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M718A1 restoration

Unread post by Hambone » March 9th, 2019, 1:44 am

I've been waiting too long to get started on this one, 7 years of collecting parts, time to get this party started. :D
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Re: M718A1 restoration

Unread post by rickf » March 9th, 2019, 9:12 am

Yea, yea. Warm weather is right around the corner and this will go right back in the corner once the good fishin' gets here. :roll: :twisted: :twisted:
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Unread post by m3a1 » March 9th, 2019, 11:29 am

That looks like what we'd all like to have -

A good starting place!

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Unread post by Hambone » March 9th, 2019, 12:15 pm

The last three I've worked on had rust, THANK GOD this one doesn't, The clutch is stuck, so the motor will be coming out for paint job and clutch replacement, I don't know what kind of paint is on it but it is thick and comes off in big flakes in some places. Looks like removing the paint is going to be a PITA, it does have 3 nice M38 wheels on it :D , I think I will take a break on fishing this year, Rick, plus I have a trip planned to the Northeast this summer.

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Unread post by rickf » March 9th, 2019, 4:54 pm

On that paint, If it is thick and falling off you might want to try heating it with a torch and see if it will peel with a scraper. That works fantastic for bondo, especially if you can heat the metal from behind.
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Re: M718A1 restoration

Unread post by Hambone » March 9th, 2019, 7:21 pm

rickf wrote:On that paint, If it is thick and falling off you might want to try heating it with a torch and see if it will peel with a scraper. That works fantastic for bondo, especially if you can heat the metal from behind.
Some is coming up with a sharp wood chisel, it's peeling up all the way to bare metal, even pulling up the original paint but bonded well in other places. I put some 40 grit on my orbital sander and it worked fairly well. After two hours of work and several curse fits, I was able to get the ROPS loose, I was hoping a buddy would drop by and drink a beer, it's a tough one man job.
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Unread post by Mark » March 9th, 2019, 7:52 pm

When I removed the ROPS on the A2, to get the rear legs loose in the foot, I had to cut one leg, then heat and twist the ROPS leg with a pipe wrench.Then free up the other leg, then use heat/twisting the leg.I have a picture of using a floor jack to free it from the foot, but no success.
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Unread post by Hambone » March 9th, 2019, 9:57 pm

Mark wrote:When I removed the ROPS on the A2, to get the rear legs loose in the foot, I had to cut one leg, then heat and twist the ROPS leg with a pipe wrench.Then free up the other leg, then use heat/twisting the leg.I have a picture of using a floor jack to free it from the foot, but no success.
They never installed the rear section of the ROPS, just the front section, and installed a hardtop with a few sheet metal screws, it was supposedly used as a runabout jeep on an AFB. There was no way the bar was coming out without unbolting the feet, had to be creative holding backup on some of the mounting bolts, plus they were all rusty with locknuts. It took me a while to beat the feet off, they were bonded on with rust, and I couldn't get it out without removing the feet, started to come-a-long the legs together a couple inches. :lol:

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Unread post by Mark » March 9th, 2019, 10:08 pm

Ya, on the middle/front feet I unbolted them from the mutt, removed the ROPS, laid it on the ground, heated the feet up, took a BFH and beat the feet off.I read somewhere they weren't meant to come off as the ROPS wasn't to be removed, etc. I have always wondered in an actually rollover with force how well the body held together?
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Unread post by rickf » March 10th, 2019, 11:04 am

The couple ROPS that I removed I kind of cheated, I used a forklift under the rops and lifted the vehicle up a few inches off the ground and then started beating up against the bottom of the forks with a sledge. Between the shock on the cage and the 2000 lb. vehicle pulling down the tubes pulled out, rust or no rust. Usually one or two at a time and I would use a come-a-long to hold that corner up to even out the load as the others came loose. Heat from a torch was also used on the feet. I did have one that after three hour we said the hell with it and torched it out. It was easier to weld up the holes than fight with it for days.
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Unread post by Fil Bonica » March 10th, 2019, 11:45 am

When the rear mounts were frozen in place I resorted to cutting the pipe with a Sawzall at the wheelhouse.
I then removed the whole stanchion and remaining pipe from the bottom.
Not a fun job.
The Canadien ROPs is so much simpler and less destructive to the vehicle


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Unread post by m3a1 » March 10th, 2019, 2:05 pm

Any idea what the story is behind that goofy hole in the locker door?

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Unread post by m3a1 » March 10th, 2019, 2:08 pm

Hambone wrote:
rickf wrote:I was hoping a buddy would drop by and drink a beer, it's a tough one man job.
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Ya gotta balance those tough jobs with some easy jobs or your chums will go get their beer elsewhere! :lol:

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Re: M718A1 restoration

Unread post by m3a1 » March 10th, 2019, 2:10 pm

Looks like that right side mirror bracket doesn't play well with the cowling. You had better watch folding that windshield frame down carefully or you'll have another job to do on that truck!

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Unread post by Fil Bonica » March 10th, 2019, 2:42 pm

You need one of my new special brackets.
It mounts to the same points and uses a conventional mirror mount.
When folding the windshield there should not be any interference.

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