How To: Ford CMP "Blitz" miscellany

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Another interesting thing I discovered is that Ford changed the design of the front idler bearing cap to re-orient the cable more nearly horizontal. Earlier caps had the cable entering vertically which resulted in a sharp bend at the xfer case crossmember.

A simiilar change from vertical entry to horizontal entry took place on Chevrolet CMPs (in 1942 based on serial numbers given). There is a service bulletin covering adding a curved guide to the vertical style on Chevrolets to reduce the chances of kinking. I've no idea whether a similar kit existed for Fords.

The same service bulletin gives lengths of speedometer casing as 95" and cable or shaft as 96" to 96-1/4".


For more on Chevrolet speedometer cables see Phil Waterman's site https://www.canadianmilitarypattern....ge%20Notes.htm which includes a photo of the cable guide.