This got me to wondering - has anyone on the list found a source for clutch
head bolts/screws? Or are we all destined to haunt the junk yards for
fasteners?
Brian
49 3104
Owasso, OK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Kunkel" <jonkunkel@home.com>
To: "Deve Krehbiel" <dkrehbiel@kscable.com>
Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Clutch Tip Screwdrivers
> Deve,
>
> I know they can be a pain in the A** to remove sometimes but they are
almost
> worth their weight in gold, as the supply dwindles, demand for some of the
> list to keep it original with these items is becoming scarce.
>
> I spent a few days in the junkyard removing the items I came for and in
> addition I also removed as many of these clutch head screws as possible.
I
> now have a small coffee cans of clutch head screws that I have de-rusted,
> cleaned and coated for use in a later project. And I have sent quite a
few
> sets to other people that wanted them for originality.
>
> Just my 2 cents
>
> Jon 50 3100
> Chicago
>
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deve Krehbiel" <dkrehbiel@kscable.com>
> To: "Brian _" <pkupman57@hotmail.com>; <jonkunkel@home.com>;
> <chevy1@jps.net>
> Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 7:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Clutch Tip Screwdrivers
>
>
> > If you have to mess with clutchheads, best thing to buy is a Makita
> Grinder.
> > These days I spend about three days a month in the salvage yard
collecting
> > parts for some of the retailers and I can tell you, when I see a clutch
> > head, I try it with the screwdriver (out of habit and for no good
reason)
> > and then I grab the grinder and grind the head off. Its been my
experience
> > that even after spending the time drilling and re-tapping the hole, I
> still
> > could sip a few Pina Coladas, take a world tour, and then learn a new
> > language in the time it would have taken for me to get it out with the
> > screwdriver/visegrip/hacksaw combination that is the norm.
> >
> > Deve Krehbiel
> > Hesston, Kansas
> > 1950 3100 * 1949 3600 * 1948 4400 * 50 3100
> > www.speedprint.com/Deves50/index.html
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian _" <pkupman57@hotmail.com>
> > To: <jonkunkel@home.com>; <chevy1@jps.net>
> > Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 5:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Clutch Tip Screwdrivers
> >
> >
> > > if you really want clutch head screwdrivers go to NAPA the SMALL one
> here
> > in
> > > town carries over 20 different size clutch head drivers, i bought
> several
> > > myself, then decided to go ahead and use allen heads, tho torx are
> looking
> > > good right now too.
> > >
> > > Brian M
> > > Atwater, CA
> > > '57 Chevy 3200
> > > '55 Chevy 6400 (comming soon, very soon)
> > > '00 Dodge Neon
> > >
> _________________________________________________________________________
> > >
> > >
> > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
1959
> >
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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