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It was a common requirement for military logistic vehicles for a vehicle to be able to push another vehicle of the same class. MVEE Spec 525

Looks like NATO Green IRR, when it deteriorates it goes very greyish. RUC grey paint was quite dark, classed as "Special Grey" - a dark slate grey. IRR paint would not make you look like a black hole. It is not a cloaking device, the idea is to reflect IR to the same as the chlorophyll found...

The filter box only produces 10v at the coil when the points are closed. This is dependant on the resistance of the coil it has been designed for drawing the prescribed current to obtain this voltage drop. The filter box is a two-stage ballast resistor with some fancy filtering, it is not a...

Go to the RLC website & insert the military registration as instructed. This registration will be on the contract plate eg 57FJ27 insert it like that with no spaces. You will find out if they have record card, if so you can buy a scan of it straight away. http://www.rlcarchive.org/VehicleSrch

It goes about as far as KH you can back pedal by inserting various ERMs to determine the cut off point. but as I said

ADT is the security group that bought British Car Auctions in 1987 for £182m.

If you want a scan of the record card (there is a fee) go to http://www.rlcarchive.org/VehicleSrch Insert the registration with no gaps or hyphens ie 15KF64 It shows that they do have a copy of the card.

The gap on a spark plug is quite narrow & not a reliable test that you have enough HT. It would be better to take the king lead from the coil & hold the end of it 5mm from an earthing point. I can get a spark of 10mm but less than 5mm you have low HT. You need to test the rotor arm, you cannot...

If you have the ERM (Equipment Registration Mark ie the military registration) enter it without any spaces to see if RLC Museum have the record card for it. ie 58 FL 21 enter as 58FL21 http://www.rlcarchive.org/VehicleSrch

Could be, although unusual in a 'B' Vehicle. There is a gritty non-slip walkway paint intended for the top surfaces of certain 'A' Vehicles & SPGs. It is available in matt NATO Green IRR & gloss NATO Green non-IRR.

Yes there are essentially two elements to the ballast resistor. I have done some experiments of the performance of them on here: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?53479-Bright-Sparks-Latest-Update

I was really meaning the era you wanted to represent rather than the date of manufacture as there are basically three possibilities, BSC381C No.224 Deep bronze green BSC381C No.298 Olive drab BSC381C No.285 NATO Green If you are wanting to represent 1974 that rules out NATO Green. It would have...

Depends what era you are wanting to depict.

Both my Wolf & Shorland are Light 4x4 Utility, my Pig is a Box Van & my Shorland prototype was also a Box Van. Sorry I know nothing about TFL, I live over 200 miles away. Is it not a question of whether it is petrol or diesel that is the deciding factor?

This is something that has fascinated me for over 30 years, but it has proved very difficult to find, let alone untangle, tangible evidence from fading memories, misunderstandings & general misinformation. This tells the story of the interactions of finance, politics, strategic requirements...

If you want to simply do away with the screened ignition system and retain the 24v working. Then fit a normal distributor, leads & plugs. Ideally retain the 10v coil & filter box (contains ballast resistor but this is not the same value of resistance used in cars). This has the advantage that...

You will not find an off the shelf 24v to 12v dropper. The issue of using replacement droppers & 12v coils is covered on pages 87-89 of this: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?53479-Bright-Sparks-Latest-Update

You will need a voltage stabiliser for the instruments, these were not used in 24v Rovers. Years ago Brooklyn Engineering in Hampshire used to do free 24v to 12v conversions, such was the value of 24v components for export.

There is some info on the screened ignition system here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ngxlc9rvolb124l/BRIGHT%20SPARKS%20FOR%20LAND%20ROVER%20v1.03.pdf?dl=0

If you are trying to emulate the colour used on MOD engines "duck egg blue" is a misnomer. The correct colour is BSC381C No.101 Sky Blue.