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Coming on nicely, your efforts are greatly admired. That's quite a bit of wear on the Tracta, are you planning on doing anything about that?

Incidentally I was looking in EMER WV N253 June 1954 & the bearings are packed with grease of course & on assembly the hub is filled oil as one would expect.

Put an amendment in June 1956 states:
Delete "fill with oil"
Insert "pack with grease LG-280"

Yet all Servicing Schedules up to the final one in 1976 ignore that & still require topping up with oil OEP220.

Did the Australian Army run off EMERs for the Commers or did they produce their own angle on things in the form of EMEIs I wonder?

The Commer handbook I have refers to oil top-ups as well.

Many Pigs in N.Ireland were fitted with lubrication nipples on the hubs to facilitate speedy top-ups. Unfortunately some owners interpret this as an invitation inject grease into the hub rather than oil.