Sorry for no update for a few guys. Pump has been successfully removed and the cross member and carrier bearing from a donor chassis I had at the lot has been grafted in place. Interestingly enough the Bearing was a little rough so after consulting the Master Parts we were able to get a replacement bearing from the O'Reilly's down the road and replace it. Got to love field serviceable parts!! We did end up offsetting the bearing a little from it's normal position via a plate we made up. This was done to allow him to use the original front drive shaft that ran from the Clark trans to the fire pump. The original rear drive shaft was a little too short. So we found a longer one in my truck pile and had it shortened about 3" to the proper length. Offsetting the bearing was done to keep us from having to have 2 drive shafts modified and the plate we put in place can be removed putting it back in it's normal position. Lot's of other detail work was handled over the weekend including getting the tail lights working again and removing some of the other fire truck parts.
The plan today was to mount the flatbed but a typical fuel system issue popped up and after a short tow back to the lot, Paul spent most of the day cleaning out the tank, carb and lines. Funny how removing several hundred pounds of weight off the back of a truck kicks up some crud in the tank.
I'll try to get some updated pictures on the link above tomorrow morning.
Mongo
