What are these holes for?

[Lynn Eades]

Hi guys, Maybe the plastic is starting to get lost from my six pack, but what are the holes marked "1" and "2" for?
(the ones marked "d" are where the dash panel mounts)

[Jordan Baker]

I have always wondered the same thing. Mine have the boss head screws in them with nuts on the back and that is it. They look like nothing was ever attached there.

[RichardT10829]

likewise i have a domed / countersunk slot head bolt and nut through there could it be some sort of setup for a bracket to fit a dust screen on the top of the armour ?

[nigel ward]

Hi Guys

The holes are for a fuse block mounted to the inside. It is hidden behind the control panel.

Kind Regards
Nigel

[Jordan Baker]

Interesting. was that item in all carriers? Reason I ask is ive never seen one before other then the one that is mounted to the dash inside.

[kevin powles]

Hi, Interesting, I had not noticed those holes before, on the tank hunter the front driver armour piece is off a british carrier and has not got those holes, when I aligned the armour it went in perfect, other intersting note is on a british carrier the dash holes are the same as on a canadian carrier, but the cable armour cover for the headlight utilisers the bottom dash mount hole for one of it's securing holes. On a canadian canadian built carrier there are two seperate holes, hence the inside cable guard cover wont fit, puzzled this one over for an hour until i looked at the uncut mortar carrier and realised the difference.

does this make sense, not saying all british carriers dont have those two fuse holder fuses but i think Mk2's dont?.

Kev.

[Lynn Eades]

Firstly, Thanks for the feedback. I think the fuze holder mount being bolted to the front armour was short lived, but the holes were already jigged for, so lots of carriers have them.
Kevin, You havehigh lighted a question I had a while back , and then forgotten about. The photo I posted is of a MkIII. Both the Brit and Canadian MkI has the wiring armour thing about an inch lower and further toward the outside. So with the redesign of the MkII, they saved time by using the bottom dash mount hole also for the wiring armour,by moving that armour thing up, and in. I thought the wiring cover I have for the inside was made in correctly.

[kevin powles]

Hi, Guess I am going to have to drill those two holes for the fuse holder. Also relocate the armour cover to its correct Mk1 position and fill in one hole.

It took three high speed drill bits just to drill the two holes for the mirror bracket.

[RichardT10829]

what size is the hole Kevin, if its 10mm or more then use a rotabroach cutter....much better

[Lynn Eades]

What hole are you going to fill in?