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And so the battle continues...
As I backed it in the barn I noticed I had a coolant leak in the radiator (of course) Been thinking about over the winter while it was too cold to do anything about it anyway and decided to pull the radiator, pressurize it and see what is going on. The side frame is broke loose from the top tank and the built in shroud has some issues... who knows.
Been busy prepping the '45 for battle, it is about ready to go.
I got the radiator bolts loose enough to slip the grille out and this fell out. Don't know as I have seen one that big before.
I put coolant in it yesterday and spilled some, it was leaking to the right side when it was running earlier.
On of the blankety blank nuts ripped off the support and spun. It was round with a flat on one side, tried vice grips (two sets) they would slip, prybar slip, heelbar slip. Stuck an extension in there and it worked great.
At least now I can fix the hand crank shaft I think. There is no pin in there for the spring to force it back out. With no radiator it is right there to work on.
As it sits right now.
As I backed it in the barn I noticed I had a coolant leak in the radiator (of course) Been thinking about over the winter while it was too cold to do anything about it anyway and decided to pull the radiator, pressurize it and see what is going on. The side frame is broke loose from the top tank and the built in shroud has some issues... who knows.
Been busy prepping the '45 for battle, it is about ready to go.
I got the radiator bolts loose enough to slip the grille out and this fell out. Don't know as I have seen one that big before.
I put coolant in it yesterday and spilled some, it was leaking to the right side when it was running earlier.
On of the blankety blank nuts ripped off the support and spun. It was round with a flat on one side, tried vice grips (two sets) they would slip, prybar slip, heelbar slip. Stuck an extension in there and it worked great.
At least now I can fix the hand crank shaft I think. There is no pin in there for the spring to force it back out. With no radiator it is right there to work on.
As it sits right now.