Vintage 3 Speed Truck Question

[retroman]

Hi Guy's,

I've finally managed to get a Blazing Blazer, and it's quite tidy!! Very lucky find. I was wondering if there were any known "tutorials", or threads on how to strip and rebuild the 3 speed gearbox?? The manual shows the gearbox as prebuilt, completed with motor, ready to fit, but no details on strip down and rebuild. I want to give the thing a full strip down and rebuild before I run it, as I know that it has been sat in a loft for probably 15 to 20 years, and everything feels a little stiff and dry.

Can anyone help?? I want to make sure that I do this one right.

Thanks in advance,

Rich :-)

[backtomyroots]

I think this is what you need:

http://kope.com/bruiser/TrannySvcManual.pdf

[Live Steam Mad]

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=45337

Cheers,

Alistair G.

[retroman]

Thanks guy's, that's brilliant.

Looks like I need to make a scale drip tray to go under it!! Not worried about it leaking, would just like to know that it has been done properly, and working correctly :-)

I'll try and post up some "as found" pictures in a bit.

[mymonsterbeetleisbroken]

I recently cleaned up and rebuilt my bruisers transmission using that exact same PDF.

All the instructions work out, just follow them carefully and you'll be fine. It won't hurt to take some reference pictures as you go.

Just make sure you don't loose any of the parts, as some like to roll around the table

Here's some pictures I took while disassembling:

Rebuilt:

Probably worth adding some ball bearings in there too. I added ball bearings in places where I didn't need to use shims to replace the odd shaped bushings.

[retroman]

Wow, that's one shiny gearbox. Looks lovely :-)

It looks very similar to the Tractor Truck gearboxes. It's great to have some reference pictures, so I know what to expect.

The Blazer is now a pile of bits all over the table. It's took a while, everything was well and truly thread locked.......Or seized!! A bit of patience, and penetrating oil got the job done. I've also stripped the rear axle down tonight, all the grease has dried out, and it was really tight to turn over. Luckily the parts look in good condition though.

Unfortunately the tyres have dried out, and one of the rears has some splits from perishing, although they're luckily not split all the way through. I guess that new tyres are going to be pretty hard to get hold of, and expensive??

I've took plenty of pictures before I started, so I'll see if I can post them up tommorow:-)

Thanks for the help Guy's