V100 mods

[135gmc]

If that is how you make your living, congratulations! You have the skill and the equipment to turn what some folks would call a major project into fun.

If you like what you do, every day is good -- maybe some are a little better than others, but they are all good.

You're building a really great looking V100 - I've seen MIL contractor's prototypes that aren't as carefully done.

 

[hilber]

Looking good.

 

[Derrickl112]

Looking good.

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[steve6x6x6]

If that is how you make your living, congratulations! You have the skill and the equipment to turn what some folks would call a major project into fun.

If you like what you do, every day is good -- maybe some are a little better than others, but they are all good.

You're building a really great looking V100 - I've seen MIL contractor's prototypes that aren't as carefully done.

Don't forget inventory.

 

[wgtactical]

If that is how you make your living, congratulations!

Thank you, but this is not my primary source of income...and if it were I’d probably starve to death because it takes me too long to get things the way I want them

If you like what you do, every day is good -- maybe some are a little better than others, but they are all good.

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[wgtactical]

Here's what the steering gear looked like when we pulled it out and again after the rebuild and a touch of stainless steel

 

[steve6x6x6]

Here's what the steering gear looked like when we pulled it out and again after the rebuild and a touch of stainless steel

WOW Gerald, that is sweet. I like the CNC made aluminum cover.

 

[wgtactical]

WOW Gerald, that is sweet. I like the CNC made aluminum cover.

Thanks Steve, but I only touched up the stock cover...I was showing the kids a little trick with a worn out stainless steel brush

 

[TacticalTruck]

Do you want the original wheel?
Jeff

 

[wgtactical]

Do you want the original wheel?
Jeff

The original wheel was cracked in a few places so I tossed it. If I ever run across a good one, I'm going to send it to Dave Chaney

 

[B3.3T]

Its the same as an M35 wheel.

 

[steve6x6x6]

Making front and rear brake parts.

 

[TacticalTruck]

Isn't it smaller diameter? I can fix cracks.

 

[B3.3T]

Maybe its an M54 wheel. I just know we have replaced two over the years and had no problem finding them.

 

[jimk]

Stock is 20". It's the same as my M813 but the 5t has a horn button and the V uses a flat metal cover. I got one for the deuce (air-o-mat) on e-bay. It was a NOS piece. Cost was $45-buy-it-now maybe 5 months ago. The seller was Italylovers. I Think Virginia said she had 12 more. After I got it I found that I had a spare in black all along, so used old one and save the nos item, which btw is a very dark gloss OD. The one in your picture looks like the 22" that I took off the deuce. Spokes with a square profile and a much larger horn button area...Maybe a later style.

 

[M813rc]

My V came with a black wheel and an OD one, other than colour they are identical. I'll have to compare them side by side with the one in the M813, but they look similar.
I used the black one because that seems to be what is in most V pictures.

I have a deuce rubber horn button cover in mine just to fill the hole, but it doesn't look right (too domed). Jim, can you show what the proper metal cover looks like up close? I'd like to find the correct bit.

Cheers

Edit: The V wheels are similarly sized, but different style, than the M813. They measure out about the same, but short of pulling the 5-ton steering wheel off and test fitting, that's as far as I can go.

 

[steve6x6x6]

Have some more pic's of parts that are coming along for you Gerald. The front brake brackets will be last, up next.

 

[wgtactical]

Here's a peek at the LAV 300 that went through our shop a few years ago...wait a minute, that didn't come out right

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[jimk]

I have a deuce rubber horn button cover in mine just to fill the hole, but it doesn't look right (too domed)...

I was mistaken, it does -not- have a metal cover. It uses mostly the same parts, without the wire, like your V and my big trucks. The cap (cover) is different. It is almost flat, thin, and rubber.

 

[wgtactical]

With all the known welding and cutting finished, final hull prep begins with abrasive blasting