67burwood

From memory it should  be above 13.2v at idle or just above idle and below 14.5v

The alternator only produces what I would call a surface charge, basically it keeps the battery topped up, if the battery had discharged enough then the alternator wouldn’t recharge it enough on a run, double check the battery connections and put a voltage meter on the battery when it’s running. 

Was the battery actually flat?? Or could there be another fault?? ie a loose connection, one minute it will turn over fine next minute nothing, the weather is starting to get a bit colder, that could also kill a weak battery. 

12 minutes ago, mtskull said:

Excellent!  You deserve a slice of good fortune 👍
 

What next, swap the diff or just transplant the entire axle?

I am going for a straight axle replacement, there’s no point dismantling a working unit, I’ve cleaned and flushed it, hopefully get it painted this weekend.

!!!!!! JACKPOT !!!!!! 🍻🍻

A minor bit of surface rust but no wear, no play and turns smoothly 

And this is what the prop is supposed to look like 😁

9 hours ago, Zero-Five-Two said:

Haven't been on the forum for quite a while, so only just caught up with your trials and tribulations.  Certainly can't say you have a boring life!!  But what a shame to have a failure like that on your first run out.

Truck does look good, mate, a real credit to your hard work, and most of it done on the driveway at home, not in a fancy workshop. A real well done.

Hope the donor chassis does contain something useful, and you get back on the road soon 🤞

 

Thanks Rob good to hear from you, it’s definitely been a busy year, hopefully next year I’ll get the wot6 to a few shows. 
 

Seamus

12 minutes ago, Scrunt & Farthing said:

Most of that should polish out! 😀  I think, having seen your last project this is going to be a great one to follow.

Dave

😂 If only we could save them all Dave, this one unfortunately is the spares  package….hopefully 🤞

55 minutes ago, 7VHU said:

Trying to place location of that flange?

Any oil in that diff?

I once pulled the back of a 1920s Wolsey chassis out of a field, just some pedals sticking out of the ground. Aluminium transaxle casing was pretty rotten but gears weren’t bad.

 

That’s the front diff pinion and by the feel of it there’s no outer bearing left.

The strip down has started and at this moment in time I’m not feeling confident 🤔 the truck is in exceptionally poor condition 

and now the really bad bits!!

But this was the really low point 🤨 my odds of finding at least one good diff have dramatically dropped….

This could be just one of the reasons it was in a scrap yard 

Looks good, really starting to come together 👍👍

The engines good for a rebuild!!

16 minutes ago, Zuffen said:

You also now have spare left hand thread wheel nuts.

That’s what clinched the deal 😂

43 minutes ago, Rootes75 said:

I'm sure there's some good mechanical spares on that.

🤞🤞🤞🤞

8 hours ago, David Herbert said:

I think that you now have the skills to restore that cab !

David

🤔 I think I know when I’m beat 😂

1 hour ago, guy66 said:

Good luck , you even have a original engine .

Not had a chance to look over the engine yet but there is a rebuild plate.

8 minutes ago, john1950 said:

One thing you know the gearbox will be full of water. Great find.  How long before that flat head runs?

I have a funny feeling the engine might be stuck 😁

At last !! The Fordson wot6 spares package has arrived 

🤞 there’s something salvageable 

Didn’t take long to dismantle the cab 😂

1 hour ago, theo barten said:

Frituur Zorro restoration series are 3 books with 86 stories of restorations of WW2 softskin vehicles  together with photos of the various stages. For volume 4 we need again restorations (yours?). go to www.frituurzorro.nl for info are write to info@narwal.eu

I will PM you. 

4 hours ago, theo barten said:

your restoration in volume 4 of our restoration book?  www.frituurzorro.nl - info@narwal.eu

Please explain further ??

4 minutes ago, 7VHU said:

Seems Nordian Services was wound up in 2012 (Companies house info)

stock taken over by anyone or weighed in?

Thanks for looking much appreciated. 

4 minutes ago, 7VHU said:

Whatever happened to Nordian (Wally Wheatley) in Ongar, Essex. Used to be good for old Ford commercial bits. The business was taken over a while ago?

best go and check my diff oil level.

Peter

Ah…..🤔….they need oil……😂

Thanks to members on this forum hopefully some parts have been located, I just need to work out how to retrieve them. 

While waiting for parts to repair the wot6 rear axle I decided to try and modify a shorter gear-lever, the wot6 gear lever is ridiculously long, you either smack your knuckles on the engine cover, bang your elbow on the back panel or dislocate your shoulder to hit reverse, I didn’t want to cut down the original gear lever just in case it didn’t work so I bought a 7V gear lever which is approximately 8 inches shorter and set about reshaping it.
 

the 7V lever is a simple curve forward unlike the wot6 which is more of a ? After a bit of trial and error plus a blow torch it started to take shape, the hardest bit was reshaping the reverse gate rod and getting the action smooth, it took a bit of time but works a treat.

Hopefully it will make for a more pleasant driving experience…..eventually 😁

Outstanding work as usual Jon 👍👍 it’s all coming together nicely. 

8 minutes ago, 11th Armoured said:

Fingers crossed that something good comes out of it - it seems a very cruel kick in the tender bits for the mechanical problems to take the shine off all the brilliant work you've done so far on the restoration 🤞

“ such is life “ it will get sorted out eventually or just become the first front wheel drive wot6 😁

8 minutes ago, markyakyak said:

Anthony Main is breaking one in is scrap yard in Oxfordshire. PM me if you need is phone number.

Message sent 👍

6 minutes ago, 11th Armoured said:

If it's the same fella, I think he's one of the organisers of the Yorkshire Wartime Experience.

If it IS the same chap, then there's a contact number for him on their webpage:

https://www.yorkshirewartime.co.uk/contacts

That’s great thank you, I’ll give him a call tomorrow and find out 👍👍