m 37 resto in new brunswick

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by pauljboudreau

hehe i do take care of keeping 4 plow bucket together in the winter , it does involve a lot a welding with the old stick welder , uspside down over head going up and down and in all kind of hole, lol , the drilled hole is one of the simplest way to stop a crack from going further after you fix it if it fails again , wich happen all the time on the buckets, (the drivers keep hitting curbs and all sorts of stuff), recently bougth the mig and a plasma cutter, so the new cool tool are pretty good too , the mig apear to easy, you have too watch a lot for good penetration as it can be easy to do a good looking weld with no penetration, i find slowing the wire down bring up the heat,

as for ottawa , you never know , my girlfriend migth be off and we migth take a trip , i rarely plan ahead, i like to live day by day, i am retired after all...lol

Paul..
Just down the street from you in Burton,NB is one of the most obnox.....er.....talented,knowledgeable .. CMP mechanics and Diamond "T" guys that ever existed..
His name is BILL MULHOLLAND..from Burton NB..
Bill was working on these trucks in the Army for so long he has probably forgotten more about them than most of us will ever know..You would be more than welcome,I'm sure to contact Bill by Private message through MLU forum..or he may jump in here on this thread and start chatting ..so either way if you were heading to Moncton or beyond ..stop in and see Bill.
He has been up to our gather up's in Ottawa many times and hopefully comes with his wife Donna in June..
Hope to see you in June..
(The work on the truck is great..got to do a bunch of welding on my iron railing out front..thanks to some skilled destruction by my better 3/4 ters this winter..probably use the mig but may stick weld it with 7018..smooth..)

[pauljboudreau]

nice i would certainely like to speak with him, when i get to the marking , then again i am debating painting the under carriage black instead of green to save a few penny since the truck will be used offroad

[pauljboudreau]

progres from yesterday
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today i took it easy, my back was sore from yesterday, so i finished painting the frame, and took the rear axle appart, the brakes where seized solid, and who ever got the gear setted had the pinion to close to the ring gear, i will have to check my other axle and see if i can have a better set, but that's allrigth i love setting gears, i also discovered that the axle bearing retaining nut had eigth side instead of six so my regular 2 1/2 inch socket did not fit so i had to fabricate one. I also made a rack to hold the parts at my heigth when working on them.

any how here are the pics of the day , enjoy!!!

frame painted

socket i had to make, the plasma made the job so much easyer


axle appart and the table/rack i made

other parts of the rear axle and suspension

pinion gear worn way to deep for my taste

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today no pics i took the rear axle and suspension down to the sand blaster and took 6 rim appart, 1 was pooped the others where fine , hard work to get them tire off , tried one for fun , the rest where done at the tire shop

[super dave]

So is the paint Acrylic Enamel paint as you have a picture with reducer as I thought reducer was used for enamel paint and thinner is used with acrylic enamel ?? The formula also shows that NO for spraying ? Do you have any close up shots of the paint as it is hard to tell the color of the frame is too far away to see clearly. I have a M37 and M152 I want to repaint and the color looks to be a great match.

Dave

[pauljboudreau]

Originally Posted by super dave

So is the paint Acrylic Enamel paint as you have a picture with reducer as I thought reducer was used for enamel paint and thinner is used with acrylic enamel ?? The formula also shows that NO for spraying ? Do you have any close up shots of the paint as it is hard to tell the color of the frame is too far away to see clearly. I have a M37 and M152 I want to repaint and the color looks to be a great match.

Dave

the green you see on the frame is the etching primer , the olive drab i got is a lot darker , ill try taking a good picture of it when i get a chance , also it has a shine to it as the clear is included in the paint, the frame is now black as it is the original color and it is a lot cheaper to buy , i dont know about the arcylic or that stuff the fellow down at my local carquest is and ex bodyman and sold me and explained to me wath i needed for the paint , i will check with him, i found this color in the sherwin william book in the year 1981 under american motor fleet vehicule jeep it was marked as olive drab so it has to be the color or close enuf for me as everything is appart and will be painted , so for me it work because everything will match

paul

[pauljboudreau]

i guess it is acrylique emanel

[pauljboudreau]

well friday, yesterday and today i got some parts sandblasted, i got the box of the 55 and some stuff and junk that was laying around home, and today i got the 52 home, it was a hell of a day, it did not want to get on the trailler then i decided to get off the trailer sideway , any how it is parked in the back yard now,
now i have to decide wich box will be used and wich body part i will use for my restoration and wath i will sell , i discovered i have 2 set of troop seat minus the little end that goes to the spare so one set of troop seat will be for sale

anyway ,here are the pics, enjoy

these are pics of the box from the 55