F.Janssen Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Will try to have some pictures of the cleaned parts later. @Jim Gilmore I will contact you about the bracket. You can see the current status of the one now installed...... Furthermore checked the engine number and date of the engine block. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilmore Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Frank, I can't quite make out the motor number from the photo..... Is it 10150 ? This would be a replacement motor as all T-24/M-29/M-29C motor numbers start with T-24- The date is interesting and it may have been part of the Weasel rebuilding program done during WW II. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M29C3284 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 @F.JanssenIs your engine only green or is it grey under the green paint? I know that the Swedish army painted there weasel engines green. @Jim GilmoreThe Swedish army had several weasels with engines where the engine serial did have the T24- prefix also. BTW did you get the email I sent you four weeks ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 @Jim Gilmore, seems to be 10150 / 10512 / 10610 / 10612 I'm making the pictures upside down with very limited space and only swiftly cleaned it. To be resumed when I have more space to check the number. Anyway, it seems there is no T24 in front of the number.@M29C3284, The engine seems green, but I have not checked if there is grey under the paint. I do have found grey paint on the distributer angle device, generator bracket and some other parts. Thanks Frank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 Got the manifold lightly blasted and cleaned the gasket surfaces. Can somebody let me know if they have some spares to finalize the manifold: - Heat Control Valve gasket / bushings / and spring, or a replacement set - copper priming tube between the inlets - diffuser gasket (if fitted) Furthermore, in factory pictures, the manifold looks totally black. Is that correct for all fabrication years? Specially on the inlet part, there are a lot of traces of grey, so just double checking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 Manifold is half painted, but I ran out of heat resistant paint. In my previous post I requested about the manifold color. But may it be that there is a difference between the T24/M29 and the M29C? On pictures of the T24/M29 the manifold is totally black. But I found some pictures on the web of the inlet side being grey. That would also match up what I found on my manifold, as the inlet and primer parts were grey. Also started on the main switch. To be continued. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tipton Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Nice work Frank! I am behind you in my process so no light to shed on colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M29C3284 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 @F.Janssen I think that the manifold should be black and the grey you found is just overspray. At the factory the engines where assembled with all the accessories and then painted grey, so all the accessories that where already black got overspray on them. As you can see in the picture below. I did not do that when I restored my engine, as I think it doesn't look that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) I will do today in 2 posts. I was already thinking about overspray. It is visible in some pictures, but I was not sure about it. As per an previous question, the engine was grey also is seems. There are traces of grey under the fancy green. Furthermore finished the ignition switch. I forgot....stupid...the washers to keep the dust out, but I do not dare to open it up again... Anyway I'm happy how it turned out. Patrick, don't worry, you are way beyond me! I will do another post of my Weasel today, as I removed a lot of stuff... Edited May 23, 2020 by F.Janssen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 Ok the second one. As the Weasel is not at my place I have to travel approx 60km for it. Anyway, today I removed a lot of panels. Both dashboard panel, and some items from the cargo bay. The windshield was already removed but I took this home also. The body itself is in bad condition. There is a lot, a lot, of rust and the floor is giving way on a lot of points. I did not check lowest point of the hull (where the suspension is connected) but I'm up for the worse. Furthermore had a very unpleasant surprise, as I found out it does not have an original transmission, but a post war Swedish replacement. Anyway, I'm first going to aim on the dashboard and hope to remove the engine somewhere this summer.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tipton Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I have seen this movie 😂. It really is not too bad at the end - you just have to jump in. Restoring the hull is a wonderful project! You are doing great work - carry on! Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZM29C Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 @F.Janssen I second @Patrick Tipton comments. There is nothing unusual with the corrosion in the sponsons shown in your photos. In fact its atypical of an untouched weasel hull nowadays. There is a lot of good information on hull repairs both on this forum and over on the Weasel FB group. The repair work as you can see with Patrick's T24 hull is very time consuming but very satisfying when the job is done. Great blog and please keep us posted on your weasel restoration progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 @OZM29C @Patrick Tipton thanks for the words! We will see in due time. Worked now on some other parts The oil meter has been filled with water I think. I cleaned it out, and it seems to be working on some air pressure. In the end, its cleaned and I only painted the needle. The dash panel was in good order except for some holes to be filled. The challange was to get a nice flat side, in a hole. Starter Switch location and Head Light location are welded in. Seems those items are all original. Temperature gauge and Speedometer will be replaced by repro items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 First items painted. Will try to start assembly of the dash soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 First part of the dash ready. Some before and after. I also took some pictures of what I believe was the original olive drab. So if anyone is interested, I can post some of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Hi all, Does somebody have a picture of the decal below the ignition switch. It shows in the manual, but I can't find a picture of it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 Not a lot done... Beside cleaning some parts of the windshield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 Also start taking the windshield apart. This will require a lot of work. The top frame is cut and welded in 2 locations. All the brackets to fix the top are cut off, and off course a lot of rust. I think I start with taking the bottom frame apart, which also needs the hinge removed and welded on again. A lot of work ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tipton Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Awesome! I think the thing that most of us miss is that 90% of getting a project done is just doing these little tasks as often as you can get to your shop. You wake up and all of sudden you can see it finished and you keep going. Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Not much done. Beside other projects for other people. Anyway, I got a NOS heat control valve in and fixed the bracket which is riveted on the fuel sender unit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 I'm having slow progress on the Weasel. Busy with at least 2 other projects and cleaning working space. I also got a package, with fuel and oil hoses, from Alexander which fits perfectly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tipton Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Looks great. I was able to see a couple of factory engine photos of the T24 that a friend of mine owns - I am trying to get copies. I don't think the manifold was painted black.....but they are B&W photos and it is a little hard to tell. The engine paint is a very dark grey - what I would call a Pewter Grey - I have heard folks say it has a little blue cast and I could see that. The intake manifold and carb extension look to be the same color as the engine, but maybe a little darker. The engine has been run in the photo so the paint is mostly burned off the exhaust side of the manifold and the heat may have slightly darkened the grey paint on the intake. The intake is clearly a different color than the generator/fan etc...the known black parts. Hopefully I can post copies of the pictures at some point..... Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M29C3284 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 3 hours ago, F.Janssen said: I'm having slow progress on the Weasel. Busy with at least 2 other projects and cleaning working space. I also got a package, with fuel and oil hoses, from Alexander which fits perfectly. I'm glad to hear that as I was a bit unsure about the electric fuel pump hose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) @Patrick Tipton I can always overspray the manifold. It's now painted in heat paint, but even that will burn off after a while. I think I have seen some of these pictures before, although I can't recall to know that the engine has been running on those pictures. Anyway, it seems there are more pictures of early production (T24) as late, which might have changes in fabrication and painting. @M29C3284 It fit's perfectly on the electrical fuel pump. As I'm lacking the cover of the fuel tank itself, I don't know how that fits. If somebody has such a cover for sale, please let me know. Edited September 1, 2020 by F.Janssen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Janssen Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 down.....1 to go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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