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C I threw the hand brake out and fitted spring brake booster also hydrovac went west and added air actuated hydralic brake master cylinder
to the system with foot valve on floor. P.S Everything has been refubished.
raeme.8)
Does this count? I drove and operated an M816,M543A2 ,M543, M113 ARVL , LEOPARD HEAVY RECOVERY TANK, INTERNATION 5ton 6x6 twin boom in the Australian Army for 41/2 years with a field force engineer workshops.
raeme.
Fuel tank.
Put 2 pints of mollassas in mix well with hot water and leave for 4 weeks. each day add 1 jug of boiling water and stir to kee process going, when finished wash out with cold water and dry strait away with compressed air. Inside will be back to new metal.
raeme.
CCKW. Complete pull down, replace eveyting I can hold of new,353-t detroit, 454 allison. air over hydralic brakes ,reset all springs, got rid of mechanical hand brake and fitted spring brake. thermo fan, drivers seat out of a m-seris 12v system and many more.
raeme.
Hi Paul, don't take offense but I have a CCKW with a 3 53T detroit diesel and a 545 allison in it.
You can use that for your reason about a "jimmy".
raeme.
B 17 Swamp Ghost
If you want I can get my mate that first found it to contact you. leave your e-mail address in a PM to me. He still has the coffee thermos and lucky strike butts out of the ash trays.
raeme.
Does any body know if any of the crew or relatives wish to be contacted? My friend has the gauges and first photos when he found the plane in the grass in the early 70s. Then the whole plane had not be touched.
raeme.