plate,cover,loophole

[universalgrl]

The FUC-03 illustrated parts catalog lists the cover as CTL 947 SA
for the carrier C31 UCW Welsh guards.
But it should fit any MK I or MK II??

[Marc van Aalderen]

Hi Roy,

As yours is a Mk1 and mine a Mk2* Welsh Guards I'll relieve you off it.

See you at W&P.

Cheers mate,

[Ron Pier]

Hang on Mark. I was first I'll be at W&P also My MK2 is also Welsh Guard Stowage. But I still haven't worked out where this plate fits. Time to study the parts list I think. Ron

[Marc van Aalderen]

Sorry Ron, but Roy and I have been emailing about this since yesterday. So you are second! Sorry mate! But I will have a beer for you too if you are coming to W&P.

Cheers,

[roy206]

it can be fitted in the gunners hole as a armor plate

[Ron Pier]

Ah I realize what it is now. CTL 947 SA gunners slot cover plate. I have one, so no arm wrestling for it Mark. Mine is 3/8" (nearly 10mm) thick. Ron

[BCA]

The cover Roy shows has 6 rivets that project through the plate to form 6 stubby pins (just like my cover). What purpose do they serve - they don't seem to help position the cross-bar. The cover Ron shows does not have these pins. My original has no part numbers, unusual for a Carrier part. ...... Brian

[roy206]

i think ron his plate is a repro one,a Original plate is 7/16 thick.
the welded pins help to stay the crossbar in horizontal or vertical position.
our plate also don,t have the stamped number on it.
after esaerch i discovered that the platenumber is tl14115,plate and thecrossbar tl14116,bar locking .
the housing number for the stowage bracket is ctl 14120 housing,loophole,coverplate wich is fitted on a Welsh .
i don,t know there is a stowage bracket mounted on a mk2.

[Ron Pier]

Correction! I have just measured my plate accurately with a vernier instead of the plastic rule I used yesterday. It is indeed 7/16". I've studied it with a mag glass and can't find a number. However the stowage holder which is mounted to the left of the firing slot, clearly has a part number. The top edge of my plate has an extra welded piece but no rivets....Could this be a British version? Ron