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She's such a beast!
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Here we have the bits hanging off the transmission complete as well. The handbrake works and is adjusted - although it is bound to need redoing soon. The rubber covers for the ball joints are on as well (the two tubes running from the transmission move with the axles). |
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Now the steering is on as well. The actual steering box (green) is mounted to the chassis via a carrier (red). It was an absolute pig to separate but went back together really easily. I am having completist pangs about the green steering box..... |
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Here we go! Sorry about the dark picture, but it was late. Doesn't she look well!!!! |
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On go the brakes! I had problems geting a flaring tool, eventually a really sound truck place (Warrington Truck) lent me one, and it was done. |
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Here we go again! Steering damper is on as well as the brakes |
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Cagey lifting is us! Actually, it's well within the HIAB limits, but still a bit nerve wracking - trying to inch with electo hydraulics. One has to get the correct angle of dangle. |
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And she's in! We'd have rushed around to try and start her, but we're waiting for an inlet manifold. |
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We have decided to use a set of original tanks we bought from ebay, they're a bit rusty (hel, no change there), but solid. We'll leave them shiny por-15, rather than flat. |
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The view from the front. A bit more attached - fan and steering drag bar. The steering has also been painted black to match. Not shown here are the new tyres we've bought - 10.5*20 MPT's (which in english means big and chunky!). We've also just received the intake manifold and a few random parts. May have the engine running soon. |
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Lots of wires and cables have been added recently, and we are (genuinely!) near starting the engine for the first time in a year........ [EDIT} - we have started him and the engine ran great. |
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It's really coming together. Have just adjusted the valves, greased all the nipples, loosened off all the dampers (as it was a bit stiff). Next job is to put the cab on. |
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We've had a dodgy bent back piece since we got the mog, and it took ages to track spares down, now I have two. We have also inherited three different kinds of hitch - we'll stay with an agricultural one, as it fits our recovery bar. |
More soon.