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07-08-09, 10:48
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With our faithful old Deutz-Fahr tractor, we've managed to put the canopy back onto the back of the Blitz. It didn't want to go, and after a few bent posts and some frustration, the canopy is back on the Blitz, after about 50 years of separation!
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17-09-09, 00:08
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G'day everyone!
Sorry it's been a while since i last posted, things have been a little beyond my control lately, and the poor old Blitz hasn't had my full attention. Anyway, some updates; The engine is still not put back together, but I've painted the engine block with grey paint, and the rocker cover, sump, fan, timing cover and several other parts in a glossy black. I'm still having trouble finding the right piston for this engine, although I'm onto a chap in Griffith who is chasing up the piston now. He's already got me a full gasket set for the engine, which is great. I'm waiting now of course for the piston, a carby kit for the Tillotson that goes with the engine, some time to re-assemble the engine and put her back in the Blitz. I've also prepared the tray of the Blitz for a hit with the Rust Converter. Towards the front of the tray, the truck had several wooden beams on it for many, many years out in the open, and under the rotting wood some surface rust has taken hold. Once the rust converter has done it's job, i'll hit the inside of the tray with something to strip the paint and everything off it, and spray a coat of primer. Apart from that, I've sourced out an old Diamond Rio truck in the area and another Blitz, which I am thinking of making an offer on. This is an addictive thing, this restoration business!
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#3
09-11-09, 13:06
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Due to the lack of success in finding the right piston for my replacement engine, i've decided to shelve it for the time being and concentrate on my latest acquisition; Thanks very much to Bob McNeil, I now have a Chev 235 motor for the Blitz! John Mackie picked it up for me while he was in Cowra, and we've been working on it at his place to get it going.
We set ourselves up on the back of John's ute in his backyard, and we've been doing all we can to get the engine into the best possible shape. The engine itself isn't in the worst shape, thank goodness, and although we've struck a few problems along the way, nothing has been insurmountable. We flushed a fair bit of rubbish out of the motor as you can see, but we have in this engine good material to work with! More to come...
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#4
11-11-09, 06:13
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Having worked on the engine through the 8th and the 9th, we finally put the old 235 to the test on the 9th. My ignition coil turned out to be done for, so i had to borrow one off John Mackie for the purposes of test firing the engine. We timed the tappets and reconnected all the accelerator linkage on the left hand side of the engine, and put a new/old carby on. We then worked out the electrics, setting up a jury rig which connected the engine to John's ute battery.
The first few goes yielded no result. It turned out that the distributor points weren't content with the thorough clean given to them, and we pulled it apart, rectified the problem, and put it back together. After that, she finally fired! It was a very brief run, and it only used the petrol that we poured down the carby, but what a great sound comes from restored engines! After several more tries we almost had it idling, although again only for a few seconds. That was enough for myself and John, and we planned to bring it home and put her in my Blitz.
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#5
11-11-09, 06:57
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Finally, yesterday, we launched the operation to place the new engine in the Blitz. We fairly quickly established that the crane on the back of John's ute couldn't lift the engine in the way we needed to get it in the right position in the engine bay. My dad and I raced up the road to our neighbour's place to borrow the good old tripod again.
This time, we had to open the top hatch in the Blitz and run the endless chain through it, attaching the hook to the bell housing. We manoeuvred it into position and lowered it onto the crossmembers. We ran into a problem when we discovered that the hook was jammed between the bellhousing and the floor of the Blitz, but a bit of deft screwdriver levering once the tension was slackened off the hook got it out. We also cleaned up the gearbox and put it back in and took off the two fuel tanks, both of which are inevitably full of rubbish. We'll have to clean them out with some product before we can use 'em again, but John has recommended the stuff we need. We also reconnected the clutch pedal and had some discussions about how to get around the fact that the accelerator linkage across the front of the engine is prevented from going in it's normal place by the different water pump. Obviously some modification will be necessary there! Anyway, things are happening. I'm hoping to get the old girl going before I leave for the Defence Force next year, and we're on track for that, touch wood!
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#6
08-12-09, 00:59
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Well, after some work, the original problem with the Blitz looks like it is on track to be solved. I've had a new engine pipe made to replace the old one which was smashed off many years ago , and it's a beauty. I've also ordered a fuel tank kit from Permanent Painted Coatings to clean out the two fuel tanks, as they are in a fairly lamentable condition.
The Carby Kit i ordered from Chev Parts arrived, and with John Mackie's assistance we reconditioned the Rochester Carburettor in preparation for re-installation. The accelerator linkage problem still needs to be got around, so to speak; the water pump prevents the linkage from going in it's usual place across the front of the engine. Anyone else struck this problem? How'd you get around it?
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#7
08-12-09, 14:23
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Which linkage depends on which water pump
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How you go at it depends a lot on which water pump approach you use. From your pictures looks like you are using the 235 stock water pump which is lower than the original 216 water pump, but as the top or thermostat housing is where mounting bolts for the cross shaft connects it is more of an issue of making it fit your thermostat housing. With the lower water pump you don't have the clearance problems of squeezing the cross shaft behind the water pump fitting. I've fabricated two cross shaft linkages to fit two different engines, I'll dig out photos of both post them and perhaps everybody else who done could do likewise. While I dig for pictures check http://www.canadianmilitarypattern.c...ifications.htm Hope this helps Cheers Phil
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