Originally Posted by
101 Ron
To the best of my information the wheel stations are the same and the different bits just bolt on.
The bevel boxes are left and right handed.
Just clean the points, don't up set the adjustments on them.( sparkplugs with the original suppressed ignition system are touchie and carbon foul easily and will not self clean)
Front bevel boxes mean removal of hydraulic, fuel tanks and a lot of other stuff.( yes that is the time to fit some sort of disconnect.)
Wheel stations are a lot of work to refit.( you need to make tools to do this job)
You may have taken on more than you can handle.
It took me about 2 weeks crawling over the machine just to learn where everything is and roughly how it worked and I am still learning.
Broken rubber tracta joint boots is not a problem if the main tracta joint seals are not leaking...........the boot only protects the main seals from dirt and mud........if you don't swim or drive off road, it is not too much of a problem.
When the army had large workshops looking after them with properly trained mechanics and drivers and they didn't have 50 years under their belts the Stalwarts were mostly leak free.
Towards the end of their lives in the army the stalwarts were workshop queens.
Mine spent most of its time not turning a wheel and rotting in the weather, others were driven though any mud hole that could be found because it was a stalwart and the government was picking up the petrol and maintance bill so a driver could have some fun.
Ron
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