Carrier Pedal Variations

Lynn Eades · #1 26-04-15, 12:20

Colin, you told me you muck around. Now I believe you.
Michael R, here I have an early set of british universal carrier pedals.
The clutch pedal has a pattern not seen very often now and is marked TL2733 and dated 1940. When you say early MkI* cheese grater, Do you mean Canadian, built for British contract? (where Britian supplied various special parts ie electrics etc) and maybe pedal assemblies?

Michael R. · #2 26-04-15, 16:22

The early MK-I* has a similar pattern, different part number.
Drawing design in FUC-03, and a Canadian contract example on an early MK-I* less than serial number 2083.

Petr Brezina · #3 26-04-15, 21:01

I got on my very late british carrier combination of pics 2 and 3. Clutch pedal is as on pic 2, brake as on pic 3.
Hope you will find it interesting.

Lynn Eades · #4 26-04-15, 22:34

Hi Petr, Does your clutch pedal have the top corner cut out of it as well?
My guess is the cutout was for working clearance in the AOPs.
Ross, I have not seen the "cheese grater" before.
The grip tread in picture two that I would call English carrier style was a commercially available material. I have found long strips of it on a post war Coles crane.

The ones I haven't mentioned are;
The Australian and New Zealand built LP2 and 2a all had the same style pedals a those in Colins LP3 (and LPP4

)

My New Zealand Railways (Hutt shops or Woburn built) carrier had flat pedal plates with no grip tread at all. Just plain. We'll see if that's a problem in the future.

eddy8men · #5 27-04-15, 00:03

my early mk1* has the british style pedals as well as other british parts, I assume this was due to Canadian production not being ready by the time the hulls were complete
it also has a british steering box, smiths instruments and british headlights. probably some other parts that I haven't figured out yet !

rick

Lynn Eades · #6 27-04-15, 01:13

Hi Rick, your oil cooler bypass valve is one of those things. Brit carriers having a capillary gauge and the Canadian being electric.

Petr Brezina · #7 27-04-15, 10:28

Hi, here are the pics - sorry for the poor quality, but hopefuly its still recognizable.
Yes Lynn, the cutout is there!