New Member from the UK

[gordon]

... they always look better in the pictures, they do, really.

I haven't been home to see my K-38 yet either, but I know it is at the farm in one piece.

Gordon

[RichardT10829]

right job done !! i feel drained with the stress, we had a drop of 12" between the container and the recovery truck so we had to relocate...... managed to pull her out what a S*** Heap was mentioned by many, they just cant see what i can, found some bits more worse than i expected but also found 99% of the linkages in workable condition so happy days ! the cover off the cam plate has disintergrated and is knackered so i will try my best to peice the bits back together and make a pattern for those that want them. managed to free up 90% of the seized track with a couple of "Wollops" with the hammer, going to strip them into sections and stack them up.

a few pics to follow in due course, but a cup of tea is in order about now


Rich

[RichardT10829]

some pics of it in the UK, got to unload into my garage (the easy part really) ian comes back later after work with the truck.









started to break the track into section, these two sections were from the bottom of the track (against the ground) which has not been moved for seven years !! one broke up really easy but the other one....nearest to the wall looks to be in a bad way.


seem pretty straight though

[colin jones]

Richard, Good luck with your project. I'm sure you will find the parts you need with the MLU network. What you have is a great start.
Regards.
Colin.

[Lynn Eades]

Soak your track in oil, while your working on other parts of it. go back to it later, and with a pair of pry bars poked into consecutive tooth holes, try working the links on the pins. Once you have them all moving, put the track away to drain. I used hydraulic oil, and it worked a treat for me.
P.S. You look very young.

[RichardT10829]

hahahahaha not bad for 65 !! just kidding no that is my eldest son 9 years old, i started early saying i am only 29 myself brought my old man around who was strangly teary when he saw the carrier became very nostalgic but his words were true

"this machine was in service the same time as your grandad / my dad, was in service driving the same type of machine" wonder where he would have been when this one was born in 1942 (still training in Inneskillen i reckon)

I sprayed some ptfe between the links and but a shaped bar on the floor, i then used the hammer to pursuade the more stubbord links to move which worked.

i have heard AT fluid is great for eating rust, i was going to make a bath of the stuff to sit the sections of track into. looking at some of the pins the track may well need re pinned dont know, but that stage is a while away yet anyway.

will attach a few more pics to this post when i upload them.





first time the carrier has touched UK soil is my garage floor, used the tilt and slide straight in....


This is my mothers garage which she does not use, and it still has my block and tackle etc etc from my rally x days. my garage is now a machine shop for working on the components / engine etc etc




Rich

[ron]

Hi Richard,
Congratulations, glad to see that you have the old girl safe and sound on British soil, We will watch your progress over the coming months with interest, I am sure that if you need any help with your project that you will find it here, welcome to the carrier owners club,
Regards Ron

[Lynn Eades]

I would get those heat shields off there, and bag them up. You dont want any of your family breathing that asbestos.