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Now, back to "Goose"? =)
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It is certainly not like other females. At one point it bowed it's head, stuck up it's tale...and I thought it was posing for the photo. It took a crap. That's a rare sight I presume.
Were the original frames painted upside-down? How did the paint on Piglet run up? We only paint prepped where the engine is going then just a quick clean outside the engine bay. I had paint left over after the engine bay so hit a few areas that were easy to reach. We didn't see it when scraping or washing. It was just another cool find on ole' 0685 Piglet.
For the record, the Canola crop is cut.
The only Piglet progress was premier paint prep on this plumbing pipe.
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Females come in MANY varieties and emotional conditions.....
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Great progress on the paint job, plowboy, but all these sidebars are so distracting:
- Birds of prey
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You plain got a lot going on!
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Got to keep busy somehow. We don't have helicopters or many MV's to spot so need to build our own.
Today an architect buddy wanted to pour a dinosaur bone and I picked some carrots. One never knows what's going to happen at the G749 farm.
While archi mixed 500 lbs of concrete by hand, I finished the finest top water line and got two taps away from being ready for an install. One tap to get the broken pipe out of the block and one tap to go back in because that's where a tap goes. Decided to pull the after-market, circulating water heater and put things back looking closer to the book. That's the reason for the shiny new top water line. The PO or rebuilder used those two back holes on the top of the head for additional hot water plumbing. They now look like the book.
Put a little kopper kote on the spinny part and thread thread tape after licking the threads clean. Not sure it's needed after cleaning the fitting faces and seeing some smooth mating surfaces. Talk is cheap, time will see if it leaks.
Keeping some of the PO's parts lookin' like they looked when his Grandpa had the M135, the starter went back on with only a cleaning. We'll never replace that patina so it stays like that until it stops making a noise.
They 'New' Grey color is not the same Grey as many of the rebuilt engines.....as pointed out by a Mattech. It is close to the same color as Piglets original valve cover and that's what we went with. Many of the rebuilds are a liter color Grey so it's entirely possible a light colored tribute fan will go on. We have 2 darker Grey take-outs so we're chasing info engine rebuild paint codes. ........."paint it grey"...."what color grey?"
One odd piece on the Fort Mac engine is this fitting on the compressor oil line. Looks like a quick coupler. Is that some type of fitting to hook up a pressure tester? I left it for now. The preservation / re-creation continues, except for that piece.
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Yep, that is a late style pressure test port, usually used in hydraulics. Also it can be used as a quick disconnect for an auxiliary line.
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Some ice hockey buddies and me started a housepainting company our summer out of high school;
- The most confounding clients were those that said they wanted their siding "painted white"
- You wouldn't believe how MANY shades of white that there are out there, in the paint world....
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Just went through a lot of the thread finally, good to see the progress on everything.
As for the Hydraulic fitting on the compressor oil line that was infact an oil pressure tester fitting, I had used it when I first got the truck because my oil pressure gauge never worked but I was not the one who originally installed it so it most likely came from the Rebuilders.
All the additional cooling hoses, tees, and recirculating heater were also added before my grandfather had gotten the truck originally and to be honest i'm still impressed that it was operational until the day I pulled it.
If you haven't done so already I also strongly recommend pulling the oil pan and resealing it with Grey/Threebond RTV as it would leak quite a bit. I'm not 100% on all the leaks but I know there was a decent amount of them.
As for the Hydraulic fitting on the compressor oil line that was infact an oil pressure tester fitting, I had used it when I first got the truck because my oil pressure gauge never worked but I was not the one who originally installed it so it most likely came from the Rebuilders.
All the additional cooling hoses, tees, and recirculating heater were also added before my grandfather had gotten the truck originally and to be honest i'm still impressed that it was operational until the day I pulled it.
If you haven't done so already I also strongly recommend pulling the oil pan and resealing it with Grey/Threebond RTV as it would leak quite a bit. I'm not 100% on all the leaks but I know there was a decent amount of them.
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That bit of history with the plumbing supports 'in-service' history. If Johnny farmer put it in it wouldn't match a few of the trucks that have real similar plumbing. Real good to know.
We threatened that engine with a complete reseal kit. Then we felt for torque on all the bolts. Everything was loose enough that it wanted a little snug up first to see if we can get some more time on it before a tear down.
It's closer to being ready. I thought that broken pipe in the bottom hole would be easy to back out but it's taken a bit of time to conquer. I did stick a punch in that bottom hole and it's a good thing I did.
NOTAMv NOTAMv NOTAMv
Notice to all MV folks. Flush your engine coolant area. I shoved a magnet and a punch in my bottom hole to fish around for things and all this brown stuff came out. More news at 11.
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I just remembered the name of that hydraulic fitting. It's called a "comp-u-check" , and is used to test everything from engine oils to air systems.
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Your "gray matter" is still in top function, rustystud!
Mine doesn't always fire on all cylinders so much...
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Mine just takes a while to get there these daysYour "gray matter" is still in top function, rustystud!
Mine doesn't always fire on all cylinders so much...
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Well "plowboy" I just got back from "Lyle's" place today. Eight hours up and eight hours back. He has quite a collection of M135 parts up there. I ended up with five 303M transmissions and other assorted goodies. I don't know the condition of the transmissions though. He had them all outside. He does have two M135 trucks that don't have engines and transmissions in them, though he does have a complete power train . Again it has been left outside for years. The condition of the engine/transmission is unknown. The three differentials are also there, but at least they are sealed like all good differentials should be. I saw at least four M135 frames stacked on each other, and a lot of body parts laying all over the place.
I forgot to take my camera when we were walking up the hill to look at the trucks, but my buddy brought his cell phone and took some pictures. I'll try and get them and post then here for you.
There were also two WWII trucks I'm unfamiliar with. This one which was his parts truck and it's companion which was inside. There is also a M37 up there.
Here's a picture of my Buddy and Lyle.
Here's the back of my truck with the transmission loaded up.
I forgot to take my camera when we were walking up the hill to look at the trucks, but my buddy brought his cell phone and took some pictures. I'll try and get them and post then here for you.
There were also two WWII trucks I'm unfamiliar with. This one which was his parts truck and it's companion which was inside. There is also a M37 up there.
Here's a picture of my Buddy and Lyle.
Here's the back of my truck with the transmission loaded up.
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That Tesla looking WWII truck is a CMP or Canadian Military Pattern. Lot's of those saved up here already and part of the reason I saved the Deuce instead. So good you made it up to see Lyle. Did he have any magic repair kits around that might help for future seal work?
We got one more Deuce saved.
This was not easy. Not much time for pictures but here are a few before and after. All we had to do was get the engine from here.
To here.
Real tough getting it to fly level with the original lifting points and without the radiator assembly attached. The trans wants to sit low. Maybe using a bolt off the back of the head to get the back of the engine up would help. What my ground crew did while I sat in the Cat helpless was astounding. A floor jack was used under the trans to get it high enough to clear the mounts. It's a 3 man job to be sure the governor lines don't get smashed on the firewall.
Before installation we wanted to fix this broken pipe.
We began by failing with an easy out to back out the broken pipe. Mechanic Mike suggested a 37/64 bit and the 3/8? tap and avoiding the easy out. The easy out can run crooked so after trying with the easy out, it was plan B.
Mech Mike suggested a donut magnet around the hole. That was brilliant. I couldn't find the 37/64 and the next $38.00 bit size down was 9/16....so I bought it. Used a fancy drill with a level on it and by the time I ran the tap in, the remaining pipe thread came out on the tap, perfectly in the center. This was a huge achievement for a landscaper.
Pulled the thermostat housing to flush any remnants and flushed until the water ran clear. A little mating surface clean up, smash a new gasket out of some felcro laying around and get ready for a radiator. Tap test tantilizingly taped and she was ready to throw in the truck. This Piglet thing is coming along just fine.
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No. I spent the night up there and came back the next morning. I was "toasted" after driving for 8 hours and then loading up the truck. Coming back was also a trial as I was "overloaded" ( around 1.5 tons) and those mountain roads are steep ! I spent most of my time at 45 to 50 MPH to keep from sliding off the roads ! A few times I needed to drop down to 30 MPH which made the locals really pissed off. I'm sorry but coming down a 7% grade a half mile long at 50 to 60 MPH in an overloaded truck is not wise. As it was I think I used half my brake linnings coming down those mountains.
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