Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Jacques Reed]

Here's another handy hint from my days at sea discussing business with the Chief Engineer:

To remove bearing cups in places inaccessable to pullers:

Fire up your welder, be it stick or mig and put one bead of weld on one side of the cup only. This causes the cup to deform inwards when it cools and the cup will practically drop out.
We changed hundreds of conveyor roller cups this way and I can vouch that it worked perfectly on removing the inner bearing races of my CMP truck diffs.

Hope you find this interesting and helpful.

Best Regards

[Jacques Reed]

Meant to post a photo of the replaced inner bearing cup on the CMP diff in previous post.

I replaced the crown and pinion at the same time with NOS items. Note the thin copper plating on the pinion. I believe this was done from the factory to aid bedding in of the teeth on the two items.

I found many years ago that often the crown and pinion are highly pitted in the area immersed in oil if they have not moved for decades. As unlikely as this may seem, this is because bacteria in the oil create an acid that attacks the immersed parts.
So those "rare" "hard to find" Ebay items are often just overpriced scrap metal. Caveat emptor!

Regards,

[Private_collector]

Jacques,

I used that same technique to remove bearing cups on my rear axle some time ago. Very satisfactory little wrinkle!
Sure is a very dramatic and straightforward way to get em out. Due to the limited space to swing an arc rod inside the steering box case, and my slight but constant tremor, getting the cup out in that way would be........er........problematic. It's not requiring replacement though, and can stay put.

Usually it's the other way around. The most difficult parts are commonly the ones that have to come out/off.

[Private_collector]

This'll break your heart. Hundreds and hundreds of pieces of equipment dumped on Okinawa at the end of WWII

http://www.vintagemilitarytrucks.com...rd_Okinawa.htm

How about this tantalising discovery some years ago.

http://www.ozatwar.com/bunkers/dandenongstunnels.htm

My father spoke about vehicles, weapons and equipment that he helped load into tunnels (or caves, I forget which) cut into a hill in New Guinea. I should have written down the directions, or more correctly, location from some reference points, but didn't have the same interest I do now. A moot point anyway, as it turns out. A volcanic eruption in the 1990s changed the entire landscape, burying everything around under feet of ash & rock.

Still, lots of other finds still exist and are easily accessed.
http://www.pacificghosts.com/news/tunnels/index.html

http://servicesrecommended.com/index...abaul-PNG.html

How's this for a job!
http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-re...dowrowipng.htm

See this video of a tunnel examination.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=ovsmB...%3DovsmB-Sz9C4

[Private_collector]

Here are a large number of REALLY interesting photos, showing a massive military vehicle gathering in the areas of D Day landings, in 2009.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kmbizal/Normandy2009#

My Wife and I travelled through this part of France in 1990, while on a tour. At that time, you could still see pillboxes all around, and the occasional tank shell, rusting in fields or placed as monuments.

Imagine being a part of this scene
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[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Private_collector

Imagine being a part of this scene
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Hi Tony,
I was part of that scene, well just out of shot to the right! Some of your countrymen there as well, the Anzac convoy who had driven up from Istanbul were also on the beach with their vehicles. Several Blitzs amongst them.

regards, Richard

[lynx42]

This one Richard? That's our motor home behind a QL at Etreham. One of the many photos in that series by kmbizal>Normandy 2009. Brings back many happy memories.
Regards Rick

[Marc van Aalderen]

Originally Posted by Private_collector

Here are a large number of REALLY interesting photos, showing a massive military vehicle gathering in the areas of D Day landings, in 2009.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kmbizal/Normandy2009#

My Wife and I travelled through this part of France in 1990, while on a tour. At that time, you could still see pillboxes all around, and the occasional tank shell, rusting in fields or placed as monuments.

Imagine being a part of this scene
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Hi Tony,

A bit late but I just noticed myself driving by with the Dingo in picture 202! Together with my eldest daughter Pauline. We recognize a lot of the scenes and were in the same places at almost the same time. What a coincedence!

I enjoy your thread and the magnificent job you are doing.

Cheers,

[Private_collector]

Hello Marc,

It's never too late to come join in!

We're hoping to get back that way again some time. Will certainly take more notice (and photos) next time.

Thank you for the kind comments,