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18-08-10, 02:44
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David; Several years ago some one described to me what it was like to be inside a radial engined vehicle. He described it as being inside a steel drum while 100 guys with hammers (both hands) beat on the outside as hard and as fast as they could. I never quite understood his statement untill I drove the Sexton for the first time. Your sense of hearing is pretty much useless inside the vehicle. I have a tachometer, and oil pressure guage hooked up, and tied to the front beam. I can shoot the oil return line with my laser thermometer, but mostly just feel it by hand. One of these days, if work picks up, I will have several instrument panel boxes bent, then cut all the holes, and try to sell a few to recover some of the cost. I should have drawings of the box in a few weeks for those who asked. Jesse.
Last edited by Jesse Browning; 18-08-10 at 02:48. Reason: correct grammer 
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19-08-10, 04:27
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Thanks
Hello Jesse and again thanks for the ongoing posts.
As someone who is involved hands-on with the restoration of our M3 General Grant I can well appreciate the amount of work required to bring the sexton up to the standard it's now in! Cheers Phill
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21-08-10, 02:08
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This is the fourth armored vehicle I have restored. I have over 1600 hours in it, and unlike the other vehicles, have not had one moment of frustration with it. I feel even better when I see the absurd prices being asked now for unrestored Sextons. Most are asking more for an unrestored vehicle than I have in mine. I should have scraped together the extra $14k for the other Sexton where I got mine. It even ran. It ended up going to a museum to rot more in their yard. Jesse.
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03-10-10, 01:40
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We took the Sexton to another steam show last weekend. We got a lot of driving in. It's a real crowd pleaser.
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16-10-10, 15:19
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the Sexton Gun
Hi Jesse,
Great work on the Sexton gun, I would love to see one of these shows some day. It's funny, you mention these experts saying about replacing the cam or adjusting the choke or what not. I once had a guy, try to tell me, that there were no Canadian Regiments, that used this tank in Normandy. As you know, my grandfather's 23rd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, used this tank for their duration of service from Normandy to Germany. Hope all is well ! cheers !
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16-10-10, 15:36
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Hi jesse, what is the item you have just restored... generator ? its looking great buddy, and you are an inspiration to us all !
Cheers Richie
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21-10-10, 02:48
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We've been busy working on the aux. generator, and the electric. All the boxes are rebuilt, and installed, and wire pulled.
Rebuilding the generator and box was like restoring a whole vehicle. Last edited by Jesse Browning; 06-08-17 at 02:37. Reason: Add pictures.
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