The engine is running

Today I Did some more work on the truck.
The Hydraulic pump I was repairing is complete and it is working.

It is however leaking some oil on a blocking nut. It will be looked after some other time.
In order to tilt the cabin the grill has to be in its upright position. Since there are apparently some parts missing I had to take it from the truck. I also removed the Bumper with headlights to get better access to the clutch pump.

With the cabin in the upright position a got better access to the feeding pump and could pump it up with fuel.
The next thing I did was to take the battery's I got and hook them up. They are a bit to large to get in the compartment for it so I made the cannections with some jumper cables.
And the I tried to start it. Battery's are low  so the charger was plugged in and after a while I tried to start it again.
With success after a few moments.
The engine was running first at a low idle and stalled several times. After A while trying it kept running at first not on all cylinders but then it took of. It was soon revving at high rpm's and the gas-pedal was not reacting. After some time the rpm sank a little and I tried to shut it off but the knob to shut it off was not working?
I kind of got in a little panic. I got however access to the pump where the gas paddle leads to and bent the rod connecting to the pump.
This was enough to get the engine stopped.

This last picture you can see the black sooth that came out of the engine.

Next I did was to take the clutch pump out and the cylinder. They all seemed to be in good condition. But I will have to take them apart to be on the sure side.

The 2 bolts that were holding the pump in place gave me some headache I was able to get 1 loose and the other would not come loose. At last I tried with a hammer and chisel to split the nut but the flange on ones side broke of .
That's it for today.

Rebuilding the pump.

This weekend I had some time left.
After washing my car I did wash the cabine of the truck with the High pressure washer. This got rid of the green algae.
It made the truck look a little bit better.

After that my attention went back to the pump.

The pump was fully rebuild and looks good now. I only need to test it before mounting it back in place.

A layer of paint is also needed.

My new project.

A year back in time I met a guy and we became friends, I bought several machines from him which he was selling for an other friend.

I then noticed a truck, Standing in a pasture and it looked like it was standing there for a while. At first I didn't give it much thought. But after a while I asked my friend if it was for sale, it was and the guy was asking about 1500 Euro for it.

So I took a closer look and found it was in really bad shape. All covered in Mos and rust all over. I told him it was beyond repair.

A few months have passed and in the mean time I started with the restoration of a Kaiser Willy's Jeep. I liked working on it very much with some good results.

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So since the Jeep project was nearing its end a longed  for a other Challenge.
And the truck came back to mind.
I asked my friend if it was still for sale and what would be his lowest price.
After some time we agreed  on a fare price of 800 €.

I went back to take a closer look on the truck and I then found out it was a Magirus Deutz truck. We looked for the papers of the truck and they were nowhere to find. So that was a set back.

This is the way I found the truck sitting in its pasture.

At work I asked if it were possible to have the low bed truck to move the truck to my home. It was possible but only with the driver of the truck.

Before I  planned a date to pick it up I went over there and tried to start it with a battery box.
According to my friend it was standing there for 10 years and was started once  about 5 or 6 years ago.
Connecting the battery and inserting the key it spun over.
After a while starting it it even started to run. Not at full speed but it ran for some minutes. The oil pressure was building up the air pressure. So I had good hopes. But then I noticed that the clutch pedal was not working properly ( no oil was present) .
 I did manage to move the truck a few inches out of its puddle where it was sitting for all this time.
In the mean time my friend had also some good news. The papers were found.

So a date was planned to pick up the truck.
And on Wednesday 30 September 2015 around 18h30 the truck was pulled on the low bed truck with a tractor and we were able to take off.

And then it was offloaded at my home.

Today I even started working on the truck.
The oil pump to lift the cabin and tilt it forward was not working so I took it apart.