Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Private_collector]

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This Silex catalog arrived today. It was an Australian Co. so no use to rest of world I suspect. Limited use inside Aust too possibly, but here it is just in case!

The applicable pages for CMPs.
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Ford
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Chev
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Column Headings.

[Private_collector]

Work on the rear axle continues.
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Diff case opened, the cleaning & assessment has began. Insides of casing were OK, but both the seals and bearing cones are not & will need replacing. I have ordered the seals from Ross Prince but feel I only asked for the fibre ring and will also need the metal part too.
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The pinion seal parts are knackered also. Once again, I will have to revise my parts order. As you see, I had to fight the metal bit to get it out.
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Didn't find any evidence of what had damaged the shorter axle end, and the differential itself seems to be OK. One of the bearings has some rust pitting on a number of the rollers and will need replacing.

[Private_collector]

I have had the brake shoes soaking in petrol for a week and continued with cleaning today.
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Original state when hub removed and 70 years of mess exposed. Remember?
I sure do. Can't wait to get at the front brakes.
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This after about 10 minutes of steel wool work. You didn't expect the crud to just fall of, did ya?
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Another 5 minutes in the sandblaster and 'lick o' paint'. I don't know how thick the brake linings were originally, but they couldn't have been much thicker than this, surely.
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Another of the great advantages of sandblasting, you can see the little details clearly!



Oh, nearly forgot. The nose panel & second seat are still with the sandblasting/engineering place. Neither being ready when I went to collect them Saturday A.M.

[Private_collector]

Went to order rear brake cylinders from U.S and found that the supplier ran out of stock hours before I tried to place the order. A substitute now found and on their way. Should be here in 1-2 weeks.
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Brake backing plates have been blasted and painted. This one was assembled with the old cylinder, as a test only. All new hardware bought. Some of the original bolts & nuts were a bit chewed by rust. The 7/16 castle nuts which hold the brake backing plate to the rear axle were a shock as far as price goes. Originally quoted at more that $3.00 EACH!! Stated to be expensive due to their 'rarity'. Finally bought 24 of them at less than $1 each. Still outragously dear.

All bearings & grease/oil seals now removed from diff housing. I followed instructions of fellow MLU'er to run a bead of arc weld around inside of bearing cup. Once this was done, the cup was VERY easy to remove. Axle seals popped out with pushing for hub end with tube steel. Rear axle housing will go to sandblasting this week, once I make MDF plates to cover where they join together. I want to keep them seperate for the blasting, mainly because I can't lift the thing if I put the halves back together.

800kms and 14hrs spent Saturday in travel to retrieve parts from two locations. Pity they were so far apart, and a long way from my place, but all in a good cause. Booty includes: Brake vacuum booster, 1x shock absorber, a number of brackets & rods etc, fuel pump, steering wheel, spark plug wire tubes (left & right) and another 20in wheel. Was very lucky to be given workable air compressor that attaches to gearbox.

Also returned home with a Sidevalve V8 and gearbox, for rebuilding, both of which were still attached to about 5ft of front chassis. Moving them around will be much easier once I put wheels under it.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Tony

Have you found the rubber boots for the brake cylinders?

Cheers Phil

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Hi Tony

Have you found the rubber boots for the brake cylinders?

Cheers Phil

Vanguards here often offer these on eBay here but they look hard and perished and I don't think they sell many.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Hi Tony

Have you found the rubber boots for the brake cylinders?

Cheers Phil

Phil,

I have! Will note details soonest.

Hanno

[Phil Waterman]

The reason I asked, is what Keith mentioned is that a lot of them look hard being old stock and I have recently gotten new ones through NAPA here in the states.


Cheers Phil