How To: Restoration of Ford M8 armoured car US Ordnance number 7373

[James P]

Originally Posted by Big D

Hi James P,

Thanks for that. That is a great idea about the silver paint. I will do that.

Interesting video. The little cork wedge I made actually did the trick and stopped the leak. However, I did learn though that the recommendation for lubrication for the pillow block changed from gear oil to grease, simply because of the leaks. I will do some more reading about that grease.

Hey Big D, I use Corn head grease on a VW transfer case that is prone to bleeding out and can vouch for it being a good call. The silver paint idea is something I saw on the show Tank Overhaul where after painting the vehicle they touched up all the strikes and hits with silver paint .