Messier Dampers & Wheel Hubs

First Damper painted and fitted.  All Road Wheels will be removed and Wheel hubs checked, painted & oil replaced.  Suspension arms also painted.  Just 9 more to do !!!

All Engine Covers Fitted

Its been a while since I have posted anything.....  mainly due to work, yet again, getting in the way !!

The Sabre is looking pretty good.....  I am just starting to fit the Messier dampers.  At the same time I will replace any dubious looking road wheels and change the oil in all of the wheel hubs.

Drivers Seat & Engine Bulkhead

The Drivers Seat as been refurbished and is looking good.

Bulkhead between Driver & Engine now fitted.

CVRT Sabre... Turret hatches and Side Bins Fitted.

Turret hatches and Side Bins Fitted.

Cooling Fan - Bearings & Blades Replaced

The Cooling Fan was extremely noisy... as can be deduced from my last Video Clip  (previous post)

Fan was removed (a bit of a pain) and stripped down.... bearings were knackered !

New bearings ordered.... and fitted.  Also, as luck would have it, I managed to get hold of another fan unit which had no damage to the fan blades so one good unit was made out of the two.

I also had another Alternator... so decided to replace the existing one, which I now know works fine, so I now have a good spare.

vehicle has been started and sound lovely....  video to follow.

Worn out bearing

Component parts of original fan

New Bearings fitted to main shaft

Assembled "New" unit

Fan Blades - No damage

Sanding, Paint Stripping & Painting !

Great day out in the sunshine.....  

Commanders / Gunners Hatches Painted

O/S Hull Exterior Bin Stripped back to bare Aluminium 

Fibreglass NBC intake Duct

Centre Bulkhead Stripped and Undercoated 

N/S Hull Bin Painted

Sabre Moves... Video & HDR Photos

Sabre Moves...  Video & HDR Photos

SABRE..... MOVES !!

SATURDAY Aug 3rd 2013

Well.... the Sabre moved under its own power... Out and back into the garage.
Photos below...  video to follow shortly.

Update 29th July 2013 !!

Can't believe my last post was back in May !! 

Work and a Holiday have severely hampered progress.... so there was nothing to report..... however over the last couple of weeks work has resumed. 

Front bulkhead fitted.....  Fan and both belts fitted.....  steering & brake hydraulics bled and checked for leaks. 

Just sorting out the wiring...  ignition and starter circuits working....  so all the other bits can wait.  Front indicators work.... but there is no wiring to the rear end yet !

I really need to see the Sabre move under its own power so I'm concentrating on this objective.  If I can drive it out and back into the garage then a big milestone will have been achieved.

So...  movement is now quite close.....  A)  Connect all the gearbox oil pipes up   B)  fit radiator and coolant pipes   C)  Wire up the fuel pump !!

Here are photos taken today...

Belts fitted and tensioned 

All new brake / steering pipes

Sorting out the wiring !!

Video Update ... Turn Yer Sound Up !!

Video Overview of  current status of restoration as of may 2013

Sabre - Engine Bay Mid-May 2013

A few photos of the engine bay and exterior of Turret.

Engine & Gearbox now installed.

TN15 7 Speed Gearbox

 

LH Main & Steering Brake 

RH Main & Steering Brake

Turret Furniture...!

So... its been a while since i have updated the blog.  I have had a problem with my shoulder plus work commitments and a holiday have slowed things down a bit.  The gearbox is now in....  photos with my next post.

Most of the gear, periscopes, sights etc are now installed in the upper turret.

... in-fact she is pretty close to completion......  just cooling system (radiator / Fan etc) .. couple of bulkheads and drivers seat... plus check / test fuel pump... and we may be able to move under own power !!

Still got to collect "Part Worn" track from Chris McMillan.... and fit dampers and exterior bins.    The interior (lower) of the turret....  basket seats etc will have to wait for now.

Commanders Periscope / Sight

Gunners Periscope / Sight / Night Sight

All Scopes now fitted

Propshaft overhauled - New Rubber Doughnut Joints Fitted