Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

gjamo · #1 07-09-11, 05:13

Here is a pdf of a similar manual if anyone is interested.

http://www.tm9-801.com/tm9-1827b/tm9-1827b.pdf

Bob Moseley (RIP) · #2 07-09-11, 07:22

Hi Tony - Bower Brakes here in Adelaide rebuild these. I have had several done and I believe these guys are the only ones in the country that do them.

Bob

Phil Waterman · #3 07-09-11, 17:48

Thanks for posting the link to the Bendix Manual download. It just amazes me that you can a question about a resource and with in hours some body comes up with a resource.

The Bendix Manual looks like it will make interesting reading.

Cheers Phil

Private_collector · #4 11-09-11, 12:26

I have started assembling the wheels to tyres.
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Only minor hitch was the 30 minutes it took to tighten the nuts, because I wanted to wrap each one in low tack tape before putting the spanner onto them, to minimise the damage to paint. Notice I didn't say 'eliminate'! I vaguely recall there used to be a rubberised compound you could buy for dipping tool handles. That stuff could possibly have coated the spanner or socket. If I can find the stuff I will try it.
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What color do I paint the ends of these wheel bolts? Are they red like the nuts, or green like the wheel?
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Rear shock finished. The other one is still soaking to allow easier disassembly.

Private_collector · #5 11-09-11, 13:19

Finished the first seat today, with help from new bolts, springs and eventual success getting sandblasting done. First time seat was blasted, the guys left it out in the rain, unprimed.

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This was the original state when I first saw them.
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Sound condition though.
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The seat canvases look quite good, but I can't seem to get all the wrinkles out of the back, no matter how much adjusting I do. The stuff in the seat runner tracks is actually grease. Once I slide the seat along mechanism a few times, I will remove excess.
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With daylight fading, I started pulling the brake vacuum booster apart. I had read the manual fairly lightly & promptly forgot it, so when I got the two parts of the vac chamber apart, the giant spring that jumped out at me came as somewhat of a surprise. It also prompted several very bad words which would make a bikie blush!!!.

Great bloody way to end a weekend. Like being on the set of The Magic Roundabout.

Hanno Spoelstra · #6 11-09-11, 13:31

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Originally Posted by Private_collector

What color do I paint the ends of these wheel bolts? Are they red like the nuts, or green

Erm, Tony, I really think you are doing a great job, but maybe you are taking it a little over the top? This is a military truck, which was assembled from parts, sometimes in various colours (green, sand, brown), and then spray painted a uniform shade at end of the line. Painting red wheel nuts or applying camouflage colours was done with spray guns or brushes by the military users with available paints. They were not too concerned about scratches on wheel nuts, or any other parts for that matter.

Keep up the good work, but don't overdo it. My €0,02 worth anyway.

Regards,
Hanno

Private_collector · #7 11-09-11, 13:53

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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Erm, Tony, I really think you are doing a great job, but maybe you are taking it a little over the top? This is a military truck, which was assembled from parts, sometimes in various colours (green, sand, brown), and then spray painted a uniform shade at end of the line. Painting red wheel nuts or applying camouflage colours was done with spray guns or brushes by the military users with available paints. They were not too concerned about scratches on wheel nuts, or any other parts for that matter.

Keep up the good work, but don't overdo it. My €0,02 worth anyway.

Regards,
Hanno

Hanno,

Now, Now. Plenty of time for scratches later. When my enthusiasm wanes. As my dear old Dad used to say, Perfection will be adequate. I'm not quite that bad though. Still, you should see my chook house

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P.S: All jokes aside, by the time I finish this truck, these bits now will be well worn. Trust me.

Andy Cusworth · #8 11-09-11, 15:18

Hey tony,

seats look good, maybe wrinkles will go with wear as the material gives.

Regarding colouring your nuts

I'd say the thread head is green so that if a nut was not put on you notice instantly the absence of red prior to inflating tyre or if you lost one of that makes sense ?

Thats a posh Chook House .... i bet you have the manual for it too

Hanno Spoelstra · #9 12-09-11, 10:34

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Originally Posted by Private_collector

Now, Now. Plenty of time for scratches later. When my enthusiasm wanes. As my dear old Dad used to say, Perfection will be adequate. I'm not quite that bad though. Still, you should see my chook house

Tony,

Perfection is great, but when you come to a point where perfection is not defined one should make choices. Anyway, I will anser your question: the ends of the wheel studs most likely were red, as the nuts were painted red by the military using a brush.

Unless one of your ancestors was a soldier and a perfectionist like you. He would have removed the wheel nuts and spaypainted them red, thus leaving the wheel studs green - that is, if they had any paint on them to begin with. . . .

Keep up the good work!

Hanno