My 1955 86" rebuild.

I have a thread file but I prefer dies cheers Dennis

I was talking with the club registrar last evening and he had a 3/8" BSF die nut, so this morning I borrowed it to clean the threads on the C'sk screws
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and in the background is my 'thread file' just to show other users what it is if they have never heard or seen one before, this one is for external threads i.e. bolts etc., the file is square and has 8 different TPI's on it (threads per inch) 3/8"BSF is 20 TPI, anyway a quick lick with some etch primer/gloss black paint
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while waiting for the paint to dry, I re-assembled the PTO drive unit
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well that's been part of my day, in between showers of rain, cheers Dennis

As usual great work,

This mob seem to have knowledge and parts for ptos etc.
http://www.lr-winches.com/Parts/Powe...ts/Series_PTO/


Max tells me... I mean, I've heard that things are a bit crowded there... Well, if things are crowded there I could look after one of the cars, say a swb, with maybe shortened rear corners and maybe a split windscreen and maybe angled guards... If you have anything fitting that description I'd be willing to pop over and move it out of your way ... I can leave now...


Cheers

Today I started to re-assemble the right hand drive part, putting all the 1/4" studs etc., that screwed out when I dismantled it
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bit the bullet and stripped the main part of the PTO, it came apart fairly easily just have to remember which spacers go where
anyway P/bucket is still not playing the game cheers Dennis
ps 12 hours later here it is stripped bare
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A poor effort today, as I have done my shoulder in, the issue has been steadily getting worse over the past few weeks anyway an ultrasound found the root cause, so it's light duties for a period of time, but I managed to clean this up and etch prime and make a start on painting it black
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anyway cheers Dennis

Not much happening here, between U/S directed steroid injection, and my SVT flying pr220, but before all that happened I managed to get this bit re-assembled
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anyway cheers Dennis

I was up early this morning to get this little gem ready for the local 'Long Tan' comemmoration here in Aberdare, a quick spruce up and she was ready to go, taken to the event by 2 very trusted mates
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and from another angle
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I still wasn't 100% so I had asked my mates to do this for the veteran community.
I stayed home as I said and fiddled with the drum pulley, assembled the drive collar
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then fiddled the pulley onto the splined shaft and tensioned it up
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/08/509.jpg
cheers Dennis

I had this story written then some crap website clamped me (winreward) **&&^%$# not happy, so here are a few images and B/A words
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all finished
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cheers grumpy aka Dennis

Wow dennis they look a little different to when you started... great work as always!

Well, I fitted the PTO to the rear of the chassis this morning, I had intentions of going to the All British Day in Sydney but other unforseen things got in the way, so you just keep going doing what you have too, I couldn't get the right angle drive pulley to mate up, it's also damn heavy as well
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I know why I couldn't mate it, the splines were not in alignment, so after a few attempts I put it back in the shed.
After lunch and a new battery (well 2 new batteries @ $400.00 4 the pair) I decided to take it for a short run out into the local bush, I went along the Pelton fire trail to the old signal box (ruins)
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the signal box was still in use up to the mid 60's, it had a junction about 300 yards down from the box, where the line branched off one to Kalingo, the other line serviced 3 mines Paxton/Maitland Main/Millfield, this was part of the famed South Maitland Railway which criss crossed the area where I live, I can still remember 10 class SMR Loco's hauling non-air hoppers through the bush, all the lines have been removed by the scrappies years ago, the signal box had a 200 yard refuge right next to it, as the line was very busy in it's heyday anyway a few more snaps of the Land Rover
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it is now back in my neighbour's garage, I'm hoping my mate Gordon who I bought it off, will make some room in his shed as he told me he would have it back just to look at on a daily basis, anyway that's been most of my Sunday, cheers Dennis