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steve1973

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #60 on: February 10, 2015, 07:08:48 AM »
Keep this pace up and you will bee done by summer. ;D Looks fantastic.

Steve A.
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Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #61 on: February 25, 2015, 10:10:04 PM »
I've been very neglectful in not posting updates.
Transmission is complete and ready to install.
Still waiting on machine shop for the motor.
Lots of blasting and priming is still taking place too!
Mark
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spec4don

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #62 on: February 25, 2015, 11:39:29 PM »
Mark did you over haul the transmission? If you did be aware there is a pin in the shifting rods the can fall out during assembly. If it fell out it will affect your shifting and cause you to loose gears. Then you'll have pull the shift tower and realign the rod's. It will also cause your tranny to pop out of gear on a hill. We kinda figured it out the hard way if you know what I  mean.

Don G.
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Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #63 on: February 25, 2015, 11:57:46 PM »
Hi Don,
Yes! thanks for the note. My gearboxes were a mix of gear oil and water, so it was like cleaning up baby poop if you know what I mean!
I tore down the transfer and transmission, but waited quite a while to tear into the rods, and tried to clean up as much as I could before disassembly.
The manual was very helpful in understanding how the shifter mechanism worked, so I was aware of all of the balls, springs and the little pin.
It actually all went back together last night, but it took some time to get it back together correctly.
I'm pretty confident that everything should work as it should! No extra parts!!!  :)
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Monkeypirate

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #64 on: February 28, 2015, 03:06:34 AM »
Did you replace the seals around the transfer lever rods?  I was going to look for a seal once i got mine tore down.
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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #65 on: February 28, 2015, 09:41:14 AM »
What did you use for a gasket set on the transfer/trans case?
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steve1973

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #66 on: February 28, 2015, 02:22:27 PM »
I am getting new transmission/transfer case gasket sets made along with new engine gasket sets if anyone is interested.
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Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #67 on: February 28, 2015, 02:44:11 PM »
I got all of my seals and bearings from Kevin Lockwood. He had an NOS gasket set too.
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Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #68 on: March 10, 2015, 10:14:35 PM »
Lots of small steps lately. I had some travel the past week and a half that kept me from making progress.
Working in small batches to get parts bead blasted, primed and painted.
Transmission is just placed on cross member to get it out of the way.
Coming along....
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spec4don

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #69 on: March 11, 2015, 09:17:04 AM »
Bravo! Your rocking on. It's the detail stuff that takes time but adds so much. You'll be happy when it's done. But the Journey is half the fun!

Don G.
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1967 M51A2 Tractor
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1967 M36 Long wheel base duece
1951 M135 GMC Fire truck conversion

Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #70 on: April 08, 2015, 11:22:36 PM »
Here is an update. I've been busy with work and other projects as of late, so it's slowed my pace somewhat.
Front end is coming along.
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Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #71 on: April 08, 2015, 11:25:46 PM »
In my spare time, I like to play with smaller vehicles. Here are a couple of those.
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steve1973

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #72 on: April 08, 2015, 11:43:11 PM »
Your halftrack is looking great! Keep up the good work! ;D

Steve A.
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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #73 on: June 21, 2015, 08:31:32 PM »
Inspiring me to pick up the pace. 
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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #74 on: June 21, 2015, 10:30:04 PM »
It's been a while since I've posted, but I've been busy with two wheeled thingys.
All the brake hardware is done. Drums have been turned and painted. I just need to get bearings for hubs, and finish things up.
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