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1. Re: [oletrucks] starter - flywheel problems (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 20:19:12 -0700
Hi Steve, Is the starter in far enough? I've never had to deal with it, but some starters on some vehicles need shims and stuff to make sure the starter gear extends the right distance into the bell
/html/oletrucks/2003-05/msg00384.html (8,083 bytes)

2. Re: [oletrucks] 58 axle location & parts 4sale & 4free (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 00:34:55 -0700
Hi Kurt, Where are you (or, more importantly, your parts) located? Thanks, Ed Miller '58 3100 Fleetside i'm in the middle of a MustII IFS installation on my 58 3100. the axle location got ground off
/html/oletrucks/2003-05/msg00462.html (7,852 bytes)

3. [oletrucks] Re: oletrucks-digest V2 #1879 (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 10:23:31 -0800
You don't have to use an aftermarket front cross member; the various vendors sell original type front mounts, with new rubbers and all. The only difference would be, yours would be bolted on and the
/html/oletrucks/2003-03/msg00200.html (8,269 bytes)

4. Re: [oletrucks] Can't believe it (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 10:03:16 -0800
I certainly was thinking about going that route, because I know it would never rot. Do you think UV would hurt it? I haul firewood, rocks, horse manure, and mushroom compost all the time in my truck,
/html/oletrucks/2003-01/msg00117.html (7,777 bytes)

5. [oletrucks] Re: oletrucks-digest V2 #1828 (score: 1)
Author: edngael@open.org
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:30:00 EST
There is also a guy who works at the Arco on Mission and S. Commercial street in Salem who is always telling me I should go the Blazer route, rather than the NAPCO setup I have my heart set on. He ha
/html/oletrucks/2003-01/msg00128.html (7,274 bytes)

6. [oletrucks] brake shoes (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 17:23:19 -0800
Hi everybody, I renewed the brake components some time back for my '58 half ton truck, all but the solid brake lines. I have a question about the front brake shoes. The shoes for each side aren't the
/html/oletrucks/2002-12/msg00014.html (7,234 bytes)

7. Re: [oletrucks] Electric Wiper doesn't park? (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:42:22 -0800
Steve, what did you do and how? Ed Miller '58 Apache Short Fleetside, with grumbles about my wipers I don't think I finished the story... NewPort, the manufacturer, returned my call, and was able qui
/html/oletrucks/2002-12/msg00182.html (8,143 bytes)

8. [oletrucks] tie rod ends (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 16:13:19 -0800
Hi All, I upgraded (if that's the right term....) my tie rod ends to modern type, using Golden State Pickup Parts kit, new ends and heavy duty tie rod. My tie rod ends are worn out already, after may
/html/oletrucks/2002-11/msg00022.html (7,383 bytes)

9. Re: [oletrucks] Tie rod ends (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 23:14:12 -0800
That was me posting most recently. I got my kit from Golden State back in about 1998. You can use your original tie rod (if the ends are tie rod ends then I'm calling the long rod in the center a tie
/html/oletrucks/2002-11/msg00093.html (9,518 bytes)

10. [oletrucks] Viking for sale (score: 1)
Author: edngael@open.org
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 17:56:34 EST
Hi everybody, I'm posting this for the people here at work. The company is selling a 1959 Chevy Viking 60, I think that's a 2 1/2 ton. It has "27,900" on both doors. A large 6 cylinder engine, but to
/html/oletrucks/2002-09/msg00044.html (8,311 bytes)

11. [oletrucks] Re: oletrucks-digest V2 #1701 (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 22:01:04 -0700
Hi Larry, Is this what you want: http://vanhalen-irc.com/bill/truck/dollie/ and http://vanhalen-irc.com/bill/truck/dollie/ Ed Miller '58 Apache Short Fleetside Larry wrote: "A few months ago, someone
/html/oletrucks/2002-08/msg00136.html (7,269 bytes)

12. Re: [oletrucks] oil dipstick tube (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:49:16 -0700
My old dipstick tube went up from above the oil pan area; it was a flanged piece of brake line or something. What are you doing in place of the breather tube, installing a pcv system? How is that goi
/html/oletrucks/2002-04/msg00382.html (7,667 bytes)

13. Re: [oletrucks] Front wheel bearings 51 AD (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 20:45:10 -0700
I found the two posts by Bob Adler (that guy wrote over 950 posts to Ole Trucks!) that you're thinking of: I would stay away from tapered rollers on pre 1960 trucks. You lose the self aligning featur
/html/oletrucks/2002-04/msg00480.html (10,619 bytes)

14. RE: [oletrucks] 42 pickup distributor installation (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:55:23 -0800
That makes me wonder something; do you want the rotor pointing to the number 1 plug wire cap at tdc, or at whatever the timing should be, like 4 degrees btdc? Or is tdc close enough to get it running
/html/oletrucks/2002-03/msg00285.html (7,585 bytes)

15. RE: [oletrucks] 57 Leaf springs-Tough ride (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 14:32:10 -0800
How many leafs do you have on the back? I think stock was 7. On my '58 half ton, I can go up to the 3/4 ton extra heavy duty springs at 10 leafs each. I know that because that's what I have on there.
/html/oletrucks/2002-02/msg00057.html (7,714 bytes)

16. Re: [oletrucks] Progress! (score: 1)
Author: edngael@open.org
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 13:36:36 PST8PDT
Couldn't a locksmith make you a new key? All the other methods I saw involved destroying the parts. Ed Miller '58 Apache Short Fleetside oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941
/html/oletrucks/2002-02/msg00194.html (8,153 bytes)

17. Re: [oletrucks] Point Gap - Dwell Conversion (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 21:32:00 -0800
The following quoted post reminds me, if the person who asked the question originally (about a GMC motor) could find the numbers on his distributor plate, I may be able to get the dwell spec. My frie
/html/oletrucks/2002-01/msg00472.html (8,329 bytes)

18. [oletrucks] Re: oletrucks-digest V2 #1531 (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 21:11:12 -0800
Hi Deric, Is the problem something a rebuild kit would fix? I've seen them for sale, I think from the Truck Shop in Orange, CA. If not, plenty of vendors have steering boxes for sale, I'm guessing; I
/html/oletrucks/2002-01/msg00538.html (7,405 bytes)

19. [oletrucks] Re: oletrucks-digest V2 #1532 (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 21:14:12 -0800
Hi Mike, Is the 327 supposed to have a down draft tube or a pcv system? I have the parts to convert my 283 to a pcv system, so some time in the next several months (maybe 6 or so) I should have a dow
/html/oletrucks/2002-01/msg00539.html (7,069 bytes)

20. [oletrucks] Re: play in wheel (score: 1)
Author: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 12:15:08 -0800
Well, diagnose first. Have somebody else slowly turn the wheel from side to side, going all through the play but just barely moving the wheels, while you get on the ground and watch the various compo
/html/oletrucks/2001-11/msg00295.html (7,063 bytes)


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