Catman and the Smoking Gun.

[Catman]

I decided to spend a couple (2) days Rained in with bad weather working on one of my Cat 30 Projects, Known as the smoking Gun over many years of history see Piccy no1 , This is one cat 30 Seized Solid Minus Engine Etc (as is in piccy number one),, I purchased the Weapon about 6 years ago and saved this CAT from the melt pot , found in a junk yard in ca.

In the last 2 days I have managed to spend some time with my tear down tools:- inc 14 Lb sledge, 6 Lb Club, 3 Lb hammer, 2 Lb hammer 1 LB Hammer, different sizes of Copper Hammers, Steel / Brass Drifts, The Gas-Axe, 1/2 " Drive Impact Wench, 1 " Impact Wench, Industrial Combo Wrenches, Prybars / Chisels, a quart of Kroil, and a few home made tools Typically the General Cat Tear down tools .

I managed to take a couple of piccys on route. See attached.

Does Cat Inc still stock the main shaft and layshaft/ final drive shafts for a 1928 Cat 30 ?, I can see myself making some Forging and re-cutting the Shafts , Anyone else need any cat 30 Pinion Shaft/gear, or Bulldrive Gear Assy, I might be getting a couple remade, if I dont find any good ones.

The Smoking Gun is in Pieces, but with time, new bearings and shafts / gears, etc etc etc etc etc etc The Smoking Gun Will be Back, Its a Labour of love, Jnr CM Louis wants to paint the "smoking Gun" RED, Bright Red , if thats the case when I would Like to Add the Orange Flames down the Side LOL, It must be grey or OZDOZER will get the CAT Police onto me


Catman

[Catman]

some more piccys

catman

[Steve A]

I dident see a porta power on the list or in the pictuers, I am thinkin you had it easy

Having seen these pictuers makes me feel better knowing I am not the only fool willing to spend a lot of time and money just to make a machine work again.

My 30 has a oil leak or 2 between the main case and final, I will be studying your pics.

BTW, I did reply to your e mail, not sure if you got it.

[Catman]

Steve A , yes I have your email, I will help you out the best I can, I am looking at a 1800 mile trip, Apart from meeting fellow cat guys in usa, I have also become friends with some Good Truckie Guys thanks to ACMOC


Ref porta power on the list or in the pictuers, If I can find a good 30 ton Hydraulic set, that will do all pulling jobs, then I would buy a set,, but for now I seem to manage well with some "HOME MADE TOOLING" , I have seen pics of your worky shop, so I guess you are able to copy my design, or even improve it. the puller has double drill holes, the smaller dia locations are to suit the Crankshaft Timming Gear, I made a Centre Stud from EN24, and I use the revoling Centre from one of my Snap On Puller sets, and The Disc is to suit the centre shaft, for location, then I use my 1" Drive Impact Wench at 120 PSI, and 100 CFM behind it Something has to move,, I started out with a plate 1" thick, but bent that prototype and stripped the threads, now at 3 inches thick, It Works just fine, I had Actally Pulled the whole Clutch Assy Wide Open, before it made a real big bang, and released the back of the hub. some of the tools used by cat serviceman back in 1930 for the cat 30 are so simple and COOL,, I like the wooden tool for removing the valve spring collets, you can even do it with the head on, and remove the piston from the bottom. sometimes the simplest method are just as effective as the modern high tech methods, I do get away sometimes by using Bent large Chisels and 2- 8 ton Bottle Jacks to apply a lot of weight on one side, while using a bar of copper and a 14 Ib Technical Adjusting tool , I use the principle of if your going to hit it, Hit it hard, and shock it out,but dont miss the hit, the other method of hitting the thing 20 times with a smaller weight, only bears up the thing being hit., if its a shaft then I screw a nut on the shaft, and use a copper hammer no 3 min, and really give it sum power stroke , This Reminds me, I need a New copper Hammer no 3 and no 4, on my xmas list from santa I have actually lost count of the number of copper hammers I have gone throu in the last 10 years, But I do burn off the iron, and add the copper to my Scrap bin better to scrap a hammer than scrap or damage a needed part.

I also decided to make a Box Wrench for the final hub bearings adjustment, by using some simple fab techniques, I have made a couple of these type of tools, one is for my landrover wheel hub bearings, but that one is welded up and the hexagon has been milled in

I am just sharing some of my own methods, we all learn from each other

Catman

[Catman]

It looks like I Need to Re-manufacture the Gaskets for the Cat 30 Transmission One has to Remember " Sometimes a Gasket can Act as A SHIM", So you need to use the Correct Thinkness of Matl, and the right type of Gasket matl.

Unless anyone else Has a Good source for Cat 30 Gaskets for the Rear end ?,

Catman