Penguin Mkll

[Grant Bowker]

Following the lead from Joe on his data plate, there are several more manuals that apply to various Marks of penguin.

One is the "Provisional Operator's Manual" P2-OM1 for the Penguin Mark II. To quote from the introduction - "This Operator's Manual has been compiled as a guide to efficient driving and routine maintenance of Penguin Mk.II Vehicles. A combination of new text and modified existing Snowmobile literature, it is made up of five sections containing information and data as follows:" The five sections are General Data, Driving Instructions, Lubrication, Period Maintenance, Wiring Diagrams and Miscellaneous Illustrations. The sections on Lubrication and Period Maintenance are mainly copied and modified from SNOW-B3 (the Maintenace Manual for the Armoured Snowmobile). The drawing of the data plate for the Penguin Mark II lists the Maintenance manual for the Mark II as being SNOW-B3/P2, a clear demonstration of the origin of the Penguin. I have never seen the SNOW-B3/P2 Manual.

Another manual is the EME instructions 010, 013, 014 and 017 for the Snowmobile, Canadian Mk 3. The contents of these seem to different than I would have expected from Joe's data plate. They are:
010 Data Summary
013 Instr 1 1st Echelon work - lubrication
013 Instr 2 1st Echelon work - engine
013 Instr 3 1st Echelon work - fluid coupling and transmission
013 Instr 4 1st Echelon work - prop shaft and U joints
013 Instr 5 1st Echelon work - driving member
013 Instr 6 1st Echelon work - suspensionn
013 Instr 7 1st Echelon work - fuel and exhaust
013 Instr 8 1st Echelon work - cooling
013 Instr 9 1st Echelon work - electrical
014 Instr 2 2nd-4th Echelon work - engine
014 Instr 3 2nd-4th Echelon work - fluid coupling and transmission
014 Instr 5 2nd-4th Echelon work - driving member
014 Instr 6 2nd-4th Echelon work - suspensionn
014 Instr 7 2nd-4th Echelon work - fuel and exhaust
014 Instr 8 2nd-4th Echelon work - cooling
017 Mod Instr 1 Instal of starter safety switch
017Mod Instr 2 Removal of wade-proofed distributor ventilation
At first glance it seems that the 014 series might be incomplete, but the sections that appear to be left out, for example Lubrication, wouldn't really have any content needing the skills of 2nd to 4th echelon technicians.