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    WW1 Napier 30cwt lorry

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

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    The second, well I couldn't believe my luck..............

     

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    Not cheap, but it had to come home with me. The chances of ever finding another had to be zero.

     

    Not quite zero, but certainly close to it - well done, regardless of price. You do realise you are probably the only person on the planet that actually needed it, tho?

    Walk in Fridge/Freezer

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    You had to have it, quite right.

     

    Let's see now, if it is a FREEZER, and opposed to a FRIDGE, it'll be for food because as far as I know blood has to be kept cold but the structure is ruined by freezing. FRIDGE may be medical.

     

    There will be plates on it somewhere, can't wait to see what they say. I'd guess originally it was trucked in a GMC or whatever and offloaded where required.

    Chevrolet C60s

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted

    I'm all for an electric pump for priming, cold start, and overcoming vaporisation, but I wouldn't run one of these trucks on one. All the electric pumps seem to put out a consistent pressure and flow rate which is higher than the carbs expect, leading to float / needle valve issues over time.

     

    As a starting aid, definitely, but not a full time run pump.

    Command Car 1/2 ton

    in American Vehicles

    Posted

    Oh those fuel gauges are a pain.

     

    They are all 6 volt, 12 volt trucks used a dropper resistor. They depend on having two complete circuits back to the gauge, and a good earth on both gauge and sender. The gauge actually reads out the difference between both circuits rather than the value of a single circuit - it is a great system when it works.

     

    If it still has the original two terminal sender and three terminal gauge I'd encourage you to use it with a dropper. You can adapt a newer single terminal sender unit but never done it myself - can look up how if you need it. Nothing else on the truck will give you much grief.

    Command Car 1/2 ton

    in American Vehicles

    Posted

    Ah well, wrong again, but someone has mixed in some Radio Truck components such as that distributor.

     

    You might want to double check everything electrical on it as the Radio Trucks were negative earth I remember, and the ordinary Command Cars positive earth, so there might be a mismatch on things like regulator polarity and the like.

     

    Any other odd bits? shielding on wiring harness bits or stuff like that.

    Wc52 steering problem

    in Introductions & Welcomes

    Posted · Edited by Gordon_M

    Jack up the front axle and turn the wheel lock to lock.

     

    I wouldn't expect it to go tight on one lock and not the other, so check for end play in the column and side play on the steering box. Check lubricant too, of course. If it won't hold oil no reason not to pump it half full of grease and then put some oil on top when the grease has filled up any voids round the shaft seal - anything is better than running it dry.

    Command Car 1/2 ton

    in American Vehicles

    Posted · Edited by Gordon_M

    It's a Radio Truck - congratulations :D

     

    Other side have a split running board and a damn great battery box perchance ? Voltmeter in the dash, or a hole where one has been taken out ?

     

    What you have there is a standard half ton radio suppression setup, which normally only appeared on the WC-42 Radio Panel and the following three Radio Body trucks;

     

    T207, WC-8, 212 off

    T211, WC-16, 1284 off

    T215, WC-25, 650 off

     

    I think that is a total of 2146 trucks.

     

    If I'm right, everything is 'the same but different' to a normal Command Car, probably negative earth, big battery setup with ( I think ) 8 volt tapping, shielded or screened electrical everything. As a restoration just treat is as a Command Car but assume there will be differences with everything electrical.

     

    There is a chance that it is a 'normal' Command Car that has been outfitted with radio-type electrics, of course ( hedging my bets )

    Dodge WC52 fuel pump

    in American Vehicles

    Posted

    I have seen this time after time, and it is seldom, if ever, the fuel pump unless it has a diaphragm sensitive to ethanol still in it.

     

    Typically the fuel hoses will be dissolving internally ( ethanol again ) or the fuel filter will be full of crap. Buy a new fuel pump, new fuel hoses, and a complete spare firewall filter to rebuild and drop in and just do it once - properly. :angel:

     

    If you can find one a six-valve pancake pump is better than the early two valve unit, but the two-valve is easier to find a diaphragm for.

    CVRT (Scorpion) over filled engine oil?

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    I'm seeing key words like; oil, level, slightly grey and I'm thinking that the first thing I'd check would be the water level to make sure the nice clean oil in the sump isn't sitting on a gallon of coolant that has leaked in. I don't know the exact configuration or likelihood but I'd certainly be checking coolant level / usage too.

    Indian Dodge PWC 9

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    Indian Dodge ?

     

    Hmm, the only reference I've ever seen to an Indian Dodge was one image of what looked like a standard 41-45 Dodge WC 4 x 2 half ton chassis and windscreen cowl with a locally built woody body on it - can't remember where though.

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