I will try to get a few more the next time I'm down there, I will be starting driving training soon. In the mean time, here's some pictures of the Sterling coming down. And what's going to be the best way to clean the 51 years of dust out of the motor? Flush with water? Or electronics cleaner? And w...
Well we got all the covers off, and found out its actually a M5. We put some penetrating oil on the choppers, and with some slight pressure with a pry bar, it's turning free!
Adding my .2 I agree that the model 5 should probably be a priority especially since they have a bit more bite (Especially on the 5Ts) and don't require precision to avoid breaking something. The 5T you can pretty much hammer out. I'm in agreement you there, the Sterling is going to need some work....
Well, it's no thunderbolt. But from the description I got, there had to be a one there at some point, or its somewhere else in the county. But a technician at the garage came out and said that it had been tested in 2005 by emergency management, and ran fine. It was set up to be activated by phone, b...
No more pictures today, the Chief had them on his old phone, and it's no longer with us... But I did find out some history about it from some of our senior members at the department. They did say it was a Sterling, and thought it was a M5, and it was disconnected in 1981 because it was supposedly di...
Ok, hopefully I will know more by the end of the week. As for now I could probably talk to my grandpa about it. He could recall hearing it run in the early 80s, or late 70s at his house when the wind and humidity was just right. He's a few mountians over, and a good 4 miles "as the crow flys&qu...
Top box is the disconnect and the bottom one is the motor starter with a reset button. So the disconnect obviously cuts power on and off to the motor starter, and the bottom box starts and stops the siren with the push of a button? So more than likely no attack, or any other function other than on ...