New here! B60T project

[terry]

have you tried mike harbison on this forum, he has acres of old mack trucks.   terry

[SkippyMack]

I did send a message to Mike Harbison tonight.  My husband also is working out a plan to fabricate a solution, if need be.

[mowerman]

I have faith you will find your parts,,, from what I have seen and heard... you have barely scratched the surface .... lotta parts available especially in the fire apparatus section... bob

[mrsmackpaul]

Swishy if you looking here, or maybe hayseed might remember 

Maybe chuck up a link 

What was those love rods onetrack (pretty sure it was onetrack) used all those years ago welding up some cylinders for some old banger 

Personally I would get a whole of dry sand (wheel barrow full)

Heat offending item in Mums oven with the oven on full noise 

And just add bits of cast iron on the right shape with nickle rods

Keep on chucking it in Mums oven every 10 minutes to keep it hot 

Probably put the sand in some big pots on the BBQ to make it nice and warm 

Then when all welded up chuck half the sand in the wheel barrow followed  by the now welded manifold and bury in the rest of the sand 

Try to keep it warm as long as you can and cool gently of a day or so

 

Thats me though, I would be guessing these are pretty prone to cracking though 

Good luck searching for a manifold 

Paul 

 

Edited October 22, 2020 by mrsmackpaul

[Vladislav]

I suppose the parts off a B-model firetruck engine (707?) would work there.

[SkippyMack]

Call us crazy, but I think we're going to proceed with a homemade header!  Stay tuned.  Good news is: my husband was able to successfully repair the intake, so we're only dealing with the exhaust.  We're getting creative, as this is not a restoration to "original". I'm going to do a custom wood bed, so have been able to remove brake systems that won't be necessary.  Removed the driver's side fuel tank this week, it can't be saved, realistically.  The passenger tank was missing when I got it.  I think we'll do a custom step and/or tool box on that side.  Still debating about the driver's side and fuel tank.  I like the looks of the square tank with step, but we might put a round tank on the frame behind the cab (driver's side) and also do a custom step on that side.  Goal right now is to get the header built and get the old girl running under her own power!  

[SkippyMack]

Did a scrap metal run...and the original fuel tank stayed home!  We're going to repair it. 😃 -Happy Girl

[SkippyMack]

Frame is almost ready for paint - thanks to lots of elbow grease AND a needle scaler, carbine scraper, die grinder, and ScotchBrite.  I've also scraped as much of the old grease and dirt that I can from the rear end.  One inside frame rail had lots of gunk, too.  Hoping that Purple Power, a stiff brush and hot water will get the rest off.

[Swishy]

Mrs

gudday m8

jusr read your comment bout the weldin job

may B a lil to L8 .... butt heres the link from 2011

https://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/Findit/5769-metal-stitching?start=0

My B good fir a laff

LOL

cya

 

[Mike Harbison]

On 10/21/2020 at 8:40 PM, SkippyMack said:

I did send a message to Mike Harbison tonight.  My husband also is working out a plan to fabricate a solution, if need be.

Never got any message

[mrsmackpaul]

6 hours ago, Swishy said:

Mrs

gudday m8

jusr read your comment bout the weldin job

may B a lil to L8 .... butt heres the link from 2011

https://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/Findit/5769-metal-stitching?start=0

My B good fir a laff

LOL

cya

 

Mammoth got them pots back all done I seem to remember

Dunno but it certainly dragged out a tad bit more than a few hours 

Tah muchly for the link Swish

 

Paul 

[mrsmackpaul]

Well that's kinda embarrassing, thought I would see if I could find the link to the end result of the weld repairs 

 

Now if you read Swishmans link the fella with buggered cast iron cylinders handle on the forum is Mammoth

Now he was calling these old cylinders jugs

So I tried googling "hcvc mammoth jugs" and got a unexpected result 

 

Just as well the Princess isn't watching over my shoulder as I might get a bloody good clip under the ear 😉

Turns out all the information is in Swishmans link and a word from the wise, just be careful what you punch into Google 

 

Seeya

Paul 

[SkippyMack]

7 hours ago, Mike Harbison said:

Never got any message

Weird.  I sent it a few days ago.  See screen shot below.

[Mike Harbison]

12 hours ago, SkippyMack said:

Weird.  I sent it a few days ago.  See screen shot below.

Ok,you sent that to my old account.  I had to make a new one when they"upgraded* this site awhile back i had trouble and had to start over

[yarnall]

My father has a B66 with a 540 in it.   We could not find an exhaust manifold that wasn’t broken.  Let me know if you find two.   Good luck with the project.  You are making great progress.    Mike. 

[SkippyMack]

13 hours ago, Mike Harbison said:

Ok,you sent that to my old account.  I had to make a new one when they"upgraded* this site awhile back i had trouble and had to start over

Thanks for letting me know, Mike.  Do you have engine parts available for sale?

[SkippyMack]

10 hours ago, yarnall said:

My father has a B66 with a 540 in it.   We could not find an exhaust manifold that wasn’t broken.  Let me know if you find two.   Good luck with the project.  You are making great progress.    Mike. 

Thanks, Mike.  We anticipated that probably most manifolds of this vintage are similarly damaged.  We are making our own.  Fingers crossed that the plan works!

[SkippyMack]

Got the tank emptied so we can start repairs - and a wire brush with Purple Power is working on the rear end!

[mrsmackpaul]

Dunno what your plans are for cleaning the inside of the fuel 

Some people have used the cement mixer method with good success 

I normally just cut the end off and weld it back on

If you are gunna cut the end off and are worried about it going bang, just dangle a air line in with it running for a few minutes before you start and leave it running the whole time your working on it

This purges any explosive fumes out and makes it safe 

What ever you do dont fill it with water or worse still water and soap as this gives fumes a spot to be trapped

Paul

[tjc transport]

when i used to do gas station rehab, we would put 50 lbs dry ice in the 5,000 gallon underground gas tanks, then wait until the dry ice "smoke" would come out the holes on top before cutting them open. 

[Mike Harbison]

16 hours ago, SkippyMack said:

Thanks for letting me know, Mike.  Do you have engine parts available for sale?

No new parts.

[mowerman]

While being but good at fabricating you guys will save a lot of running around and mighty nice work keep it up and thanks for keeping us posted... bob

[mowerman]

Sounds like all you’re going to need to pay for is cosmetics ... bob 

[steelman]

On 10/27/2020 at 3:13 PM, tjc transport said:

when i used to do gas station rehab, we would put 50 lbs dry ice in the 5,000 gallon underground gas tanks, then wait until the dry ice "smoke" would come out the holes on top before cutting them open. 

That works.  I worked a number of years for Dow Chem before starting my own steel fabrication shop.  We regularly worked on tanks that had contained very explosive materials.  They had protocols to follow which included cleaning and steam clean, sniffing with meter before hot work (welding/cutting),etc.  Safety first, always.  I would use CO2 or argon bled from a weld bottle to do what TJC transport spoke of on small tanks (50 gal+/-) if i could not find dry ice.  Now days,  my insurance company won't let us work on any tank that held a flammable material, or even weld on a gasoline powered vehicle.

[SkippyMack]

Thanks for all the insight.  My husband, Dan, is an experienced welder/fabricator with lots of time logged on fuel tanks, specifically.  Love seeing all the suggestions!  My new exhaust manifold is being machined as we speak...check it out!