How To: Ford CMP "Blitz" miscellany

[Jacques Reed]

Good Day,

Another loose end crossed off from this past winter.

I decided to replace my front spring clips (U-bolts) with the ones from the parts truck. The main reason being the parts truck is an original F15-A but the restoration project started from what I believe to be bits cobbled together by previous owners so I am not sure if the clips are the originals. The other factor is I just prefer the look of the the full-nuts and half-nuts. There is a bit more thread engagement too, with the full-nut compared to a slotted-nut which can only be beneficial. It is not uncommon to have wastage on the threads near the cotter pins of the slotted-nut type clips.

The parts truck used full-nuts and jamming half-nuts to secure the clips to the front axle. The project truck used slotted-nuts and cotter pins. A friend who has a dozen trucks said about half his used slotted-nuts and half had the full-nut and half-nuts for securing the clips.

The two types of clips are show and differ in length by about 1/4"

Could not find a torque setting for the nuts in the Ford CMP Maintenance Manual but checking my GM CMP Maintenance Manual they gave 90 Ft lbs for those nuts. That is what I torqued them to and applied a bit of Locktite just to the half-nuts as added precaution against them coming off. They are not the kind of thing you find at the local nut and bolt supplier if they go missing.

Cheers,

[Jacques Reed]

Good Day,

Ticked off another loose end. Started fabricating the last fuel line a while back but got a bit sidetracked with the transmission rebuild.

So yesterday I finished off the fuel line from the left side fuel tank to the changeover valve. Again, the parts truck junk was invaluable as a pattern. The clip that holds it to the running board support adaptor was too wasted to reuse so another small fabrication job was required.

So that completed all my Bundy tube bending for the truck. fuel lines, brake lines and even the lines to and from the bypass oil filter. Must be quite a few metres all up not including the lines I redid after getting corrected information.

Time now for a Bundy and Coke! Bundaberg that is.

Cheers,

[Keith Webb]

A well deserved Bundy I think... don't forget the ice!

[Mike Cecil]

Well done, Jacques.

But I'm a bit green with envy ... one of the few Aussie items I cannot obtain in the USA is Bundy (and I don't mean the tubing!!)

Best regards

Mike

[Lynn Eades]

And not Ginger beer either. Right Mike?

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Mike,

That is surprising, thought they would be worldwide as they have greatly grown the business in the last few years.

Saw a good documentary on the company maybe 9 months ago on the TV. Can't remember what channel it was on. That doesn't do you much good however!!

Cheers,

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

Well done, Jacques.

But I'm a bit green with envy ... one of the few Aussie items I cannot obtain in the USA is Bundy (and I don't mean the tubing!!)

Best regards

Mike

To paraphrase Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson:
"You want answers?",
"I want a bottle of Bundy",
"You can't handle the Bundy!"
It's simply too much for the American palate, like Vegemite.

Anyway, sending you some Christmas Cheer and bottled Queensland Sunshine.

[Mike Cecil]

Thanks Tony, and a Merry Christmas to you and all my MLU associates, too! Three bottles on Bundy ....mmmmm!

Lynn, the Bundaberg Ginger Beer is available from a place called World Market (along with Vegemite, but only occasionally).

Jacques, the US governmental attitude to 'hard liquor' is odd to an Australian. It is treated differently than wine & beer.

Mike

[Jacques Reed]

Good Day All,

It is a cold, wet, self-isolation kinda day so I thought I would share some info I discovered recently. Perhaps many others know this but it may be of some help to someone else starting out.

I always thought the engine mounting bolts were the same size as the front cabin mounting bolts but I knew the rear cabin mounting bolt was a bit shorter.
I was doing a test fit on the right standard Ford engine mount and found the bolt was not long enough to allow the earth strap to attach to it and still engage the hole with the slotted nut (not castellated nut, they are different).
Pulling out a tin of salvaged mounting bolts I found four different versions of them as per attached photo. First two on left are engine bolts and last three are cab mounting bolts.

When all else fails read the Parts Manual. Sure enough, there are four different bolts used in these two locations. Three of them with the * unique to CMP vehicles in the list.

I have added the following notes and table I made up for my own reference:

Engine and cab mounting bolts:
Despite similar appearance there are 4 types of bolts. The rubber isolators however seem to be the same at all locations. See following:

Engine mounting bolt-right seems to be a standard Ford part. Engine- left is unique to CMP’s. Probably the extra length is to accommodate the engine earth strap under the nut. Believe Parts Manual got it wrong. Right side has the earth strap and needs a slightly longer bolt. The Drivers handbook also shows a longer bolt on the left side but has the strap on the right side! There is however a hole in the same relative location on the left engine crossmember for an earth strap so it could be placed there.
The shorter shoulder height is used on the engine as it goes through thinner gauge steel on the engine crossmember. The longer shoulder height on the cab mounting bolts is to accommodate the thicker cast steel support arms at the front and the doubler plate on the rear cab channel support bracket.

Hope this is of some interest.