F60L Cab 12 truck

Shane · #1 12-08-13, 11:45

Hi all.
Well this was four hours of fun, it was a mess but Coppers Ale made the time just fly bye.

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Keith told me to use petrol to clean and it worked great. Also took it for a drive to Happy Car Wash the owner was not to happy about me cleaning the sump in a car wash but i had just finished.

So happy days for me and the sump.

Shane · #2 13-08-13, 00:31

Hi lads
Some shots of the motor, still after a radiator if anyone has one for sale.

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Also need a army marked fire extinguisher and fire extinguisher bracket. Cheers Shane

aj.lec · #3 19-08-13, 04:26

Box pictures

Shane · #4 29-09-13, 14:32

Hi all.

Well its been a long day but i finally got my tray. A big thanks to Hugh for selling and helping me load the very very heavy bit of kit. Nice to know it was made by Holdens you can see the Holden plant from Hugh's place. If anyone has the correct badge that would have been on the tray please let me know. The current condition needs attention but im going to learn from a man that could fix it in his sleep, its the last thing on the list to do so it will be a long time until you see her restored.On the side of the tray it reads.....

COMMONWEALTH
DEPT OF IMMIGRATION
MIGRANT CENTRE
BATHURST

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The tray was way to heavy for my truck so it went on a car trailer.

Keith Webb · #5 29-09-13, 21:49

The tile truck wasn't quite up to the job I see... love the "crane" too.

Shane · #6 04-10-13, 13:49

Had a blast at Hugh's place getting the tray for the cab 12. However at the end of the day Hugh and i were taking rubber off the old bren wheels which for me was a blast, it takes around 30 min for each wheel.

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Ganmain Tony · #7 22-10-13, 11:06

Gday Shane,

A couple of things I can think of at the moment in regards to correctly setting up a completely refurbished brake system.

Brake shoes - completely wind off the minor cam adjustments (this is only temporary) so they are "out of the way".

Ones at the bottom are called the anchor pins they have a small drilling (hole) in the end of them. These are set up so the holes are opposite each other.
I know a picture would help at this point but I can't seem to bloody well find any.

Doing this will get your shoes in the correct position to do the minor adjustment (with the Cam's)

You will need to be able to rotate the drum for the minor adjustment..

Adjust the cams to make the shoe come into contact with the drum
There should be just enough drag for the drum to be turned by hand.

That's your shoe set up done.

For the booster, I recommend you look at the Instructions on driving, maintenance, repair book. (The little book with Special pattern vehicles on the cover)

Basically (very basically) there is a small rod inside the piston rod (the outside rod). When you press the brake pedal the small rod has to move first to seal the air chamber. It is only small movement but this is the critical part of the set up.

It will provide a vacuum one side and atmospheric pressure on the other and gives you the power assist. You'll feel it when pressing the brake pedal.

Any hoo - hope this hasnt been too confusing - I often work out how things work by reading the manual under the truck, looking at the bits they are talking about, then reading again (repeating these steps 20 times if necessary).