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13-08-11, 13:15
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Hey Tony,
did you pick up your replacement engine today ? 
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13-08-11, 16:13
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Disappointing Day!
Things did NOT go as planned today.
The engine I had expected to bring home turned out to be incompatable with the Blitz. Seller steadfastly stated the heads with water outlet at front would be easily replaced with the type I needed, having outlet at top middle. Some quick inspection showed this was simply untrue. The heads as they were, are designed for water pump to bolt onto head NOT block as needed. I had to virtually prove this was the case, with the seller asserting he knew better. Must have felt pretty foolish when I challenged him to show me where the 'correct' water pump would bolt onto the block!!!!! He even tried to tell me that the block could be drilled & threads tapped to make the water pump fit correctly. Would take a BLOODY BIG hole for the impeller to fit through. Honestly..........!?!?!? 
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Ford CMP, 115" WB,1942 (Under Restoration...still) Medium sized, half fake, artillery piece project. (The 1/4 Pounder)
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14-08-11, 01:22
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Hi Tony - there is a possibility I may be able to get my hands on two or three flatheads in the near future. I haven't had a good look at them yet but they could be good candidates for rebuilding. I will keep you posted.
Bob
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14-08-11, 05:27
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Thanks Bob!
Bob,
Thankyou! You will make both my Christmas list & Last Will if you find something suitable. I'm off to town now, for a bearing puller. I can't seem to get rear hub out of axle. Axle shaft is out, as is the cone bearing race, but not inner cone. Looking though the manual, I don't understand how this may prevent hub removal, but since it says remove it.......i'll remove it! Hub can move in/out about 1/8in but no further. Made makeshift hub puller from chain/dog attached to the axle bolt round plate & attached it to pull with tightening the 'dog' but no good & i'm not prepared to put great force onto it. Hub seems to strike something inside after the 1/8in movement. Enough grease inside there to choke a donkey & I can't get a good look in there. If at first you don't succeed, read another manual!!!! 
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14-08-11, 06:41
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sorry to hear about the engine Tony, at least you knew what you were looking at before you parted with cash and took it home.
If Bob can't help maybe Wayne or Dean can, now if you had a good ol Chev you would not have this sourcing problem 
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14-08-11, 10:10
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Todays Efforts
In stark contrast to yesterday, I managed to get a little done by nightfall.
P8140112.jpg P8140113.jpg P8140115.jpg What I had initially believed to be an internal 'bearing' part stopping me from getting the hub off, actually turned out to be extreme gunk of 70 year old grease, dirt & ....well...god knows what. So caked was the brake shoes that it's hard to see how thick they are without all the 'lava' attached. Disgusting stuff. Thank Jehova for parts washers, where the bits will be resting until I can scrape the krudd off (K. Rudd, get it?). Forgot to take a photo of the outer bearing components, which are in quite good condition. Bearings will both be OK to re-use, though lock nuts show evidence of treatment from someone who I wager didn't have the correct size tool to undo them & used a flat instrument against the nut to bash loose. Fortunately, I DO have the right tool, so no further damage today! P8140109.jpg Spindle is smooth, and no defects found. I will know more once I wipe the excess grease off properly. Axle shaft OK also. P8140108.jpg In this photo, the brake drum has already been treated to an intial clean. It took around 45min of cleaning to get to this stage. In places, gunk was 1/2in thick! I thought wheels were heavy, but a greasy brake drum is even bloody worse. I'm feeling it in the back already. Even when I finish this side, there's still the other side to do. Oh, Andy, Chevs are OK I guess............if you can't find a Ford!  Aren't you lucky Chev used some Ford parts? Don't think Ford ever needed to resort to Chev parts though. You cheeky bugger! 
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Ford CMP, 115" WB,1942 (Under Restoration...still) Medium sized, half fake, artillery piece project. (The 1/4 Pounder) Last edited by Private_collector; 14-08-11 at 10:16. Reason: More to add
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14-08-11, 10:37
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE" 
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