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261. Re: [oletrucks] Buzzing Friends? (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:51:37 -0800; Now I know why bikers wear leather clothes . Regards, Grant S. gls@4link.net oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00061.html (6,819 bytes)
262. Re: [oletrucks] Gauge Repair & Conversion (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:48:30 -0800; Hi Paul. I just buy a modern gauge of about the same size and needle position as the old one, drill out the face from the old and affix it to the new, and glue the old needle onto the new one. This i; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00077.html (7,558 bytes)
263. Re: [oletrucks] gas guages (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 18:32:35 -0800; Hi Brad, If it is a modern gauge, it might have an internal circuit breaker which is clicking off when you give it full current through the ignition circuit. That might explain why it registers when; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00085.html (7,253 bytes)
264. Re: [oletrucks] Points/hei/efi (cool discussion coming!) (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 20:07:16 -0800; I'm partial to the original iron too, but I can at least understand why someone might prefer modern mechanicals, if only to be sure of being able to get parts on a road trip. The point of my comment; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00094.html (8,824 bytes)
265. Re: [oletrucks] door locks (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 20:12:24 -0800; Jim, it couldn't be easier. Bought the locking mechanism from Truck Stop in Orange, CA, unbolted the handle, popped out the old button, which, as I recall, had a snap retainer, and pushed in the new; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00095.html (7,087 bytes)
266. Re: [oletrucks] Jacks (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 08:57:25 -0800; This jack costs substantially more than my truck did. Maybe I should sell the truck and get the jack. It would sure take up less space. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00127.html (7,671 bytes)
267. Re: [oletrucks] Brakes 1959 Chevy Viking 6000 2-ton (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 11:37:42 -0800; What a great tip. I marvel at the things you know, Bob. Regards, Grant S. a a and oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00255.html (8,013 bytes)
268. Re: [oletrucks] what's a 292 worth? (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 11:41:13 -0800; I see 292s periodically offered in the Los Angeles area classifieds in the range od $100 to about $700, depending on condition and seller's avarice. Most in the $200-$400 range, sometimes with a tran; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00257.html (7,214 bytes)
269. Re: [oletrucks] Repro Gas Tanks (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 18:02:15 -0800; to Hi Richard, I washed mine out with a garden hose, (hope the City of LA isn't reading this) and then rolled a chain around in it for a while, followed by more washing. The tank was then fine, but; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00283.html (7,379 bytes)
270. Re: [oletrucks] addresses (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 18:20:51 -0800; Hi Bruce, Truck Stop is right around the corner from Golden State Pickups, in Orange, CA. I don't have the address offhand, but they're undoubtedly in the phonebook down in Northern Orange County. I; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00284.html (7,528 bytes)
271. Re: [oletrucks] wiring harness (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 15:44:52 -0800; Hi Dustin, I got my 54 wiring harness from Chevy Duty. I like it fine. I think the wires are not the original colors, but then I'm colorblind, so maybe they are.... I know they had numbers on them, o; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00318.html (7,883 bytes)
272. Re: [oletrucks] A Gentle Suggestion (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 09:37:38 -0800; I think the idea is not that you should make no reference to the prior message, but rather that you should excerpt the relevant portions only, so that messages do not expand to unwieldy lengths. Reg; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00326.html (7,866 bytes)
273. Re: [oletrucks] A word about POR-15 (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 02:02:08 -0800; I like using this kind of stuff (my version is State Chemical's Defender II) for hidden areas that will be exposed to water, such as the insides of doors, the back of the grille, etc. In one case I; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00348.html (8,875 bytes)
274. Re: [oletrucks] A word about POR-15 (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 08:06:21 -0800; water I find it interesting how much water comes out of a piece of steel when you pre-heat it for flame cutting. Even a brand new piece of steel is like a sponge holding water. You can see it come t; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00361.html (8,705 bytes)
275. Re: [oletrucks] A word about POR-15 (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 09:51:29 -0800; Hi Bruce, I may have been asleep in physics class that day. My non-scientific understanding of these things would make me doubt that the part of the steel being heated would occasion condensation. D; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00367.html (8,809 bytes)
276. Re: [oletrucks] Water from steel (was originally about POR-15) (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:18:51 -0800; Interesting, isn't it, Wally? Was the plate colder than the air? And did the water appear over the whole surface? That would make sense to me as condensation. Or perhaps the oxygen and other gasses; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00379.html (7,815 bytes)
277. Re: [oletrucks] Water from steel (was originally about POR-15) (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 19:08:52 -0800; Hi Bob, I knew somebody smart could help us. Next question, though, is does this actually mean that steel does not contain water? There are a couple of peculiarities about the appearance of water du; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00389.html (8,698 bytes)
278. Re: [oletrucks] Removing VERY stuck pistons (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 10:20:13 -0800; a as you I did this once with a 4x4 (wood not truck) cut down to fit in the cyllinder, which I then hit with the sledgie. The wood kept the cyllinder walls from being marred. As Grant says, it does; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00448.html (7,918 bytes)
279. Re: [oletrucks] How to change dipstick tube on SB400 (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:28:28 -0800; Hi Bob, The tube on the 235 is a press fit, usually glued with a little rust. Assumming yours to be similar, it probably needs extraction with vice grips and a little heat. Regards, Grant S. oletruc; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00470.html (6,944 bytes)
280. Re: Re:[oletrucks] Water from steel (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:32:29 -0800; Well, I took the question of whether water resides in steel to my friendy local physicist at Cal Tech, who thought, as I did, that the water was in the micro pores of the steel. But he went on to con; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00472.html (7,166 bytes)

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