Bendigo Swap find

[Mike K]

I do better at local swaps

I picked this up on Sunday. A vernier gauge 26" high .

GMH provenance ?

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Jaques - there is an extensive thread started by me about Switch Plates. Worth a read. The thread is called A Study Of Switch Plates. You can find it through the Seach Engine.

Bob

[Jacques Reed]

Thanks Bob,

Will look at the thread. Good rainy day activity in Melbourne today.

Cheers!

[Private_collector]

Jacques,

I have thesame brass switch plates on my dash panel.

Don't remember where I got them from, but it'll come back to me......in time.

They are currently green all over, but I have practiced a technique for filling-in the wording etc with black at a later stage. Will have to look to see if the extra hole has been added. I have a feeling this has occured.


Added 17:15hrs. Yep, ignition hole enlarged. I have installed a keyed ignition switch there, for better security. Not much better, mind!

[Jacques Reed]

Another item I picked up at Bendigo last month was a NOS right side ignition lead conduit with an earthing strap for a Ford Sidevalve/Flathead V8.

I assume it was for radio suppression as used on Ford military vehicles based on the number of earth straps used throughout many CMP's. By the length of it I would guess the end goes under a water pump bolt.

Just wondering why it was necessary in the first place as the bolts that hold it to the intake manifold would effectively earth it to the block anyway? Am I missing something about electricity?

Thsi is the second right side conduit I have with the identical earth strap so I assume it was not an ad-hoc modification.

[Keith Webb]

Most if not all the late production Fords I've seen here have bonding all over them, I've always thought it related to radio suppression, but as few were fitted with a radio I don't understand why such a large amount of resources should be allocated to this. The conduit is identical to many I've seen with the soldered on strap. I don't have any idea why this was necessary either.

Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Another item I picked up at Bendigo last month was a NOS right side ignition lead conduit with an earthing strap for a Ford Sidevalve/Flathead V8.

I assume it was for radio suppression as used on Ford military vehicles based on the number of earth straps used throughout many CMP's. By the length of it I would guess the end goes under a water pump bolt.

Just wondering why it was necessary in the first place as the bolts that hold it to the intake manifold would effectively earth it to the block anyway? Am I missing something about electricity?

Thsi is the second right side conduit I have with the identical earth strap so I assume it was not an ad-hoc modification.

[motto]

Keith, as I understand it, radio suppression has two aims. One is to eliminate vehicle interference with on board or nearby equipment (friendly). The other is so as not to alert the enemy to the presence or movement of motorised vehicles by interfering with their equipment. They may even be listening for it.

David

[bill m]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

I do better at local swaps

I picked this up on Sunday. A vernier gauge 26" high .

GMH provenance ?

Hello Mike,

I have seen some other older GMH tool room gauges for auction on ebay earlier this year. Nice find!
Bill.

[Jacques Reed]

Just got back from the Automotive Surplus second relocation sale.
Picked up a nice NOS fuel filter assembly for $10. See attached.

Not going to use the disc filter but thought I would post what a new original one looks like for general information. I bought it mainly for the clean rust-free bowl. Even my best one has a few pits in it from years of moisture.

Maybe it is not 100% kosher, but I won't paint the outside of the bowl either. It would be a sacrilage to cover over the AC decal details.

Also bought two flathead Ford head gaskets also for $30. My engine is a later C69A block with the round water pasages in the centre. Again, another trap for young players as earlier blocks had the "square" (trapezoidal) openings as shown in the comparison. I bought the "square" ones in my young, foolish restoration days- now I am not so young anymore! Hope you all find this interesting.

Cheers

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Hope you all find this interesting.

Cheers

Sure am.

[Jacques Reed]

Another item I picked up last week at Auto Surplus was a rubber gearshift boot of unknown origin.

I knew it was not for a CMP vehicle but the shape suggested to me it might make a good alternative with a bit of modification. The offset position of the lever hole is similar to Keith's original boot. The chance of finding any original boot, let alone one in usable condition, is almost zero so this will have to do to keep out dust, etc.

As they say, "necessity is the mother of invention" so I took to it with a sharp Stanley knife removing the lower bellows as the base was just a tad too big. I then super-glued some 4 mm insertion rubber to the bottom for the mounting plate to hold it. I cut out a circle of the insertion rubber and made a doubler for the lever's hole after removing the tiny rubber tube on the original boot for the lever. This too was super-glued in place. A couple of holes made with the wad punches for the stick and reverse lockout rod completed it.

All in all, it makes a reasonable boot even if not original. It should do the job. For $7.50 it gave me an hour's fun!

Cheers,

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Jacques

The shift boot you show is definitely in line with the tradition of CMP development, use an off the shelf part instead of a special part. This using of off the shelf parts originally on CMPs I believe account for some of the variations we see in small parts.

Your shift boot meets the criteria it seals the hole around the shift lever and look proper.

Cheers Phil

[Jacques Reed]

Well after another 3 km weekend swap meet walk I found another item worth the walk. As always, lots of 60's and 70's chrome and plastic on display. Only saw one sad Flathead Ford V8 head amongst the newer clutter.

I must have examined a few hundred pick heads over the years at swaps looking for a DoD arrow on one.
Finally found this one at the Berwick Swap today.

It's a bit worn down I think but it gotta look better on my pioneer tool holder than one with "Made in China" stamped on it.

Wondering what the R before the DoD arrow signifies. Any pioneer tool experts out there able to shed some light on it?

Here's hoping all the Queensland and Northern NSW MLU Forum members have survived the recent flooding and other severe weather events OK. The reports posted here have been very interesting to say the least.

Cheers