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Old 07-09-17, 12:54
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A good friend supplied me with a tow hook as a thank you for doing some running about for him. I need to strip it down as it is seized solid. I have managed to drill out the remains of a split pin, and extract a rotten grease nipple however I am struggling to extract the pin ? Am I missing something ? Before I get the hot spanners out I just wanted to check




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Old 07-09-17, 21:38
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Scrap that, I figured it out.

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Bigger wrench?
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Hot spanners. The pin which appeared to have a flange on one end was infact a red herring ! Some heat on the lugs and a press saw it realeased from its rusty tomb. I established it was merely a straight pin press fitted into the lugs, at which point the split pin retains it, just need a cleanup and a new spring and we are good to go now
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War Department CT54508 (SOLD)
1944 Ford Universal Carrier MkII* (under restoration).
1944 Morris C8 radio body (under restoration).
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Mine appears to have a 'drive pin' rather than a split pin? Ron
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Interesting. I presumed split pin only as the remains appeared to be in two halves. I think I may be machining up a drive pin !

Does anyone have any details on the spring ? Length etc ? What was left of mine I could not get any accurate data.
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1944 Morris C8 radio body (under restoration).
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I have had a lot to do with rust and the best thing that I have ever used is Acetone and Automatic oil 50-50 and it works fast
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