Had a productive day today with Michael. Almost completed painting the inside of the Mobile Canteen, and then we went on to testing pumps. We inflated one of the recently acquired 2,500-gallon dams, with the intention of pumping water into it to try it out.
The Beresford initially wouldn’t start, until we noticed that the spark plugs were all removed! Drain plugs all replaced, and we eventually started it, but on two cylinders. Two plug leads were swapped, and that made it work properly again. Good suction, but it remains difficult to start when warm.
We moved on to the Coventry Climax FSM pump, but could not get that to raise any vacuum, until we found a bolt missing. It was rather inaccessible, but refitted it. Then the pipe feeding cold water to the heat exchanger came loose. Luckily, that was an easy repair. but we did not get round to pumping any water.
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- The painted wheel refitted
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- Michael demonstrating the size of the dam
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- Inflating the dam
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- The new 2500-gal dam (10,000-litres)
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- Bottom left – the missing bolt
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- White lining on the FSM Trailer
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- White lining on Beresford trailer
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- White lining applied
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- The wheel very rusty before restoration.
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- Canteen painting almost complete
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- The Beresford trailer got a new coat of paint
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- The gauges refitted
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- This wheel had a flat tyre, so stripped it for painting
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- This wheel was painted with the tyre still in place
