VICKERS MK6B's resto

[colin jones]

Thank you all for your words of encouragement. I will most certainly do the best I can and well document the entire procedure how ever it turns out.
Colin.

[colin jones]

I have started with the end that bolts to the bell housing first. Because the bearings are 20mm thick, I have used a piece of 25mm thick plate so by the time I machine it down, I will have a bearing stop and also a wider top to allow for the studs to be screwed in. I am using my rotary table in the mill to achieve the bearing holes.

[colin jones]

There is one thing I can guarantee. It's going to be a lot heavier than the original. I have machined all the excess steel away, so the general thickness is now 13mm.

[colin jones]

I am quite happy with my progress to date. The more I do the more confident I am getting that the end result will be OK

[colin jones]

I thought I would show you how you can curve some plate quite easily by hand. I'm bending some 3mm plate 300mm long and it is just formed around a piece of offcut pipe.

[colin jones]

With this method of curving, you can put as much or as little bend as you need. You just can't bend smaller than the host former. I also bend bren carrier front mudguards on this.
Now my sump is bent, I just need to do some cut outs, press the bottom for the sump plug and just make it fit any way I can.

[jdmcm]

So let me get this straight Colin...you are actually building your own transmission case from scratch?...now you are just making the rest of us look silly...shame on you sir!

John