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Today’s update, the gas tank mount has been depainted and ready to primer coat. Sand blasted the lower mounts in the Skat Blaster and sanded the rest. Next the gas tank... pics:

Some time in the past I went to a used bookstore in town. As luck would have it, an ex-GI had sold all of his manuals to the store. I bought the entire collection. There are books about weapons (.50, M-60, Bazooka’s, LAW rockets, etc) NBC equipment, conditions and how to fight when someone...

. I’ve seen those 4 shot launchers before. They’re in my Guidebook for Marines.

No pic tonight. I spent over an hour chipping all the layers of paint from the passengers step. Completely destroyed my rotory paint stripper. I hope they still make them because there’s nothing better when cutting through layers of crud. Well, maybe, sand blasting would be easier but not...

Every day a bit more gets done. Once I’m finished with the exterior passenger side, I’ll see what can be done with the original fuel filter. In the picture, you can see the opening for the filter. It’s just forward of the battery box. Pics:

And more sanding. Found some writing on the passenger door. I could make out “Fairmont Fire Protection District”. If I could just find some military markings underneath... pics:

More sanding.

I started sanding the cab and the frame forward of the cab. Lots of little spaces to get into. Tedious is what it looks like. There was at least 4 coats of white paint that’s coming off before I get to the GI green. Pic:

Got the shear pan reinstalled in the crank shaft. It wouldn’t go back in due to the ends being mushroomed. A little work with the grinder and poof, problem solved. This is the 4th(?) day of cleaning the engine. It’s 90% better than it was. I’ll be branching out to the entire front end, get it...

Yesterday I primered the various engine parts previously removed. Since I had to remove the oil filler neck, I went ahead and got all the pieces parts cleaned up. They should be replaceable in the next couple of days. On the outer section of the crankshaft, there’s an adapter attached which...

. Looks like the mess on my M37!

It’s officially day three of engine cleaning. Got a bunch of crud off the head, valve cover, around the thermostat housing and started on the drivers side. I checked out prices for renting a steam machine and they’re a bit expensive. So, tooth brush, scrubby pad, Dawn detergent steel brush...

Not much done today. Got the water pump off ‘cause it was leaking around the gasket. lol and behold! It’s the wrong pump! Not sure what the small aperture is but it probably needs to get flow through it to work right. One photo is the current pump, the second is the engine block and the third is...

It . My engine/transmission are complete except for the broken fan. There was a set of tow hooks on eBay. I don’t like the price, maybe it’ll work for you.

. The only thing so far is the generator fan. Non engine would be the tow hook on the front bumper. Would you happen to have them?

. Will do, thanks!

Day two of engine cleaning. For today, I continued cleaning the engine and engine bay. I pulled the pulleys, fan and generator with mount. I used my handy dandy sand blasting booth to clean up the fan and pulleys from the water pump, generator and crank shaft. I hadn’t looked too hard at the...

. It may sound a bit strange but I kinda like the look of the bright orange paint. Also, since a 1954 model engine, the 115 horse engine is a all around good thing. I’m going to keep the repaint of the engine in the someday file. If I ever get too bored, I could always tear the engine down and...

. I want to completly clean the entire engine. Also, I’m going to remove, clean and repaint parts such as the engine block filter bowl, the air filter, the fan, pulleys and generator. It won’t look brand new but it’ll definitely look much better should I want to show the truck. On a side note...

Cleanup has begun. My goal is a 100% cleanup +/- a percentage point or two of all crusted on dirt/grease/unwanted paint. With most stuff out of the way, I started cleanup on the engine. I’m using Dawn liquid in water as the cleaner. I’ve got a industrial electrical tooth brush that works okay...