Water Fording System

[David Dunlop]

Richard.

Just a little food for thought.

Rob and Frank have very accurately described issues that can surface with the Fording Control valve system in the M-Series vehicles. The ones in my M37 and M38 had their valves wired open and the control handle/central wire core assemblies disconnected from the valves and pulled right out of the dash. Just the outer wire looms left in place.

I personally prefer to have as much original equipment working on a vehicle as possible. What tipped the scale for me in favour of restoring this particular system on both vehicles was the realization I was going to be the sole operator of the vehicles. They were not going to be exposed to the potential risks of many and varied hands, looking for something to play with while driving.

The fording cables were very easy to find in these parts at one time, selling NOS for $1.99 Cdn.

Another M-Series system that saw a lot of deactivation up here was the dash mounted fuel primer pumps which were often still in place but had their lines crimped shut behind the dash. Not sure why they became an issue.

David