2015 at the Hammond Barn

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Jess

I to enjoy reviewing the M152 site. As a former Dodge nut I had my share of M37, M43/152 and Ambulance. Lots of pleasant memories of four wheeling with the Outaouais 4X4 in the late 70s. My truck was converted as a camper and made extensive use of the SouthWind heater.

I have since pass the "baton" to Rob Clarke, who partly resides at the Barn and he has acquired his own fleet of trucks and eyeing my old trucks for his collection. Sadly none are running anymore.... the last one running an M37 used for skidding logs with chains on 4 wheels may get revived this Summer.

One of our favorite trick to avoid mosquitoes was to drive the trucks on sandy lake shoals into about 2 feet of water and park there away from most of the bugs....... walk out the passenger door onto the fender, hood and sit on top in a lawn chair sucking a beer...

Then were the days.

Meanwhile hoping for +9 degrees tomorrow when I will open both ends of the barn to allow some warmer air to thaw out the concrete floor.

Still labouring with Grant on the fitting of the engine cover...... we are literally wearing out the treads of 5/16 fine tread bolts with the number of time we have installed and removed the panels and we are not over yet.

Currently the ignition is down, the E brake remove, the winch brake loosed, the seat removed and half the outer nose sheet metal just to properly reach the engine cover.

Sometimes it feels like we are going backward.

Cheers

[Bob Carriere]

If you suspect the bushing in the clutch pedal cluster is worn out..... replace it early in the reassembly stage.

I had to remove the fuel pump for clearance and finally removed the floor panel, some of the sheet metal on the driver's side and the whole pedal cluster to be able to replace a $3 brass bushing....... nothing is easy on these beast.

Having previous expereince as a contortionist with a local circus is an asset.

This of course is on a cab 11.........

My advice is to upgrade everything you can WHILE you can during the re assembly.

Cheers

[Bob Carriere]

Was looking at an older Utube of you driving the C60 and you have a gauge on top of the windshield........ what is is for and what did it show at 40 mph???

Cheers

Bob C

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Bob

Actually now there are two gauges above the windscreen, silver ringed one is a vacuum gauge and the OD is a oil pressure gauge. (In the video you saw there was also an inaccurate RPM unit)

Pretty sure the video you are watching was taken summer of 2008 and shows Beauty running down the road going home from Weare Rally and pulling a long hill. Being 2008 or later it would be the 261 engine. Which always reads 42psi of oil pressure at anything much over idle RPM. I installed the 2nd oil gauge after that because the gauge in the normal cluster is pegged all the time once the engine starts.

The vacuum gauge in video on the flat road holding 40 MPH was showing 14 inches of vacuum. Once you take your foot off the gas the road vacuum jumps up to 26-27" only time the wipers really work good.

Next time I have Beauty out will try and remember to put the gopro camera so that it is picking up all the instruments.

Cheers Phil

[hrpearce]

Same subject, different thread.
Bob look at your first picture above the reverse lock is on the right of the stick.

[Bob Carriere]

In post #47 above.... it is a picture of a parts truck, ex water bowser that I took apart years ago...... never noticed that the lock lever was on the right side.... never actually drove it either.

Now I am going to go back to my early archived pictures just to see how many margaritas I had been drinking....

More to follow.....

[hrpearce]

Reference, MB-C1 page B-2 Fig. 1

[Bob Carriere]

I have looked at original photos of the truck, some during disassembly some after it was reassembled....... and I have the shifter lock alternating from right to left....... and obviously it works on both side.

I also found pictures of tranny covers with short and long shifter and right and left reverse locks...... so I have been confused for some times it seems.

So for the record.... what is the proper orientation of the shift lever??? leaning forward or bent backwards...?

Currently it is on the left side bent backward and works well.

I better hurry up and finish this truck before I forget how to drive it.

Cheers