Chevs C60 and C15

[Rod Salter]

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On the way home with a trailer load, at a service station, “Hey mate, there's blitz parts like that down the back paddock a my family’s place, give us your number and we'll contact you”
I should check the tyre pressure of the trailer, I suppose?
I am going to change from coffee to water and ration the baked beans

In the mean time I have replaced the o-rings in the crane's ram and started to strip monkey-face number three to get the good chassis for 51555
and the sandblasting outfit has arrived. Now to find some sand and fix the big compressor

Cheers rod

[Tony Smith]

I foresee a lot of Molasses and sandblasting grit in your future.

[Rod Salter]

The diffs have been burnt, toasted, on fire at some time

The front crown wheel and pinion seem ok

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The rear had the oil cooked and then moisture has entered, but it is not pitted so may clean up

That is if I can ever get the axles out or the front hubs apart

Life lesson, If you have a burnt vehicle > strip it while it is warm and chuck all the parts out in the rain
If you store it in a shed after a few years every bolt will be permentaly siezed and the metal continues to rust away
The parts from my mini that burnt, that I did not want, and threw out, are still OK, everthing in the shed simply disintergrated

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All three of the gearboxes I have, have been full of water and will need serious attention

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At first I was perplexed as to why anyone would cut the springs with an oxy, but after careful study, they were on the diffs, so toasted too

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more to follow

[Rod Salter]

I took the sparkplugs from the engine to be greeted with a waterfall

Then after getting some of the parts home I pulled the head
it is only half full of water!

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and the sump

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and finally the pistons, and gave the cylinders a clean

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every top ring is stuck in the groove

[Rod Salter]

so I have a project

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single hole water pump, 10thou bearings and an interesting sump, which is all soldered together

casting number

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and engine number PR 3867552

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more rusty discoveries to follow soon

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[Rod Salter]

The pistons are already 30 thou over

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What a waste, a rebuilt motor left to the elements, damm shame
The machining marks are still in the good bores, so I am asuming it was hardly run. In fact I think there was a total restore happening from other indications on this truck's chassis, like new brakes, new clutch plate and painted wheels.

oh well

The front V pully is almost gone, and I'll need more teeth on the ring gear or crank it

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Even the front drive shaft has holes in it

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So how bad could the steering box be?

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at least I didn't hack it apart with an oxy torch!

the bearing surface is badly pitted but the balls and teeth are ok

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I may be able to machine this end down flat to fit a tapered bearing.

I think I will call this truck "The Phoenix" if it ever rises from the rust!

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Rod Salter

The bearing surface is badly pitted but the balls and teeth are ok.

I think I will call this truck "The Phoenix" if it ever rises from the rust!

I think you should call it "The Stallion".

Only one horsepower, but the balls and teeth are OK.

[Beau Bruce]

Originally Posted by Rod Salter

so I have a project

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single hole water pump, 10thou bearings and an interesting sump, which is all soldered together

casting number

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and engine number PR 3867552

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more rusty discoveries to follow soon

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The sump on the 216 in my 13 cab Chev C60L is also soldered. I was under the impression that the sump volume was increased as a modification for the motor being fitted to a truck instead of an ordinary car or pick-up, but I have no information or source to prove that correct.

[Rod Salter]

Funny how circumstances change
I have been spraying the grass, some of it is about 3 feet higher than the Landrover Discovery
In-fact I have to use low range to push through in some places

Anyway I noticed oil leaks on some of the stored engines
You all know that I have everything out in the open covered with pieces of tarp, plastic, sheets of tin and old truck mudguards
A couple of years and all the wet weather lately, water has gotten into some

I rearranged things and took sumps off and used a pressure cleaner with diesel through it to flush out the gunge
It has been a bit of a job, but I'm glad I noticed the leaks and took the effort to do them
As it would have been a right mess if the water had dried away
The motors are up higher now, liberally sprayed with oil inside
and covered again

I started putting the big chev together some time ago
The gearboxes are a mess
I had one engine through the molasses and got that etch primed today
now that is out of the way all the gearboxes can go in
they have been a hold up in a way
I have found a nice cab for it, although a road trip away
It will be nice to have those 3 or 4 parts trucks as one


While I was rearranging things, I made the executive decision to move the second ford (ARN 51554) into the “shady shed”, where I will plug along to reassemble it, sorting parts as I go
I never thought I would actually restore this one anyway
I think it will be a step forward to have it put together instead of parts everywhere
It's gearbox is a mess too, so in the tub

That is what happened these last few days
What happens tomorrow or next week I can't seem to get any priorities

Lost in the grass rod