12-Cab 15cwt GS For Sale

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Gordon

First looks like a great find, from the pictures I would say that you have a much better starting point than some of the Pattern 12s that have been restored.

Glad to hear that you removed the oil pan, just out of curiosity how much sludge did you find in the dipper trays?

I've had really mixed luck three out of the 5 splash/spray lubrication 216s I've worked on the trays were clean. On two of them they had a combination of sludge and water. As the trays or troughs don't drain when the oil is changed this can be a problem.

One friend of mine who has an extensive collection of chevys says that he has seen engines where the scoops were plugged with sludge from the trays resulting in rapid connecting rod failures.

Keep us posted on the projects progress.

Cheers Phil

[Bob Carriere]

Lots growing as cash crops in Eastern Ontario.... or so I hear....

Do not despair..... they can be repaired from the inside lots of spare room for epoxy..... I know NOS are better but in a storm....

Reflectors, lens, ect. are available from MAC... and Stew has some installed on his UC that could be squirreled away and modified to fit on yours...hihihi

Sort out what you have.... take pictures..... will see what we can do.....

If you are lucky your box bottom structure may be good enough to build on..... the two boxes I have seem to have a good bottom...... but... I have not yet gone through a thorough exam..... and it may be easier to rebuild it completely due to the welding sequence in the assembly.

Nonetheless....... as Phil pointed out.... you have a head start compared to a lot of other restorations......

Don't forget that both Phil and I have MEGA pictures to refer to if needed.

I just spent the last two weekends debugging ...with Rotters assistance... my T case shift problems and linkage adjustments..... only to find out that I had installed the Tcase wrong..... minor thing but wrong....

The two speed T case is held suspended in place by 4 large 7/8 bolts and I had consulted the manuals and opted to install tire sidewall spacers between the Tcase and frame cross member to absorb vibration like a cushy HUP and installed the large 1/4 inch washers on top of the cross member for further strength......

Well the rubber spacers were torqued to shreads and the Tcase sat toooo high....... we had to loosened the whole assembly....without undoing the winch PTO or front/rear drive shafts using the over head crane and the floor jack..... removed one bolt at a time.. slide it in place the thick washer/spacer under the cross member and retightned.... I let Grant use is fingers as they are smaller.... actually didn't want to pinch mine....

Once the Tcase was back 1/4 inch lower with no rubber spacer like a real CMP everything started to work better... after some adjustments everything is A OK...... Boy we sure learn the hard way....!!!

Think of all the years of pure unadulterated fun ahead of you..... and your wife will know you are not in a sleezy pub every weekend.....

BooB

[Bob Carriere]

...as you proceed with the work on your Cab 12... youmay want to start a fresh thread on the Resto section......


Sort of Gord's Barn series.... with suitable pictures of the waitresses....

Boob

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Gordon,

Congrats on a great buy!

Regards,
Hanno

[Gordon Yeo]

As Bob suggests I will start a new thread about the truck. Lets call it Always room for one more, and carry on!

Gord