2017 F15A Starting over

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by sth65pac

Are there meant to be grease nipples here ??? (front of front springs?)

Hi Ian,
Nice looking F-15A for a starting point.

Yes, there are grease nipples there to answer your question.

Cheers,

[sth65pac]

Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Hi Ian,
Nice looking F-15A for a starting point.

Yes, there are grease nipples there to answer your question.

Cheers,

Many thanks Jacques... Added to my I need it list
Purchased today QTY 20. Thank-you for the clarification.

Cheers,

Ian

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Ian,

You may know this, but be careful when buying grease nipples as there are a few types of threads available. Society of Automotive Engineers- Lubrication Thread (SAE-LT) is the type mainly used on cars and trucks. It has a tapered thread to form a tight seal and is screwed into a parallel sided UNF tapped hole.

There are also Metric threads, BSP threads and NPT threads available. Some are not tapered either. Some are close in size but will not seal or tighten up, and more likely strip the threaded hole. Australia prefers BSP pipe sizes with Metric sizes on Chinese stuff, and the US prefers NPT pipe sizes.

If you have an original sample best to match the thread type up to that.

Hope this is of some help to you and others. I learnt this the hard way ordering grease nipples on my Korean built ship with British, Chinese, and Japanese machinery on board. Think she went to the breakers with a few boxes of unused wrong type grease fittings on board!

Cheers,

[sth65pac]

A little more progress, Fuel tank removed and all the JUNK from the rear.

I have a twisty step, I am probably going to attach a long bar to it and bend it back the way it was (I hope).

Cab remains will be removed tomorrow I hope.

and the dreaded rear cross-member.
Hopefully it will spring back to the original line. If not I have a hydraulic pack to persuade it in to alignment. I will cut off all the rivets and replace it. That means making having a new one made in the coming weeks.

Cheers,

Ian

[sth65pac]

This is looking at it end on. Not good

Hopefully I can get this all straight.

Cheers,

Ian

[T Creighton]

Hi Ian,
Good to see you are getting back into the restoration again.
You say in the beginning that you are not a perfectionist. Even so, pulling that rear end completely out, getting rid of the rust that will be between the plates, making a new xmember, painting it and riveting it all back together again will give you lots of satisfaction when you stand back and look at the finished job.

Re the paint:
On my current Morris Commercial job I am using Wattyl Solarguard roof paint over PPG Industrial Coatings Protecto Primer. Sandblasted and hand prepared steel. Good for wood as well.
Guaranteed for 15 years on house roofs so no porosity with that and it's so easy to apply by brush or spray.
10 times easier than the 2 pot "Lechsys" system that I used on the Ford restoration and no horrible solvents involved. A lot cheaper as well.
Their stock "Karaka" colour suits me fine but they will probably tint it to whatever colour you want.
Best regards, Terry

[sth65pac]

Originally Posted by T Creighton

Hi Ian,
Good to see you are getting back into the restoration again.
You say in the beginning that you are not a perfectionist. Even so, pulling that rear end completely out, getting rid of the rust that will be between the plates, making a new xmember, painting it and riveting it all back together again will give you lots of satisfaction when you stand back and look at the finished job.

Re the paint:
On my current Morris Commercial job I am using Wattyl Solarguard roof paint over PPG Industrial Coatings Protecto Primer. Sandblasted and hand prepared steel. Good for wood as well.
Guaranteed for 15 years on house roofs so no porosity with that and it's so easy to apply by brush or spray.
10 times easier than the 2 pot "Lechsys" system that I used on the Ford restoration and no horrible solvents involved. A lot cheaper as well.
Their stock "Karaka" colour suits me fine but they will probably tint it to whatever colour you want.
Best regards, Terry

Thanks Terry,
I am going to use my favoured paint of Concept. It is not cheap but it remains pretty stable in colour and finish. Wattyl in my neck of the woods is a swear word lol.

Cheers,
Ian