robinb Posted August 6, 2016 Share #1 Posted August 6, 2016 Built in 1938 originally as an M4 Machinegun Cart, then converted by the Army to an M3 Utility Cart by removing the number 4 from the data plate and stamping a 3 in its place. Currently undergoing restoration in my shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted August 6, 2016 Author Share #2 Posted August 6, 2016 Discovered that Coker Tire handles the correct tires, right down to the side wall markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted August 6, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted August 6, 2016 Disassembled the wheel bearings and cleaned them inside and out, sort of. They will get a more thorough cleaning soon. I was amazed at how many parts made up the wheel bearings. I'll post more detailed photos later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted August 8, 2016 Share #4 Posted August 8, 2016 I know of about three to four of those rock island arsenal carts. There at a boy scout camp here in the Adirondacks, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw them. The scout use them to haul wood out the woods. And there all in pretty good shape. My sons are out of scouts now, but there still there. Sent from my XT1031 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted August 9, 2016 Got the wheels back from the motorcycle shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldabewla Posted August 25, 2016 Share #6 Posted August 25, 2016 Robinb, You will need to paint the little oval on the side of the tire flat red this was done to the military motorcycle tires on all the firestone (same tire here) was done to indicated made for war production only so if these tires end up on a civilian motorcycle on the street of the USA during WWII this showed they were stolen from war production plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbtcoveralls Posted August 25, 2016 Share #7 Posted August 25, 2016 Robinb, You will need to paint the little oval on the side of the tire flat red this was done to the military motorcycle tires on all the firestone (same tire here) was done to indicated made for war production only so if these tires end up on a civilian motorcycle on the street of the USA during WWII this showed they were stolen from war production plant. the red oval actually denoted synthetic compound tires which required different handling than the normal rubber tires. Some tires had the synthetic compound also as part of the red dot (S-2, S-3, S-4 etc). Motorcycle tires would have been S-2. Tom Bowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted August 28, 2016 Took the bearings apart to clean and grease them. Wow! What a lot of parts. This is the outside bearing so only half of the assembly is pictured. The inner bearing is the large castellated assembly in the top left corner of the first picture. It's pretty much the same inside as all those parts pictured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share #9 Posted August 28, 2016 But at least now it's all finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle-Tac Posted August 30, 2016 Share #10 Posted August 30, 2016 Lovely job looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk0911 Posted August 31, 2016 Share #11 Posted August 31, 2016 awesome job - just big enough to tote a keg of beer around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0bbeL Posted August 31, 2016 Share #12 Posted August 31, 2016 Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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