2014 at the Hammond Barn

[hrpearce]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Dpoing a brake job on the MF 245 takes a whole different meaning.

The brakes are inboard near the rear end.
so the tire or tyre with the cast iron center plus the calcium loading in the tire weights near a ton.....

Then one half of the cast axle has to be undone from the rear end.

Now I know why they have overhead steel beams with wheeled devices to lift and move parts around.

The short 1 inch + thick short axle must be near 500 pounds. Job is done on one side but I am short one O ring about 1/8 by 14 inch dia. I am improving by moving from the worn out dry brake to multi plate wet brake system.

Tractor was made in the UK....hoping it will not leak like a BSA after the job is done.

Need to get the job done as the tractor is the unofficial tow truck for the CMPs.

Greasy and oily but happy.

Cheers

Happy I'm cheep, I have a Belarus and it takes two hours to change the six brake discs in the foot and park brake drums and out in the paddock I still use an air ratchet with the on board compressor and tank.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Happy I'm cheep, I have a Belarus and it takes two hours to change the six brake discs in the foot and park brake drums and out in the paddock I still use an air ratchet with the on board compressor and tank.

Cheep and good too Robert. Got one myself earlier this year. A model 572 with 1400 hrs on it.

[charlie fitton]

.........just bought a 60's DEXTA "Ether Baby" with a bucket for the same reason. As I do some of the usual maint (that should have been done by the owner) it seems to be getting better.

[RHClarke]

It has been a dog's age since our last update, so here is what we have been doing at the barn since the "good" weather hit:

Bob and Grant rearranged the upstairs of the barn so that we can now store engines inside - this meant a lot of engine movement and shuffling;

Bob did a complete tear down and replacement of the brakes on his tractor;

Bob replaced the fenders of the tractor with a refurbished set;

Bob and I picked up a nice 235 engine;

We gathered up the tires laying about the property for eventual disposal;

Did the same with the scrap iron;

Bob and Grant built battery boxes to fit their trucks;

We removed the dump body from one of my trucks (on Kijiji if you want to see pics - http://www.kijiji.ca/v-heavy-equipme...ationFlag=true );

We removed downed branches and trees from around Bob's property;

We did a brake job on the 45 HUP;

A lot of yard work as per usual;

Shored up the "bridge" over the creek along the barn access road with rock picked up from a friend's house;

Picked up a few loads of maple fire wood;

Bob and his neighbour split a few cord of wood;

Grant and Bob pruned trees along the small field;

Bob rototilled the road to the small field;

I put in four piers for my next sea container;

A lot of sandblasting and welding on things CMP;

Bob repaired his ride on mower;

A hockey sock of other tasks that the boys may add later on;

We fed the mosquitoes, black flies, horse flies, deer flies, gnats and other creepy crawly blood-sucking insects found at the barn; and

We drank a few beers, told a few lies and enjoyed the hobby as best we could.

Photos

1- Brake repairs on the tractor
2- Sea can number 2 site prepped
3- The new "engine bay" in the attic of the barn
4- Blurry pic of the pump on the dump body
5- Non original CMP dump body finally off the Kemptville Chev

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Guys

Glad to hear you are keeping busy, was going to suggest you could come down to New Hampshire and do many of the same things down here.

Which 235 did you pickup early or late?

Being able to store engines in the loft is great way to get them off the shop floor. Hope you have got well sealed up to keep the critters out of exhaust, intake, water jacket etc.

Cheers Phil

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Phil

I recently scored a 55 Xpower glide engine from a 1/2 T P/U and late last Fall a 1952 235, oil splash lub also a Xpowerglide Have a spare shrot block 261, spare 235, spare GMC 228 and a fully rebuilt, yet to be fired 235 full pressure. Not to mention the 207 flat head Dodge and a spare 251 M37 Dodge.

Grant has a 248 GMC, a spare 261 Pontiac, 235 circa 1957....

Rob has various 216, ex CMP 261 OD green, a 235 full pressure......

That does not include the engine hulks-s-s-s stored outside in the back field.

some concern has been expressed that all our engines are on the same side of the barn attic and the building may lean over.
The solution is to clean up more storage room on the West side of the Barn.

One day will get caught up with all our squirrelling around.

Speaking of nuts storage..... we are carefull to cover all openings with spray can paint caps and yards of electrical tape on every intake, exhaust, water jackets, etc holes we can plug. so far so good. On one engine we loosened all the rockers and allowed the valves to fully closed on the head then rep[laced the valve cover. Cylinders are usually heavy oiled with Guibbs penetratiing oil.

Now busy replicating battery boxes using your diagrams and measurements. We will have pictures soon. We had to be creative and redesign the battery box to be sideways on the running board bracket..... same design same concept but mounted sideways. Grant is the engineer on this one and will supply the new dimensions.

I had no choice on my cab 11 as the battery would not fit the space available..... and had to be relocated from inside due to my 2 speed T case shifter.

Cheers

[RHClarke]

...which is why Bob and Grant stayed inside the barn. As usual, the extreme Hammond weather had an effect on what we do. Bob played with his Cab 11 (ish - he can explain) sheet metal trying to determine the assembly sequence. This is not as easy as one would think as some plates need to be loosely fitted in a given (but unknown to us) order. The Cab 11 has a myriad of bolts and plates that seem to have an effect on each of their neighbouring plates. Bob spent most of his day playing CMP roulette, but took some time to install his freshly made battery box, a hold down and cover.

Grant was working on a stand for his bead roller. He ordered some 1/2 inch plate cut at a local welding shop, but wasn't pleased with the look of the cuts. He spent most of the morning perfecting the components for his stand before welding them up in the afternoon.

Photos:

1. Battery box installed on Bob's Cab 11 truck
2. Grant's handiwork
3. Our latest visitor
4. The boys contemplating plates