C15A water truck restoration

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Harry Moon

I’ll post some more pictures of this project as I get more of it home but for now I’m just working on the mechanics. I have what I believe is the original transmission mounted PTO for the water pump. Unfortunately the switch and cover are in poor shape and has been repaired in the past. I’m hoping someone has another PTO or at least the cover and switch. Could you look into the cobwebs and see if you can help me out?

You might get away with building up the worn face with bronze and then refacing it on a milling machine. What type of seal did they use ? Looking at the pics, it looks like an old rope seal, these were used in Vintage cars and other old pumps.

The switch may be repairable, it might fit in a 4 jaw chuck and you could build it up with bronze and machine it back to size .