1962 M37 Newbie in Maryland

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After much grinding and blasting, the first layers of primer are applied. I love this part.

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Noticed some interesting markings. Guess this has something to do with the 5.9 gear ratio?


Put my girlfriend Kim to work on the wire wheel.


Me working with the soda blaster. Love that thing, but boy does it make a mess.

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Pulling apart the 3rd member.

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Some pieces after being wire-wheeled, soda blasted and primed.


Got some work to do here.

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Discovered that these mounting plates were welded to the axle. The other side's brackets came right off. Is this normal?


No problem on this side.


There she is, all stripped down. Time to clean!

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Maybe we can coax it off with some heat?


Or maybe we can just pulverize it with an acetylene torch.

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Need to get serious here. Can't get these bearings off.


This ended up being a little too big. We used one about 1/3 the size, it did the trick.


Had to resort to the saws-all.

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Interesting little brass bushing. I shall replace it with a conventional bearing.


Serviceable? mm, probably not.

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I think there was some water in here, but overall everything seems to be in solid shape. Granted I don't really know what I am looking at, but if I had to guess I would say we have something to work with.

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Gross

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Just documenting everything before I tear it apart. What a friggin mess.

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Had my dad in the shop for my birthday. These are the days of the build I will remember most.