C60 cwt Signals CZMk IV

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Gord

Can you post picture and dimension of front seal.....ID....OD thickness

IF they are the same as the smaller axles ...approx 6.5 in. they were $19.95 and easily available in 48 hours. All the new seals are rubber/neoprene like and usually thinner in cross section this may allow you to install deeper over a smoother area of the hub.

According to the bearing / seal guys they were currently used in the industry in particular large bread making machine.

Bob C

[Gordon Yeo]

Bob

Thanks for the info on the seals. As Marc has said the leather seals cut a groove in the steel. I'm other wise engaged at the moment and haven't gotten into there brake drums and seals. When I do start mucking into the grease and oil I'll be in touch about seal sizes and info.

Barry Churcher has sent me the info on his brake repair shop, and extremely glad of that help. My usual source for repairs thought their go to repair shop price quote was a rip off. Thanks Barry!

What's happening at the Hammond Barn since you retired, too busy too get down to the barn?

Gord

[Bob Carriere]

Never been so busy...... went a bit wild on the firewood job....cutting enough for the next 2 years..... had a lot of things to catch up to around the house.... and for a change of pace repaired two old Allis tractors..... which left very little time for the CMP..... now setting up a radio shack in the sunroom we seldom now use. Hoping to learn how to use my 19 sets.....sort out all the cabling....possibly repair some.....

Grant finished doing the cancer repair on his cab 13..... remove the lower bottom section below the rear window and using a combination body glue / butt welds with the MIG and a glazing with J-B Weld did a super repair job..... very tricky since both sides of the sheet metal is visible inside and outside.

Grant purchased one of those rolling bead machines...... knowing that they woudl distort using the 18 gauge..... but following U tube recommendations for addidiontal bracing of the tool ....produced some very good offset for the bottom of the sheet metal that overlaps the lower half of the cab.

Since every Winter the ice/snow buildup damages the barn chimney we fabricated a sheet metal "dormer" or an upside down boat prow....built on the ground disassembled.... raised the parts to the roof and re-assembled.... so far Lucifer has not complained. I hope it will split the snow load and redirect around the chimney base.

Otherwise I do breakfast for Joyce every morning before she goes to work, dishes and laundry in my spare time.....

....... actually not spending as much time at the barn, proportionately, compared to when I was working 5 days a week.....

Life is sweet.

Bob C

[Gordon Yeo]

Well the holiday season, and all its distractions, is past and I have gotten back at the truck. Just trying to get the oil seals for the front axle sorted and the parts will all be here soon. While I'm waiting on parts I have been bolting things back onto the frame and doing small assemblies. The dog house was one project that need a bit of work. I knew I would never find the round cover assemblies and made two up. The instrument panel needs new switch plates and I have gauges on order.
I'm fortunate to have a shop I can heat, so here is a few pictures of the progress I've made.

Gord

[Bob Carriere]

....on braving the cold and installing your engine.

Are you planning to prime the oil system using a drill into the dizzy hole..?

How did the reassembly of the front axle go?

Bob C

[Gordon Yeo]

Bob

I haven't gotten all the parts I need for reassembling the front axle yet, the highways are just being reopened to traffic late today, where closed since Monday. Maybe I'll get everything I need by next week.

The engine has been primed with a drill and the valve lifters have had an initial setting. There has been lots of oil run up through the engine and it shouldn't be a dry start up. I can pull the spark plugs and run the starter over to re-prime before starting.

I managed to get the engine set on the frame before the big blow started too develop. If I hadn't moved the engine then I would have to move 5 feet of snow from in front of the door it came out of. There wasn't a huge rush to have it in the frame, Im just familiar with what Lake Huron can dump on us in January.

Gord

[Gordon Yeo]

Thing have been moving along on the truck. The oil seals came this week and two of us man handled the axle assemblies back into the axle housings with out any trouble. I can now finish the front brake lines and shoes. The brake booster is all back in place and ready too test. We set the cab base back on, after the axles were in place. So now it's on to the wiring harness and get the engine ready too start up.
It's the middle of January, spring will start to loom up sooner than we think. I need to have most of this project done by April 18, so there is an imperative.