New Hampshire CMP Barn 2011- 2012 HUP Overhaul

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Bob

Blocking of the oil feed to the rock assembly was easy just unscrewed the line from the fitting in the middle of the assembly and replace it with a union fitting that had the end soldered up.


You can just see it sticking up between the push rods in the center of the picture.

Yes I had taken note of the instructions about the gaskets on the oil pressure relief on the side of the engine. Took it apart and checked that I had assembled it correctly. As to the restrictive orifices yes I've learned to look at the fittings on the Chevy both in the oil system and vacuum system. When I find them I tag them, made a number of replacements over the years by soldering the replacement closed and then drilling it with a matching size drill.

Your suggestions and comment have been very helpful as the process of communicating back and forth helps the diagnostic process. As does making incredibly dull videos because that way I can refer back to the video.

I'm pretty sure that I have exhausted the easy things to check and that what ever it is going to take some real time to find.

Cheers Phil

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

Well after yesterdays discovery that there was no easy fix moved on to Plan B, bring out a another engine.


This is an engine that was running fine when it came out of my C60S in the back ground of the photo.

Engine was put away on test stand nearly complete I'd dumped oil in the cylinders. Cleaned the outside today so that it can be painted.


Cheers Phil

[Bob Carriere]

... I now understand the rear engine mount arrangement and removeable instrument panel...... very clever.

Also love your elevator arrangement for storage to the second floor.

Bob

[Gunner]

Hi Phil: I was looking for something on the CBC site today and found this photo of Mathew Halton and his HUP. I suspect yoiu've seen it before but just in case...

Photo credit: National Archives of Canada / PA-204812

Website: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/dday1944/halton.html

Looks like a cam pattern painted above the visible wheel.

Mike

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Mike

First thanks much for posting the picture and link. I had seen the photo before but you spotted something I had never noticed, the camouflage,
this style I think was called Micky Mouse Ears. Here is a slightly better source picture.



What you spotted brings out a very interesting point though not all the units had camouflage paint. Recording Unit 4 which seems to have been the most photographed doesn't.




The second photo of Recording Unit 4 shows it before the signage had been paint on the rear.
As a result of your spotting this though I started looking through sources here is a picture
of the side of one of the Recording Units number unknown, that has camouflage maybe the same Unit as in the photo you spotted.


Again thanks for posting the picture and link to the CBC page I'll have to update
my web page to include the new information you found.

Cheers Phil

[Gunner]

Hi Phil:

Looking at the two middle photos, as you say, they are of the same vehicle- Z4214033 and it is definitely camouflaged... in photo 2 look at the seam between the roof and the rear body panel. you can see a definite colour change a few inches below it. I would suggest that Unit 4's recording van definitely had a cam pattern. As you can see in photo 3 there is a broad band of colour running almost vertically through and below the middle window to the wheel well. Looking back at photo 2 you can see the same band once you know where to look! That would be consistent with the directives for painting the invasion 'fleet' of vehicles. There were many patterns authorised and Mike Starmer has done a better job of recording them than I can do here.

Its interesting that the green with black bands became the standard British cam for years afterwards (notwithstanding the shiny bronze green years!).

You may be onto something with photo 4: it looks like DND32033 on the bumper by the way, as it is definitely the mickey mouse ears cam pattern. It also has a civi licence plate- GGU 5??. British plate experts should be able to ID it for you as they have detailed records of all plates back to the start of plates... you know what I mean!

Mike