Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Private_collector]

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, chassis still not home, BUT will be blasted during this week and I will be going there on Saturday to reassemble the bits that will need to be in place prior to the making of the new crossmember for rear. That will be manufactured next week.
Passenger step 1.jpg
So, once again, I go on with other parts for now, including finally finishing the passenger side step assembly. This step tread not quite as good as driver side, and i'm not greatly impressed with the finished product, but there you have it!
New fuel filter.jpg
This is the new fuel filter finished. Remember it will be hidden on inside of the chassis, with an original but non-functioning filter in place on the driver step assembly behind the battery. At least if anyone does see the new one, it will be in the right color.
Booster actuator clip.jpg
I stumbled across another old booster I had forgotten I had, and found the exact part I was needing for securing the actuator piece. Yaaaay!
Steering box painted 1.jpg
Also got the sector shaft seal out of the steering box and then got the thing painted. It's now awaiting new seal, bearing and shims/gaskets from MacsAuto. Those should arrive around mid week. Box will be reassembled this weekend, all going well.
Drag link painted 1.jpg
Drag link is now finished also, requiring replacement of only one of the ball cups (and new grease nipples of course).

[Private_collector]

Tyre Pump 1.jpg
Started tidying up the gearbox mounted tyre pump. This was given to me by a good friend who didn't want it.
Tyre Pump 2.jpg
I am looking for the bushing that goes on the piston connecting rod, and also the cover that goes over this assembly. If you have either of these to sell, please send me a message and i'll be happy to buy it/them from you.

Cheers!

[Euan McDonald]

Hi Tony,
If you can wait till next week i'm sure I have a NOS piston and rod with bush.
May even have the cover plate as well.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Private_collector

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Started tidying up the gearbox mounted tyre pump. This was given to me by a good friend who didn't want it.
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I am looking for the bushing that goes on the piston connecting rod, and also the cover that goes over this assembly. If you have either of these to sell, please send me a message and i'll be happy to buy it/them from you.

Cheers!

Tony

If it's a bronze bush you are after , you can buy them in standard imperial sizes at most industrial bearing suppliers .

Mike

[Private_collector]

My steering box parts from Macs arrived today.

While the part numbers are identical, the sector shaft seal & worm gear are NOT CORRECT PARTS FOR CMP. I have added this information to my original post where I first mentioned the part numbers and supplier.

I can't believe this scenario. Basically I have been waiting for over 2 weeks for stuff I cannot use. I'm really very pissed off about this. Starting to understand why a lot of people simply do not go to this extent with restoration.

Can't be bothered with playing hide & seek anymore, so sod the damn things.
I'll make a call tomorrow to Ross Prince, and hopefully save myself a lot of stuffing around!

I can feel a little 'blitz free' time coming up soon. Maybe my motivation will return after a bit of a break from the weekly dose of dissapointments.

[Private_collector]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Tony

If it's a bronze bush you are after , you can buy them in standard imperial sizes at most industrial bearing suppliers .

Mike

Thanks Mike!

[Private_collector]

What a stroke of luck!

Scott, i'm on Southern Cross website now, ordering one.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention


I can't believe Southern Cross Militaria have a bloody Sherman Tank for sale. Wish I had the money.
Those things are sooooo easy to park. Just put it anywhere you want, and on whatever you want too.
Would be $50,000 well spent for a great gate guardian. Turret facing down the road where boy racers come flying along, of course.

[Private_collector]

As expected, Ross Prince to the rescue again.

He has the seal I needed, and a bloody good price too

I'll get that at the Canungra meet weekend. I believe Ross will be attending again this year.

[Private_collector]

Chassis blasting.jpg Chassis blasted.jpg Chassis primed.jpg Chassis primed 1.jpg Chassis primed & x members bolted on.jpg
It's finally happened!
The chassis is blasted and etch primed.
The job was achieved this morning, being a joint effort between the Engineering Manager and myself. He did the blasting. I did the spraying (after Brad, the Manager, mixed the paint), and then spent quite some time bolting the parts on when etch had dried. Only bolted the parts that are needed to maintain the dimensions for measuring and attaching the new rear cross member.

Yes, I do know there are two plates missing from the current aft most x-member. Because the chassis is shortened, the height of chassis wall is greater, meaning the standard brackets will not fit. A problem for another day.

It's now safe to state that the serious concern I had some weeks ago is NOT an eventuality. I had heard rumors (from two sources) that the engineering works was actually going broke, and due to shut down on either the week I posted or early part of following week. It wasn't sporting to indicate that sort of thing here, at a time of uncertainty. As it turns out, they are going strong, with more work than ever. In fact that's been the delay with my chassis. Their regular money comes from the sort of thing you see in the first photo, above. That's a truck mounted water tank, completely fabricated on site. My stuff has had to wait until they could spare the time to 'play around' with it.

Hope to have the chassis back home within next 2/52. Wouldn't be bringing it home next weekend even if it was ready. That's the Military Jeep Club of Queensland' Canungra meet and swap. Won't be missing that!

I'll be satisfied, so long as chassis is painted before end of November. It can sit and harden further while i'm on holiday.