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Yeah - I totally wanted to dive the SMS Cormoran and the Tokai Maru but the schedule didn't quite line up - was also interested in the Seabee Junkyard but I guess now it's a boat access only dive since they gated the breakwater... Interesting how much stuff gets spit out of the ground even 70...

The oil film I am talking about is the oil retained between the bearing and the journal - the oil in the sump is for cooling - the only reason you need pressure above a certain level is to assure sufficient flow to all parts of the engine. The rotation of the journal creates the wedge I am...

Hiya Frank - the Pacific War Museum (which is a temple to the USMC) has a half track with just a 1919 on a tower but no 75mm cannon mounted - John's wife mentioned they have another site with lots more un-restored vehicles but didn't mention that half track specifically... They had some cool...

I had been running the thing for a bit so it was up to temp and well oiled - that truck sometimes takes as long as 15 to 20 sec to start showing oil pressure after starting so I doubt 30 sec of running without fresh oil supply will do it in - remember most of the oil flow is for cooling - all...

This little guy is sitting by the entrance to big Navy... Would take a certain hardened individual to operate this battery operated tin can chasing after full sized ships... The guns are in Piti and were not yet finished when the US invaded so they survived in the jungle and were discovered...

It's sitting at 45ft to 50ft depending on the tide -- was pretty happy to find it since the directions were something like "go to the cemetery and look for a steel pipe going into the water; follow it until it goes into the surf, then swim due west and follow the coral canyons, stay...

Yep - solid ideas - I am really just looking for the road wheel hub casting - I have extra road wheels and can figure out the bearings and nuts, so really the part I am missing is one actual cast road wheel hub.... My unit that has the title and WA state collector plates (yup - street legal...

I got my wrecker to do that on me - was lugging 1st gear and it started to stall - stabbed the clutch real quick and she grumbled a bit but sputtered back to life - popped it in PTO crane mode and hopped out - the smoke coming from the passenger fender area caught my attention... Went over and...

Also got to hike up to the Yona tank farm - only two things left up there these days but we slogged through plenty of scrub brush, sword grass, and the stickiest red mud you can imagine to check it out... There is a Sherman with duckbills and the very sparce remains of another LVT4... Cool...

Sunken LVT4 off Agat Beach, Guam This one is a bit past resto efforts but I was still pretty stoked to get the chance to dive the wreck and check it out while I was down in Guam doing a marine diesel engine overhaul for Military Sealift Command (250mm bore V-16 Bergen)... Anyhow - enjoy - I...

Been playing around with the new kitteh in my avatar too - ;) he's 10 months old and already 23lbs - he's quite the shop cat already - made off with a few rags full of nuts and bolts and likes to sleep on the soft tops of both the wrecker and the deuce...

Hiya Jim - yep it has been a while - been back to fixing big marine diesels so I have been traveling lots (actually got to check out some cool WWII stuff in Guam when I was down that way but that's another story) I was actually thinking of ya as I was toying with the idea of converting my parts...

I did already check with Mico - and they don't sell anything 24v direct replacement - actually it would be a custom order at 460.XX bucks a pop - then I would still have to strip off the alarm and horn wigwag crap that they are required to sell them with now in case the pressure starts to drop...

If you're looking to do a cletrac tug (MG-1) be aware the track issue is even more a problem than weasels and halftracks, not sure about the bren carriers... It's an endless rubber bank made by BF Goodridge - last produced in 1951 - they cannot seem to locate any of the tooling or molds so we...

I have searched high and low both on the web and through my local contacts and I cannot find a replacement for the electric brake lock that locks the rear wheels on the wreckers Mine was working great when I got the truck and about a year ago it began to not apply intermittently - now there is...

My hand winch has a hole in the drum and then there is a bolt that retains the end - I just had an eyelet swedged on the end and bolted it in - once you get two or three wraps on the drum it's the friction that holds the load... I think the heaviest item I have picked up so far was a Miller 330...

I actually went synthetic with mine - got some 5/16" AmSteel-Blue AS-78 stuff from the local marine shop - they even spliced a thimble into the end so I can just put a shackle on it - the stuff is rated at a breaking strength of 13,700 lbs and has no memory, stray wires, or corrosion issues like...

Just don't let me work with wood - takes about 5 times as long and the finished product is about half as nice... Metal is definitely my strong suit...

They are tie down points - didn't want anything poking up so I can still slide pallets around but needed to lash stuff down. The hook from the strap can drop thru the hole and then snag the edge - or there is a cross pin bolt I can put through the walls of the pipe and the use chains or...

It's a 1940 M2 AG Cletrac... Pretty neat little guy - he'll get a long term resto And as far as the radius' go - they were cut out with a plasma and then I used a flapper wheel to debur them. I usually just use something with the radius I like and then trace it with a silver sharpie so you...