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02-06-24, 12:44
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Very nice tranny, Jordan.
I wonder if it was a rebuild, or perhaps the Otter got a brand new one late in its service life? Either way, surprises like that are very easy to take! David Last edited by David Dunlop; 02-06-24 at 20:20. 
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02-06-24, 13:44
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Its hard to say. I can tell the Otter did get a rebuild by the Dutch at some point as their dark green paint was on a lot of parts. The rad has a Dutch company tag on it too. Simply the fact that it has sat for so long and clearly been in the weather for a few seasons, I was surprised at how well it was. Mind you it does have an armoured roof over it so that would go a long way to keeping out the weather.
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06-06-24, 06:22
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Started in on the transmission rebuild. First up was to get all the old oil spray and dirt off the outside. It just makes things a bit nicer to work on plus it needs to come off anyway for painting time. A power washer sure comes in handy for that stage.
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06-06-24, 15:22
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Now it’s just a matter of following the maintenance manual. As good as this all looked when I took the top off, there was some rusting in behind the main bearing caps. The seals will be replaced as well.
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14-06-24, 17:48
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Working away on the transmission rebuild. The case was fully dissembled, degreased and then sandblasted. It was then given a very good cleaning and scrubbing to get all the blasting grit out. Everything was acid etched and then painted with POR15 then over sprayed with the olive drab paint.
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14-06-24, 17:53
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I also made up all new gaskets for the various covers. The center punch set works great for getting the holes lined right up. I was able to then use a handheld die punch to cut perfect holes. It worked great on the gasket with 8 small holes.
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14-06-24, 17:56
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I’m glad I fully took apart the transmission as two bearings needed replacement. On closer inspection both had a bit of a “hang up” when rotating. I was able to find a bit of rust on the bearing inner race surface of one of the bearings. Two bearings have been ordered from a supplier. Hopefully I’ll have them in a few weeks.
Lastly a new output shaft seal was added. This should give many years of good service.
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Jordan Baker RHLI Museum, Otter LRC C15A-Wire3, 1944 Willys MB, 1942 10cwt Canadian trailer
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