From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Fri Dec 20 2002 - 10:33:25 PST
Bones, I was working under an old 49 chevy pickup truck once and my cousin walked
into the shop. Recognizing his voice when he greeted me, I said "Hello Bob" and he
asked me what I was doing. I said "aw....I'm putting on an oil pan gasket and I
couldn't find any gasket shellac. He said "well, I know why your whistling?", I said
"why's that?" He said "to keep from crying". Ever try tying on a pan gasket with
thread and get everything to line up? After several attempts, I took it back out and
tied every hole. It'll work but you need patience and whistling on occasion. Gasket
sealers weren't as common then as they are now days. Yesterday, I put together a
transfer case for son's chevy truck and opened a new tube of silicon RTV (room
temperature vulcanizing) . It had a skate key enclosed with it. After studying it a
little, I determined that it was to wind the tube up with as you used it. Got a lot
neater bead with that method.
Military content: I just dug out an old OD mil gen set that I'd stashed years ago
and just now looking at again. Heres what the plates read; Signal Corps, Power
unit, PE-108-B. Also, Pioneer Gen-E-Motor Generator. The control unit on it reads
mfd by The Hallicrafters Co., Chicago, Illinois. It has two 5/16" NC terminals on it
(for a battery start?) and a start button that looks like an old Ford dash starter
button from the 30s or 40s era. I had it running years ago and I think it put out
110 volts and about 5 amps. It has a toggle switch for hi and low power and a 7 pin
connector w/ threads on it about 1 1/4" dia. It appeared a little weak in the horse
power department, like it was due for a rebuild or a valve job. Anyone know anything
about it? And, yes, I could sell it....if I'm tempted right. Email me....Fred,
southern Ohio
"Mr. Bones" wrote:
> Since I don't have a M151, I am not certain if this tip will apply, but thought
> it worth sharing, just in case:
>
> You can use sewing thread to hold gaskets onto parts like this, by threading it
> through one or two of the holes of the part and gasket to maintain the proper
> alignment while your other two hands are busy. This is sort of an old hillbilly
> method, (yes, I am both :-)), but has worked for me many times. I have never had
> any resulting leakage.
>
> Good luck, whichever method you use, and keep 'em rolling!
>
> T. Bones Morris
>
> Steve & Jeanne Keith wrote:
>
> > There is a gasket set that most of the M151 dealers have. You need to remove
> > the manifold and engine pipe.
> >
> > The trickiest part is getting all the gaskets to stay in place AND getting
> > the bolt that goes
> > into the block below started. Get that one started 1st!!!
> >
> > Steve AKA Dr Deuce
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gundocmike" <gundocmike@okplus.com>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 10:29 AM
> > Subject: [MV] M151A2 Exhaust Manifold leaking
> >
> > > Howdy, List
> > > I recently found out my M151A2 has an exhaust leak where the engine meets
> > the exhaust manifold. Does
> > > anyone know what parts I will need to fix this? The TM -34P shows a square
> > looking gasket, but it
> > > only shows one in the book, shouldn't there be 4 of these?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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