- 21. Re: [oletrucks] Valve tappet adjuster (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin and Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 17:09:24 -0500
- I know that you said that your valves needed to be adjusted while the engine was running - it looks as if this is designed to be used with the engine stopped. I know that is how I've always adjusted
- /html/oletrucks/2003-04/msg00168.html (8,226 bytes)
- 22. [oletrucks] Olds 307 V8 with accessories and Turbo 350 transmission for (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 13:30:02 -0600
- Since I am using the Chevy 305 and Saginaw 4-speed in my '51 Chevy 3100 project I need to sell the Olds engine and transmission that also came with the truck - that way I can help pay for all of the
- /html/oletrucks/2003-03/msg00011.html (8,502 bytes)
- 23. [oletrucks] Updates to trucks and to Web site - new pictures (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 17:42:54 -0600
- In case anybody is interested I've thrown together the pictures I had of our two trucks and thrown it on to a page of our web site. Here is the link: http://home.sprintmail.com/~mgtrautoxr/index.html
- /html/oletrucks/2003-03/msg00014.html (8,901 bytes)
- 24. Re: [oletrucks] Anyone used a V8 T-5? (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 21:41:40 -0600
- Shouldn't be any problem getting a disc to work, if you can't get a stock one. Just go to your local clutch shop. I'm using a 26 spline T5 bolted up to a '62 Buick 215 V8 in my '78 MGB and had a clu
- /html/oletrucks/2003-03/msg00019.html (7,431 bytes)
- 25. [oletrucks] 51 Chevy - 305 V8 Intake question, covered water passages? (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 17:37:11 -0600
- I was going to install the intake manifold on the 305 V8 that came with the '51 Chevy I purchased a few weeks ago but I ran in to a potential problem. From the casting numbers I've determined that th
- /html/oletrucks/2003-02/msg00027.html (7,939 bytes)
- 26. Re: [oletrucks] 51 Chevy - 305 V8 Intake question, covered (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 21:07:17 -0600
- Thanks for the input, I believe that you are correct. After looking at sbc intakes on eBay (where some folks kindly had pictures of the bottom side of the intakes) and in my Jeg's catalog I've concl
- /html/oletrucks/2003-02/msg00041.html (10,175 bytes)
- 27. [oletrucks] What shifter for a Saginaw 4-spd in a 51 Chevy? (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 17:05:02 -0600
- I mounted the engine (Chevy 305 HO) and transmission in the '51 Chevy 3100 over the weekend, but the vehicle didn't come with a shifter and linkage (apparently the one that had been in the truck was
- /html/oletrucks/2003-02/msg00079.html (7,974 bytes)
- 28. [oletrucks] Carter WCFB Carburetor Info Needed (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 19:15:19 -0600
- As I am assembling the 51 Chevy 3100 that I recently got one of the things that is missing from both the Chevy 305 and the Olds 307 engines that came with it is a carburetor. Both engines have 4-bbl
- /html/oletrucks/2003-02/msg00086.html (8,562 bytes)
- 29. [oletrucks] '51 Chevy Progress - Or "life's little victories"! (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 13:17:27 -0600
- Here is an update on the '51 that I bought a few weeks ago. If you recall, it was a street rod with a 283 and a 4-speed that had blown ab engine and been sitting for 8 or 9 years. I recently spotted
- /html/oletrucks/2003-02/msg00143.html (10,920 bytes)
- 30. Re: [oletrucks] smallblock - casting number info (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 09:32:16 -0600
- Look at the cylinder head casting numbers (you have to remove the valve covers). The 14014416 heads have the 58 cc chambers and came on the HO engines (at least from what I have been able to determi
- /html/oletrucks/2003-02/msg00291.html (7,891 bytes)
- 31. Re: [oletrucks] [old-chevy-truck]Trailering advice (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 17:00:58 -0600
- I've always found I can dress for the cold easier than I can the heat. When it starts pushing 100 with high humidity I have trouble accomplishing much in the garage. Low 50s and sunny today, I plan
- /html/oletrucks/2003-02/msg00388.html (17,383 bytes)
- 32. [oletrucks] Is this truck worth buying? (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 08:39:39 -0600
- I need some help from you guys so I can decide if this truck is worth buying. Its a '51 3 window pickup with a Ford 9-inch rear axle and mid '70 coil spring IFS front suspension, 4-speed transmission
- /html/oletrucks/2003-01/msg00160.html (10,281 bytes)
- 33. [oletrucks] New accuisision - 51 Chevy (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:39:48 -0600
- Attached are a links to a few pictures of our "new" '51 Chevy that I dragged home last night. The truck was set up, probably 10 years or so ago, with a 283 V8, 4-speed tranny, Ford 9-inch rear end, i
- /html/oletrucks/2003-01/msg00275.html (9,658 bytes)
- 34. Re: [oletrucks] New acquisition - 51 Chevy] (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:00:39 -0600
- Hi gang, Now everybody knows I can't spell! :-) I guess that spell check doesn't look at the subject line (like it does on our Lotus Notes email program at work) In case you missed the subject line s
- /html/oletrucks/2003-01/msg00279.html (10,068 bytes)
- 35. Re: [oletrucks] Workshop Floor Ideas? (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 19:13:13 -0600
- About three years ago I had a 5-inch concrete slab with 1/2-inch rebar laid on 12-inch centers placed in my already constructed 30 by 50 foot pole barn for $3,200, which included some gravel work (I
- /html/oletrucks/2002-12/msg00329.html (9,098 bytes)
- 36. [oletrucks] Strange engine ID help needed (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 19:51:41 -0600
- Sorry to ask the list this but from what I have been able to determine from bouncing around the various web sites I think I have a '58 261 with a '56 235 head in my '49 Chevy 3/4 ton wrecker, but I'm
- /html/oletrucks/2002-12/msg00330.html (9,251 bytes)
- 37. [oletrucks] Strange engine - may be a "Forgotten" 261 (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 09:33:56 -0600
- Below is a reply that I got last night from Gary last night concerning an article on Jim Carter's web site about the 261 engine. It is a good article, here is the link to it: The Forgotten 261 <http
- /html/oletrucks/2002-12/msg00338.html (9,063 bytes)
- 38. Re: [oletrucks] shop (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 13:18:47 -0600
- Don't ever clean up flammable liquids with a regular shop or you a run a high risk of explosion and fire. You could only use and air operated shop vac that is properly grounded or one that has an int
- /html/oletrucks/2002-11/msg00008.html (11,503 bytes)
- 39. [oletrucks] VIN Help needed on '49 Chevy Wrecker (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 20:23:25 -0600
- Got the '49 Chevy Wrecker home today without incident. That wrecker bed is heavy - it pretty muck picked up the back end of the Suburban while we were pushing it on to the trailer with a fork lift. T
- /html/oletrucks/2002-11/msg00011.html (7,173 bytes)
- 40. [oletrucks] '49 Chevy headliner & panel color - red?? (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 17:40:55 -0600
- The headliner and door panels in my '49 Chevy 3/4 ton wrecker are red - I'm trying to figure out if that is an original color or if somebody has painted them. Neither Bowtie Bits nor Chevy Duty carry
- /html/oletrucks/2002-11/msg00017.html (7,178 bytes)
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