Canadian M151A2 Restoration

[XJSKINS]

Scott,

It looks incredible. Who would have thunk that what you had to work with could turn out so nice, purely shows what can be accomplished when you got your own space, some skill, and a nice selection of hammers.

When is it going to be road worthy? I'll be in town in a couple weeks, and might have a bottle of scotch to bust across her bow for ya.

Cheers
Rick

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by XJSKINS

Scott,

It looks incredible. Who would have thunk that what you had to work with could turn out so nice, purely shows what can be accomplished when you got your own space, some skill, and a nice selection of hammers.

When is it going to be road worthy? I'll be in town in a couple weeks, and might have a bottle of scotch to bust across her bow for ya.

Cheers
Rick

Well holy Mackeral. Skins. Fellas, this is the guy who was kind enough to haul the 1 Svc Bn Jeep from Calgary to Ontario. That's a story in itself

Not sure how much longer til it's running now. Ryan Adams took me for a burn in his M38 yesterday (windshield folded down in sunny -2* weather) and that really put a bug in my ass to finish it once my smile thawed out. Really it's only 2 full days of work left on it now. More of a money than time issue

Shoot me an email or a call. If your still lacking the constitution for Scotch I've got a nice bottle of Napa Valley Designer Gin here.

[Scott Bentley]

Moving on to the cleaner more gentlemanlike work, I started picking away at the Comms System:

Finally got the Cabling run nice and neat. Spent nearly hours cleaning the grunge off the rubber cords:


C-2299 Mounted. I have a LS-454U Speaker on the Dash, you can see the cord plugged into the bottom. My "A" Set (524) will be mounted right above the C-2299, so I plugged it into the left side port on the 2299, with the "B" Set (GRC-160?) in the other:


Mount for the GRC-160?:


MX-6707s and the Utility Brackets all cleaned up, painted and ready for the ROPS. I painted the springs, as most I have seen in service were also painted over, so it wasn't an accident:


"A" Set all cleaned up and ready to go:



Then there is the Engine..... More on this in the coming days:

[Young_Law]

Looking good! It's come a long way since I last saw it in the fall.

[Scott Bentley]

Getting really close now...

ROPs reinstalled along with all the rest of the Comms Gear:




Just the Power Pack left now

[Scott Bentley]

Alright... Huge leap forward.

Sadly, as I get closer to the finish line, I haven't been taking as many photos as I should be.

Engine is now rebuilt, and I dropped it in sans Tranny for a test run, tuning and hot valve adjustment. Everything is working as it should:



Then I moved on a built a good Tranny/Transfer out of the pair I had sitting on the floor:


I gutted and cleaned out the nicest housing:


Picked out the nicest Gears and Synchros from the pile o parts:




Rebuilt with new seals and then some paint:


Then the final coat of paint followed by the Park Brake install and adjustment:



Then the Engine Enamel:


Getting really really close now........

[Scott Bentley]

Can almost taste the flys and exhaust....

Basically its all done minus just a few things now:
Need to clean up and install the Fuel hard lines,
Install Exhaust System,
Get new Windscreen Glass, and
Get a pair of 51R Batteries.

Then its Safety Check and Registration time.

So heres how it sits now:


Powerpack is all settled in again:




Just about completed cab:


This is my favourite shot. Really shows all the time spent on the suspension: