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Been down with a case of the creeping awfuls. Haven’t been able to get out to the shop. Hope this goes away quick… Progress, got the driver’s side rear frame all cleaned up and primered. Next will be primering the various pieces parts and reassemble them on the truck. I’m thinking on waiting to...

Many thanks! My spring bolts are all slightly bent. Not too sure if I’d trust them on a cross country.

The steering wheel is the same as the one installed on the G85 bomb truck.

Today I took apart my first shock absorber linkage. It doesn’t appear to be leaking so I’ll save a complete tear down . Cleaned it all up. Got all the attaching parts all cleaned up as well. I’m going to go ahead and and reinstall the overloads. Might make for a bumpy ride. One side done, next...

I thought about posting some pics for the tool junkies in the group. This past year was a bumper crop of odd, old and different tools and tool boxes.

Next for this location, one very dirty shock absorber. I’ll clean it up and then check the fluid level. This past year, at an estate sale, I found a fairly large tool collection from very long ago. Ford Model A tools among other things. In one of the boxes, I found a brand new, unopened can of...

One cleaned up spring stack. Since I have the overload parts and spring leaves, I’ll go ahead and use them, once I clean them up. The bolts that hold the stack together are all worn. Not too badly but why chance it. The center bolt is 7 inches long. I’m pretty sure they’re available at any parts...

I’ve got the entire left rear area completely torn down. I’ve cleaned up the leaf springs, u bolts and overload limiters (at least I think that’s what their called) stripped and in the case of the limiters, primed and ready for the next steps. The pics I took during the tear down. I’ll get more...

Paint removal 95% complete. Waiting for some parts to fix leaking seals. Once those are fixed, I’ll give it a good cleaning with alcohol and start painting it.

And the paint removal goes on. Some of the paint needing removal must have been made out of unobtainium, the hardest substance in the universe. Thank goodness for a good grinder and some heavy duty steel wire wheels.

The truck in the QTP was built by the Kovatch Corporation. It was built on a Volvo Chassis. Is this the truck you’re asking about? Maintaining these monsters is a full time job. Fuel filter replacements can be a bit pricey. First time you do a defuel, you can be almost guaranteed to change...

It’s the Oshkosh R-11. 5,000 gallons capacity. Will single point (pressure refuel) and over the wing (non pressurized). Will also defuel using the two methods.

I must have fuels dozens of helicopters with this type refueler. Not sure what I’d do with one either. They are beasts!

Excellent resource thank you. I trust Timken products better than most others including factory originals.

Thank you! I’ll look into this.

Rear axle work continues. Got it completely disconnected from the springs. Pulled off all 4 wheels so I wouldn’t mess up the tail pipe. Started scraping and brushing off years of dirt, grease, oily dirt, greasy dirt, and a couple layers of thick red paint. Fortunately, the paint is flaking off...

Got the rear axle off today. Took a bit of hammer work to knock the u-bolts loose. I’ll roll it out the next semi-warm day and sand blast it. After that, replace the input seal and look at the wheel bearings. The brakes were gone through by a local shop for the previous owner. Hope I don’t find...

All the plates are now gone. The last four took about 5 minutes each to remove. Those welds were pathetically poorly made. Most of the welds after removal of the plates could be easily removed using a hammer and chisel. Anyway, I ground down all the welds then cleaned that up with a flap disc...

You still thinking of doing Brutus M37?

I’ve got to be more diligent in my posts. I spent the last year+ cleaning things up in the shop. Got a long ways towards being able to find stuff again. Also, after looking at the G506 for that time, I’ve decided to abandon the fire truck plan. I just don’t have enough to put one together. The...