joeferret

If I've understood your question properly, I think this is what you're asking about?

 

Cyl Bore/Mains/Throws sounds like it refers to the size of various surfaces within the engine.

 

Cyl bore is how "oversize" (compared to a brand new engine built to spec) the cylinder bore is. On a brand new engine it's 0.000" oversize (hence your 000) As the engine wears, the cylinders start to get fractionally larger (usually in an oval shape IIRC). Eventually, come overhaul time, the cylinder is rebored back to a completely circular shape but slightly oversize. Usually something like +0.020" (020), then +0.040" (040) as a second step. Matching fractionally oversize pistons/piston rings are fitted to ensure a good seal.

 

Similar principles apply to major bearings within the engine- Mains are the bearings which the crankshaft rotates on, and throws are the bearings by which the connecting rods connect to the crankshaft. Again, these surfaces wear as the engine ages, and again they are machined to remove wear. However, in this case the bearing journals on the crankshaft are machined fractionally (0.020"/0.040") smaller (undersize) to remove any uneven wear, and slightly thicker bearings are fitted (in the case of replaceable shells) or the bearing is relined and ground to the new size.

Bob,

Thanks for the reply...My Bore/mains/throws are listed as 000 so that would be new then that I would understand on a new engine but mine was rebuilt ? I am wondering why they didn't put the machining down as you stated...

I found a brass data plate on my 1954 Canadian Army Ferret MK1 located on the right side of the engine near the bottom..Can some one help me decipher it please ? I am really interested as to where Workshop 27 was and about the Bore,Main and Throws......

RCEME

Rebuilt Engine

Workshop

27

Date

15 12 65

Inspected by

(blank)

Engine job number

2404

Cyl Bore

000

Main

000

Throws

000

Thank you all for any input.

Hi Skip,

i was the former owner of 06CC12. Pm me your email and would be glad to share any info I have.

i did confirm directly with QRIH that 06cc12 served with them in Borneo. There are several photos from that tour that were published in the QRIH regimental magazine which I think I have a copy of somewhere. I also corresponded with one of the drivers from the same squadron.

cheers,

Andrew

Very nice of you Andrew

Living in Tropical Far North Queensland, last night we were hit by a wild lighting and thunder storm. This was the back drop to the engine getting put back into the hull. Very dramatic. It was bloody frustrating trying to mesh the transmission drive shaft with the fluid coupling. lots of wriggling, shifting backwards and forwards, lifting, lowering, ect ect. Eventually I got it together this morning. Now to hook it all up and see what happens. Im taking a break for the next two weeks, but would like to have it all finished by April and drive it in the ANZAC day parade. A dead line helps with the motivation.

I am back in civilization now with a computer Tim and am amazed at your work...I was following your posts earlier in the year....Keep up the great posts....You are a real inspiration....We have a real great bunch of people here on this forum from all over the world...

Joe in USA

Just a notion that popped into my head a few years ago. In the world there are very few new ideas.

 

When working on our New Holland Haybine I noticed that the gearbox that turned the power through 90 degrees had the same type pressure relief mechanism.

 

You can find New Holland parts manuals online these days, ours was a model 488.

 

Using the online resource the NH part is 572820 and may be worth a look see if your local New Holland dealer has one in stock at a very reasonable price to compare.

 

Alternatively Bannisters in the UK may be able to help but give them the FV number in your email

 

Regards

 

Robin

Very nice Robin..........

Awesome...I never knew that existed.......I have heard of and seen on tv plane grave yards out in our western States but hadn't heard of this......Those plane grave yards are massive.......

yes,very interesting Ferret indeed.......I like those doors......

Fantastic

Thank you Joe but are you refering to the lug nuts or the (bead)rim nuts? I know the lug nuts are left & right but what about the ones around the edge of the rim?

Regards,

Matt

 

** My original post may have been confusing because of the example I used-Sorry.

OK sorry I was referring to lug nuts.......I let the pros at the truck tire shop do my rims when I bought new tires as it is extremely dangerous.....

Hello

Are the wheel rim locking nuts left and or right hand thread directional? Or are they all the same?

 

For example; the wheel lugs on my WC51 were left & right handed threads and the lug nuts themselves were marked "left" or "right".

 

Regards,

Matt

As you are sitting in the drivers seat the left side front and rear tire nuts come off by turning clockwise...The right side front and rear nuts counter clockwise ....

OUTSTANDING craftsmanship.....Thank you for sharing....Hope he gets a lot of business as he truly is a perfectionist....

Outstanding

I'm not seeing the pics now either.........

I spoke to a close friend of mine who was a U.S.Army M60 tank driver in 1971....He was stationed in Germany.....He said they transported several times by railroad flat car....He said because of the ramp they backed the tank up onto the flat car....They backed them up over several cars to get to the flat car it belonged on as the ramp to take them off they pulled straight ahead...

He also stated the train ran by an electric wire up above and he personally witnessed a guy stand up on the tank too high and made contact accidently and was electrocuted....

it starts off the right way up....

[video=youtube_share;yn5xpkgpml0]http://youtu.be/yn5xpkgpml0

ouch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just incredible...The old crew surly is smiling down on you....

Very very nice.....

Thanks for the update......Post when you get it running too........

I remember watching the riots on the tv news back then in the USA....Bad times for sure......

I can see why your confidence is lost Larry...That's a lot of breakdowns...Maybe go with a different vehicle....The very best to you

Tootles any update ? Maybe I missed it in another thread..Hope all is well these days...

Tell you what its about Bob, something to do with fitting a solid bit of my past to my present. I know it seems stupid, but somehow it means a lot. Many years ago, I had a Morris MRA1, used to show it with Tony Hayter and the North West MVT. One day, an old chap came up, looked over the truck, and burst into tears. It had been 'his' when it was a Murex Welder, drove it all over BAOR with REME. He later sent me a picture of him standing next to it.

Something of that stuck inside me. I just want a 'now' photo of me stood by the front wing of that bl**dy tank!!:red:

This is what our great hobby is all about......................

Out of interest do any of you dread driving your MVs on the basis that something is likely to go wrong and for the same reason you delay taking them for a test run, when you know they need to be taken out every now and then.

Larry I am really glad you brought this up........I bought my 1954 Ferret almost 2 years ago...I finally have it all tuned up and street worthy thanks to my friend Earl.........For months now I have worried like you...Where my Ferret is now is near Chicago where the traffic is really congested with lots of stop and go traffic...I hope someday to have it at my main residence in the rural area of South Dakota...I think it is just a matter of confidence building in getting it out someday..I have it jacked up on jack stands and about every 5 months I run it thru the gears on the jack stands.......It is really easy to get a tow on a flat bed truck if needed....Glad I am not the only one that thinks this...Thanks for posting about this....

CaptMax,

Welcome to the forum and to Ferret ownership....I am very happy for you to have found the history of yours...Thank you for sharing all the pictures.....

It is a great hobby and as you have already found other wonderful people around the world that own Ferrets and are willing to help a fellow Ferret owner out..

Mine is located just south of Chicago...

I am looking to locate crew members and pictures of mine...It is a 1954 Canadian MK1..Canadian reg 54-82586.Possible UNEF 1216...

All going well Joe. Im currently working on a cunning plan to acquire a Bren Carrier and restore it over the next 12 months. I will reveal all when that happens. Im building a bigger workshop at the moment, so once that is done, I will switch the ferret motors over and get the ferret back on the road. Other than that, I will be busy setting up the new workshop to hopefully fit the ferret and a new bren carrier project.

 

Regards, Tim

Be careful of the snakes......Good luck with your projects...