Ford Universal carrier pieces found today!

[derk derin]

Found a few more items for my carrier in a shed Rob,Laun & I were in today.
The starting crank rod for my carrier.I had made one up but it always bugged me I didn't have an original one and now I do! I also found one more track pin to complete the 6 needed for my tool list.Another good find was the socket BB 17033 B that I needed for my carrier tool list.Thanks to Rob who identified it to me and made me realize I was still looking for that one.At the bottom of a pail was a brass cap for a flimsy and it just happens that I need one for a 2 gallon I have that was missing the cap!
I also found a jack that I believe is for the WWII jeep.Maybe a jeep purist can confirm this for me.I did an internet search and viewed the images and some show a rectangular base plate and some show the square base that I have.
Regards,Derk.

[Ron Pier]

Derk your Jeep jack looks right, although mine has a slightly different top? Your bras cap looks to be from a standard 2 gallon fuel/oil/water can. A Flimsy is a 4 gallon can (pre Jerry can). The cap would have a male thread. I've been looking for a Flimsy to add to my collection for over 25 years. Ron

[Ron Pier]

PS I had a feeling that the flimsy had a tear off cap (like a ring pull) This picture seems to confirm that at least some did. Ron

[derk derin]

Hi Ron,
I have a bad habbit of calling the 2 gallon fuel/oil/water can a flimsy even though it has been discussed on MLU the difference between the two.Thanks for the correction.
I assume that there was more than one company that built and supplied jacks for the jeeps during it's production.There seems to be a few different versions out there.I will assume mine is correct unless told different.Thanks for your help.
Regards,Derk.

[rob love]

Derk
Go search on the G503 site. There are some on that site who are very knowledgeable as to what variations of jack were provided during which months the Jeeps were issued.

I also picked up a few items with Derk yesterday, and will display them later today or tomorrow. I even got one that Ed (the fuel/water can collector) Storey might like.

[David Dunlop]

Nice finds, Derk. I didn't think there would be much of that stuff left these days. FYI, the carrier parts, along with a quantity of CMP parts and tools, came out of a Crown Assets sale in Lloydminster and were shipped out to our part of the world along with about 2 dozen Mk I carriers. You already know where a bunch of those carriers ended up! All happened in the late 1950's, if I remember Jim's story correctly.

David

[rob love]

Originally Posted by derk derin

Found a few more items for my carrier in a shed Rob,Laun & I were in today.
.Another good find was the socket BB 17033 B that I needed for my carrier tool list.Thanks to Rob who identified it to me and made me realize I was still looking for that one..

I had a look at the one I found on the same day and brought in the NSN tag from it. NSN for the wrench is 5120-21-109-0540. When I look up that part number in the old microfiche, it relates to Ford part number BB17033-C, so technically our wrenches were cataloged wrong. That said, without the Ford drawings, it is hard to know what the design change was from the B you have to the C the fiche lists.

Looking forward to more finds out there in the future. But we have to know the good times won't last forever.

[derk derin]

I was cleaning up the crank rod and found the part number.Sure is nice to have an original one!
Derk.