fuel tank, selector valve and remote for MKII Carrier

[Robert Bergeron]

Friends, i have embarked on the journey of adding a fuel tank and other accessories to an already very complete and excellent running( Thanks to Perry Kitson) MKII* Canadian Carrier .This thread will document it and allow me to ask questions to those more familiar . I prepared myself by reading other members posts on the subject , especially one by our friend Michael R . So here we go : I started with a fuel selector valve bought from LWD in Holland . It arrived super fast .

[Robert Bergeron]

This is the handle inside the front operating the rod that moves the fuel tank selector valve in the engine compartment . I think it’s the wrong way wich would explain why i can’t turn it . Immediately to the right is the starting handle and to the left, the gunner’s seat frame .

[Robert Bergeron]

This is what the handle attaches to. At the other end of the rod is an arm that connects to the selector valve handle . The whole unit is quite long as it travels from the driving compartment through the division plate all the way back to the rear armour plate . It runs along the floor plate , goes under the radiator, the floor of the engine compartment right to the rear plate . I sourced this rare , hard to find and original part from Super Dave in Edmonton. I was there for an exercise in early 2016 and met with Dave and Reg Hodgson . At the time Dave was working on his very nice MK I Carrier and he had leftover MKII specific parts. He also contributed a whole set of MKII engine compartment doors in fine condition . Thank-you Dave !

[Robert Bergeron]

The rod runs through two angle brackets that are bolted to the floor in the engine compartment . We see here the first angled bracket to the left . It is a difficult job to run the rod through the very small hole on the bottom of the division plate . It took me almost 2 hours with rest periods in between. It is a hard to reach area under the radiator and engine and you have to play contortionist and twist yourself backwards.

[Robert Bergeron]

At the end of the rod is the fork that operates the selector handle. Here we clearly see the second angled bracket that is bolted to the floor. I am very lucky that these were already installed . They would of been a pain to install.

[Robert Bergeron]

Here i turned the handle around. Nice fit ! Q : were there any markings ie -left - right - on -off ? Is there an OFF ( no fuel position or cutoff ? ) ? .