1955 m 37 cannadian build, lots of restoration pictures

[Josh]

Paul, truck is looking great!

A word on that compressor:

Make sure you keep it in a VERY clean place, free of metal dust. That particular series of IR compressors are notorious for motor burn outs due to metal dust contamination. Shorts the com on the armature and burns the windings out. I shied away from that model because my show is dirty, but, it appreasd you have yours in a good clean location.

Josh

[SOTVEN]

PAUL!! I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO ADMIRE MOST, YOU GOT NOT JUST 1 BUT 4 TRUCKS, YOU WORK WITH THE SPEED OF LIGHT, THE QUALITY OF WORK YOU DO IS GREAT, YOU GOT ALL SORTS OF TOOLS NEEDED, AND A GIRLFRIEND WHO ACTUALLY HELPS YOU!!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK FRIEND!!!

[paul]

well i finally got tired of playing with the boat and i restarted on the m37 for a change! so i started with the stearing assembly, i took everyting appart, cleaned it , mesured and checked everything according to the book, bougth two new tie rod end and some new leather boots and straps, then i sanded everything down and primed and painted , i changed the black paint for some with a little more ligth in to it as i did not like the last gallon i bougth and the result are good with the ford black! here are a few new picture for every one!


here you can see the new tie rod taken apart


other side


drag links


drag link guts


all primed!

i fidled for 3 day wondering how to get the seized stearing off with out too much damage and save the shaft, i broke the nut, but i found an other one , finally i heated the inside of the tube with the welding tip on the torchs and a bearing puller backward on the rear of the stearing and a hammer!



and the final one, the paint result!

more later!

[m-37Bruce]

It looks like you've added some insulation to your shed? I haven't done much since the weather turned.............soon I'll muster the energy to get moving again.

[paul]

i bougth a new house with a bigger shed, and in the near future i'll be building a garage!

[SOTVEN]

i bougth a new house with a bigger shed, and in the near future i'll be building a garage!

NICE!!! I WISH YOU THE BEST FOR THAT

[m-37Bruce]

Hey Paul,
You must be doing something right, keep it up buddy!

[paul]

today i painted the other side of the draglinks and tie rod, then i took my stearing box appart, and clean it some , found out it had a tab welded on the box , so i shoveled a little to get to see the box on my other truck and it was te same exxcept the tab was welded all crooked, so i decided to keep it as it make the box more sturdy and no crak are showing on the casing, must have been a modification by the army, since i found a tag on the box that said it had been rebuilt in september 74 by a mj..., then when i went to install the drag link i found out my new clip where to short ,so i will have to hunt down some proper one..

anyway here are a few pics!

painted drag links and tie rod, i had to mix 3 and a half once of paint to finish it!


and while i am at it here is my mini paint boot!


the stearing box in pieces!


the welded tab on the stearing box


the state of my part truck


a little shoveling


and the same tab is on the part truck , must be a mod made later to prevent the box from cracking


assembled idler assemblie


good fit but thestrap to hold the dust cover are to short...will have toget longuer one


and on the truck to come out again....

paul from sormany now!

[paul]

today i sarted by sanding and cleaning the stearing box parts, then i primed them, after that i draged the ball of grease that my transfert case was and i started taking it appart, one of the bearing came appart on me so now i will have to line up about 100 little roller darn it!, i guess they where made like that back then, no cage to support the roller , everything in the transfer case look good and all the bearing and race seem fine, i also fiddled with the horn wire, i managed to save the connector on both end of the rotten wire as well as the number tag and i made a new horn wire since the old one was all rotten, i soldered the end on.

anyhow , enuf talking here are a few pics!

clean power stearing parts!


clean worm gear and cover


ball of grease!



ever wonder waths inside one of them t-case!


brand new horn wire! with all proper fitting and tag!


and some primed hardware and parts!

now i have to rest my old back! later!

[k8icu]

Wow...your work is very impressive and the fact that your way up north in the cold and snow. I have a garage and still can't get out to my truck to do any work on it.... Keep up the good work and keep us posted.

[paul]

not much done in the last few day, i had to rest a bit, i got a new tip for the sand blaster, it was overdue! and ordered some seal for the transfert case and stearing box, still waiting on 3 of em, and today i heated the garage and painted the stearing box assembly

here are a few pics

the new seal and the old and new sand blast tip!


the proof the garage was nice and hot trough the winter storm of the day


and the painted stuff


paul from sormany...

[paul]

today i got the stearing box back together, and got it on the truck, i didn't put the stearing tube because i want it green, and every stearing link has been installed temporarly until i get the proper dust cover

here are a few pics of the day

assembled stearing box


close up


on the truck


an other close up!


paul from sormany, taking is time and doing a good job

[paul]

today started with a surprise, i guess you cannot put some gun wash in a king part washer, my girlfriend had bougth that part washer for valentines day, but my solvent was to hard on my solvent pump....go figure...lol.. then i cleaned and painted some transfert case parts, i got a good pile done and i am left with 2 parts to clean and the major peice will be done on the t-case, next will be the hard ware, that will take more time....lol

here are a few pics , some are of some marking on the casing, including the date it was casted!

the surprise! can you see what solvent has done to the pump!


a clean casing


stamped ratio!


casting date 11-2-1954!


i do not know what these mean


an even cleaner casing


the two parts i have left for tomorow


clean guts!


high temperature paint on the casing


paul from sormany

[m-37Bruce]

Hey Paul,
Your moving right along...... Question, are you going to use Glyptol (sp) paint on the interior of your TC?

[paul]

never heard of it , is it some kind of coating to keep it from rusting inside, there is some kind of red primer still in there so i was going to leave the inside as is since it is clean