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I need a button for the parking brake handle. There's a threaded rod, looks to be a 1/4" course thread. The button screws on to the top of that and you push down on it with your thumb when you want to release the brake. All this one has is a nut. I called Gary Hebding, who is the king of halftrack parts and no one repros the knob and all he could sell me is complete handles.
I don't need a complete handle, as mine is already sandblasted, painted and works.
Is there a source out there for generic knobs? A black one is completely fine.
This is what I have:
And this is what I should have:
So I've got this 1942 M2A1 halftrack and I'm doing some work to it.
Vehicle was restored about 10 years ago and has basically sat in a building since then. All the brake fluid drained out of it (I think it's the master cylinder) and none of the gauges or lights were hooked up when he did the resto. I think he got 90% done with it and just never got over that final hump. So I have to put new tracks on it (the old ones were so trashed they were undriveable) and while the tracks are off, now's the time to do wheel cylinders and axle seals.
So it's rebuild the rear hubs, rebuild the brakes, swap the tracks, paint the new sprockets because they came in black and some semi-gloss OD instead of WWII flat OD, get all the electricals to work, replace the battery and build a correct battery hold down, etc., etc.
For instance, this is what I have:
and this is what I should have:
I don't need a complete handle, as mine is already sandblasted, painted and works.
Is there a source out there for generic knobs? A black one is completely fine.
This is what I have:
And this is what I should have:
So I've got this 1942 M2A1 halftrack and I'm doing some work to it.
Vehicle was restored about 10 years ago and has basically sat in a building since then. All the brake fluid drained out of it (I think it's the master cylinder) and none of the gauges or lights were hooked up when he did the resto. I think he got 90% done with it and just never got over that final hump. So I have to put new tracks on it (the old ones were so trashed they were undriveable) and while the tracks are off, now's the time to do wheel cylinders and axle seals.
So it's rebuild the rear hubs, rebuild the brakes, swap the tracks, paint the new sprockets because they came in black and some semi-gloss OD instead of WWII flat OD, get all the electricals to work, replace the battery and build a correct battery hold down, etc., etc.
For instance, this is what I have:
and this is what I should have:
