We got a little wet weather so I started to put the old 216 back together. I'd forgotten how frigging a job it is to shim all the bearings to the proper clearances on these old babbit pounders. I set the main bearings at 2 thousanths and the rods will be 3. The last motor I did this with was a Ford Model T about 20 years ago.
This engine has very little wear on it anywhere so I'll get away with new rings and gaskets and a valve grind plus the usual tune-up stuff.
There's an outfit in Winnipeg that has 9.50x13 aircraft tires for $95 each so I might go with them. The military tires are all but impossible to find.
I managed to get the inside of the box sandblasted before I went seeding but the outside remains to be done. At least now that summer's here the natural sand won't be frozen into a big lump so I won't have to be purchasing the commercial stuff. At $13 for 80 pounds it adds up pretty fast.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set
1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis
1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun
1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends
1941 Cab 12 F15A
1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5
1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box
1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box
1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP
1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box
1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor
MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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