- 1. Re: [oletrucks] High Speed Rear End for 50 3/4 ton (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 07:45:31 -0700
- If you have the original torque tube setup (sorry, missed the first part of this tread), third members will not swap. Then it does indeed involve a total swap from hub to perch for the axle you state
- /html/oletrucks/1999-09/msg00004.html (9,671 bytes)
- 2. Re: [oletrucks] Cooling System Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 10:17:23 -0700
- I'm also using the 7lb cap with an original radiator recored with a staggered tube/louvered fin core, a water pump from Patrick's, and a 160F thermo. The freshly rebuilt 261 runs at about 170F. What'
- /html/oletrucks/1999-09/msg00071.html (8,926 bytes)
- 3. [oletrucks] Valve Adjusting Tool (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 08:01:49 -0700
- Does anyone know the source of a valve adjusting tool (wrench and screw driver integrated into one) for use on a 235/261? I know they used to make them in days gone by, but an not sure if they are st
- /html/oletrucks/1999-09/msg00164.html (6,758 bytes)
- 4. Re: [oletrucks] harmonic balancer (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 09:16:18 -0700
- I've heard old harmonic balancers can let loose when the rubber deteriorates (kind of like an original fan blade releasing...). Maybe your harmonic balancer is just plain wore out.?.? Take off the be
- /html/oletrucks/1999-09/msg00192.html (8,620 bytes)
- 5. Re: [oletrucks] harmonic balancer (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 14:20:05 -0700
- Not vintage. Brand new from genuine GM, but for some Pontiac V8 (did I get that right? Isn't Pontiac = GM?). Talk to Buffalo Enterprises up in Arlington - he machined it for me. And he's on the vendo
- /html/oletrucks/1999-09/msg00208.html (9,434 bytes)
- 6. Re: [oletrucks] Change can be good! (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:56:24 -0700
- Amen. I've been on this wonderful list for several years now, and I'm disappointed to see it split up. Selfishly, thank goodness I'm a couple of weeks from finishing my restoration. Because there's n
- /html/oletrucks/1999-09/msg00350.html (13,601 bytes)
- 7. Re: [oletrucks] Fan speed and less roar (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:32:07 -0700
- I had to trim the blades on the stock fan of my 261 to miss the double groove harmonic balancer (trimmed off the back of each blade and a circular arc at the ends). I used a mower blade balancer to c
- /html/oletrucks/1999-09/msg00500.html (7,772 bytes)
- 8. Re: [oletrucks] head gasket treatment (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 11:08:54 -0700
- That's interesting. I also used a Felpro gasket set and have developed a minor coolant seep (put in dry). It's also not a big deal, but bugs me none-the-less because I had the block and head machined
- /html/oletrucks/1999-09/msg00505.html (11,090 bytes)
- 9. Re: [oletrucks] Overheating (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 13:57:24 -0700
- No need to order. A correct 235 gasket will not have the coolant holes (affectionately referred to as steam holes) in between the siamesed cylinders. The 261 gasket, as will the block, will have the
- /html/oletrucks/1999-09/msg00542.html (8,908 bytes)
- 10. [oletrucks] Original '49 Radiator Needs a Good Home (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 10:31:45 -0700
- I have an original '49 radiator from a big truck (Harrison with 3" core and 4" tank) that is in excellent condition. I paid $25 and would like to get that back, but will consider something less (free
- /html/oletrucks/1999-08/msg00030.html (7,041 bytes)
- 11. [oletrucks] Lower Radiator Hose Part Number Needed (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 16:04:28 -0700
- Can anyone please tell me what lower radiator hose will fit a 235/261 in an Advance Design truck with an original radiator? Outlet on pump is 1-15/16 (~2) inch and the radiator is 1/-1/2 inch. Any ma
- /html/oletrucks/1999-08/msg00115.html (7,169 bytes)
- 12. [oletrucks] Generator Temperture (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 11:23:28 -0700
- Not having much experience with generators, does anyone know how hot a newly rebuilt generator will get when it's working properly? I fired my engine up for the first time over the weekend and notice
- /html/oletrucks/1999-08/msg00169.html (6,777 bytes)
- 13. Re: [oletrucks] Window Glass and Radiator Hoses (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 08:17:18 -0700
- If the glass setting tape is original on your windows, then you want to be gentle on the metal frame if you want to reuse it as the years of goop will have super glued the frame to the glass (and the
- /html/oletrucks/1999-08/msg00219.html (10,030 bytes)
- 14. Re: [oletrucks] Clutch head screws (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:16:44 -0700
- In all my travels and searches, I have not found a supplier (other than the large bed bolts and the smaller ones in the grill rebuild kit from vendors). To that end, every time I'm at a salvage yard,
- /html/oletrucks/1999-08/msg00224.html (8,494 bytes)
- 15. Re: [oletrucks] engine troubles (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 19:35:06 -0700
- 235s don't have timing chains. Stock fiber cam gears that are decades old can shear gear teeth from decay. If this is the case, better call a dentist and replace the gear. Turning the motor by hand w
- /html/oletrucks/1999-08/msg00352.html (9,711 bytes)
- 16. Re: [oletrucks] Engine questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:03:55 -0700
- However, there are shims installed at the factory under the main bearing caps in a lot of 235s and 261s. Ever notice those really, really thin sheets of metal under the mains? Typically under the rea
- /html/oletrucks/1999-08/msg00365.html (10,046 bytes)
- 17. Re: [oletrucks] heating a non-heated intake manifold? (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 07:18:32 -0700
- I've been talking with Pat Smith of Inliner's International, Patrick or Patrick's, and Tom Langdon of Stovebolt about this very subject. I too have a 261 with a dual Offy/Rochesters, split exhaust, a
- /html/oletrucks/1999-08/msg00377.html (8,492 bytes)
- 18. Re: [oletrucks] Fenton exhaust manifolds (was heat, blowers, (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:18:02 -0700
- An alternate method is to selectively cut or add (via Mig) to each side of the keepers at each stud location. It's a pain also, and it results in each keeper being custom to each stud, but works well
- /html/oletrucks/1999-08/msg00444.html (8,468 bytes)
- 19. [oletrucks] Trico Parts Folks (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 15:02:51 -0700
- Does anyone know the name and phone number of the Trico folks on Long Island (NY) that should have parts for a vacuum windshield wiper motor (model SSM 412-2)? Or any other vendor that would have par
- /html/oletrucks/1999-08/msg00499.html (6,689 bytes)
- 20. [oletrucks] Air Cleaners (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen L. Jones" <ALJ@hartcrowser.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:33:48 -0700
- Would anyone want to trade their original dry element air cleaners for oil bath cleaners? I have two oil baths (one quart model) I'd like to trade for two dry element ones for my '50 AD truck. I'm ru
- /html/oletrucks/1999-08/msg00551.html (6,817 bytes)
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