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Monday, March 21, 2011

Stripping Old Bulkhead Continues

Continued taking items off of the old bulkhead this evening, tonight being the turn of the steering column and box, along with the accelerator pedal and linkages.

A couple of  views of the round junction box:


An overall view of things as they stand now. Remains of the old electrical loom may stay until the new bulkhead is installed and wired up, as the new loom that will be installed does not have the wires for the turn signals, and I'll need to know how to hook them up.

Engine looking a little more exposed. At lower left is what I believe is the original single pulley for the generator, which was removed so that a double could also power the hydraulic snowplow arm. It was wedged between the bulkhead and chassis, at lower right. Tried to get the exhaust and inlet manifolds off tonight, but each has one very seized/rust corroded bolt in a very awkward spot that will take some thought. Note the gooseneck exhaust manifold, which will be replaced with a standard later version, as it goes straight down and will match up with the new exhaust pipes. Would like to get the engine off soon.

A quick view of the auxiliary panel and the hand throttle. I have a replacement starter button, so I hope the original doesn't turn up somewhere! The two rusty items protruding downwards are actually large nails trapped in the bulkhead. Wouldn't want to have swung a foot or knee up onto those. They'll come out when the bullets come out. The black goop on the bulkhead is the adhesive for the insulation that used to be there.