- 301. RE: [oletrucks] oletrucks list t-shirt design (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 07:14:20 -0500
- Orphans?? What about us GMC drivers? Alas, Alas we are always the orphans. I agree! Ken 55.1 - 3600 oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959 oletrucks is devoted to Che
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00577.html (9,301 bytes)
- 302. RE: [oletrucks] Fenton Headers for my Chevy (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:30:23 -0500
- The 6 cylinder Corvettes had 3 side draft (Carter YF if I remember right) one barrel carbs. No real manifold at all. The old Corvettes had that style manifold, didn't they? Were those pre heated? I s
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00671.html (8,696 bytes)
- 303. RE: [oletrucks] Glueing on cab corners (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:39:14 -0500
- Try http://www.loctite.com Michael, Have you got another address? I get a band named Locktite with this email address. Thanks Bill --Original Message-- From: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net> To: Ol
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00672.html (10,950 bytes)
- 304. RE: [oletrucks] loose vent windows (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:56:17 -0500
- On TF doors the vent windows have a compression spring down inside the door that acts as a tension adjustment. There is a "bend over" tab locking the adjusting nut at the very bottom of the shaft tha
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00675.html (7,839 bytes)
- 305. RE: [oletrucks] King pin caps (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:01:48 -0500
- You will ruin the caps. New ones come with kingpin kits. I have never seen them offered individually, but then again I've never looked. My book says to drill a hole in the caps and remove with a drif
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00737.html (7,489 bytes)
- 306. RE: [oletrucks] Chevy Holiday? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:56:07 -0500
- Mid 50's Oldsmobile had a model named Holiday. Hi all This is a bit off the subject, but I was at Leon's Auto Parts in Leon, VA last weekend (an extremely overpriced junk yard) and stumbled across a
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00762.html (8,209 bytes)
- 307. RE: [oletrucks] Draining Manifold (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:09:16 -0500
- NOT a good answer! It would be possible to get enough liquid gasoline in a cylinder to be more than would fit in the combustion chamber when the piston reaches TDC on the combustion stroke. Liquids a
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00770.html (10,452 bytes)
- 308. RE: [oletrucks] Draining Manifold (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:23:18 -0500
- The problem with us guys with automatic transmissions is that we forget to put our brains in gear before we let out our mouths. I read right past Joe's "pull all the spark plugs" and never even saw i
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00772.html (12,203 bytes)
- 309. RE: [oletrucks] gas tank replacement (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:08:18 -0500
- You are obviously not 6'5" tall. Moving the seat back two inches really helps some of us. the safest place for your gas tank is inside the cab. If you put it behind the rear axle it is vulnerable in
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00932.html (8,502 bytes)
- 310. RE: [oletrucks] Electrical question (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:57:27 -0500
- Assuming decent connections, the additional resistance of the added connector is not significant. I used a 9 pin Molex connector for all the electrical connections to the right side dash module (GMC
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00954.html (9,920 bytes)
- 311. RE: [oletrucks] Resale Value (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:22:49 -0500
- I agree with Mr. Moldenhauer. Very few rods or restorations are ever sold for actual dollars spent on them, much less a profit. The gain to be had is the enjoyment of driving these old trucks. If you
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg01028.html (8,296 bytes)
- 312. RE: [oletrucks] chevy/gmc? ? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 08:48:01 -0500
- I can do part of it. 101 1/2 ton short wheelbase (102=1/2 ton long wheelbase) C I'm not sure, but I think this is the "which factory it was built in" designator. T 1957 (Y=55/2nd,X=56,T=57,S=58/9) 22
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00400.html (7,814 bytes)
- 313. RE: [oletrucks] Polishing Old paint (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:36:39 -0500
- If I told my ol' lady to shine my truck while she was holding a mop she would probably put the mop where the sun don't shine on me. I like to use "Mop and Glow" on my rubber stuff, no slick rubber, n
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00405.html (9,921 bytes)
- 314. [oletrucks] Temp gauge problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:11:44 -0500
- The water temp gauge in my 57 GMC truck (stock 347" Pontiac V8) has recently started reading very low. The wiring from gauge to sending unit checked OK with a meter and the gauge is receiving the pro
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00413.html (7,466 bytes)
- 315. RE: [oletrucks] Temp gauge problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:47:44 -0500
- Thanks Bruce. It troubleshoots just like a gas gauge. That's all I needed to know. I guess it is possible that the thermostat is "always open", but in yesterday's 99 degree air temperature the water
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00431.html (9,143 bytes)
- 316. RE: [oletrucks] rear end/valve adjustments (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 11:11:47 -0500
- Your proposed method of adjusting valves works real well with hydraulic-lifter-equipped engines that use a single stationary nut to adjust the clearance. I don't think this method would adapt well to
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00444.html (8,756 bytes)
- 317. RE: [oletrucks] Bed Bolt sizes on 58 Fleetside (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:19:33 -0500
- I've used Doc's a few times for small orders. I was satisfied with the quality and the service. Hello, I am ready to replace the bed wood and strips on my '58 Fleetside longbed. I will mill the bed w
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00458.html (8,156 bytes)
- 318. RE: [oletrucks] Temp gauge problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:16:20 -0500
- You were dead on with the troubleshooting methods. I disconnected the wire at the sender and the gauge read cold. Touching the wire to ground pegged the needle to hot. So it sounds like I need a new
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00492.html (9,605 bytes)
- 319. RE: [oletrucks] Dome light/door button installation (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:12:31 -0500
- Has only 1 connection for wire. The "frame" of the switch makes the other connection, to ground. For a dome light switch, one side of the lamp is connected to +12VDC. The other side is connected to t
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00737.html (11,895 bytes)
- 320. RE: [oletrucks] Was I out of line? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:15:38 -0500
- Here! Here! I agree with Mike. I consider every Show and Shine a "volunteer" event. The saying "you get what you pay for" - for which you paid nothing - comes to mind. I just drove 150 miles to a Sho
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00738.html (10,439 bytes)
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