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

[Darrin Wright]

Found and painted a number of items including all the conduit pieces that I had, while waiting for paint to dry I made up and upholstered the rear seats. I had the hi-density foam cut and a roll of olive vinyl (leatherette as they used to call it).
I had bought back from SA another, better oil cooler; so I washed that out with a cleaning solution and let it soak to remove dust and any oil deposits.

A friend of mine, Ian, came up from Melbourne; so with a little bit of discussion we both set about placing the engine into the hull. I had already placed the conduit in. First lift had the carby & fuel pump attached, unfortunately the crane did not have the lift to clear the hull side with a long sling. So off with the carby and fuel pump and a much shorter sling. This time it went up and cleared the hull, pushed it into position and lowered it down onto the engine rails. Then it had to be man handles back onto the duplex coupleing. After that was done Ian set about tightening the rear mount to the hull floor and I installed the front mounts.
20 Min was engine in.