Vulture

I've been using some Wright Tools Sq.Hex sockets for this, and they seem ideal - I took a photo here - http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?33835-Tool-Gadget-Review-Wright-Tools-square-hex-sockets

Excellent idea ! I shall keep an eye out for them

Check for leakage down from the main shaft seal. If oil leakage gets to be a problem, and the steering is otherwise in good order, it seems to be standard practice to pump them half full of grease and then add oil to the fill level.

Hi Gordon

Thanks for your thoughts, I'll have a check

Cheers

Vulture

Added an 18mm socket to my tool collection during the week. It fits, not that well as it too large, but it gripped sufficiently that with a breaker bar I got the plug out without damaging it :dancinggirls:. Good thing I checked as it needs well topping up...

Gentlemen

I've decided to delay changing the windscreen rubber on my CCKW 352 and do a service instead. I was making good progress this morning greasing up and checking axles levels until I came to the part where I needed to check the fluid level in the steering box...

My problem is the filler plug. It's currently in a good condition and I'd like to keep it that way, and so have avoided the temptation to have a go at it with the wrong tool. I can get a 9/16th open ended spanner on it, but cannot apply enough leverage.

Does anyone know:

a) The actual size of the plug ?

b) Who sells a reasonably priced square female drain plug socket (in the UK) ?

What do other people use ?

Thanks for your help

Kind regards to all

Vulture

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

It's been a nightmare. We've never ALL been this ill at the same time. I was in hospital yesterday for a check prior to getting a wisdom tooth out. In the usual medical pre-amble check, they found my blood pressure was dangerously high, despite being on the max dose of blood pressure meds for the last year, so I've got another appointment early next week for more blood tests. It's down a bit today, but it should be much lower considering the meds I'm on! I'm wondering if it's the cocktail of other meds that's pushing it up.

 

Anyway, I'll get back to the rebuild soon, and hopefully this Sunday will be out in 'Jessie' for the Yorkshire MVT crank up to York Castle. I'd rather be coughing my guts up out having fun than sitting around the house!

See you there Jessie

Hi I have done both a jeep and a GMC let me tell you the GMC was MUCH easier. Here is how we did it.

1, purchased a length of rubber profile from Cliff Harris at Universal jeep supplies

2, removed inner windscreen frame (that took some doing) our glass was ok so nothing to change there

3, removed ALL and I mean ALL the old rubber profile (we made a shaped tool for that part)

4, (optional) removed all other fittings from frame,and wiper units

5, rubbed frame and all parts down prior to painting

6, masked glass and repainted all parts then set aside for a couple of weeks for paint to get a little harder.

7, we then fed in the new profile we needed no tools at all just some magic lubrication;) the real bonus was NOT having the

preformed corners to worry about.

8, once happy we cut 45 degree corners and bonded them with (I think Gorilla glue,which you need water to activate)

9, refitted all the parts and put the inner frame back.....that part was a NOT simple as it seemed .

 

Take your time,its not that hard,helps if you have some help.Vulture you have seen ours at Duxford.

Its one of my pet hates,tatty window rubber....just the dodge to do now.

Good luck.

Gas44

Thanks for your very comprehensive thoughts :thanx:. Two follow up questions if I may:

1) Is a Stanley knife a suitable tool for cutting the old seal out, and

2) What element of re-fitting the screen presented a problem ?

I'm torn between taking the screen out or leaving it in, because:

a) with the screen out access is much easier for getting the old seal out etc etc

b) removing the screen means disturbing stuff that hasn't been messed with for years, and knowing my luck it might all go pete tong... :banghead: LOL

I'm off to the Yorkshire MVT 'Crank Up' this coming Sunday in York, so might while-away some of the time cutting away the seal and perhaps trying to gently slackening some bolts off.

Easier to take the windscreen out ..lots of washing up liquid and a swear box. !!!

 

having done a few jeep windscreens this can be a ......a....... Annoying task.

 

Try to getting the inner channel as clean as possible so that the preformed rubber will slide up the channel its a jiggle to get the rubber wet enough to slide and still get enough grip on the rubber so that you can pull it .

 

.HAVE FUN.

A swear box !! Hummm, I could v short of cash by the end of this little job by the sound of it ! LOL

All you need is to get a new one piece seal for a Dodge weapons carrier, they are the same size and have molded corners, then you need to open the screen outwards pull out seals from the 3 sides, clean the grooves out properly and then slide the new seal into the grooves carefully the hard part is doing the corners time and patience and some silicone grease and blunt screwdrivers is the way to go.

 

Dont forget to look at the new seal carefully as they have a natural bend to the profile so if you put it in the wrong way round the lippy bit will bend away from the windscreen support frame.

 

But don't do as I say as you might get hurt.......

Cubed one, thanks for your thoughts. Would you recommend taking the windscreen out to do the job, or can it be done in-situ ? Also, how long do you estimate it will take ?

Cheers

Vulture

Gentlemen, your wise counsel is sought. The window seal on the GMC is well knackered, and this weekend started to tear away from the windscreen at the bottom at both sides. I have 'bodged' it with sticky tape as an interim measure, but want to get it sorted ASAP.

Questions:

1. Where can I source the seal from ? (Any suggestions other than Rex Ward ?)

2. The manual only describes taking the windscreen off, not how to disassemble it. Is there anything I need to watch for ?

3. What problems might I encounter putting it back together ?

4. How long will the job take me ?

Your help, as ever, appreciated :-)

Kind regards to all

Vulture

These last few days have provided a little bit of a taste of the weather we should have been having !

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heres a photo

Nice photo . Truck No: 201 on my Photo Blog: http://cckwphotoblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Reg%3A%20FSK305

I am quite new to the military vehicle scene. I now own a 43 CCKW dump truck.

Like most enthusiasts , I imagine, I would love to know more about its life and history.. Where'd it go, what service did it see, etc. By reading previous posts, it would seem that being an American vehicle, it's almost impossible. When facilities allow I will be doing a full restoration in the future, so maybe with luck I can find some original markings.

However in the mean time I have discovered a few things concerning paint.

first layer was grey by the look of it, covered with olive drab, then a darker drab. After that it appears to be a desert sand colour, then olive drab on top of that. Another point is that the two rear bumpers appear to have been painted white a very long time ago.

It came to the UK from Norway , being brought here by Speilburgs film company in the early 1990s.

obviously a 70 year old vehicle will have various layers of paint, but I was surprised to see the sand colour.!

also was it normal to paint the bumpers at the back white ? Or was this done for a specific unit or area?

I am clutching at straws here I know, but any help would be useful !

Hey Locolines, how about a picture of your Dumper ?

Kind regards

Vulture

Looks like its almost impossible to match the thread on that pipe fitting ...:undecided:

 

What a job, sorry to give you all late nights researching all those SAE's UNF's, UNC's, AN's and TPI's :cool2: :cool2:

 

Ha, silly me thought it was an easy job.

 

If it rains much more this year, like it did last year I am going to start collecting stamps.................:-D

Best of luck with your efforts I changed some of my pipes over last year Link, with Rex Ward making them up for me.

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Hey Ray

I recently came across an old photo of your truck, which I've added to my Photo Blog.

Kind regards

Vulture

Interesting stats, the thought occurs that if all those trucks were in one place at one time it would make one very impressive show and one very long convoy :wow:

 

Pete

Indeed ! But what a sight ! :cool2:

Chaps

Followed a link from the Facebook page called 'Tank Nut's' to this U-Tube footage of the making of a Bridge Too Far.

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Hi guys

A chap called Simon Sage contacted me recently. He has a huge collection of military photos on his web site: Miliblog. He was kind enough to share his CCKW photos with me, so I have incorporated 68 of them. This has taken the total of vehicles seen in the UK to 351. Link

Blog Statistics

336 x UK based vehicles.

15 x Foreign owned vehicles (seen in the UK).

249 x Vehicle registrations recorded. (71%)

721 photos embedded.

Of The 351

85 x CCKW 352 (24%).

266 x CCKW 353 (76%).

Of The 351

219 x Open Cab (62%).

132 x Closed Cab (38%).

Analysis Of The 351

46 x 352 Open Cab (13%) (54% of 352)

39 x 352 Closed Cab (11%) (46% of 352)

174 x 353 Open Cab (50%) (66% of 353)

92 x 353 Closed Cab (26%) (35% of 353)

Varieties:

4 x Air-portable (1.1%)

5 x Bolster (1.4%)

257 x Metal Cargo (73.2%)

11 x Wooden Cargo (3.1%)

2 x Clubmobile (0.6%)

4 x Compressor (1.1%)

8 x Converted (2.3%)

3 x Radio Van (0.9%)

5 x Tanker (1.4%)

19 x Tipper (5.4%)

1 x Tractor Unit (0.3%)

32 x Workshop (9.1%)

50% have Winch fitted.

15% have a Gun Ring fitted.

Kind regards to all

Vulture

Got my vehicle pass through in the post yesterday

I'll be along with my GMC. Sending off the application form tonight

Those are excellent !

Yup its a great feeling ...that first startup and drive ..Done it twice with jeep...this being the last one ..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4goQqoLS5VMand just finishing a MG A...Now onto the Jimmy ...:red:

That is a right contraption ! Thanks for posting. Kind regards Vulture.

Hummmmm Thanks guys. Looks like to trip to a photo booth tomorrow.

Guys,

I currently have an old paper license which was last re-issued in 1998 (on move of house). I’ve now moved again (from Cambraidgeshire Fenlands) back home to Gods own county (Yorkshire). If I just send off the licence as is (after taking a copy) are they going to write back to me insisting on a photo and forcing me to have one of these wretched ID cards ?

Kind regards to all

Vulture