New Hampshire CMP Barn 2011- 2012 HUP Overhaul

[Stuart Fedak]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Thinking of removing some leaf springs of my cab 11 suspension....... wont need them now that I have lost weight......

Bob

Bob, Are you thinking of making one of those weight loss and CMP excerise DVD to sell on TV. I think you may have created a market.

"My dear, if I buy some of those old trucks to work on in the garage, perhaps I will lose some weight and become as slim and healthy as that Canadian working on CMP in the far North".

I think the Hammond Barn and the New Hamshire CMP Barns may become a new fitness craze........

Cheers!

Stuart

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Guys

You guys are right working in the barn is both sanity and for exercise. Being unable to work in the shop for a couple of weeks was driving me right up the walls. Not sure if working and driving CMPs is exercise or if you have to exercise to work and drive them. My normal exercise program is an hour of exercise class followed by a 2 mile walk and a 2 mile run at the gym three times a week. When I get back from the gym I have to go right out to the barn and start working on the truck because if I sit down I stiffen up.

But I did get back out to the shop this week, first project was redoing the hand throttle on the C60S with the 261 engine. Wanted to get the handle throttle working so didn't have to pull the choke out to get high idle.

The carb for the 235 or 262 comes in several versions mine are the manual choke versions but they don't really have a connection for the hand throttle. In the picture below you can see how I added to the bracket to hold the hand throttle cable and the simple connection to the high idle. I had tried the normal connection down through the throttle but it didn't lineup well so the throttle would catch. This approach seems to work very well.

I've also taken the photos of the Pattern 12 throttle peddle, the gas peddle for the HUP and the passenger hold down. So I will be posting those to the other threads.

Cheers Phil

[Bob Carriere]

..... I just need to find as big chested skinny girl to feature in the DVD.....

.....do you know of any.....?


On the sanity side...... I agree with Phil.....missed the Barn tiem last week ti sure was nice to go out there......feed the turkeys in the back field, walk around trying to find amongst the many rolling chassis what a rear axle convoy light looks like and how it is mounted and spend some times in the barn welding up things.

Hope you are feeling better Phil...... I intend to connect my manual throttle as well but not sure how it will work and allow the gas pedal to overide the manual throttle cable.


Life is good.

Bob

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Bob

Though all the my normal 216 engines and carbs have worked well with the hand throttle cable end just going through the hole on the throttle linkage see picture below. You will also note that the washer on the throttle linkage has been brazed to lock its position. This picture is of the side of the HUPs original 216 engine before the overhaul started.

But on the 261 Carb the cable is in just enough different position that it would stick requiring a very stiff return spring that was annoying to drive with, particularly as the throttle/gas peddle now actually is used to regulate speed instead of being an on or off switch.

Using the lever arm which is moved when the choke is out proved to be a simple way to set the idle speed up.

Cheers Phil

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Hi Bob

Though all the my normal 216 engines and carbs have worked well with the hand throttle cable end just going through the hole on the throttle linkage see picture below. You will also note that the washer on the throttle linkage has been brazed to lock its position. This picture is of the side of the HUPs original 216 engine before the overhaul started.

But on the 261 Carb the cable is in just enough different position that it would stick requiring a very stiff return spring that was annoying to drive with, particularly as the throttle/gas peddle now actually is used to regulate speed instead of being an on or off switch.

Using the lever arm which is moved when the choke is out proved to be a simple way to set the idle speed up.

Cheers Phil

Phil...Tell me a story about the gear clamps..two..that around the base of the carb where it joins the manifold..Holding the spacer block together and in place..??and the 1/2" spacer..and the extra thick gasket ..was the carb sitting too low..??
or is that where the fuel injection hooks in..??
New trick..???

Do tell..

[Bob Carriere]

Now that I am using a Carter YF I am not sure how I will connect the manual throttle........ will figure it out and post pictures.

Bob

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Alex

The insulating spacer broke in half while cleaning water out of the carb on the side of the road one day. Didn't have a spare with me so painted the broken ends with Permatex and put a hose clamp on it to hold it till it hardened, long story short I've been driving it that way for probably 15-20 years.

Cheers Phil