Otter LRC CM4647296 comes home

[Tim Bell]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

I am with Hanno.....well done on savind the original stuff!

Me too - absolutely prefer retaining original parts where possible.

Great job... look forward to the end product.

[Jordan Baker]

Today I got a few hours out in the shop and finished up the antenna bracket mounts. The one bracket had its mount ripped right off when it got badly twisted. I ended up making a new one as the steel had been stretched and torn. I used two magnets to initially hold the new piece in place. Once tacked I added a metal bar and clamped it all in place to fully weld it up. Once done everything was cleaned up with a flap disk.

[Jordan Baker]

Here is the new piece welded all in. I still need to clean up a bit of the weld on the outside.

I also had to add a piece that was broken off the other mount. A new piece of flat bar was cut along with the matching cutout and everything was welded in.

[Bob Carriere]

..... missed you at the OMVA flea MARKET......

[Jordan Baker]

Thanks Bob

Was on acourse that day, otherwise I would have been there.

[Jordan Baker]

Not a bad result from the twisted bracket picture in post 201. It still needed some minor adjustments once bolted on. I got the one side bolted in but the other was out by about 1/8”. I used the 10lbs sledge to nudge it over and get the 3rd hole lined up. I bolted it then nudged it again to get the last hole lined up.

I also pulled off most of the brackets from the rear end that hold the tools. The shovel handle bracket will need a new vertical piece as the original is totally gone. Interestingly the shovel handle bracket, pick axe head bracket and the shovel/pry bar bracket are all the same as Universal Carrier parts. The one even has the CTL number cast into it. I guess when it was a good design why redesign it

[Jordan Baker]

The shovel/pry bar bracket needed some work. Part of it had been badly bent and also torn off at some point. Once straightened out I cut a patch for torn off corner and get it all welded up.