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Title: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on October 20, 2009, 05:57:04 am
  Hello Orin & welcome to the group. I understand you are doing a "woody" rebuild. I'm sure you'll find this site very interesting. So how far along are you in your rebuild ?? Do you have any pictures for us to see & admire ??  It seems like the Woodys are starting to make a comeback !!!!   LOOKING GOOD !!!  

                                                                                           A nosey Old Trucker.

                                                      
Title: Re: ANOTHER " WOODY " REBUILD ON THE GO ??
Post by: orin on October 20, 2009, 08:04:28 pm
Well I spent the better part of the day tracing out the two top 1x8s, what a day! Its been rebuilt before and 1x6s were used instead of 1x8s so there was a lot of head scratching. ??? Still tearing it down, slowly, trying to keep the patterns. Had it for 17 years now but never used it the last 2. Have a set of complete tracks and 8 shiny brass bushings ordered up, so it go for a few more years when i'm finished. ;)
Title: Re: ANOTHER " WOODY " REBUILD ON THE GO ??
Post by: orin on October 20, 2009, 08:36:49 pm
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Title: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on October 21, 2009, 02:00:43 am
   Looks like you got a lot more to start with than what I have. I'm pretty well at a stand still with mine. I'm just waiting for a couple of things to fall in place, I hope.
   Orin in the third pic from the bottom, I see the exhaust coming out from the rear & it looks like a 300/6 engine in her. How much room did you have for the muffler ?? Would you be able to get a couple of pics & measurements of the location of your engine mounts before the weather sets in too much. I have no body parts or frame pieces that I can use for clearance references, like the firewall or the rad. I would be greatly appreciate it. I hope you folks don't my changing the post heading. I hope this works.
   I wish you the best in your rebuild, & looking forward to updates in the future !!
 

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Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: grfishmaker on October 21, 2009, 11:41:14 am
Orin, you better watch what you post, The Old Trucker doesn't miss a thing in these photos (You do know that he used to work for CSI Newfoundland, right?). Don't be surprised if he spots some loose change in the grass in your yard. lol
Just teasing there OT, I know you are only trying to keep us on our toes.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on October 21, 2009, 08:12:29 pm
Well I hope he's kind enough to point it out to me!   ;D
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on October 22, 2009, 04:09:42 am

    Orin as you can plainly see Grfishmaker is suffering from lack of oxygen to his brain !!! Watch out fisherman or I'll tell everyone how I conned you in, hook, line & sinker about a month ago!!! That will show how smart you really are. Ha Ha Ha.



                                                                                                                  OT.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on October 22, 2009, 09:48:06 am
O.T.
no muffler, just a piece of flex pipe curled around and coming out the back. I measured the rad for you and its 20"s wide, 25.5"s high and 3"s thick. Also took a pic of the way the vacuum hose is pointing on the distributor. For my motor mounts I used 2, 3" wide channel irons that are 57"s long. I made the motor mount part of it myself and the tranny part I just used the cross member that was in the van I took the motor and trans out of. I mounted the motor and trans on the channels out side, slid the whole thing in, lined it up where I wanted it and bolted it down. http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/009.jpg

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Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on October 22, 2009, 12:09:47 pm
  Thanks Orin !! The distributor position is what I'm going to try & do with mine. A fellow member RETMECH from down here told me how to do it so I can keep the electronic ignition & stay away from points. Orin, think there is enough room to put a small muffler between the engine & belly pan ?? Your setup looks along the same lines that Swamp Dawg used on his. I thought a short oil filter would fit. Looks like you have enough room to install it.
  I measured the width between the outsides of my motor mounts & it comes to 22 1/2" It looks like I may have a tight fit around the starter area. Ohh well.... must grab the camera & head back to my shed again. I cleaned up my manifold westerday & now I'm cleaning the engine with a wire brush mounted to my drill. I'll take a couple of pics & put them on tonight.

                                                                          OT's having a productive day & loving it!!   8) :D ;D :) ::) :P
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: grfishmaker on October 22, 2009, 09:00:07 pm
Orin, just curious as to how you have your shifter set up. Do you have a floor shifter or use the old shifter on the steering? If it's on the steering colunm, is it backwards (down for park, up for reverse, etc..) or is there some sort of linkage setup to make it like a normal vehicle?
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: Cranman on October 23, 2009, 01:07:09 am
I've used the old shift linkage on chev powerglide autos. The direction is no problem if you put a bell crank back near the tranny. The bell crank can have holes about an inch apart that allows you to adjust the distance of travel to complete the shift. BUT it is nice to make a detent at the shift lever for more positive gear selection and prevent the shifter being hit inadvertenly into reverse or park. Sask power machines used a motorhome shifter on the dash and a cable set up to the 727 trans and I really liked that. Your neutral (well park actually) safety switch can go at the bellcrank or at the tranny. You can use any push buttton momentary switch but I like an old starter pushbutton as they are rugged.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: grfishmaker on October 23, 2009, 01:32:50 pm
Thanks for the information Cranman, I appreciate your advise. Also good to hear from you again, I guess that means winter is coming. ha ha
I will definetly have to change something on my linkage as it is too touchy on any movement on the shifter (even a bit dangerous). Also, the way mine is set up I have to remind myself to think backwards (kind of like The Old Trucker). I will get at that sometime this winter once I get most of the major work done to the body and tracks.
Thanks again.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on October 23, 2009, 06:58:21 pm
I have it hooked up to the old shifter, it shifts the right way but it is touchy. I notice all the woodies with fords shift the right way, but the steel ones here all shift backwards with fords or dodges.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on October 24, 2009, 05:08:36 am
I have it hooked up to the old shifter, it shifts the right way but it is touchy. I notice all the woodies with fords shift the right way, but the steel ones here all shift backwards with fords or dodges.

      Orin, that's because WOODYS HAVE CLASS !!!!!
  Orin maybe with a little adjustment you'll fix that problem. Ohh please take a pic or two of the way you got her hooked up & send them to Grfishmaker. He got me drove crazy asking about it.  Hey flatlander if you can dish it out you better be able to take it ..   Ha Ha Ha
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 01, 2009, 11:31:36 pm
I don't mind the shifting, i guess i'm used to it. It would be nice though to have something to at least mark where the gears are so when someone else uses it they have an idea.
GR. a bell crank ( i looked up the meaning cause i had no idea what that was) will fix your shifter, i would put it on the pipe that goes across right behind the diff. I had to make one for the throttle and that's where i put it. (imagine my suprize when i found out the little thing i made out of a bolt and piece of flat iron has a name!)
I should have most of my hard wood frame done tomorrow, I HOPE! Can't find the camera to take pics, i'll look for it again first thing in the morning... :o
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on November 02, 2009, 05:12:41 am

   Orin you were not alone, I didn't know what the boys were talking about either. I just looked it up & it makes sense. Thanks Cranman for that tip !! It sure will come in handy.

                                                                                             ::) ;D A smarter OT.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 02, 2009, 09:01:17 am
Yep, learn something new all the time.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: grfishmaker on November 02, 2009, 12:40:22 pm
Orin, how's the work going? I have snow on the ground over here so my garage is pretty cold these days. Just might have to add the wall panels. ha ha
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 03, 2009, 12:37:50 am
If its not raining its snowing. So i moved the old girl to the shed to work inside.http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/005.jpg Its been kind of slow going, working on the front right now.http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/018.jpg

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/020.jpg I made the fenders out of 5/8s treated plywood and doubled all the 1" strips under them, hoping to make it a little more solid.http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/022.jpg

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/024.jpg I put the front doors in to make sure they fit right while i'm doing the framing around them. Have to go to Swan or Thepas tomorrow for some more bolts and screws then back at it.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: grfishmaker on November 03, 2009, 07:14:30 am
Well you have a good start with the new oak. I was lucky that I got away with limited oak rot on mine and didn't have to replace all of it. You certainly have a big job ahead but now that the tunnnel is done you are well on the way. When you see a bombardier like this it makes you realize what a bunch of screws can hold together. Remember that when you make her climb over the next pressure ridge this winter. ha ha
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on November 05, 2009, 05:58:44 am

   Orin in the second last pic it looks like the fan blade is mounted directly to your pulley.
Quote from Grfishmaker;
Ok kpm, here's my request to you. In your travels, if you can; could you try to locate a 5 blade fan for my wide gauge? It's for a 300 Ford. I remember you telling me the difference in cooling between a 4 and 5 blade fan. I was told by Orin to make sure it is a ridgid fan, not a flex fan and not a clutch fan.
  Orin by mounting the fan this way, I guess it keeps your engine running cooler ?? Do you know @ what temp the engine will run at with this setup ?? I watched a show last weekend showing an electric fan mounted to the outside of the rad. They claim it pushes more cold air to the motor than pulling from the inside. Any thoughts on that ??

                                                                                                         
PS. My engine has a 5 blade fan now, but it won't fit to the pulley as it has a different bolt pattern. Any tips for this old trucker ??

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Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 05, 2009, 06:39:45 am
O.T.  My fan bolts right to the water pump, 4 bolts. Where does your fan bolt to? I have a 195 therm, so it runs around that. Going to switch to a 180 though and hope its a little better. It still heats up out in the open (on the lake) when going fare wind. When it does i just turn into the wind and let it cool off. Sometime I tie the motor doors open or drop the end gate right down, that helps but if there is a lot of loose snow everything fills up. The way some of the fellas on here have the electric fan on the motor door looks like a good idea, i'm going to do that. I don't know how it would work on the outside of the rad, lots of snow gets sucked in there.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on November 05, 2009, 06:47:14 am


   My fan is bolted to the clutch which is connected to the pump with a big left hand thread nut. Two different bolt patterns.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 05, 2009, 10:02:35 pm
Here's a few pics of how i bent the top boards. I rapped an old sheet around the board and poured boiling water on it, doing this every 5 minutes or so for about 45 minutes. Works pretty good if you don't have a steamer.http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/0192.jpg

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/0202.jpg

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Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: Cranman on November 06, 2009, 10:32:24 pm
Orin.. Good job on the oak bend. Notice your drivers window is a little worse for wear. Lots of them around here as often guys just put solid glass in when they reskin the doors. Could send you some with the Frontier school bus to Mafeking or Dawson Bay if you want.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 09, 2009, 06:32:12 pm
Cranman,  Yeah that would be great. I'm sure in need of better windows. Do you know what gauge of tin is on the doors? I have to redo the loading door.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: oldsledz on November 10, 2009, 06:24:54 am
Speaking of door glass,  does anyone have one of the little piece of wire that keeps the door from pivoting too far in.  It has the little loop on it so it can be pulled sideways to also keep the window closed.

Thanks

Oldsledz

P.S.   looks good Orin,  you are at a much faster pace than I.  I am waiting for new bogie bushings- just ordered them from Dan Shavers,  ordered new tubes for the tires,  AND,  wheel bearings and seals--That is where all the money is in the old Bombardier.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: Cranman on November 12, 2009, 02:14:58 pm
The skin on the doors is 24 guage. It took me,(well actually Cam) 2 sheets 4x 8 to do all the doors except the engine doors. I don't remember the supplier in Winnipeg but they want minimum orders of 8 sheets so a person has to find a body shop or someone that stocks it. You need 1/2 a sheet for the freight door. I wonder if Hood Slasher in Swan might have some. Canadian Tire has only 3 foot wide I think.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: Eric on November 12, 2009, 05:11:26 pm
You could also try Russell Metals on St. James st. in Wpg.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 13, 2009, 05:51:56 pm
Here are a couple of the latest pics. http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/045.jpg

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/044.jpg I think the frame work is almost done, a little to do in the front yet where the tin is behind the shocks and make new blocks for behind the half moon gear on the steering. I phoned around here to get plywood and all i can find is "good one side". One place told me they could order "good two sides", but i had to buy a whole lift!  :o Don't think I need that much.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: grfishmaker on November 13, 2009, 06:07:59 pm
 Hey Orin, looking good.
 I know you can get marine grade fir plywood in Winnipeg at Windsor Plywood. They were the only place that I could find that carries it without being a special order. It comes good two sides, so that helps. The only bad thing is the price, $59.99@ sheet. It will take six sheets to do your narrow.
 Also, good idea with using the rags to heat up the oak to bend. Your idea never crossed my mind as I used a pice of PVC pipe and an electric kettle (something I see on a "google" search). That's what's nice about this NT site; being able to see other peoples ideas to reach the same end.
Keep up the good work, I hear winters coming. ha ha
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on November 14, 2009, 08:15:07 pm

  Thank a bunch Orin. That information will be spot on by the looks of it. Don't seem like there's to building them, I just needed something to go by so it will be to scale.
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Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 15, 2009, 10:16:48 am
Went to the auto wrecker yesterday to get a manifold and came back with seats and an electric fan for the motor door. ;D Does anyone know when you put these fans on the door, do you just take the fan off the motor and turn it around to get it to blow instead of suck?http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/IMG_1187.jpg
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on November 15, 2009, 10:48:00 am
  It won't be any different if you turn the fan blades around. I think you will have to mount the fan to the door so that it will blow out. I have seen some electrical motors that will work in reverse if you change the wiring, but I don't think it will work on that motor being it's newer. 
  Would it work if it hauled in fresh air through one door, across the top of the engine & out the other door ?? Hot air rises?? Just a thought. Is your heat riser in the manifold working properly ?? 
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 16, 2009, 07:51:10 pm
O.T.  Good idea about the frost plugs and the fan blows if you switch the wires. ;D Heat riser for the choke? I have the choke hooked manual, the one on the old manifold was broke off. Anyone know the number for the bearing that's in the bottom of the steering shaft?? Got small brass bushing from princess auto, going to try one down there, but if it does not work good going to have to find a bearing.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on November 16, 2009, 08:42:08 pm
 

   Yea, I was talking about the manifold. Orin, there's a bearing at the bottom of the steering column ?? I think all that was in mine was broken needle bearings. I have to replace the piece of pipe that the column fits into. Sounds like a good idea to go your way. Thanks
                                                                                              OT. 
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 17, 2009, 08:38:41 am
O.T.  it is needle bearing, but they are in a cage. What ever that kind of bearing is called.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on November 17, 2009, 08:59:55 am
  A friend of mine was sizing up my bomber & thought a sealed ball bearing should work. Should be easier for me because where mine goes, that piece of pipe is rusted pretty good !! I could get the lower part of the steering shaft rebuilt straight & have a sealed bearing to fit over that & into the new pipe. 
  Needle bearings are the type originaly found in the boggies. Like short lengths of 1/4 rod.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on November 18, 2009, 09:24:38 am
 Quote from Orin

I think the frame work is almost done, a little to do in the front yet where the tin is behind the shocks and make new blocks for behind the half moon gear on the steering. I phoned around here to get plywood and all i can find is "good one side". One place told me they could order "good two sides", but i had to buy a whole lift!   Don't think I need that much.

 Orin can you let me know the proper size of those blocks, PLEASE. Thanks
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: Cranman on November 18, 2009, 11:52:47 pm
The doors on my 53 metal are wood lined like the wooden machines. I bought birch plywood at about $26 a sheet 5 years ago, and the back side veneer has some flaws and it definitely isn't birch, maybe a japaneese mahogany or something but it took a dark stain nicely that Cam put on it before the varnish. He put the finished side in against the metal and lined the doors completely, then made the maple frames around the perimeter, put some insulation in the void and then the plywood. You have to make sure your metal is bent just right to fit the opening before you skin and line the interior as it is impossible to change the shape afterward.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 19, 2009, 04:00:40 pm
O.T.  I used 1'X3" oak 6"s long. It took 4 of them and had to put a little piece of 3/16s steel to get it tight. The original was a bunch of pieces of plywood stacked together.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on November 20, 2009, 07:05:38 am
Quote from Orin;
   O.T.  Good idea about the frost plugs and the fan blows if you switch the wires.

  Orin, think you should be able to wire in a three position toggle switch, so you could push out hot air or pull in fresh air ? Probably a good idea to mount the fan on the manifold side of the engine.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on November 22, 2009, 07:08:38 am
O.T.
no muffler, just a piece of flex pipe curled around and coming out the back. I measured the rad for you and its 20"s wide, 25.5"s high and 3"s thick. Also took a pic of the way the vacuum hose is pointing on the distributor. For my motor mounts I used 2, 3" wide channel irons that are 57"s long. I made the motor mount part of it myself and the tranny part I just used the cross member that was in the van I took the motor and trans out of. I mounted the motor and trans on the channels out side, slid the whole thing in, lined it up where I wanted it and bolted it down. http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/008.jpg

   Orin, in this pic it looks like the two bolts made onto the trans, that are used to bolt the trans to the piece of cross member are in line with the angle piece that the lower pieces of plywood screw onto. If that's right, I should be able to use it as a reference point to line up my motor/trans.  Only other way I can do this is wait till I get the "tunnel in place & try measure it from there. Any thoughts about this ? ???
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 22, 2009, 08:58:08 am
O.T.  Are you going to just weld the cross pieces in and then bolt the channel iron to the like I did, or are you going to weld the channels in?
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on November 22, 2009, 09:07:57 am

   I was thinking of welding in the channel iron like Swamp Dawg did. For the trans I was thinking of welding a piece of channel across between the frame rails, drill two holes in it & bolt the trans to it. Sound OK ??
 
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on December 01, 2009, 11:04:05 am
Got small brass bushing from princess auto, going to try one down there, but if it does not work good going to have to find a bearing.

   Orin did you try that brass bushing yet ?? Will you have to get the tapered shaft on the column built up to accept the bushing ??
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Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: Cranman on December 01, 2009, 01:08:17 pm
Talked to Ted the other day and he says the bearing is a Torrington needle carriage bearing but he didn't know the number. There are still suppliers out there if you can get a good measurement.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on December 01, 2009, 03:13:55 pm

   How is it measured ?? It looks like a short piece of schedule 80 pipe with about a 1.25" inside diameter. I have to cut & replace the piece just above it where the gear sticks out through. At the bottom of that short pipe there appears to be some sort of thick insulating material. I think it's for the horn wire.
  Inside my steering column there's a 1/2" pipe that the steering wheel & the gear is made onto with a brass rod going through the center that had the horn wire soldered to.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on December 01, 2009, 05:31:17 pm
  Orin I think you will find the bearings that the boys are talking about on the site below.

  Torrington Needle Roller Bearings offered by Dalton Bearing ... Torrington Needle Roller Bearings supplied by Dalton Bearing Service, a worldwide distributor of Torrington Needle Roller Bearings.
www.daltonbearing.com/Torrington/Torrington-Needle-Roller-Bearings.asp
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on December 02, 2009, 01:25:59 pm
http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m366/theoldtrucker/Orinstransmissionwithinstructions.jpg

Orin can you check to see if this lines up with the bolts.

                                                                                 OT. 
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on December 10, 2009, 10:55:24 pm
Sorry for the late reply, been away fishing. The brass bushing seems like it will work alright. Will try to take some measurements for you in the morning O.T.   The thing is, if i'm off a little, it's going to screw you up alot because the 300 fits so tight.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on December 11, 2009, 09:32:47 pm
http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/Orinstransmissionwithinstructions.jpg
it lines up perfect with these bolts O.T. Mine is actually about an inch ahead of them, but if you put your even, you won't have to move your firewall ahead like I did.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on December 12, 2009, 04:38:35 am

  Thanks Orin!! That makes everything a lot easier. I still have the stump of the angle iron on the frame. Can you tell me if the metal used on the sides of the motor is welded or bolted to this angle iron??
   I appreciate this info!!  ;D

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Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on December 12, 2009, 11:17:40 am
Its bolted, the same bolt goes threw the angle iron then the plywood and then the steel. The steel is just welded along the bottom to the frame.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on December 17, 2009, 05:39:28 pm
Sorry for the late reply, been away fishing. The brass bushing seems like it will work alright. Will try to take some measurements for you in the morning O.T.  The thing is, if i'm off a little, it's going to screw you up alot because the 300 fits so tight.

  Orin I don't think that will hurt me for now. I can put the 3" channel in place & let the motor mount legs sit in place on top of it for now, allowing me to fine tune everything before bolting it in.

                                                                                         OT.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: grfishmaker on April 05, 2010, 08:13:02 am
Hey Orin, hows the machine coming along? I suppose you have been busy commercial fishing over the past few month's and put off the rebuilding. I got most of all the body work done last month (OT was offering me a kick in the rear as part of his Newfoundland incentive package so I figured I better get going befor he passes me on his machine).
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on April 09, 2010, 09:10:24 am
Yeah been fishing all winter. Have to get back at it soon. No plywood around here though, have to go to Wpg or Yorkton Sask. for that.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: grfishmaker on April 09, 2010, 03:32:26 pm
Yeah, I know what you mean about no plywood around (but you have to expect that when you live in a big city like you do). Same here, everything comes to a halt over the stupidest little thing that you need and it can hold you up until you head out and get it. I got most of the woodwork done on my machine now, and of course, just in time for summer. Now I need a foot of snow in April or May to take her for a ride. Claude was making me nervous at the rate they were going on his out there in Newfoundland so I tried to finish her up there last month.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on April 16, 2010, 07:29:00 am
  Someone has to get you going & spend some of your money!!! ha ha ha.....
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on November 14, 2010, 12:06:59 am
Well started on the bomber again. Have the plywood screwed on and started painting. This is where i'm at now.http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/186.jpg

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/185.jpg

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/188.jpgBack at it in the morning.
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on December 31, 2010, 12:34:39 am
Been working on the bomber the last few day, and while not quite finished yet had to go for a ride today. Still need to put in the side windows, tail lights and want to redo the doors. but was nice to go for a ride.  ;D http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/151.jpg

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae141/orinleecarlson/147.jpg
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: the old trucker on December 31, 2010, 07:42:53 am

   Looking good Orin !! It's the first time I saw a "red woody" In the second pic the red & black sides in behind the wheels stands out. Can't wait to see her finished....

                                                               One more for the road...  I mean snow                                                                                                           
                                                                                               The Old Trucker 
Title: Re: ORIN'S 50 REBUILD !!!!
Post by: orin on January 03, 2011, 11:34:04 pm
yeah, let the wife pick the color.... :o