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Old 16th December 2014, 21:45
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TK Questions

I thought I'd start a new TK thread because Mystery Part was large and off-topic!

Here's one:

Why did they use a mixture of bolts and rivets on the chassis? The rear engine/gearbox mountings for example are riveted AND bolted to the chassis. Why would you use both I wonder?
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Old 16th December 2014, 22:55
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Without refreshing my memory, ISTR that the engine rear mounting / gearbox crossmember has a removable section to facilitate removal of the power unit - and in particular the gearbox.
The support brackets for this crossmember are rivetted to the sidemembers IIRC.
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Old 17th December 2014, 00:03
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The support brackets are in two parts (per side) and these are riveted together. The assembly is then riveted AND bolted to the chassis. If you remove the bolts (2) it does nothing because the bracket is riveted (4) to the chassis rail. It's the same both sides so not a repair I don't think.
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Old 17th December 2014, 00:14
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The stubby brackets are intended to remain fastened to the sidemembers, whilst the crossmember should be unbolted if necessary and removed.
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Old 17th December 2014, 00:52
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It's the stub brackets I am talking about, probably a poor photo because the cross-member and gearbox are all out now. The stub brackets are bolted and riveted to the side rails.
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Old 4th January 2015, 23:23
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Interestingly the same question came up on another forum I visit with a chap doing up a much newer truck

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/t...-engine.49260/

He has completely dismantled the chassis and commented that the cross members were attached to the rails with a mixture of bolts and rivets. The theory is that the bolts are used to align everything prior to riveting
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Old 5th January 2015, 01:11
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That guy is 'ambitious' to say the least.

I'd love to know if he actually gets it running legally.
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Old 5th January 2015, 01:18
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It's amazing what these guys get up to! Makes my efforts look very 'small fry'.

The folk on that welding forum (particularly under the Projects section) and others on the Hot Rod forums that I follow do things with metal that I did not even think possible and often with simple hand tools!
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Old 5th January 2015, 01:22
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Would it be a good idea to use something like this as a pre-filter before the lift pump to remove water and any large debris or is there not much advantage in that?

If so, would it be difficult to bleed if it is on the suction side of the lift pump?

BTW Happy New Year, hope you had a good one
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Old 15th January 2015, 22:43
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Naked TK Chassis!

All blasted and painted in a beautiful pink primer
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