if you take the rotating switch off there is a set of gates. Find out the common wire that gives power to them all. Then move the switch to the left position and see what gates are joined. Then you can work out what wire goes where. Also a volt meter to test what wire is what helps so you lnow what wire is connected to the indicator. PLUS .. A30 s had trafficators not indicators. I took mine off and replaced with trafficators.

There just isnt any definate guidance on this on the internet. Glad it helped.

so you would have rang this bell !!

Thanks. Also has six bunk beds in position holding all this stuff!! And no rust on the bases of these panels. My older films may interest you if you would like to see more detail.

Kafalonia , Back now in Blighty. !! All tanned. 🎉🎉

The sinker is 92cm width and length and 69 cm tall. If your going to make one i would recommend finding one and photo and measuring accurately , as there are many features , eye holes, bolts , weights, doors, and thin and thick plate. And a counter weight. Also there is a shaped top where the mine fits into the sinker snuggley. It would need a lot of measuring. Also has four “railway” type wheels on the base. There are a few in museums that you can get close too. My measurements i gave you are simply the outside footprint of the sinker. Are you planning on making a sinker?

There is not many here. They only made 2000 in total of the MG40. I like to keep mine rusty but mechanically fixed. We call it an “oily rag” finish!!

An excellent idea Stuart. I am in constant contact with the Right Reverend Young. I will have a chat with him and see if we can get a film sorted out. Thanks for your continued interest in my channel old chap and i hope you are well.

yes. if your refering to the four outlets ontop .. gently prise it out. Clean it and replace. Make sure its all moving inside like mine is in the film. All cleans up nicely. Im going to do a follow up on this film showing filling the oil reservoir in the bottom. It can be a bit confusing. At 1526 i refer to filling up the oil via the bung till it overflows. You dont.. it gets filled up from the big opening above till its full. I will do a follow up on this soon. That brass bung is a drain off plug not a filling plug.

yep. I love my fires as well. I use them every winter now. Every day.

@@MetamorphicWonders definitely man i love my fire too its a original to my house we use all winter long too ours is very efficient even in nz cold winters

And good to see you as well. Stay safe. And keep in touch.

yep. i always enjoyed riding this mower but my grass was always terrible. !

thanks. I also made a small air raid warden which i added standing outside the shelter.

i need to do another film on this. Its complicated. The mine works on a 3v battery. imagine a circuit…. along that circuit are two soluble plugs in the shin of the mine…. theres also a pressure switch that activates when the mine is under tension .. eg on thw sinker when its floating at its depth…. so …. if a sailer hit the horns with a hammer on the ship it wont go off. The soluble plugs have a salt pellet inside and a spring… soon as sea water hits the pellet it disolves slowly. When it disolves the spring pulls and activates that bit as a switch thats now on… then the other soluble plug needs to be disolved and activated by the sea as well … but even if these two malfunctioned (which is impossible) and activated… it still isnt armed until the mine has deployed and the cable is pulling down on the bottom .. thus activating the final switch. then its live. It gets more detailed than this… there is a timer that can activate and sink the mine after a period of time. It doesnt go bang .. just floods it. Hence these thing wash up on beaches all these years later still live. I will do another film on these facts. I hope what ive explained makes sense. Look at my other films .. i do show the inside of these mines and i have posted about five films on mines showing my mk17. (inert!)

@MetamorphicWonders That makes perfect sense now. So if a Mark XVII mine washed up on a shore, by accident (let's say the mooring chain broke and it floated away) for it to explode somebody would have to pull the anchoring cord and a horn would need to be pressed inwards too?

The horns are a switch. Mine is positive from a 1.5 battery and the horn is negative. hence the name “switch horn”

Its a British made Standard Motor Company 4 cylinder 2099cc Diesel engine. This was the original engine they used. 1956.

Thanks for the reply. I have put it all back together and the hydraulics seem to work now. It raises at a good speed but the downward movement is slow. Maybe it will speed up with a bit of use. My oil level is below minimum at the moment as i ran out when refilling so my test was with very very low oil. Ive ordered another 20 litres and will top it up in a few days. Then i will try it more times and see if the downward (gravity ) is quicker.

yep. noted.

@@MetamorphicWonders perfect!

Do you mean the horns or spikes on the outside or the internal part that sets the charge off?

@@MetamorphicWonders yeh the hertz horns and how they work :) the whole mechanism from contact with a ship to exploding. Could even look at how magnetic and acoustic ones work too possibly?

Lets get the old girl running. Then i will make a decision on a full repaint…. or oily rag. .(which i suspect i may go for!!)

looks like they merged in 1953.

yes. on investigation you are correct. It does look intact. I agree 1956.

at the moment i think get it going and leave the rust. oily rag restoration. First tractor ive played with.

@@MetamorphicWonders Hopefully the gearbox issue isn’t too difficult to resolve. Any idea why it’s stuck? Looks like they’re going for about £3k on eBay in good nick so hopefully there’s some profit in there for you

managed to free the gear stick. Have a look at the next film on my channel. It was simply stuck due to the gearbox being used as a brake. I freed it. Explained in next film.