Update, We ground fired it, started right up after 25 + years of non op. Throttle linkage was frozen, got that freed up and it idled good and throttled up great on the ground. Pack is in, had a friend of the museum come over to help center the lifting bar, it is military, has holes marked pack, engine and deck, but when it was lifted out, it lifted nose high, was kind of a biatch to get out, kissed the trans fill tube and the weld at the tube/cast plate came loose. That is fixed. But anywho, he came over with a boom truck with a 10k capacity. I moved the lifting eye, it lifted level, so we put it in! Went in way easy, no holes in the tanks. There were some issues after it was in, steering was FUBAR, all the clevis connections were at their fully extended position. I have been in this tank a few times TSing the no start, but never paid attention to the tiller. Got that all straightened out, hooked up all the linkages, lines, connectors. Threw some batteries in it and it fired right up, idle was a tad high, but, after letting things get a little heat in them, the pig went into gear, moved forward and backward under it's own power. Idle kept getting higher, pulling back on the pedal was no help. I figured there was a hull fuel issue, after a bit of TS ing, no issue found. Pulled the inside panel back off, more linkages set at their longest. ( I didn't install them, another volunteer did.). Pulled them out, freed things up, re installed, lit it off, good 750 ish idle, but as soon as the pedal was touched, idle went to 1200. Looked at the adjustment on the break over linkage, it too was almost all the way in. Tried to adjust it, and found the root issue.....GOD, I wish I looked closer at the linkage when it was on the ground! The throttle and manual SD are on the same shaft, the throttle has what any mechanical linkage has, a break over type throttle, two pins held in line with a spring around the shaft. If the throttle travel in the pump is put to it's full travel, this "joint" is there so if the pedal has more travel, the pump pieces parts will not get damaged. Well it was frozen. Tried pulling the assembly out, it is pretty crusty, found that there were snap rings on the shaft holding it in the pivot bushings. Broke two 5/16 bolts holding the inboard pivot on the engine, no biggie, I can get them out, got the pivot out and found out why it was so hard to move. They aint bushings, they are sealed bearings rusted to he ll! The outboard side is anchored to a plate on the head that holds the tach drive. POOP! All this working thru a 24 x 18 hole in the turret. Time to go to the donor engine, pulled the lid on the container, pulled the assembly, went back into the M60 and took the assembly off of the engine. Drilled the 2 broken bolts thru and PB Blastered the pee pee out of it. Decided that was enough for the day.
No pics, I will have some after Thanksgiving. For now, out to the dez for 12 days
Nice collection.
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