ID Help: M40 Cold Sarting aid Kit

[YAF340]

Anyone have any information on a Cold Starting Aid Kit, M40. Built by the Perfection Stove Company. It has a Homelite generator model 7D28-21 . Some other #'s we found, Model AK17-B Ord.# 7391420 SN 5877. E5300 / 7399178. Interested in age, and what aircraft it was used on. Thanks JOE

Last edited by YAF340 on Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Old SAR pilot]

As listed here, it was used on trucks (see page 4):
http://www.militarytrucks.ca/Files/m135 ... 855-40.pdf

Also a drawing and short description here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=szUYAA ... PM4&hl=en#

[YAF340]

Thanks for the post. I knew somebody would know. Has anybody scene one of these things sell, what is it worth? WIX is GREAT!!! JOE

[warbird_patrick]

Thanks for posting this Joe, now I have a little more information about the one we have.

Patrick