Richie's Mk1 Restoration

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Hello Richie,

Excellent thread on a job well done! But could you please attach the pictures to your posting instead of using a link to an externally hosted picture?
I'm asking as history tells us that those externally linked pictures disappear one day, and then a useful thread like this becomes useless.

Thanks in advance!
Hanno
MLU Administrator

[RichardT10829]

Hanno, I know, I know but I am using apple product and it only lets me attach one image per post :-( any ideas in what I can do to remedy it ?

[RichardT10829]

Well I have the shoes back and the drums will be there waiting when I get home, the company recommended woven pads which is as per the comments above, so good call !

The company worked out what I needed and made the pads oversize they are just over 12mm thick !

So will get them all built back up and tracks back on when I get home later !

[RichardT10829]

And the hubs came back too... I measured the pads and the company have made them 15mm not 12

Spent tonight sanding down the pads..... Sick as a dawg !!!!

Got one side just about there with one side to go !

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

And the hubs came back too... I measured the pads and the company have made them 15mm not 12

Spent tonight sanding down the pads..... Sick as a dawg !!!!

Got one side just about there with one side to go !

Rich,
If you get the shoes touching around the best part of the lining, it will good because modern lining (non-asbestos) can take ages to bed in and you should get good steering and brake performance immediately.

regards,
Richard

[RichardT10829]

The nearside drum is on but like I say it binds, and the adjuster is at it's smallest, I can still turn the drum by hand so I am in two minds to take more off or let the drum take any high spots off. Contact area is huge now so I hope the thing stops and steers as good as I anticipate.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

The nearside drum is on but like I say it binds, and the adjuster is at it's smallest, I can still turn the drum by hand so I am in two minds to take more off or let the drum take any high spots off. Contact area is huge now so I hope the thing stops and steers as good as I anticipate.

Make sure the nuts holding the expander to backplate are not too tight, they should allow the expander to move and centralise the shoes. There should be Thackery washers under the nuts.

[kevin powles]

Richie, here's a nice shot of an Italian campaign 3" mortar carrier in your colour scheme, note the ingenious way of carrying a spare wheel, 'mortar tube bracket', nice detailed character picture.

Kev.

[RichardT10829]

I had an idea about a boat race involving carriers and tracks... Two man teams per carrier... Tracks broken and withdrawn from the vehicle... Last team to fit the tracks gets a penalty.

However Sbi have just torn a muscle in my back , I can no longer put up a reasonable standard or competition !

Kev I have never seen that image before, excellent quality ! If the carrier was displaying that scheme, the chances are it came in via Bizzerta and perhaps had a stint on Op Husky.

[RichardT10829]

Well carrier is loaded and away... Marc's tent, Lynn's dizzy bits, Nigel's fenders... Some fuel and a deck chair..... That ought to do it eh ?

[Dave Schindel]

beer,don't forget the beer.

[RichardT10829]

Well got the carrier back yesterday so decided to start to fit the antenna bracket base.

This year will hopefully be one for the detail stuff , I still have to fabricate the radio battery box, the gunners seat, and a number of bins etc etc.

Then I can get the radio and intercom kit fitted. !

[Ben]

I've only cleaned mine. True dedication (or the disease is terminal) has you out in the workshop.

I'll email some drawings for the bits you need. You can borrow the aerial bits if you want to copy them.

Ben