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03-06-11, 12:04
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the grant
Some of the links are tight and kinked and combined with it not being able to be moved by two 120hp tractors where it had been sitting lead to the false seized belief. The Grant it turned out had been sitting in its spot for up to 25 years. The owner spoke of it being a training tank for the Army before it was purchased by a neighbouring farmer post war.
A crane was used to load the tank in NSW and a further crane organised for my end. 
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03-06-11, 12:11
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Here are some shots for the brains trust.
What engine/s where fitted to this type of hull? The tank number as found on the front and rear lifting hooks is T465. Some interesting writing was also found on the inside of the hull, perhaps factory inscriptions?
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03-06-11, 12:18
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So once everybody was gone I fired up my No.1 Grant, hooked up some chains and rolled the No.2 Grant on its tracks with ease, shifting 25 year old dirt and rust. So my hip pocket is a bit lighter than it should be. But all's well that ends well.
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03-06-11, 12:28
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It weighs 17tons.
The steering gear is stuck with one lever oxy'd off halfway up. One return roller has been oxy'd off. Some of the road wheels have the rubber worn off. Some of the bogies have holes cut into them for fitment of bolts. A dozer blade had been fitted to it. I don't believe it to be an Army one though. It's still up in NSW. And there's a scratch on the bumper. Last edited by Ryan; 03-06-11 at 12:29. Reason: spelling
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03-06-11, 12:46
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Adrian Barrell
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03-06-11, 16:22
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Yep, I agree. The pair of engine floor inspection plates seem to be present too. All very nice. That weight is interesting to know. Course the cone shaped dome on the back of the gearbox is the handbrake. The tailshaft with the sprockets welded to it has the right looking unijoint for Grant too - I think its Mack, like the gearbox, whereas the diff/final drive assy probably has a Chrysler plate on it? Any track joints that are 'kinked the wrong way' are known as 'dead' - I think it just means the track pin with the rubber donuts has managed to twist in the tube that forms the track frame (don't know if the donuts shear or if they slip in the tube, or both). I don't think you can go very fast with dead shoes - I presume there's a big risk of a track breaking and high risk to anyone nearby along with colateral damage. I have a Stuart manual that shows the track pins with donuts being pressed into the track frame under high pressure after being dunked in castor oil (caster oil being non-harmful to rubber - I think it's what brake part grease is made from). The pins have the flats machined in them for the connector wedges and thus the pins are held by a jig in a certain orientation so when they're pressed into the track frame they are slightly angled and when the track is assembled it has a tendency to curl inwards thus creating 'live track'. That type of steel 'pad' consists of two halves, outer and inner. Outer has the 'tread' and both may be plug welded together. Also that steel track probably has 1/16 or 1/8" (I can't remember) thicker diameter pins than the rubber track on your first M3 Medium. The sprockets are the same so the connectors are bored out I think.
Regards Alex
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04-06-11, 04:16
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Ripper pics Ryno, job well done. What is the heaviest the crane can lift?
Just shows you how effective tracks are for grip. But watching a WWII doco last night they showed a Sherman sliding down a road sideways on an icey day.
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