Otter LRC CM4647296 comes home

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

Note the part number on your cast end plate is BK22289.
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Or is it BK322289? There is a small 3 cast in there.

[Grant Bowker]

I see the small 3 now. Interesting the difference in size. Either way, I'm not yet finding it in a BK parts list I have. That parts list has a lot more 5 digit part numbers than 6 digit.

[Jordan Baker]

Working away on the hydrovac brake components. The large leather seal is shot, thinking of replacing with a neoprene one. Lastly removed one of the hood latches. Some automatic transmission fluid and heat and the retaining screw came right out.

[David Dunlop]

Every little bit accomplished is a step in the right direction, Jordan.

If somebody is still making rebuild kits for the Hydrovac system, it would not surprise me at all if they moved away from leather quite some time ago.

David

[Jordan Baker]

Working on the hood latches. Nice bit of detail in finding the original gloss black layer of paint under the KG#3. The bolts had weld added to the heads and these will be turned down in a lathe to match the original domed head.

[James P]

Lathe and flap wheel on a angle head grinder to profile the bolt heads ? For small and short bolts a speedy way to reprofile a hex bolt head into a dome like fitting is set a hand drill to run and flap wheel sculpt the desired shape using the Mk.1 eye ball.

[David Dunlop]

Interesting find with the black paint, Jordan.

I wonder if those parts enjoyed a significant commercial application on equipment of some sort pre-war, before being adopted for use with the Otter?

David