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

[Darrin Wright]

Lynn, I was planning on using a leather dressing or Dubin boot dressing/water proof, brush on paste/mixture. On the inside will be grease from the lubrication of the roller and axle. This should keep the leather in good condition.

On the weekend I fitted the RH brake drum, drive plate & sprocket. I also filled the diff with a gear oil.
Started cutting & shaping the R exhaust pipe and adjusted the Mig welder for light gauge steel. Welded up the Y section (see pics) so that all that is left is to place the bolts in and find 2 wing nuts for the small end flaps.
These Y section exhaust sections are different to the later model exhaust in that they are very short. This must have directed the exhaust gas around the diff, hence the later model exhaust's are longer (to get the exhaust gas out from the diff and armoured diff cover). Then there are the BGC with no muffler fitted and just a straight through system.
Placed the remains of my original, old muffler into position just to see what/where I need to concentrate on next.
Beauty about a project at this point in time, no shortage of tasks to go on with.

Still researching into my ignition problem and options, but did fit an accelerator linkage ball to the linkage on the back of the RH cylinder head.

Had a tidy up of the parts that are painted and put them away (were stored on the back of the hull) and also organised some items for sandblasting and some items for painting next time.