Sexton # 130

SDT16 · #1 30-12-10, 21:03

Jesse! I don't know how I over looked your last post about the fording kit picture. Can't wait to see it

And whats this about a Sherman!?!?!?!?!?! Ohhhh Boyy!!!!!

sexton 2080 · #2 03-01-11, 21:06

Hello Jesse,

You posted that you can still get new gauges etc and distribution blocks for the sexton dash? Can you get the amp gauge and the gearbox temp gauge?

regards

mark

Bob Phillips · #3 10-01-11, 04:10

To Sexton 2080 - If you cannot find diff temp gauges I have NOS available, both electric and mechanical, e-mail me

SDT16 · #4 02-06-11, 01:16

Well Fellas! Sorry for the Long Over Due UpDate!!!!
We have be busy on the Sexton for a while and then got distracted by multiple other projects, events and parts hunting!!!
Here are a few pics to get y'all a little closer to where we are at:
I Fabricated a dolley for removing the nose cone and tranny. It worked fantastic and popped off rather easily! Ofcourse, as Murphy's Law dictates, putting it back on will be more of a struggle! Thanks to all who have given advice and tips on removing this massive piece of the puzzle!

5 of the 6 suspension units have been removed..... one more to go!!!

1 of them has been dissembled...... Not looking forward to the rest!

I am in need of 1 return roller shaft..... kind of puzzled how it was broken..... perhaps whilst being shoved around SECO.

Here are some pix!

SD

maple_leaf_eh · #5 02-06-11, 04:16

When it comes to reassembly, a few simple handtools will make alignment easy. Many years ago I worked on structural steel, building a 2-storey building. The handiest tool was an 18" hand spike with a wrench head. When the crane moved the I-beam close, spear the spike into the moving piece, catch the tip in the built piece and lever things into place. Throw in a bolt and wiggle the spike until the bolt threads. Then turn it into place. A final drive going back onto a Sexton can't be that different. Good memories and very satisfying work.

Perry Kitson · #6 02-06-11, 13:24

According to Chrysler's book "Tanks Are Mighty Fine Things", published just after the war, that transmission, controlled differential and final drives represented more than 50% of mechanical work and 40% of the cost of the tank.

Perry

Phil Waterman · #7 02-06-11, 14:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perry Kitson

According to Chrysler's book "Tanks Are Mighty Fine Things", published just after the war, ......

Perry

Hi Perry

Interesting little book isn't it, a number of interesting photos of tank production. There is another in this series,of corporate publicity, entitled The Great Detective about the manufacture of the SCR-584 radar units.

Cheers Phil