Sexton engine rebuild tag

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

http://www.forces.gc.ca/admmat-smama...epasse-eng.asp

It was on October 1, 1946 that the RCEME Workshop became the 202nd RCEME Workshop. Its official establishment as a depot for technical material to provide services to Canada and the United Kingdom was authorized on November 21, 1946. The 25 COD managed the depot until April 1, 1948 when it became an independent Unit.
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The early 50s were marked by a great deal of work on equipment destined for NATO and the UN during the Korean war

Like Sextons and Grizzlies slated for shipping to Portugal?

The 1960s saw several major projects such as the development of the Bobcat Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), the rebuild of the Centurion tank, reparations to the Sherman M4A2 tank and the 105mm and 155mm guns, the manufacturing of dummy ENTAC anti-tank guided missiles, and many other projects.

Interestingly, the pictured Sherman is not a M4A2, but a M4A1(76)W, a type which was never used by Canada. It could be 202ns RCEME workshop prepared US supplies for shipping to NATO countries?

Hanno

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Like Sextons and Grizzlies slated for shipping to Portugal?


Interestingly, the pictured Sherman is not a M4A2, but a M4A1(76)W, a type which was never used by Canada. It could be 202ns RCEME workshop prepared US supplies for shipping to NATO countries?

Hanno

Hanno:

Don't take that website literally. I sent them a correction notice for a blunder on their internal DND website. They had a very wrong caption on a Sexton. I think some scrawny web-geek was told to pretty up the website, and here is the unit history booklet. The letter designation might just be a typo that is repeated.

Terry

[Brian Gough]

Following is a list of "Base Workshop Numbers and Locations" as provided by Rob Grieve in his article "Canadian M38 Jeeps", published in CMP Magazine, issue #13, May 1996.

200 Halifax, N.S.
201 Coldbrook, N.S.
202 Montreal, P.Q.
203 Quebec, P.Q.
204 London, Ont.
205 Bordon, Ont.
206 Lakeview (Cawthra Rd.) Ont.
207 Barriesfield (Kingston) Ont.
208 Ottawa, Ont.
209 Petawawa, Ont.
210 Picton, Ont.
211 Regina, Sask.
212 Shilo, Man.
213 Winnipeg, Man.
214 Vancouver, B.C.
215 Calgary, Alb.
216 Chilliwack, B.C.
217 Esquimalt, B.C.
218 Vernon, B.C.
219 Whitehorse, Y.T.
220 Fort Nelson, B.C.
221 Rivers, Man.
222 MacDonald, Man.
223 Fort Churchill, Man.
224 Edmonton, Alb.
225 Trenton, Ont.
226 Lachine, P.Q.
227 Goosebay, Lab.
228 Hagersville, Ont.
229 ?
230 ?
231 ?
232 ?
233 ?
234 Valcartier, P.Q.
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Brian

[Jesse Browning]

Do you think my Sexton was near Borden Ont., or was that just where the rebuilt engine came from? Jesse.

[Jesse Browning]

The push rod tubes were clean inside. The induction tubes all had some rust inside, two being rusted out. The engine was complete and unmolested; suffering mainly from neglect (internal condensation) and the above mentioned problems. Interestingly, I had two Sextons to chose from when I bought this. For the most part identical. The other one ran. Amazingly, they put a 12 foot bar on the drive shaft and broke the engine loose. With the carb off, and spraying starting fluid into the elbow, they got it to fire. After the carb was re-installed, they drove it all over the farm with no air cleaner before selling it. He wanted more money for it since it was "restored". It is in a museum in southern Indiana now. This a picture of it in it's restored condition. This is how they ran the engine. Jesse.

[David Dunlop]

Hello Jesse.

Does the Serial Number of the engine match any vehicle records for your Sexton? If it's the original factory installed engine, there is a good chance the actual vehicle may have been at Borden when the engine was overhauled. If the numbers do not match, the odds increase that whenever the original engine in the Sexton needed servicing, it was simply shipped off to the nearest RCEME unit capable of doing the work and a "new" rebuilt engine was ordered out of stores through the system for installation.

[Jesse Browning]

David; I don't have any vehicle records. There are many stamped numbers on various parts of the engine, but none match the vehicle serial number. Jesse.