Restoration of Hull 731- Carrier, MG (Aust) Mortar Carrying

[Darrin Wright]

With the parts that have arrived I have now rebuilt the water pumps for the engine with kits from Mac's Auto and painted them a light/mid grey colour.

Last night I stripped down the diff because it would not fit as a complete assembly into the back of the hull due to the top adjusters having to go into the hole in the hull. So off with the backing plates, this then allowed me to paint it. I also painted a number of smaller items so that they can go into the hull- fuel tank brackets, steering cam plate and gear linkage assembly.

I also had a parcel arrive this morning, a new carby from Mac's Auto. Not sure what happened to the other items that I ordered??? Another parcel???

[Ric Davies]

Lookin real good Darrin. Bet you were thrilled to have to re-strip the diff!!
Speaking of the cam plate and rollers,I replaced the bearings with a new sealed roller bearing that fits inside the original housing. If you want the numbers I can dig them out. Ric

[Darrin Wright]

Thanks for the feedback, the positive side to stripping the diff is that I can get a good coat of paint onto the backing plates and drums.

Euan found that the bearings that go into the 2 rollers are the same bering that locates into the centre of the steering cam plate, I already have 1 bearing for the cam plate so will have to get 2 more later.

Today I concentrated on painting the items to mount the diff into the hull, getting slightly side tracked with the diff, but I do need some room to put all the parts and I figured it is just as easy to place them into/on the hull.
I also painted more of the hull, so I would estamate that it is approx 80% green.
I have the gear linkage and some other small items ready to bolt in, so that may be tomorrows work.