supertrack Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Poor discovery ! I had some one when i disassembled my two c1 engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 Poor discovery ! I had some one when i disassembled my two c1 engine. [ATTACH=CONFIG]66086[/ATTACH] definately more work than ours but nothing is impossible . good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 Good news this week nitro has been a busy beaver and been hard at work fabricating all the missing hull fixtures and fittings range poles and gun cleaning rod holder was shot to pieces so a new one was made track adjusting spanner retainer and chain fastener cranking handle mounts repaired the swivel lock on the towing pintle but the best news of all is she is now back on her tracks .Nitro and captain chaos got busy whilst i was up to my elbows in piles of engine bits.They took the nearly new set of steel chevron off our high speed tractor and made up the short fall with a length of good track we bought in .(dont worry we have a good set coming to refit on the high speed tractor ) nitro over seeing the the job;) 2 and half weeks till our deadline is up some busy days ahead . Enough for now, next post more imfo on the engine progress . cheers for looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 Evening all some progress this week . First of all i have been busy with the engine(number 2 the C4) had each cylinder off and de-coked them and a thorough clean of everything did the last one today so monday i shall be setting valve clearences replacing HT terminals, timing magnetos & refurbing clutch and then by wed hopefully we shall have a test run fingers crossed . Also today manned the loader to help Nitro refit the ammo lockers . been really good to get those lockers back in as they start to make the interior look like a tank again not just an expensive skip:cool2: cheers for looking sharky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Thanks for sharing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Its looking good allready. Hopefully its first drive will be a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Thanks. First drive could be in under a week, fingers crossed. Interior Will be mostly complete this week, including turret back on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 just a quick update turret basket went in today another step closer. engine is back together just a few checks and final jobs then test run tomorrow all being well . thanks for looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDT16 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Looking good Son!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrack Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 i have two wheels same your sherman wheels . :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 i have two wheels same your sherman wheels . :cool2: [ATTACH=CONFIG]67126[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]67127[/ATTACH] Not guite the same yours have rubber on and are or covered in black gunk:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrack Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 OK i see you have my m4a4 wheel :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 evening all been a very hectic few days i have almost had a nervous breakdown on this engine ,nitro has pitched a tent in the workshop and is sleeping in it 2 hrs a night as thats the only way i can see he is getting so many jobs finished ,captain chaos has had to have the grinder surgically removed due to repetetive strain injury and best of all strange things are happening like cans of stella being left in the workshop for us today at knocking off time (cheers wayne much appreciated) Anyway here is a pictorial update and if it works a video !!! First off turret is on i had a day off with my nipper friday and returned saturday to this wonderful sight nitro sent me this as a teaser fri night interesting view captain chaos welding dust guard mounting strips on, had to have these remake as the original mounts were beyond salvage lights ,brushguards and plugs in place masked ready for final paint . And finally a video of our C4 engine firing up today for the first time (well 2nd time but that was 30 seconds prior to this start up and i hadnt given my camera to wayne :red:) this is running on R/H Mag with rough timing . happy as a pig in muck when it fired up ... hope the video works cheers for looking more progress to follow tomorrow hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Looking good, well done! Just one point, be careful with idleing the engine too slowly, the master rod bearing gets almost no oil below 600 rpm..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 Looking good, well done! Just one point, be careful with idleing the engine too slowly, the master rod bearing gets almost no oil below 600 rpm..... cheers adrian for that dont want to kill her at this stage . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 Evening all some major progress so as normal heres the pics finally the camera shy captain chaos enjoy a well earned beer after a very arkward and nerve wracking engine fitting sorry no explaination but i just finished a 14 hour day so bit to tired to type tomorrow is test run day :-D thanks for looking Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 She's looking really good Iain, fingers crossed for the test run! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Wow, what a fantastic end-run! Fingers crossed for the test run!! :whentitsdone: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanter Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Fantastic work, hope all goes well with the engine run and the test drive, you've all earned those beers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philliphastings Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 What an amazing and inspiring thread ! Have thoroughly enjoyed it Thank you so much and good luck with the run Cheers Phill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex van de Wetering Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Excellent! I am already looking forward to the next update. Please post the next update in the evening.....I will be waiting with a Stella as well.:-D Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Things are really going at breakneckspeed on the resto. Good luck and lots of fun with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Thanks for the kind words chaps, just got home after another hard day. Engine all plumed up but we have a primer pump issue that should be easily fixed. She.s looking great though. Just hope if we get to the victory show that we won't be to done in. Iain should post a few pics if he Is still awake. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrack Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Nice job ! lot of job was made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon8910 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Looked good at the Victory show, well done guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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