- 281. RE: [oletrucks] IFS swap from '72-'87 Chev (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 13:04:01 -0500
- If I flirted with the checkout girl the price would go up. I've already sent Kevin the info about this swap, and didn't post here 'cause it was getting a little IFS saturated...but since you asked...
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00745.html (10,325 bytes)
- 282. RE: [oletrucks] RE: oletrucks-digest V2 #1091 (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:12:52 -0500
- Similar situation back in 1963. A friend had a 60 F%^d Falcon. Left the light switch on for a week and totally drained the battery. Mistakenly hooked up the battery charger backwards. The battery too
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00748.html (9,843 bytes)
- 283. RE: [oletrucks] Horn wiring (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:18:38 -0500
- The horn is a high current device. The horn switch in the steering column is not. In order to solve this problem a relay is used. On a TF truck, the relay is on the engine side of the firewall, near
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00804.html (10,754 bytes)
- 284. RE: [oletrucks] Horn wiring....AD trucks....12v (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 11:02:13 -0500
- There is no logical difference in connecting a 12v system's horn and a 6v system's horn. What you need to find out is what voltage the currently installed horn is supposed to work with. If you are lu
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00808.html (13,488 bytes)
- 285. RE: [oletrucks] Archives (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 08:44:18 -0500
- The archives are found at http://www.escribe.com/automotive/american/chevygmtruck/index.html?by=Thread Hey did I miss something about these archives I've seen on here? Are these archives from the lis
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00884.html (7,331 bytes)
- 286. [oletrucks] labor rates (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:00:06 -0500
- Looking through a 1955-57 GMC Truck Models 100-500 Flat Rate manual I recently acquired I found an hour to dollar conversion chart. One of those things for those of us who cannot multiply numbers tha
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00901.html (7,185 bytes)
- 287. RE: [oletrucks] INLINE SIX OPTIONS (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 07:56:39 -0500
- The Biscayne engine would have been the 140hp, 230 cubic inch one. The 120hp 194 cubic inch was in the Chevy II (Nova). I don't know about the 230/155hp model. Maybe it was a truck engine?? I'm prett
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00959.html (9,055 bytes)
- 288. RE: [oletrucks] INLINE SIX OPTIONS (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:03:07 -0500
- The Pontiac 6 cyl (with optional 4 barrel carb) was an overhead cam engine. The bottom end was very similar to the Chevy 6. This engine was offered in the Firebird. I think it was also offered in the
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00963.html (10,718 bytes)
- 289. [oletrucks] Follow up to earlier discussion re: Pontiac OHC 6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 17:09:45 -0500
- I found this picture from a 1966 Hot Rod Magazine http://fteufert1.home.att.net/stuff/ohc6.jpg Later models claimed 215 horsepower. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00974.html (6,971 bytes)
- 290. RE: [oletrucks] 3 speed locked up (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 07:31:05 -0500
- I think it has failed because you are using metric measuring devices on a transmission that was not designed with metric measurements. I just pulled my inclosed driveline 3 sp and checked it out. The
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00016.html (7,994 bytes)
- 291. [oletrucks] "one wire" alternator (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 07:42:19 -0500
- 8 years ago, the generator on my 57 GMC died. I replaced it with a "one wire" Delco alternator that I bought from JC Whitney. Yesterday the alternator quit. I would rather get a replacement at Pick a
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00017.html (7,132 bytes)
- 292. RE: [oletrucks] "one wire" alternator (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 08:04:01 -0500
- Took Joe's advice and went to a local alternator shop. For $10 and change they sold me a "self exciting" regulator. I opened up the alternator, swapped out the regulator, closed it back up (took me a
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00061.html (9,337 bytes)
- 293. RE: [oletrucks] TF hood problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 08:25:51 -0500
- Finally got some spare time and gave John's suggestion a try. WORKED GREAT!! Thanks! Hello Bill - On 55 2nd thru 59's you have to shim the hinge at the firewall at the bottom bolt hole only. I'd star
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00063.html (7,574 bytes)
- 294. RE: [oletrucks] seat belts (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 10:30:32 -0500
- I have the GEM belts in my 57 GMC with a small rear window. My method would not work with a large rear window. I am using bucket seats. I drilled 1/2" holes in the floorboard between the seats and in
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00119.html (10,079 bytes)
- 295. RE: [oletrucks] removal of steering wheel-1941 (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 13:47:14 -0500
- Sometimes, you can get lucky and use a friend instead of a steering wheel puller. Won't work with steering wheels that are seriously stuck, but I have used this method successfully on some wheels. 1.
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00137.html (8,571 bytes)
- 296. RE: [oletrucks] 235 or 261? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 07:30:59 -0500
- Lots of years ago NHRA tech inspectors had a device that screwed into an engine's spark plug hole and measured displacement by putting a fluid in the cylinder at BTC, hand cranking the engine to TDC
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00219.html (12,125 bytes)
- 297. RE: [oletrucks] Introduction (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 08:06:30 -0500
- I figured it was named Col. Austin because you had spent $6,000,000 on it. Welcome Wolfgang. Howdy, My name is Wolfgang Kuettner. I am the very proud owner of a 54 3/4 ton called Col Austin. I've had
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00222.html (9,029 bytes)
- 298. RE: [oletrucks] Alternator question (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 07:27:31 -0500
- The only ways to reverse the spin direction of the alternator are: 1. Turn the alternator around so the pulley faces the rear of the truck 2. Use a serpentine belt arrangement. 3. Reverse the spin di
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00347.html (8,065 bytes)
- 299. RE: [oletrucks] How I spent my summer vacation (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:41:01 -0500
- I have RB's third brake lights on my 57 GMC. Easy to install, just wire them in parallel with existing tail and brake/turn lights. Depending on how straight the ends of your bed tubes are they can b
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00427.html (9,199 bytes)
- 300. RE: [oletrucks] tire size? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:12:29 -0500
- When I bought my 57 GMC it had 6 lug 15x8 Rallys from a late 70's Chevy 4x4. The tires were 255x70. With a heavy load in the bed the outer surface of the rear tires made contact with the lip around t
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00437.html (7,561 bytes)
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