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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #270 on: August 14, 2017, 01:35:49 AM »
Great job Prestone!
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prestone

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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #271 on: August 24, 2017, 01:03:02 AM »

Continuation of generator

Cleaning of the coil



 Reassembled, red wires replaced, see next picture



Reassembly of flanges with new bearings



Almost finished, lacks the data plate and the protective cover




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8683jb

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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #272 on: August 24, 2017, 10:02:48 AM »
Nice job Prestone. Looks great.
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prestone

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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #273 on: August 26, 2017, 12:28:03 AM »
Return of sandblasting and painting of body parts





Wheel nuts  :P



Replacement of axes and wear pads on arms




Sandblasting wheels   16x :front: :front: :front:



.Wheel assembly



Unpacking seal oil





Lubrication of bearings



Following the next episode   :)
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1943 GMC 352 B1      restored
1943 WILLYS MB        restored
1944 TRAILER MBT     restored
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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #274 on: August 27, 2017, 06:03:09 AM »
Cool

prestone

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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #275 on: August 27, 2017, 11:58:35 PM »
home made nut for assemby bogies  ;D

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1943 GMC 352 B1      restored
1943 WILLYS MB        restored
1944 TRAILER MBT     restored
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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #276 on: September 04, 2017, 08:01:12 AM »
Fantastic level of restoration!  It's been fascinating watching your progress.  What amazing talent you have!!  The two CCKW's looked incredible too! 

R.E.Co.

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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #277 on: September 04, 2017, 11:15:52 PM »
I seriously amazes me how everything you start with looks like junk and rust and then you make it into museum quality after you're done with it, absolutely fantastic work!!! You make the process look easy even though it is far from it.
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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #278 on: September 05, 2017, 01:59:42 PM »
bogies assembly





new brake line





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1943 GMC 352 B1      restored
1943 WILLYS MB        restored
1944 TRAILER MBT     restored
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prestone

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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #279 on: September 06, 2017, 06:32:47 AM »
today, engine output
followed by complete disassembly



followed by complete disassembly



1941 GMC 353 A1      restored
1943 GMC 352 B1      restored
1943 WILLYS MB        restored
1944 TRAILER MBT     restored
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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #280 on: September 06, 2017, 04:17:19 PM »
Great work 8). Everything looks great.

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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #281 on: September 24, 2017, 01:01:47 PM »
reassembly of rear springs




Complete disassembly, renovation of shock absorbers and filling with fresh oil




Final assembly of crankcase shield



Fixing the tie rods of the idler wheel

1941 GMC 353 A1      restored
1943 GMC 352 B1      restored
1943 WILLYS MB        restored
1944 TRAILER MBT     restored
19..   CHECKER 1T      restored
19 . . AUTOCAR M2     under restored

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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #282 on: September 27, 2017, 01:22:51 PM »
manufacture of winch brackets
mounting on the chassis




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1943 GMC 352 B1      restored
1943 WILLYS MB        restored
1944 TRAILER MBT     restored
19..   CHECKER 1T      restored
19 . . AUTOCAR M2     under restored

prestone

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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #283 on: October 21, 2017, 09:57:58 PM »
work for the winter

the engine block is back from rectification  :)








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Re: M2 in the Belgium
« Reply #284 on: October 22, 2017, 06:24:19 AM »
Looks great.  I'll be sending my engine to the shop next week. Thanks for the progress posts!
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