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Sounds like one of those cockies that wouldn't part with anything because. "I'm going to do it up one day". Meanwhile no one else gets a look in and it decays into oblivion.
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That's all I could think of when I saw the well known huge collection at Rupunyip. Saved for now from today's scrap dealer only to deteriorate for the next scrap dealer.
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At present I'm still in the "dreamer" phase of restoration, pending construction of a shed in which to enter the "doer" phase. If I haven't "done" anything in 5 years, kindly shoot me and repossess my CMPs! The real tragedy with hoarders is not that they hoard, it's that they hoard OUTDOORS!
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Also scrapped was this low mileage late model F60S bearing RAAF markings and what looks like ARN 209963. I had planned to save the motor but ran out of time before Mr. Komatsu arrived on the scene. I regret not asking him to help me extract it, but I'd already made a nuisance of myself and held up proceedings enough. With nothing but a few hand tools there simply wasn't time to save everything, the scale of destruction was overwhelming.
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With all spark plugs present and the engine cover in place it's quite likely this motor survived the elements, and with low mileage on the still functioning speedo it may have had minimal wear. I was a little discouraged by the milky white sludge on the dipstick but I've found that doesn't necessarily indicate any significant damage, and for little more than scrap price it was certainly worth saving. Unfortunately I ran out of daylight and Mr. Komatsu ate it for breakfast.
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Tony,
I know how hard it was for you to do what you could to save as much as possible. It was a track winch and now I have see the close up pic I also noticed a carby mount for the choke and throttle cable with the cable attachedin the back of the tipper as well, d’oh……….. I had Colin Jones kindly make one for me as I didn’t have a real one. As they say "when one door shuts another opens" & "cant save them all"!
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Sad to see this, yes I watched it after reading the warning.
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The killing fields phrase comes to mind...!!!
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Having miraculously escaped Mr. Komatsu the two CMPs and the Humber now repose happily in their new homes.
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Hey Dave,
About time you put up a post! I hope we see more progress shots of the Humber rebuild.
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It occurs to me there's a fine line between death and glory - had the interfering neighbour not notified us of this vehicle, it would have been unceremoniously crushed and on it's way to China by now. I reckon that fine line is captured in the video!
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This one cheated the scrappy:
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Tony, perhaps you should tell more of the story of the state of the valves and how hard it was to get compression.
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What a great use for a lemon!
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Oh, ye of little faith! In due course I'll take some video of it driving around the back yard, but first I need to fix the accelerator pedal, which like everything else on this truck is rusted solid! As Keith mentions, this poor old flathead took a lot of coaxing back into life. Having finally managed to unseize it and get the crankshaft turning freely, I was confronted with 16 valves stuck wide open, and even after I finally managed to free them all up (which must be accomplished by repeatedly cranking the motor by hand and tapping the valve closed with a punch inserted through the plug hole), the only way I could raise sufficient compression to fire was by removing the plugs and squirting oil into the pots. However, the effect only lasts a few revolutions before the oil is dissipated, and since the motor kept dying on me, I had to repeat the procedure many times. Eventually though it chugged into life and I was able to run it for about 10 minutes, after which it recovered sufficient compression to start normally. That is, without having to remove the plugs every time! Presumably the rings had been rusted solid in their grooves, and perhaps the rusty valves needed to re-seat themselves on their rusty seats! In any case it's now running around 75-85 psi in all pots, which may improve further after driving under load. All in all a worthwhile exercise - there is no more satisfying sound than the roar of a long dead flathead, and it's always great to cheat the scrappy. This is one flathead that won't be going into a Beijing skyscraper or a Great Wall SUV!
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