Loyd carrier progress

[ajmac]

Indeed looking forward to it, thanks Paul....I'm just hoping that my company doesn't send me to the middle of nowhere in July! Since the trouble in Libya has put that trip on hold I may be off to France or Belgium....should be nice.

[ajmac]

Does anyone have a drawing for or could anyone lend me the Flathead V8 valve guide drifting tool? Having spent decades of hard use then a good deal of time in the wet the guides are stuck in the block. The simple design requires you to pop the valve retaining cap, remove the spring, draw down the guide and slip out the retaining clip. The trouble is if the guide is stuck in place you can't remove the clip! A special drift was manufactured which has a kink to go under the head of the poppet valve and drift the guide down into the valley.

[ajmac]

I haven't updated MLU for a while but I do update HMVF perhaps far to oftern!

At the moment the chassis is complete, the drivers floor is installed with torque tube and I am working on the rear axle, which involves stripping the axle of hubs, drums, stub axles etc...with all the impact damage this takes a huge amount of time! I only spend early Sunday afternoons and the odd hour on a Saturday so it doesn't seem to get on very quickly.

Once the rear axle is attached, the track adjuster arms can be repaired and installed, then the front and rear X-tubes both of which require substantial work to repair before they can be fitted....after that it's the shot blasting and OD.

[kevin powles]

Hi, Is the Loyd carries drive axle and brake assembly the same as a universal carriers buy any chance?.

kevin.

[ajmac]

Kevin,
I think the axle is the same basic part but the UC has a special adaptor which houses the speedo drive and coupling gear for attachment to the Gearbox output shaft where as the Loyd uses the 'normal' torque tube arrangement. Brakes, hubs, sprockets (not sure on back plates) are all the same as UC with the exception of the drum, which is specially designed by Loyd.

[ajmac]

Slowly slowly... family and work come first... I will get there in the end.
Taking the axle appart at the moment to rebuild it, will need the casing welding as it has two impacts from the range.
Chassis on the way, need to get a rear bracket gusset from my other wreck to complete the back end of the chassis.

[ajmac]

I haven't updated for a while, the project has been parked while parts have been sourced and normal day to day things took place.

Working on the rear axle at the moment, rear of the chassis will start going back together next week if I can borrow a large enough trailer to bring it home from the farm.






This photo clearly shows the weaker early design of rear axle used up to 1943.