Norms Restoration of 1939 Leyland TD5 [1635]

Norman Julian 20th
Today I cleaned up and painted the 2 guard brackets.
Tomorrow I will put them back on.
I also looked for the crank handle.
Luckily I put it somewhere I could find it.
I do want to put it back on for originality and I noticed it doesn't spin freely with the headlight bar.
Unfortunately, I have a few issues with the handle.
The grip part was never on there.
Actually to be honest, I'm surprised there was a handle at all seeing you can't use it.
Also the big nut that holds it on to the shaft is stripped of thread so I will have to get that redone.
I did also look at the bonnet latch and it is stuffed.
The spring inside doesn't spring anymore.
I had some success though.
I went and looked in the few boxes that came with the TS7 and found 2 bonnet latches and they work.
No luck though with the crank handle.

Stuart Brown
Does the crank handle have some sort of engage/disengage gear?
Norman Julian
Stuart Brown yes
John Clarke
When I was a boy, the TD5s here in Newcastle just had the bar part of the starting handle without the grip attached.
I remember it clearly, as I always wondered how they'd use it.
Norman Julian
John Clarke well as I found out the bar is in the way, and in this country the assistance of the crank isn't needed.
I want to put it on for originality.

Norman Julian 25th Oct
I have finished a few more things.
The bonnet latches were pulled apart and rebuilt.
There were 2 in a sorry state so why not have a spare.
The crank handle was a little more interesting.
After talking to a few guys about making a new nut, there wasn't anyone that had the equipment to do BSW stuff.
A little more investigation as to buying a die nut, there isn't a size made.
I definitely measured it right at 3/4" x 12tpi but that doesn't exist.
10 does but not 12tpi.
The thread at the other end of the handle seemed to measure the same but it was damaged so I made the decision to rethread it so I can make a handle grip to fit.
I found some mild steel stock, turned it down in my lathe so as to fit a galvanised tube to slide on.
When I did that I polished up the gal and got a good shine out of it.
The end of the solid rod, I drilled and tapped a thread put a washer on it the same dia as the tube so that the tubing wouldn't slide off.
The solid stock that holds the tube was covered in rubberised grease so as to not rust.
Then I just screwed the handle grip onto the handle.
With the nut that holds the whole thing onto the crank shaft, it does have some thread and it does screw up tight to a point but give it a little
too much tension and it just gives up and keeps turning.
The saving grace is the shaft has a key for the handle to sit on for grip.
I will wait to see if one day I can get another nut.

Pablo E. Laredo
I know you're looking locally, but have you tried any Pomgolian engineering suppliers.
or reaching out to UK war vehicle forums?
I've reached out to a mate( The Turondale Bunyip) that plays with big things, He may have something if he can find it...
Stephen Rooke
I may be wrong, and often are, but my 1947 Leyland has a mixture of Whitworth and BSF.
That size is available in BSF.
Norman Julian
Stephen Rooke wrong pitch.
The BSW would have been the chassis, engine gearbox etc.
Basically everything that came from Britain.
The BSP would have been the stuff to build the bus here in Australia because that is what we used then.
This crank thread is the only anomaly that I have come across.