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17-03-19, 02:14
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I’ll get some measurements of the NOS seals tomorrow. I keep forgetting.
Anyway I went back and touched up all the paint on the springs and the front and rear axles. Everything had been sandblasted a few years ago when I started in on the truck. However I noticed while making up the brake lines that I had missed a lot of spots with my sprayer. I went back with a wire brush and cleaned off all the loose stuff then gave it a good coating of fresh POR15. Once dry I finished off with a coating of their tiecoat primer. Now I just need to finish off with the final colour coat. I also started taking apart the parking brake linkages. However I’ll have to replace the threaded section of the one as it had the threads chewed up screwing the one end off. My question with these rods is, should they be straight? I’m assuming the bends in them are just from life. Lastly my truck had what I believe to be one original parking brake cable. From what I can tell it matches other ones as seen on this site. If it’s deemed to be original I’ll start modifying the ones I bought from MAC’s. They are similar but different.
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17-03-19, 23:48
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Not much today except for the fact I made up two new ends to go onto the cables from Mac’s. These thread onto the threaded section and then match up to the original fittings.
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19-03-19, 20:25
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I did a bit of painting today to get the axles and suspension back to SCC2. Things are looking good.
Also a comparison of the original parking brake cable and the new one with the screw on end I made up.
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31-03-19, 23:47
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Back at it after a week away. Today I replaced the threaded section of the parking brake adjusters due to the originals being bent up or rusted out in places. I picked up a 3’ long section of threaded rod and welded in the new pieces. All is now good and the ends thread on very well.
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01-04-19, 23:22
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The steering connecting rod is now back together. A couple of questions though that I’ve got. Is there supposed to be some kind of dust seal under the sheet metal cover? Lastly are these the correct style of grease fittings?
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02-04-19, 04:18
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Dust Seal
Yes, it was rubber, shaped like the outer shell with a raised edge that protruded though the central hole.
I had a box full but they were old and had gone brittle, so split as you put one over the ball of the steering arm. Mike
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02-04-19, 05:08
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Hi Mike. Thanks for the info.
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Jordan Baker RHLI Museum, Otter LRC C15A-Wire3, 1944 Willys MB, 1942 10cwt Canadian trailer
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