads and block faced and four broken studs extracted. 4 months down the track the studs are out, hopefully another 4 months and the rest may be done
Attached Thumbnails
8528007A-9A77-4962-9092-78FE80F7D5BB.jpeg  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #102  
Old 02-04-18, 14:24
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default ....it’s the sudden stop.

With the new brake pads fitted last week, Over the weekend I fitted the matched drums and centralised the pads in the drums (well I think I have, there seems to be very little movement in the cam - following the manual, the process seems to be ‘set by feel’ with no way of checking, no wonder the drivers manual tells the drivers not to touch it!)

I made up new brake rods out of some 7/16” 1030 steel rod (courtesy of a friend in Geraldton who can spot 7/16 amongst a whole pile of 12mm stock )

The local brake & clutch shop found me some rubber boots that are a perfect match for length and diameters - both big and small.

Test fitting everything works, even the park brake! Not sure about the return springs, these are a little lighter than original so I may need to find a closer, heavier spring.

Just now have to paint and reinstall.
Attached Thumbnails
3BA1EE6E-A440-4CB1-8A46-9AA89C6C8A8D.jpeg   3759465D-5FCC-4686-8529-CCC4906BA059.jpeg   D06759EC-BDFB-4A61-8992-B8FABBA4A907.jpeg   BFD3A300-197B-4228-8DFB-CC05983E11AA.jpeg  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #103  
Old 02-04-18, 23:51
Dale Jordan Dale Jordan is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Port Macquarie, Australia
Posts: 311
Default

Excellent work Phillip . I've been looking for those boots , I'll use that number and try and get some over here thanks for posting . Dale
__________________
1944 GPW and Bantam trailer
Reply With Quote
  #104  
Old 07-04-18, 12:12
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Spring is in the air.......

I have to admit, this has been my least favourite job, pulling all the suspension apart, removing all the rust, cleaning and painting has been time consuming. But then you get it all back together and it’s a big step closer.

I learned a trick today, when compressing the spring, if the rod moves left or right of the other end of the of the suspension arm, it is very difficult to get get the other springs and the ball end in. The trick was to place a washer under one edge of the spring compression tool to get it to pull the rod straight. Also, this job is definitely a lot easier to do with the suspension on the carrier.

Now onto the front two units, hopefully in time for the arrival of the re-rubbered wheels.
Attached Thumbnails
34904149-5B9A-45B9-BF4E-9798A0E7A9FB.jpeg   63FDE60E-0011-4D2D-82BC-3ECE8F71C44B.jpeg  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #105  
Old 30-05-18, 14:06
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Keeping me in suspension.....

I am nearly at the end of the suspension. The last bogie is all stripped and the springs, rods, balls, cups, washers etc have been cleaned of rust and painted, ready for assembly.

The idler wheel bearings were in excellent condition so the wheels, once cleaned of solidified grease mixed with dirt (making something akin to concrete), only needed modern seals to replace the old perished cork seals.

I am still waiting on the engine machining to be completed and the re-rubbered wheels to arrive.

Here is the spring and rods prior to cleaning and painting and the other front bogie installed.
Attached Thumbnails
2360C39D-C125-4E8C-AA87-E3660CFD2E09.jpeg   3B273B1E-CACE-475D-BE29-FC98D0873805.jpeg  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #106  
Old 23-07-18, 16:10
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Under pressure....

I’ve sure that subconsciously I’ve been putting this off but tonight I finally assembled the last bogie.

Without this clever little spring compression tool, I do not know how you rebuild spring packs as there is a tremendous amount of pressure required to compress that spring.

At the end of these I almost feel like I know what I’m doing
Attached Thumbnails
9DB45FDA-6ED6-4D9F-B52D-3A5157E54325.jpeg   CDC7BF1C-47DF-4521-B96A-91D8D4545948.jpeg  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #107  
Old 23-07-18, 21:59
Lynn Eades Lynn Eades is offline
Bluebell
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Tauranga, New Zealand
Posts: 5,534
Default

The brake boot is available under a ford part number via Macs auto but is a common size from back in the day.
If someone needs a wire dia. and length etc. for the return springs, I can check it out.
__________________
Bluebell

Carrier Armoured O.P. No1 Mk3 W. T84991
Carrier Bren No2.Mk.I. NewZealand Railways. NZR.6.
Dodge WC55. 37mm Gun Motor Carriage M6
Jeep Mb #135668
So many questions....
Reply With Quote
  #108  
Old 28-07-18, 13:29
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Bogie Fever......

The wheels from Hugh arrived a few weeks ago and have now been cleaned and painted.

Bearings have all been completely cleaned of 70 years of petrified grease to reveal very few issues. I have a good supply of bearings and so picked out the best ones before re-packing them. Modern seals have replaced the old cork seals

New wheels installed on a rebuilt bogie, might have the rest fitted by end of the weekend. Booyeh - progress

Looking forward to picking the engine up from the machine shop next week.
Attached Thumbnails
5B53D8B2-2FE7-44E9-A4F8-6CD2303FA92A.jpeg  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #109  
Old 28-07-18, 15:56
David Dunlop David Dunlop is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Winnipeg, MB
Posts: 3,384
Default

Phillip. I was just reviewing your thread and great work on this carrier and spotted something regarding the exhaust system I had missed earlier.

It looks like the exhaust flows up through the two muffler assemblies ant the pipes exit two holes in the upper rear plate assembly.

However, it looks like a “Y” exists ahead of each muffler with a short straight exhaust pipe coming out just below the rear plate, and these two pipes are covered with blanking plates.

Now I am curious as to the purpose of these lower alternate exhaust pipes. They must release a mighty roar when opened up!

David
Reply With Quote
  #110  
Old 29-07-18, 07:13
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Exhausting work....

David, I do not know the answer!

The manuals are silent on the matter and some carriers do not have the bypass, mufflers or heat shields - just straight pipes exiting up high through the rear plate.

I assume that the engine is more efficient if the lower pipes are open and hence you would get better fuel efficiency, but obviously the trade off is a lot more noise and therefore, less tactical, hence mufflers!

Possibly someone out there has some documentation on the subject that they can share?
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #111  
Old 29-07-18, 10:54
Andrew Rowe Andrew Rowe is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Manawatu , New Zealand
Posts: 544
Default Carrier Mufflers

Evidently, with the New Zealand production of Local pattern carriers, mufflers were introduced in the last 200, of our total production of "roughly" 1200 carriers. Hull Serial numbers were pre dated by an "X" , Cheers Andrew.
__________________
Valentine MkV
Covenanter MkIV
Lynx MKI and MKII
Loyd Carrier / English / Candian / LP.
M3 Stuart
Reply With Quote
  #112  
Old 07-11-18, 15:42
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Little shop of horrors......

It’s been a long time since I was down the shed. The engine I was planning on using in the carrier turned out to be a dud. So after nearly 12 months in the shop I was a tad bit annoyed

In the depths of dispondency, I followed up on an engine that I had tried to buy a few years ago but was not for sale. (Must sound familiar to most of us?).

The engine in mind was sitting in a junk yard and was in either a welder or generator frame (I can’t remember which) and had a carrier oil cooler attached. On following up it had been sold........then re-sold........and was sitting in a shed less than 2km from my home.

Armed with a dashing smile, my best pleading voice, some glossy photos of a partially restored Bren carrier and a fistful of cash, I called in the current owner.

The guy was happy to show it to me, he had bought it running and was going to put the engine into a truck to restore (Must sound familiar to most of us?) ..... but had changed his mind and was happy to sell it.

The engine has me a little stumped, the block is cast 61 (so not a mercury block) and the engine number is F100! but there are a lot of Carrier tell-tales - it has the pcv valve, two piece sump and the block has been drilled for an oil cooler - oh, and it was with the carrier oil cooler and a carrier radiator.

Throwing caution to the wind, I parted with some cold hard cash for a running V8, possibly carrier, but until I pull the heads off - more likely a generator engine - but who cares - it runs

So I brought my new purchase home, cleaned it up, pulled the sump, replaced the water pumps, fitted the clutch from the old motor and a rebuilt carby. Wired it up and hit the starter and it runs perfectly. So I won’t pull it down yet.

I’ve been given a confirmed carrier block to rebuild so will eventually put that engine in the carrier.

For now this is what is going in. I’ve opted for the 1942 build to suit my later model carrier, but I’m having to manufacture a bracket to mount the oil filled fan opposite the generator pulley, so in this photo the earlier twin pulley generator has been fitted.
Attached Thumbnails
00EFBFE5-FACA-477C-9CA5-2D2C542C2177.jpeg  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #113  
Old 28-01-19, 06:46
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default I bin everywhere man.....

I had planned to build a gantry over Christmas but managed to pull my right leg out of my hip socket, which in turn created back issues and laid me horizontal for five weeks.

Mobile now but on light duties so decided to finish the storage bins and the battery holder.

I’ve not had much luck with modern 6v lead acid batteries, being lucky to get 2 years out of them. I decided to try an Optima 6v. Only issue being the shape, I got around this with a dummy cover. The battery top and tray are one of the few repro parts in this restoration and is just a roughy until I can copy an original.
Attached Thumbnails
AE125739-5C85-498F-A246-E128C3391451.jpeg   03945611-F17D-4570-96BB-1E3FBDA38BD2.jpeg   5159F0CA-1090-4FBF-BCE5-35BAE21A4150.jpeg   834A00FC-E43D-4A9C-9F09-6F1FA8D56D4E.jpeg   AF06DD6C-F311-4BC7-901A-7DE380AFF1CE.jpeg  

__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #114  
Old 28-01-19, 21:58
Mike Gurr Mike Gurr is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
Posts: 182
Default

Phillip,
A good choice, I have had the same Optima battery on my Carrier for the past 4 years, only gets run occasionally but never fails to start and has held a good charge without any remote charging in all that time.
Cheers
__________________
Mike Gurr

1944 Matchless G3L
1944 No2 MK2* UC
10 CWT GS trailer
1944 BSA M20
Royal Enfield RE125 'Flying Flea'
Reply With Quote
  #115  
Old 28-01-19, 22:07
Mike Cecil Mike Cecil is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cody, Wyoming, USA
Posts: 2,365
Default Battery maintainer

I use a battery maintainer for the various 12V and 6V batteries that don't get much use for extended parts of the year (generator, ride-on mower, jeeps, tractor), not a charger, and have had no problem thus far with modern 6V and 12V batteries.

Mike

Last edited by Mike Cecil; 28-01-19 at 22:46.
Reply With Quote
  #116  
Old 25-07-19, 11:23
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Tanks for the memories...

Looking back, it’s been a fair while since my last post. During my absence from the forum, I made a gantry out of scrap I beam, fitted the engine and completed the wiring.

So many little jobs! In hindsight I’d recommend a table on the outside of the carrier on which to place the plethora of tools and parts that you need whilst working in this space. On a positive note, you get heaps of exercise climbing in and out to go and get that part/ tool that you left on the work bench!

I made up a tool to get the correct bend on the bifurcated rivets holding all the felt in place, this worked well in forming the loops on the rivet arms to keep tension on the rivet head - well worth the effort to get the correct result.

Both fuels tanks are now restored and the near-side tank fitted as this posses the least hindrance to any final works in the engine bay. Thanks to Euan McDonald who had a sample of what was fitted to the hole in the fuel tank under the rear seats - it’s a breather that was discarded on later fuel tanks.

All the fuel lines made up with new fittings, I found cloth covered fuel line but could not source the old style swagged fittings, what you see is the nearest I could get. The purists will note the pick up is rotated 1600mils - this was so the line does not rub anywhere.

One of the few concessions made in this restoration, besides an electronic ignition, is an electronic fuel pump. As I fitted a new mechanical pump, I only wanted to use the electric pump to prime the carby, so I ran an extra wire in the harness so that it can be turned on/ off from the drivers compartment. Works a treat as she fires up easily on 6v.
Attached Thumbnails
26FAECC7-E4C7-4E41-830A-7897407A4D4D.jpeg  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #117  
Old 28-07-19, 12:44
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default It’s a tankless hobby......

I went to fit the rear seat over the fuel tank and decided I didn’t like the look of my re-orientated fuel line, some careful bending of the brass fuel line and I’ve now got the line facing the right way and not touching anything

Fitting the rear seat was fun (not) and I’m not sure that once the engine cover is in place that I’d be able to sit on it!

The wiring is now complete, the capacity to switch the electric fuel pump on and off from the drivers compartment works a treat. I was not getting a charge out of the generator but the coils are giving the right readings, so pulled it out and re-cleaned and polarised it, now charging!

Air filters, engine cover, all those little jobs and (shudder) tracks next!!!!
Attached Thumbnails
C2E5685B-7682-408F-9EFA-FCE98020F80C.jpeg  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #118  
Old 19-08-19, 14:20
John Mackie John Mackie is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Australia
Posts: 121
Default

Absolutly great work on your carrier . I only just found your thread, I do not know how I managed to miss it. I would like to add some comments learnt while restoring my carrier.
Exhaurt system. My muffler gaurds were so badly bent that I had to replace all 4, I asked a company to cut some 2.5 "strips from a sheet. they said they had some 2.5" X 0.25 " I gladly bought some . On my carrier the tail pipes were still attatched to very sad mufflers, I re-used the old tail pipes and joined them up to the exhaust pipes , it is alittle throaty but not noisy,
The 2 piece sump you mentioned will not let the engine sit down.. I found out!
On seting up the differential you indicated that you had minimal backlash , maybee the axle may have needed some shims between the axle housing and the pinoin bearing housing.
you have most likley found solutions to these problems but I mention them just in case.
__________________
John Mackie (Snr) VK2ZDM

Ford GPW- script
#3A Ford Trailer
M3A1 White Scout Car
-Under restoration-
1941 Ford Truck (Tex Morton)
F15A Blitz
Radio sets- #19, #122, #62, ART13, and Command
Reply With Quote
  #119  
Old 19-08-19, 16:42
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Speak softly and carry a big hammer.....

Thanks John,

Its been a fun learning curve, they are very basic, sooo much easier to work on than the Ferret that was my first project.

My muffler guards had coped a hammering as well, but an oxy and a large hammer got them straight!

Looking forward to being able to get back down the shed soon.
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
  #120  
Old 02-01-20, 12:58
Phillip's Avatar
Phillip Phillip is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 174
Default Merry New Year

Well it’s been a busy 2019 but not enough movement on the restoration front. Fighting my end of year apathy, I pulled my finger out (as well as smacked several of them with a sledge hammer) and finished sorting out the track enough to get the old girl mobile.

It steers so just fine-tuning, get the rear tool rack and engine cover restored as well as continuing with all those ‘small details’ to get it finished for April 2020
Attached Thumbnails
414F7AFC-2CC0-40C0-806E-06D8D8AD971D.jpeg   D1609EF8-D76C-40D2-B639-4FA085FA518D.jpeg   75FBF813-667F-4CE0-8E5E-A889D0310ADC.jpeg   C0AA5465-0546-4369-B729-4D6BB1CFCA58.jpeg  
__________________
Phillip Thompson

"He who has the tiger by the tale, is often afraid to let go" - Confucius

Ford FGT No.9 (long suffering restoration project)
25 Pdr (Under Restoration)
No.27 Artillery Trailer (Under Restoration)
Bit and pieces of a 2 pdr AT (Looking for bits)
LP2a Carrier - 3" Mortar Trials (Restored)
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
lp2a for sale Justin Pollard For Sale Or Wanted 2 03-07-11 04:46
Lp2a Mike Kelly The Carrier Forum 5 04-06-10 05:23
LP2A Radiator Justin Pollard The Carrier Forum 3 06-12-08 10:46
Lp2a Idunno The Carrier Forum 2 30-07-06 05:11
LP2a Idunno The Carrier Forum 14 19-07-06 17:25


All times are GMT +2. The time now is 00:46.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Maple Leaf Up, 2003-2016