. Driving home this morning from Ste Mere Eglise and viewing the rain-drops sliding across the snake oil coating.    IMG_3472.mov   Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, May 23  2O25.    …. IMG_3472.mov

Last week I had a company outing so no work was done on the jeep, but yesterday I was back at it. It was raining so I did a little more cleaning of the block inside the garage, then carried on with the steering box.   It was filled with grease which is the wrong lubricant as it is too thick and the worm wheel pushes it away instead of getting lubed, and originally SAE90-grade oil is prescribed. It can leak a bit then though, which is probably the reason the filler plug on top was replaced by a grease zerk.   I opened the box and scooped out as much grease as I could. I didn't want to loosen or take out any internal parts as the condition of there is excellent and everything is set correctly, so after cleaning out as much grease as I could and rinsing the inside I made a paper gasket, applied some gasket sealer on both sides and closed the box again. I then filled it with 80W90 gear oil and left it in the vice till next week, to see if it will leak. Funny enough it doesn't have an oil seal at the base of the steering column.   As said before it turned out to be a GPW steering box, and I came across some more 'F' marks that luckily will mostly be hidden from view 😋      

. Ste Mere Eglise this morning, RAINING !!!!   I went for coffee this morning in Ste Mere Eglise there were rain showers off and on, I was laughing inwardly at people on adding tables looking at the rain landing on the Jeep and looking at me thinking he's driving that Jeep with no windscreen or rain protection.  Little did they know that I had snake oil protection on the jeep.          Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, May 25  2O25.    ….

Ex Marine and his Haunted Samurai Sword Bring Back     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Encounter_(The_Twilight_Zone)

A good close up of Fredrick March's character's Pacific War Ribbons  in the Best Years Of Our Lives.

The FSSF Rope on one 2nd Lieutenant David W. Cuddy, stateside during training, post unknown. he would be KIA at Anzio in the 3rd Regiment of the Brigade..

. Sherlock Holmes quote !!!!   I woke at 06h00 this morning to breakfast and shower BUT it was raining heavily so back to bed for a while and watch an old 1943 episode of Sherlock Holmes.   While searching through a missing persons house looking for clues to the disappearance Holmes makes a statement to Watson.    " Watson,  some day I am going to write a book about the obnoxious habit of collecting useless trivia ' , It's taken me a lifetime to understand and agree with that statement !!!!  It's hard to dispose of many memorable items which bring back those places and people memories.       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, May 23  2O25.    ….

https://ebay.us/m/BCiXgD     Some of it looks "real" as in they are actual military items, but whether or not their actual captures I have no idea.   He's trying to sell what looks like a Russian trouser belt for 45 dollars, and I just bought one yesterday for 10.

Would you be able to post a link to his eBay store?

Here are a pair of golden eagle liberty cuffs on a jumper I saw for sale on FB Mkt.