Big ray Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 Some spares arriving tomorrow, we can get a bit more work done, will try to remember to take a few photographs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 Steve has overhauled the fuel/vacume pump, complete rebuild, and he`s rebuilding the carb, still quite a lot of work to do, but it will keep us busy over the winter months......... just light the fire, lock the workshop doors and enjoy ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 What I thought was going to be a relatively easy restoration project is turning out to be anything but that. I am having considerable difficulty obtaining quite a few of the replacement components that I need, infact I am having to refurbish some components, I will attempt to record and photograph whatever we manage to refurbish. I do like a challenge, this should test our skills......... we will start by refurbing the carb and manufacturing a new exhaust system (We cant get the re-furb kit for the carb) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Steve has stripped, cleaned and repaired the carb, manufactured 3 new gaskets that we could not acquire, we will have her running next week and moved into the next shop for further works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Re-fitted the refurbished carb, tried to start the motor, battery down somewhat. decided to remove the spark plugs and the front two just disintegrated, leaving the threaded base still in the cylinder head. Fortunately we managed to extracate the bases with an extraction tool and a little shock treatment. Quite worrying at first, started to look like we might have to remove the head, a job that we can do without at the moment......... we have fitted a new set of spark plugs, we will try again later this week, not got much free time at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 She`s up and running, sounds as sweet as a nut, not an atom of smoke after all of the standing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Looking good Ray..... very nice.. What next to get up and running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 Looking good Ray..... very nice.. What next to get up and running? A few more tasks to perform.............. then its the GMC in for extensive works, we are not going to try to repair the odd warped / split wooden boards on the cargo floor and side rails. We will replace the lot, that will give us a much more satisfactory result. Brakes are excellent, but after several years service I think that we will go through the whole system, replacing pipes, seals and anything else that needs to be done to bring her up to tip top condition. I have always believed that if I have engine / transmission trouble, then I have a problem. Anything brake related, then I have a potential disaster on my hands. A few more bits of cosmetic work along the way, and then its a full respray. I am sure that we will find some things along the way that we have not envisaged. We (Steve really) did the valves (replaced one, and lapped the remainder in) a while back, she has not done many miles since. Once that we had removed the head we could see that she had not had a rebore and was in excellent condition, so we dont anticipate any work there. Gearbox and transfere box are in good order, so we hope that it will just be a nice little winter project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane.c Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Looking good, :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted August 2, 2013 Author Share Posted August 2, 2013 While we are working on the Halftrack we are also getting our Dodge WC 51 restored, she his just about completed. (As usual, Steve doing all of the hard graft.) prior to me just blowing the paint on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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