willy63

helloi know a guy who have new engine for M55 if may be you are interested just let me know and i contact him to have price,if i remember he have 3 new engine in crate best wisheswilly

they removed white paint ? but what they done ? they painted other color

i never heard this story

for my sherman i m looking for any parts for multibank engine

at this moment i disassembly rusty engine and will made a list of what parts can be used again .

willy

lucky lucky i dont' know !

may be !

but lot of work to restore it

hello

thanks for comments

workshop is big bazar !!

chaffee is in very good way.first engine is closed.

now need to rebuild the gearboxes hydramatic

for my sherman,i am looking for multibank engine parts and some parts for inside hull

but it's mostly complete

will post some pictures

willy

hi adrian

ok thanks a lot for infos,i seen pictures of brussel tank museum firefly but not sure all is original inside

i bought some book but there is only drawing not photos

i plan to start to restore my firefly so start to grind and weld correct parts inside.

at this moment when work a lot on a chaffee ,its on goos way .

willy

hello

does have pictures from inside sherman VC firefly ?

what is original color ? white like us tank or silver like british ?

thanks for help

best wishes

willy

hello

i have a wc 27 ambulance,i bought it in USA last year and she is now in uk in a friend home waiting i collect it

wc 9 and wc 27 are near the same.

mine is near than complete,missing some internal parts but mostly complete.

You have all internal parts ?

best wishes

willy

hello guys

no richard it's a right thread

i make a special tool today and removed the nut,but it was very hard.

now i am removing all gears to change the bearings

gear are like new but the gearbox stayed lot of years without oil so bearing are little rusty and need to be changed.

i also dismantled 4 boggies and will finish the 2 last may be this week

they need to manufacture new parts,shaft etc..that is not a problem as we have machine tools at home

i will have new spring suspension next month.

willy

ah ah !!

yes now it's better

so trouble is B 's nut

someone have an idea of the torque,i tryed all this afternoon .impossible to move it.

i made a tool with theeth and tryed with big air tool ,it don't move,so i thank may be the thread was left but not.

next step tomorrow.

:nut:

thanks for the drawing

willy

it crank the gear N on your drawing

willy

hi pierre olivier

no i talking about the nut of the pinion who crank the gear of the diff.

this pinion is a gearbox gear.

it's some weeks i am looking for axle and gearbox's manual but not easy to find them.

willy

dear guys

we started to restore an M10 some weeks ago,it's a good basis,but missing some parts

big missing part is the 3 inch tube.We have mantlet and mounting ,recoil system but no tube.so looking for one

at this moment hull is empty,we start to weld damaged steel.

all mecanic is out of the hull

we are dismantling the gearbox to change seal and bearings .It's now that things are difficult

i have big problem with the differential pinion 's nut

it's a special nut with theeth ,we tryed everything but impossible to remove it

does someone done this job ? may be someone have the special tool and we can borrow it ?

i will prepare some pictures of the restoration

best wishes

willy

hello roy

ok thanks a lot

i have many question for you

willy

hello roy

i am willy,may be you don't remember me,i rescued you and teh sherman on a motorway in belgium some years ago.

i am restoring an M10,on engine normally there is dry sump and an engine oil tank in the tank body for each engine.

on the post of the man who is restoring achillies engine,we can see that sump are not the same as original and there is no oil tank in the body.There tube to fill engine oil go directly in the engine.

on your engine i seen in you tube that it appear you have same model as mark .

can you explain to me what you done on engine ,you do modification for engine lubrification ?

did you done modification on sleeve and pistons? we can i find engine parts ?

can you send me some interior's pictures of your achillies ?

we have to rebuild all floor etc....and don't have model and not lot of pictures.

best wishes

willy

dear peter

gavin copeman is on the forum,you can ask him for the numbers

i think it's the chassis number.

they done the same on the dragon.

willy

hello again

i forgot to said i have normally a set of fuel tank support

we will speak about this in beltring

willy

hello autocar guys

no problem,i am happy you collected your radiators

if i can help it's always a pleasure

i will look to meet you in beltring next week

we go for the week.

willy

thanks a lot for infos

i send them to my friend and will ask him about the book

willy

no problem

if i can help i do

you are welcome

willy

hello guys

we have a friend who is wrinting a book and he need 1 or 2 photos and technical infos for 2 trucks, AEC with a tank on rear used by RAF and bedford QLC

all infos are welcome

thanks a lot for help

willy

hello adrian

are you sure ?

white ,autocar and diamond t are 8.52x20 tires i think.They have white 160 AX engine

internationnal are 900x20 tires .They have IHC red diamond engine

tony have you got a picture of your half track .

willy

i reply PM

i will have infos for parts and radiators next week

best regards

willy

hello

very very nice job

for radiators there is a guy here who have some NOS for near than £400

i will see him next week,if you interested i can ask him if he have still some availaible

nice autocar !! congratulation

willy

dear adrian

be very careful with oil,it's very important

we put SAE 40 and drain oil and change it every year.

never problem with our radial engine

willy

dear guys

problem in 24 v hotchkiss ignition system is the coil

they are old and in a closed box.

try to find a new one.

willy