Re: Halftrack re-engine projects

From: Convoy Magazine (convoymagazine@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jan 30 2006 - 18:43:46 PST


Perhaps the "Israeli" International, was an
International made in Canada?
cheers

--- Michael Gillman <tootallmike@hotmail.com> wrote:

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Hello,

 

Seeing as there are several Halftrack and Scout car
owners out there, I thought I�d mention a couple of
projects I�m currently involved with:

 

1: Ex-Israeli International HT: replacing original
engine with a 5.9l Cummins �B� diesel, using the
original gearbox. This is being done partly to improve
reliability and starting in cold and damp weather, but
also as an engineering challenge.

 

2: �Modified� International HT: installing NOS
White engine and �box into a heavily butchered
�bitsa�. It should look and sound ok from outside
but don�t look too closely at the rear bodywork,
which is mostly bolted mild steel plate.

 

We�ve discovered something very interesting between
these 2 set-ups and I wonder whether anyone else would
like to comment: the flywheel housings are different
sizes.

 

The ex-Israeli one had an SAE 2 housing on both the
engine and �box, while the NOS White units are both
SAE 3 (ie. smaller). The engines and �boxes appear
similar in all other respects. The size difference was
a surprise when we�d carefully lined up the Cummins
parts based on measurements taken from the White
units. Moral: never make assumptions.

 

We know that the Israelis upgraded many of their
HT�s with Detroit diesels and Allison auto �boxes,
so our theory is that they may have upgraded the
housings on all petrol engines and �boxes in
anticipation of this dieselisation programme.

 

The other theory is that White and International
engines and �boxes have different sized flywheel
housings as standard.

 

Does anyone have any experience of working on Israeli
HT�s or of re-engining HT�s?

 

Regards to all � Mike Gillman

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