Chevs C60 and C15

[Rod Salter]

The diffs have been burnt, toasted, on fire at some time

The front crown wheel and pinion seem ok

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The rear had the oil cooked and then moisture has entered, but it is not pitted so may clean up

That is if I can ever get the axles out or the front hubs apart

Life lesson, If you have a burnt vehicle > strip it while it is warm and chuck all the parts out in the rain
If you store it in a shed after a few years every bolt will be permentaly siezed and the metal continues to rust away
The parts from my mini that burnt, that I did not want, and threw out, are still OK, everthing in the shed simply disintergrated

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All three of the gearboxes I have, have been full of water and will need serious attention

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At first I was perplexed as to why anyone would cut the springs with an oxy, but after careful study, they were on the diffs, so toasted too

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more to follow

[Rod Salter]

I took the sparkplugs from the engine to be greeted with a waterfall

Then after getting some of the parts home I pulled the head
it is only half full of water!

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and the sump

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and finally the pistons, and gave the cylinders a clean

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every top ring is stuck in the groove

[Rod Salter]

so I have a project

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single hole water pump, 10thou bearings and an interesting sump, which is all soldered together

casting number

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and engine number PR 3867552

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more rusty discoveries to follow soon

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[Rod Salter]

The pistons are already 30 thou over

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What a waste, a rebuilt motor left to the elements, damm shame
The machining marks are still in the good bores, so I am asuming it was hardly run. In fact I think there was a total restore happening from other indications on this truck's chassis, like new brakes, new clutch plate and painted wheels.

oh well

The front V pully is almost gone, and I'll need more teeth on the ring gear or crank it

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Even the front drive shaft has holes in it

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So how bad could the steering box be?

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at least I didn't hack it apart with an oxy torch!

the bearing surface is badly pitted but the balls and teeth are ok

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I may be able to machine this end down flat to fit a tapered bearing.

I think I will call this truck "The Phoenix" if it ever rises from the rust!

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Rod Salter

The bearing surface is badly pitted but the balls and teeth are ok.

I think I will call this truck "The Phoenix" if it ever rises from the rust!

I think you should call it "The Stallion".

Only one horsepower, but the balls and teeth are OK.

[Beau Bruce]

Originally Posted by Rod Salter

so I have a project

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single hole water pump, 10thou bearings and an interesting sump, which is all soldered together

casting number

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and engine number PR 3867552

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more rusty discoveries to follow soon

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The sump on the 216 in my 13 cab Chev C60L is also soldered. I was under the impression that the sump volume was increased as a modification for the motor being fitted to a truck instead of an ordinary car or pick-up, but I have no information or source to prove that correct.

[Rod Salter]

Funny how circumstances change
I have been spraying the grass, some of it is about 3 feet higher than the Landrover Discovery
In-fact I have to use low range to push through in some places

Anyway I noticed oil leaks on some of the stored engines
You all know that I have everything out in the open covered with pieces of tarp, plastic, sheets of tin and old truck mudguards
A couple of years and all the wet weather lately, water has gotten into some

I rearranged things and took sumps off and used a pressure cleaner with diesel through it to flush out the gunge
It has been a bit of a job, but I'm glad I noticed the leaks and took the effort to do them
As it would have been a right mess if the water had dried away
The motors are up higher now, liberally sprayed with oil inside
and covered again

I started putting the big chev together some time ago
The gearboxes are a mess
I had one engine through the molasses and got that etch primed today
now that is out of the way all the gearboxes can go in
they have been a hold up in a way
I have found a nice cab for it, although a road trip away
It will be nice to have those 3 or 4 parts trucks as one


While I was rearranging things, I made the executive decision to move the second ford (ARN 51554) into the “shady shed”, where I will plug along to reassemble it, sorting parts as I go
I never thought I would actually restore this one anyway
I think it will be a step forward to have it put together instead of parts everywhere
It's gearbox is a mess too, so in the tub

That is what happened these last few days
What happens tomorrow or next week I can't seem to get any priorities

Lost in the grass rod

[Allan L]

Gee. Haven't they come up a treat!

[Rod Salter]

Progress [on the chev]
Block on stand, polished surfaces, ran taps through every thread
all cleaned ready fror the wobbly part

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Rod Salter

Funny how circumstances change ....

Anyway I noticed oil leaks on some of the stored engines
You all know that I have everything out in the open covered with pieces of tarp, plastic, sheets of tin and old truck mudguards
A couple of years and all the wet weather lately, water has gotten into some ....

One problem we have in Canada, which may have a parallel in drier climes, is moisture rising from the soil under parked vehicles. My father had a small passenger/camper van that he parked on a gravel driveway all its life. Then it broke down and it sat forlornly for a couple more years. The undercarriage rusted out. The brake lines deteriorated. The rubber dried and cracked. I blame moisture transfer between the warming and cooling cycles.

In my HMV situation, I park my 1/4 tons on heavy gauge vinyl tarps (actually salvaged highway billboard message panels and army surplus tentage). Hopefully, any moisture coming out of the soil will stay trapped underneath and not on the vehicles.

[Rod Salter]

Posted about the broken piston on facebook, not too amused by some replies

Yes Bruce, thought of slipping the broken piece in as a spacer, being alloy, it might not score the bore. I would if I was selling it to somebody I hate
(Now realised they are cast pistons)

Thanks Mike

Terry, The soil here is SO acidic, right off the scale, rusts so quickly coupled with dew every night, metal disintegrates very fast. Aluminium turns to powder
The soil is that black crumbly type, everything sinks to the chassis in a few years, one sump on a Toyota has rusted through, you can see the crank
Advantage is that white ants/termites can't come through it

So now I am putting one together using the clearing sale block, but all the parts from the recon engine

All the parts have surface rust and have to wire buffed and polished
the rust has crept in behind the big-end bearing shells, and I have polished it out, buffed the back of the shells
I am not actually gauging them for clearance, I tighten one, then turn crank, loosen and do the next, feeling the resistance similarity, motor turns nicely when all tensioned, I can turn the crank with a large screwdriver on the dowels at the flywheel end

All bolts have to be wire brushed/buffed
New gaskets made from cornflakes boxes
It is slow and time consuming

Did I mention I have a Bedford engine, Looks so similar to a Chev,
Full recon, never fully assembled, to put together in my spare time!
Actually have a starter for that in my “stuff”
and a nice welder generator to couple to it
LOL I could run the arcs in the 32mm projector with it
“Next life time” I'll mount the projector on the 30cwt ford and go a travelling show

Slightly off topic
In 2017 I was paralysed with 2 prolapsed discs, couldn't even pee, weeks in hospital {useless, but I got a big box of laxatives {I hadn't eaten anything for days} and a new set of un-adjusted crutches, I couldn't even use}
They wheeled me out in a wheel chair, My sister took me to a chiropractor straight out of hospital, [or I would committed suicide to escape the pain] I am sure I screamed like a girl at a Micheal Jackson concert each time she touched me. But after a couple of hours of separate 1 minute manipulation I could at least dribble pee again
Exhausted all our savings at chiro and remedial massage almost a year of agony and super meds
had Hallucinations and weird dreams before my system rejected the drugs
Then I couldn't eat, lived on teaspoons of fruit juice for weeks, lost a lot of weight

Started other nice dreaming and I have written a book based on those dreams, All 386 a4 pages of it

I was born with a crook back, infact I should have had an older sister but she died of spina bifida at 29 days
I have spina bifida occulta they tell me
Shearing sheep and digging holes with a crowbar probably hasn't helped

Also have chronic diarrhoea. Doctors no help for 50 years.
You will never believe this, I stopped drinking coffee because of my heart fluctuations, seems I was intolerant to the acidity of coffee, It was burning my insides. Getting better, at least no nausea and pain all day


I haven't done much of anything for a few years, except mow and spray grass, then had a memory loss for an hour,
220 or something over 195 blood pressure, thought that would be good for a oil pump
Doctor was not amused
I had headaches so I was taking aspirin, or could have had a stroke it seems
The little pills have me right on target now

Sometime I wonder about getting out of bed, but the thought of washing the sheets gets me going

Had covid for 2 weeks, “Warning” I am one of those disease spreading great un-vaxed

I have finished all the radio collecting I ever wanted, and slowly working through sparking them up, Had a rush on telephones that got out of control, But I have some nice telephones, some wired and working {be a post on their own}

No longer do 7 ¼ inch trains, took up cowboy action shooting instead, promised myself I would continue with that for 4 more years, that will get me to being 75

I'm having a little rush at the moment and getting things done again

How long will my enthusiasm last?
Probably until summer, can't stand heat anymore

Off to scrappy today with that stripped car body and batteries

still lost in the shed and long grass rod

p.s Long post, ah well