2008 at the Hammond Barn

[RHClarke]

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Yes, but only when dropped from atop high buildings on the heads of unsuspecting Liberals!

Is there any other kind?

[Grant Bowker]

As seems normal these days, first order of business was snow clearing. Rob lit up Lucifer and the burn barrel to dispose of surplus from his flooring project. Bob sauntered out of the house to the barn where he and Rob discussed the latest Hammond hat trends. I cleaned more small parts (both solvents and sandblasting and considered what my next sub-project should be. Truck restoration seems easier when it is taken in small chunks so that a project can be claimed "complete". More parts came home for painting as well as a starter for cleanup. Rob continued his wheel project before an early departure for domestic duty. Bob stood, sat (everything except standing on his head) and scratched his head over how he was going to install the forest of levers in his truck to operate the transmission, transfer case, front axle engage, PTO, winch brake, cable parking brake to the rear axle and driveshaft parking brake. In the end he decided that the front axle engage was best handled by hooking up the lever that already handled transfer case shift and PTO engage to the cross shaft mounted on the transmission. I suspect he may still have a challenge to get both parking brakes working but we won't know for sure until he builds up the linkages and checks for space conflicts. Bob should be posting more photos of the linkage soon.

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Looks more like Rob is ready to take a piece out of poor ol' Booby with that thingamajiggy in his hand! And Booby... looks... pregnant? Say it ain't so, Bob!

My gawd, is this a lovers' quarrel in Hammond??!! Shades of Shakespeare!





(Boob, get the abortion... you're much too old to have kids!)

[Bob Carriere]

No I am not pregnant even though Rob looks like he has been told he was the father......... I am fat....plus padded for Winter and have a black camera bag on my stomach.......

Nothing special with the Hat....... just trying to funnel my thoughts about CMP shift levers...... my hands were full so I used the old noggin'.... been shopping at Princess Auto Again.........ssshhhhhh Joyce may be listening.

For a person my age I sure get no respect.......

Boob
Ps.... nice job on the forum Jiff

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

No I am not pregnant even though Rob looks like he has been told he was the father......... I am fat....plus padded for Winter and have a black camera bag on my stomach.......

Nothing special with the Hat....... just trying to funnel my thoughts about CMP shift levers...... my hands were full so I used the old noggin'.... been shopping at Princess Auto Again.........ssshhhhhh Joyce may be listening.

For a person my age I sure get no respect.......

Boob
Ps.... nice job on the forum Jiff

BooBee..
I respect a person of OUR age...
And I certainly like your new drinkin' hat..
Where can I get one..?

[Bob Carriere]

After funnelling all my options for the crop of levers that decorates the floor of my cab 11 I came to the obvious conclusion that I should stick with the original design.... or at least as close as possible.

My original cab 11 floor had both the front axle lever and a separate lever for the E brake of the winch..... however..... the E brake lever had been installed in what area was left free on the floor plate.... or about 4 inches left of where it was supposed to be.... creating a nightmare for clearances of link rods under the floor and handles in the cab. You see the previous owner when he installed the 2 speed T case elected to retain the front axle lever which is not used on a two speed set up......

Look at the old floor lay out then compare to the new one. We opted to replce the original cab 11 floor with a spare better cab 12 floor . So the new floor was cut to accommodate the special 2 speed shift tower..... and left the front axle shifter in the original place..... now we can't properly install the E brake lever unless we remove the front axle lever..... weld a patch carefully to match the dots and dash of the plate and cut a new hole for the linkage rod that goes through the floor to the bell crank below....

It will take a few separate posting to get all the pictures on the forum.

I hope the information may be useful for current and future restorations.

....and a BIG thank you to Phil Watrman who supplied me witih factual information by means of a drawing/template showing where things were supposed to be on an original C60 cab 11 with winch.

Enjoy the pictures.

Boob

The first picture shows the lever on the old floor plate.... to th eleft of the battery cable circular hole..... it should be the right of that hole...

[Bob Carriere]

This is where the E brake handle should be installed.... serious conflict with the front axle engagement lever....

[Bob Carriere]

...of where the patch will go to fill in the hole created by removing the front axle lever..... and an approx. outline of where the new hole will be cut.

[Bob Carriere]

....being too lazy to tackle the tires Grant and I decided to do some dental work on the floor plate of the truck.

First thing was to extract the suitable blank for the patch. Of course the donor plate is resting on the isde of the barn somewhere under 5 feet of hard packed snow that slid off the roof in the past month. So I opted for a good corner section of my old cab 11 plate...... after carefully selecting an area that would match the dots & dashes of the floor to be patched.

Here is the donor plate hanging rom the ceiling after some quick plasma cutting.

[Bob Carriere]

Bubbles are self explanatory....... black area was a previous patch from last Summer.

[Bob Carriere]

It is very interesting and frustrating to see the different size of the dots & dashes from two different plates...... I suppose different dies. different lots and different wear on the dies...... the donor plate had bigger dots and dashes and made lining them up difficult.

Grant being a perfectionist took the time to grind/carve the little boats back after we had the welding done...... he finihsed with a Dremel tool and fine stone to remove the grinding marks..... after some paint ti will almost be invisible.

The other problem we encountered is that the floor was seriously distorted from the back side being pressed in by the huge punches that created all the variuos openings in the floor...... if you put a straight edge on the under side there are marked depressions around the fuel valve hole... the battery cable hole and the shift lever hole we were patching...... but Grant persisted in getting a smooth finish.

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball

Looks more like Rob is ready to take a piece out of poor ol' Booby with that thingamajiggy in his hand! And Booby... looks... pregnant? Say it ain't so, Bob!

My gawd, is this a lovers' quarrel in Hammond??!! Shades of Shakespeare!

(Boob, get the abortion... you're much too old to have kids!)

If by "lover" you mean lover of CMP's, then you are correct. We have our quarrels at the barn, mostly over methodologies, but nothing of substance. Bob, Grant and I all realize that we come to the barn to have fun - to get away from the "grind" of everyday life. Working in a CMP rich environment has its benefits. Working with Bob adds an element of humour and intrigue as attested by our many posted photos.

So, distress not, Geoff. All is well at the barn. "G-Day-9"