Some pictures of my new carrier

[Ron Pier]

Someone giving away Boys Anti Tank Rifles?......Can I have his phone number? Ron

[Jordan Baker]

Picked up a couple of neat bits for the carrier the other day at a gun show. Got 2 British green flares in mint shape. Now to just find 2 more matching ones then the white and red ones.

I also spent a few minutes to paint the inside of the radio battery box in glossy black as was discovered from those factory pictures posted a while ago.

Lastly, Ive added the tow chain brackets and a much better copy of the pick axe helve end bracket. Those were the last pieces I needed for my tool plate. Although you can't see it, I have also added the rear convoy lamp bracket on the reverse side of the plate.

Hopefully I will have my engine back soon and then I can have fun getting the whole vehicle back together again. This will give me some much needed room in the barn to work on other projects.

[Jordan Baker]

Made up the battery hold down rods that go in the radio battery box today. The 2 grey pieces are part of the WS19 setup.

[Jordan Baker]

Another part bites the dust, ummm make that checked off the "to aquire" list. Thanks to the generosity of a fellow MLU'er I managed to get a really nice complete radio battery cable conduit and its mounting brackets. I can't get over just how over engineered this part is for what it does. But thats why I like these machines...

Thanks a bunch to those who helped.

[Ron Pier]

It might seem over engineered for the occasion Jordan. But in those days it was just every day bog standard electrical conduit. probably used on most home and industrial wiring installations. Ron

[Lynn Eades]

Basically it was to stop rats and mice eating the insulation off the wiring.

[Jordan Baker]

Ive been busy with my engine. After 2.5 years I finaly got it back after having it rebuilt/built up from new. I had to take all the bits off of it so that it could be re-painted. I agonized for a few days trying to figure out what colour to repaint it. I decided on a light grey colour. #1 reason, I like the colour, #2 It will be easier to see once back in the hull and #3 its a bit different then being simply more green.

I managed to pickup over the past few years most of what I needed to make a "carrier" engine. Thankfully my first engine that came with the carrier had most of what I needed. However I have sourced out the NOS ignition suppresor, NOS fuel pump (new diaphram) oil cooler valve and NOS tubes, fuel selector switch and NOS generator suppressor. Ive also got NOS spark plug suppressors (not shown)

The John Deer was used to move the engine from one side of the barn to the other where my carrier is. That flathead is rather heavy but the tractor did a great job. I then used my Princess Auto engine hoist to lift the engine up. Right now I've got the engine resting on the rear horizontal plate until Im ready to lower it back into the hull.

Lastly I managed to get some new braided fuel lines made up at a local hydraulics store. I had to supply the braided fuel line but they put on the 1/4 BSP swivle connectors for me.