2007 at the Hammond Barn

[Bob Carriere]

.... we can always weld a large nut to the round head if you want to remove them later.

Well as seen by Rob's picture of me sitting on the ground working on the T case.... I got it done.

I removed the entire E brake bracket....... slightly relieved the shart edges of the recess where the oil seal fits and working from a flat surface.....using a proper seal driver and some very silly cone I carefully seated the darn seal in place.

Living dangerously I refilled, I refilled the T case with the drained Sin-Thetic oil and......voila..... it has not leaked yet..... also took time to polish the yoke on the lathe..... maybe I got it licked.

Grant spent the better part of the weekend stripping down Ol' Red we dragged out of the far field.

Some interesting thing came out of the auto-psy...... although the serial ## palte is long gone some clues of its age were apparent....It seems to be a very early cab 13 because...

the floor plate on the driver's side si all in one piece with only a small opening for the master cylinder...later models had a removeable panel of about 8 by 12.

The rear shock linkages are small steering rods as opposed to the later cheaper solid steel rod.

The front dash tag makes reference to the MB-C1

The cab front support are rubber spaced as opposed to be steel springs.

..and the front axle is the early Heavy duty GM cast as opposed to the more traditional banjo.

Roof "had" a rectangular hatch.

Everything of possible value is being saved for future use.

Slowly we progress....... ever slowly.

Here is a picture of the driver's side floor all in one piece wtiha small access panel for the master Cyl.


Bob