1944 C-15A-Wire-5 Restoration

[Robert Bergeron]

Finished the cypher clerk table today with some aluminum trim and it turned out pretty much like original .Speaking of cypher , where could i get a few period correct cypher code booklets for the document tray below the table ?

[Robert Bergeron]

Here is the data plate of the Onan 10LS-6 generator for the box . That is the explanation for the 110 V 60 Cycle A.C. Caution plate above the outlet . It reads : AC 110 Volts / KVA 1 / 1000 Watts / 60 Cycles. Mystery solved .

[Gord Falk]

Hi Robert,

I have not received an email with your mailing address, maybe try to PM me.

Gord

[Robert Bergeron]

Gord , i have sent you 2 emails and 1 PM already . I don’t see them in the sent box so i will try again . My Kuffah , i think i forgot to put in a subject . Cheers. Bob

[Robert Bergeron]

Found this today .Well worth de 5 hours of driving . Early wartime paint ( brown ) . Complete , tested and working . Exactly the model found in the few No 19 HP equiped Wireless -5 trucks during the war . The 10LS-6 generators that were used post war were painted dark green in the same style as the M series trucks . Rob Love posted such an example he found posted on Kijiji a little way back .

[Robert Bergeron]

Here we have a view of the controls : Start-stop buttons , AC - DC switches , Voltmeters & Ampmeter . Simple but effective and still working 78 years later ! I have to remove the cage, mount the generator on a steel plate and fit a flexible exhaust pipe in order to slide it in place in the generator compartment .

[Robert Bergeron]

Restoration question on AC fuel pump : How the heck do i get that diaphragm off the stem to put on a new one ? I am turning left , turning right and it will not unscrew .

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Finished the cypher clerk table today with some aluminum trim and it turned out pretty much like original .Speaking of cypher , where could i get a few period correct cypher code booklets for the document tray below the table ?

There's not a lot of space on that table, so you're probably looking at a SLIDEX wallet and some cards, plus message pads and suchlike. (That assumes that the cipher office was not separate, of course, in which case it would just be used for booking messages in, out and through, with the signal office elsewhere.

You may want to have a read of Signal Training Volume V (1938), Signal Office Procedure, and Signal Training (All Arms), Pamphlet No.5, Signal Procedure 1942 or the later Radio Telephony 1943 + part 2 Morse Telegraphy. (Oh, and Pamphlet 8, Signal Office Working (1942 and 1944).

(Yes, it gets complicated!)

Best regards,

Chris.

[Robert Bergeron]

Thanks Bruce , you saved me a lot of frustration . Thanks very much for the references Chris. Shall do .

[Robert Bergeron]

This shield came with every 2K1 box but was only used when equiped with a Onan 10 LS -6 110 V generator . It is used to protect the wiring inside the generator compartment from the hot exhaust pipe of the Onan . Wanted to complete my restoration . Photo credit : Reg Hodgson

[Robert Bergeron]

Pics photo credit : Reg Hodgson

[Robert Bergeron]

This is where i am told the shroud was stored when not in use . A special bracket on the front facing wall of the generator compartment . Source : David Dunlop / Reg Hodgson .

[Robert Bergeron]

For reference : Illustration of the generator found in the user manual that was included in the dedicated tool box ( thanks Dirk Derin ) . The text in the manuel makes reference to the control panel that is omitted on the illustration . The gas tank also looks larger on the actual generator than on the illustration. I suspect the manual uses the illustration of a US Army version of the generator .