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@Lighthorse 31Cant offer much advice on the T86. Having said that if you were to again use the T84 and looking at your photos, you will have to replace the drive/propeller/tailshaft with OEM. The T84 does share some internals with the standard MB/GPW Jeep T84. Namely the Synchroniser assembly, 1st gear, 2nd gear, reverse idler gear(with shaft) and the cluster gear (with shaft and some modifications). The main drive gear and mainshaft are unique to the Weasel. I have attached 2 photos showing the thicker cluster gear thrust washer that I fitted in order to use a standard MB/GPW Jeep cluster gear.

@Patrick Tipton Patrick, your reply above brought a smile to my face. With my weasel engine I asked very good friends of mine, who own and operate an Automotive engineering shop, to inspect my engine and rebuild it accordingly. The end product was an engineering marvel😀 NOS Crankshaft, NOS crank timing gear, NOS Crank pulley, Aluminium camshaft timing gear, flywheel ground, New ring gear, new pistons, rings and bearings, conrod resized, new valves and valve springs, New camshaft bearings, NOS Clutch disc and pressure plate, NOS oil pimp, engine block re sleeved, hardened valve seats fitted, engine block and cylinder head crack tested, and cleaned, Spark plug thread inserts fitted into cylinder head, new core plugs and last but not least the engine was fully balanced. Of note, I took their advice and let them assemble the engine as the engine assembly cost was insignificant when compared to the machining and parts costs. That way they could check that all clearances etc were within spec plus as an added bonus the engine came with a warranty. Now getting back to what you said, was this an overkill, most definitely and will I ever get value for money out of the engine, probably not but crikey it goes well. 😀

@Patrick Tipton I had no choice but to fit replacement hardened valve seats as the original valve seats were both badly recessed and were severely pitted/corroded from exposure to the elements. I guess that being able to use unleaded fuel is an added advantage but not the real reason why the hardened valve seats were fitted. If you look carefully at the photo you can see the corrosion that I was talking about.

@Patrick Tipton It must be a relief to finally get back to your T24 restoration. Can I offer a suggestion? If you are going to all that trouble to have your engine block and crankshaft machined, it would certainly be worth the extra expense to have hardened valve seats fitted into the cylinder block. I know this suggestion may seem an overkill but do it once and do it right. Cheers

Yes @Patrick Tipton Patrick, as you can see in the before photo above, the old seal surface was certainly beyond redemption. Having rebuilt many Jeep water pumps this way, it was just a matter of adapting my technique to a Weasel water pump. I don't expect a lot of guys would have access to machining equipment that I have but if they were to print off the photos and take them to their local machine shop, I am sure that the machine shop could do the job for them. BTW the collar is made from 316 Stainless Steel. I also had to machine to size a generic ( I hate to admit it) Chinese made water pump bearing. See info below. Water pump bearing.pdf So far so good with the bearing but I don't think 16 miles on the weasel is a good reliability test as yet. The hardest part to find was the little retaining clip. Luckily a fellow in the UK gave me one but again I suspect that the clip would be a common Studebaker general part. Water_pump_integral_shaft_bearings.pdf Water pump bearing.pdf

@Pips_BlaauwHave a look at my photos below on how I had to rebuild my Water pump. Not withstanding Patrick's great video, this might give some thoughts and ideas on how to rebuild your pump. The stainless steel collar was an interderence fit into the pump housing. The epoxy adhesive was just for added security.

Very unique power train adaptation. 👍One observation though but definitely not a criticism, 15mph tops will be a painfully slow speed to drive a weasel at???? 😥

New gear casing gasket Wiper motor gasket.pdf Wiper motor gasket.idw Wiper motor gasket.ipt

Wiper pivots

Testing the rebuilt wiper motor Wiper motor Test.mp4

Wiper pivot locknut and short wiper link reproduced by @Gszechy I am not sure if Gary will be reproducing more in the future.

Wiper hardware

NOS Wiper motor for reference

Over the Holiday break I promised a fellow weasel owner (on this forum or over on the FB weasel group) that I would post some photos of my Wiper Motor rebuild. Anyway please find the photos below. Cheers John

Here's the VWM booklet for reference. There is a typo on the starter solenoid to regulator wire termination. VWM Wiring Instruction Booklet.pdf

I can post a copy of the VWM handbook if needs be. Has all the colour codes and wire gauge sizes.

@M29C3284Brilliant work 👍

Just off topic but still relevant to this thread. David Welch on the old weasel forum posted an excellent article on how he adapted a modern in tank electric fuel pump into his weasel fuel tank. I am sure that if you contact David, he would still have the information and photos to share.

@Idaho JimAs promised, drawings attached. Windscreen frame retainer screw.pdf Windscreen frame retainer screw 2.pdf

My weasel has been laid up too long waiting for the transmission to be repaired. I found our chooks (chickens) had laid some eggs in it😄. Anyway today I wrapped up the transmission repairs so the first task after Xmas will be to replace the transmission and get the weasel mobile.

@Idaho Jim I will look tomorrow on my work PC as I am sure that I made some drawings on those screws.

@Idaho JimAt the centre of the windscreen frame where it pushes into the hinge frame you will find a small round head screw (photo 1) and on the side frames you will find 6 special special screws (photo 2), three per side. Getting the frame to separate can be a character building task. Good luck.

@04mustangI got them from these guys; https://www.axholmesigns.co.uk/

@Patrick TiptonIf you go to the trouble of replacing the outer bands, then it would be time well spent to replace the inner bands as seen on the Snake River tracks.

@Patrick Tipton Please be aware that this is a compromise repair solution. The end of my transmission main shaft had been machined down to 15.02mm (0.5913"Inches). As you can see in the link, the ID of the collar is 15.00mm (0.5905"Inches). Those dimensions provide a good interference fit to retain the collar on the shaft with a loctite super retaining compound. I measured the collar OD after it had been pressed onto the shaft and it measured 15.03mm (0.5917"Inches). I also measured the end of an MB/GPW Jeep transmission mainshaft as a comparison and came up with 15.11mm (0.595"Inches). That works out to an additional running clearance of 0.083mm (0.003"Inches). For the amount of miles this weasel transmission will do I am more that happy to live with the OD of the repaired shaft being 3 thou undersize. Having said that I took the liberty of fitting a NOS set of pilot rollers and now the pilot roller assembly is the best it will ever be. I will post a road test report.