How To: Ford CMP "Blitz" miscellany

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Thanks Keith, that image confirms the routing of the cable alongside the engine. I now know the cable on my F15A needs some clips to secure it.

Re. Mariano’s file, it is on the MLU Forum FB group also and I have shared it on the Forum here as well: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=31370

Hi Keith and Hanno,

That is great information again! Would not be surprised if the clips used to hold the handbrake cables at the rear springs are not the same and just repurposed.
It may also account for the hole on the frame of the floor.

I will still climb over paddock relics, just the same!

Cheers,

[Jacques Reed]

Good Day,

Here is the written description of the speedometer cable routing which is very specific.

Thanks again to Mariano's information and Keith's good spotting.

Now with the thought of an extended Covid19 lockdown in Melbourne I decided to have a go at shortening the cable myself. Could be 9 more weeks without being allowed to travel except for essentials.

Tony Ganmain kindly suppled me with an old cable and I was actually able to twist and pull the speedometer ferule off it. Yesterday I gently tapped some of the staking groove out of it and it is still a tight fit on my casing. I shortened the casing with a Dremel cut off wheel. Perhaps a bit of JB Weld for security and the same for the shaft where it goes into the tang tip. Worth a try anyway. I was told the cost to shorten mine would be the same as a new one so if it doesn't work out nothing is lost.

Will post results when finished.

Cheers,

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Jacques, great to see that installation instruction.

Amazing eh? Thanks to a Canadian manual sent to Argentina a lifetime ago, your days having to crawl over Blitzes in paddocks are finally over

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Jacques, great to see that installation instruction.

Amazing eh? Thanks to a Canadian manual sent to Argentina a lifetime ago, your days having to crawl over Blitzes in paddocks are finally over

Worldwide community working together!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Worldwide community working together!

This couldn’t have happened without the internet!

[m606paz]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

This couldn’t have happened without the internet!

I'm glad that the manual I shared with you is very helpful!
If anyone has the Late Ford Fat Drivers Manual to share, I will be very grateful. Due to the economic crisis that my country is going through, at this time purchases abroad are prohibited. My Paypal account is blocked and I could not pay a penny for a manual or spare part.

Thanks in advance!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by m606paz

I'm glad that the manual I shared with you is very helpful!
If anyone has the Late Ford Fat Drivers Manual to share, I will be very grateful. Due to the economic crisis that my country is going through, at this time purchases abroad are prohibited. My Paypal account is blocked and I could not pay a penny for a manual or spare part.

Thanks in advance!

Mariano, place a separate wanted ad for a Ford FGT drivers manual, that way you will get better exposure of your question. I have not seen one, but you never know what turns up - like we have seen with your assembly manual!

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by m606paz

I'm glad that the manual I shared with you is very helpful!
If anyone has the Late Ford Fat Drivers Manual to share, I will be very grateful. Due to the economic crisis that my country is going through, at this time purchases abroad are prohibited. My Paypal account is blocked and I could not pay a penny for a manual or spare part.

Thanks in advance!

Hi Mariano,

Just want to thank you personally too. As Keith and Hanno said it is amazing the power of the internet. Who would have thought of the route the information would have to travel to get to me in Australia.
Sorry to hear your country is going through such tough economic times and the restrictions it places on you. I live in hope that in the not too distant future things will return to normal in the world.

All the best,