Lynx II, hull # 4225

[Andrew Rowe]

Hi Peter, I see you making good progress. The tag is the standard diff identification tag. C29SR , I think this means 1942, scout car , rear engined.
The 4000 B is the part number for the diff. In this case 6.66 to 1 ratio.
Has 640 stamped on the back of the housing, which means 6 teeth pinion and 40 crown wheel . Outside dia. of diff housing will be 14 -7/8'' across. This assembly supplied for service from serial #3000.
The front diff will be tagged 3000 C , if the tag is still there. The gen pulley you are going to swap over, just be careful it is not screwed onto the shaft, some are some are just keyed on, a trap for young
players is to put a puller on a screwed on pulley and smash it to bits, I know I have done it!

[Peter Duggan]

Andrew,

Thanks. I've been receiving lots of great information since I started this thread. The quality of information and sourcing of parts has made my task a lot easier, and is a great motivator. My wife is back from visiting with our kids this weekend, so progress is bound to slow down.

Peter

[lynx42]

Originally Posted by Peter Duggan

Andrew,
My wife is back from visiting with our kids this weekend, so progress is bound to slow down.

Peter

Peter,

I hope she is like my lovely wife. Jill gets out and helps me in the shed all the time. She is a great TA. (technical assistant, not what you first thought. Well, yes she is that too).

I could not do the work in the Museum or the restoration work without her.
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During the last couple of weeks leading up to the Corowa Swim-In, Year of the Ford and of WWI", Jill was out in the shed with me until 10.00 or 11.00pm every night, just helping get the Lynx finished.

It was her idea to do the Lynx restoration in time for the "Year of the Ford and of WWI". Unfortunately the transporting vehicle broke down and we went modern and picked up our WWI Albion from the Bandiana Museum.

Regards Rick

[Peter Duggan]

Rick,

You are a lucky man. I've enjoyed 42 years of a great marriage and Marie is quite supportive of my "projects", but in all that time I've never seen her with a tool of any description.

Peter

[Peter Duggan]

I'm starting to recognize that the most rewarding part of this restoration is the people that you meet and deal with along the way. I had the good fortune (thanks Doug and Rob) to meet Stu Robertson. This gentleman has restored THREE Lynx's, the one that is in the museum in Shilo, Manitoba and two that were exported to collectors in Europe. Not only did he solve my fuel tank quandary, but I walked (staggered) away with a load of NOS parts !! I'm looking forward to the next time that I can meet with Stu and hear more of his CMP stories.

I've attached a picture of the shrinking Lynx and one of the engine block number. Can anyone out there help me decipher the number? I was also able to remove and label all the electrical looms without cutting a single wire.


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[Peter Duggan]

Originally Posted by Andrew Rowe

Hi Peter, I see you making good progress. The tag is the standard diff identification tag. C29SR , I think this means 1942, scout car , rear engined.
The 4000 B is the part number for the diff. In this case 6.66 to 1 ratio.
Has 640 stamped on the back of the housing, which means 6 teeth pinion and 40 crown wheel . Outside dia. of diff housing will be 14 -7/8'' across. This assembly supplied for service from serial #3000.
The front diff will be tagged 3000 C , if the tag is still there. The gen pulley you are going to swap over, just be careful it is not screwed onto the shaft, some are some are just keyed on, a trap for young
players is to put a puller on a screwed on pulley and smash it to bits, I know I have done it!

Andrew,

You were right about the front axle. Here is a picture of the front tag. This exercise is like a treasure hunt.

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[Peter Duggan]

Weather was poor so I got to spend the day in the garage. It's a cruel world. Got most of the crew compartment cleaned out and removed the front nose armour. Very pleased with the overall condition of the mechanical components.


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[maple_leaf_eh]

I need to echo the advice about plenty of storage totes, and want to add one lesson of my own. Get a stationary supplier's attention and find a hundred or two paper hang tags. Either on strings or wires, when you take something off, put a part name, stock number, condition and source in some form of recognizable shorthand (NOS, TO - Take Off -, used, etc). When I've acquired parts from outsiders, I tend to forget some of the details. With tags, I don't have to remember everything, and I can concentrate on the more important learning.

This is not my slave cable, but it shows a tag that identifies exactly what the piece is.

[Peter Duggan]

Another good day in the garage. Spring and yard work is starting to crimp my time in the garage. Made some nice progress and the more of the drivetrain that I expose, the better it looks.


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[David Dunlop]

Peter:

Terrific project! Enjoy the journey!

Lynx42:

In the overall scheme of things, IHC was probably considered a sub contractor for the Lynx hull assemblies, which would have been delivered to Fords assembly plant for mating with the chassis production. The background row of vehicles in the photo posted by Michael are all completed and on their wheels. That would suggest a compound at the Ford Plant. Hard to tell if the vehicles in the foreground are complete, or just hulls. They are certainly very precisely lined up and very close to each other. If completed vehicles, the Ford Parking Lot Attendants were positively brilliant!

David

[hrpearce]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

The background row of vehicles in the photo posted by Michael are all completed and on their wheels. That would suggest a compound at the Ford Plant. Hard to tell if the vehicles in the foreground are complete, or just hulls. They are certainly very precisely lined up and very close to each other. If completed vehicles, the Ford Parking Lot Attendants were positively brilliant!

David

When you enlarge the photo wheels are visible on them.

[lynx42]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Peter:

Terrific project! Enjoy the journey!

Lynx42:

In the overall scheme of things, IHC was probably considered a sub contractor for the Lynx hull assemblies, which would have been delivered to Fords assembly plant for mating with the chassis production. The background row of vehicles in the photo posted by Michael are all completed and on their wheels. That would suggest a compound at the Ford Plant. Hard to tell if the vehicles in the foreground are complete, or just hulls. They are certainly very precisely lined up and very close to each other. If completed vehicles, the Ford Parking Lot Attendants were positively brilliant!

David

Why David?

Why not take the chassis to the IHC factory. Much easier to move the chassis than completed hulls. If you look at the assembly line photos you will see that the hulls are complete and would not stack very well. The sand channel brackets hang down a bit far for that.

The line up of vehicles are all on wheels so could be at either factory.

The M3A1 White Scout Cars were a similar situation with the chassis shown as complete and moved to a different place for the hulls to be fitted.

Regards Rick.