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  1. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    The M211 doesn't have a chassis, except for the one I sat the cab on last weekend so I could get it up off the ground to make it easier to work on. It is an old WW2 Australian army trailer converted from 18 inch wheels to 20 inch wheels. Time line tells on the M211 are, no jump start plug on...
  2. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    Here is a question that only you guys will know the answer to. When I removed the passenger seat from the M211 today to get it ready to fit to the M216 I found that the M211 has a different mounting bracket closest to the door. I checked the holes in the rear of the cab on the M216 in case the...
  3. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    m1010 the filters were local, but I waited 8 working days for them as I got them in a stock shipment, so that I didn't have to pay freight from Brisbane. I could have got them overnight if it was urgent. The blue paint is just a civilian, shiny, oily, version of what all the outside was when I...
  4. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    My P52 engine oil filters turned up today, I bought 4 as they will fit my Studebakers and my Diamond T, if they become really hard to get I don't want to be stuck with out any. It was $120.00 AUS for the 4 I thought that was fair enough. Actually might even buy some more. The problem with the...
  5. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    Some photos. 1 The deep bronze green Hydramatic. The red paint tin lid is keeping dirt out while I clean the filler cap and dipstick. 2 Looking across to where the dump lever was repositioned on the far right hand side. I was concerned when I found that there is a lever latch thing on the...
  6. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    Thanks, I think the handle looks nicer up as it doesn't cover the plates on that side of the dash when up. I am not doing anything with the transmission except fill it with Hytran, then drop that if the transmission turns and put some more clean Hytrans in. I am going to way overfill it for the...
  7. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    Got a little bit more done, the hydraulic dump lever is now out. I am in the middle of reversing the LH/RH conversion on the lever. I have a few photos but completely tired out from busy weekend, mostly with grand kids and not much on the old girl (truck that is, not missus). Big floor plate is...
  8. K

    M135 M211 2 speed transfer case mod

    Good day Duuane, I try to use as many Caterpillar parts as I can in restorations, mostly because the parts are made to imperial measurements. The keys for instance will be made to a very high standard, bolts have the thick head as used on most American wartime vehicles. I use the thick head...
  9. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    What is the general opinion of the passenger side grab handle position. I see in TM9-8024 that it is in the down position, going through the numerous photos of dashes it looks like about 50/50 up and down. I went to try the M211 grab bar in the M216 and as a famous person use to say "missed by...
  10. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    I took the hood back to the panel shop today. The manager said the tradesman is away for another week, and that I could leave the hood there as he will call in some time during the week to give me a quote. When I pulled the tourneau cover back on the ute to get the hood out, the three helpers...
  11. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    m1010plowboy Okay, just measured the Holden distributor and it is a perfect match for measurements, so now I can continue with getting the engine side of things trying to work. I can't express how grateful I am for you doing that for me, the time you saved me, plus even if I did get the...
  12. K

    M211 in the Navy!?!

    I know this is an old thread but I thought this photo of my US Navy M211 cab in Australia, might help someone. I don't know any history it came as part of a deal with my M216. The plate on the dash has the DOD etc. blank. Ken
  13. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    m1010plowboy, thanks for the offer of help. A measurement from the bottom of the tip of the distributor shaft to the base of the distributor where it sits on the block, and another measurement from the bottom of the tip to the bottom of the gear. Those 2 measurements would be a huge help to see...
  14. K

    G749 preservation

    Good day m1010plowboy, Over the last few days I have read a lot of this thread, I have enjoyed your enthusiasm, your excellent narrative and more than a few very helpful pictures. I felt your sadness when your Dad passed on, and it was lovely to see the pride you have in your family. I wish I...
  15. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    Good day all, My brother in-law had a 1978 Scout which was very trouble free, but in the end it was just a chassis with glass and a fibre glass canopy, held together with paint as it had got so rusty from all the beach work it did. He did get the rust cut out a couple of times but in the end it...
  16. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    Have had some fun with the old girl over the last few days. I got all the right hand drive controls out with the help of a 4" cutting disc, I undid the bolts that I could get at. Undid the seat bolts got the right hand drivers seat out, and the left hand passenger seat is ready to lift out. I...
  17. K

    M135 from Salmon, Idaho

    Good day Merle, I really enjoyed reading your thread, lots of pictures and good ideas that will help me with my truck. Ken
  18. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    Just remembered you can search Vicroads vehicle registration data base, I put in the chassis number but it shows as no record found. Ken
  19. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    Rick, I am trying to find anything I can about the trucks civilian life, so far nothing much. I am grateful that I do have the name and location of the former owner. Things I have found are that the truck lived on the main road, the Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne so a lot of truck...
  20. K

    M216 Cdn Australian restoration

    Good day Rick, Yes I am converting it back to left hand drive for these reasons, # 1, because the previous owner had done such a gentle job of the conversion that it will be a very easy job to change back, it is almost as if the person doing the job wanted to keep the old girl as original as...
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