- 61. Re: [oletrucks] Weight of a stripped down 1/2 ton cab (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 12:02:11 -0700
- frames Hi Tom, I've always heard it is better to leave the doors in because it adds to the rigidity of the cab. I have lifted them with and without and have not had problems either way. The cabs are
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00525.html (9,598 bytes)
- 62. Re: [oletrucks] Differential Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 07:31:14 -0700
- old one? I guess my hesitancy comes from a lack of knowledge on exactly how to install a dual (with proportioning valve) and what exact donor car to get the dual off of. I and several other list mem
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00609.html (9,210 bytes)
- 63. Re: [oletrucks] turn signal lights (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:18:25 -0700
- The turn signals were not original for AD trucks. Jim Carter sold me a used signal setup from a later truck that replaced the little moulding under the steering wheel and looks very stock. I had ugly
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00628.html (7,162 bytes)
- 64. Re: [oletrucks] Question about TF handles (I might add) (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 23:46:15 -0700
- Seems to me that far and away the most important consideration is whether the handles hit your knee when the window is either full down or full up, the two most common positions. I've had a couple ve
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00656.html (7,128 bytes)
- 65. Re: [oletrucks] Master Cyl. for Big truck (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 11:39:59 -0700
- add while working on my truck. My question is this. What should I consider if I decide to go dual on my 2-ton truck? Would it be any different that a 1/2 ton other than size of cylinder? What might
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00664.html (7,841 bytes)
- 66. Re: [oletrucks] Dual master cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 21:40:07 -0700
- is something I need. The PO (for some reason) took out the emergency brake in my '47.....and I'd like to have some kind of backup plan for stopping the truck in an emergency. I particularly like the
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00678.html (8,108 bytes)
- 67. Re: [oletrucks] Dual master cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:18:48 -0700
- stock brakes on the back (huck) and my "p" brake (isn't it supposed to be a parking brake, not an emergency brake?) will lock up the back brakes at any speed. Proper adjustment of the linkage with t
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00683.html (7,921 bytes)
- 68. Re: [oletrucks] Sway Bars & Steering Stabilizers. (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 01:08:54 -0700
- PO put a stabilizer on one of mine. It steers quite nicely with its new 6.50 x 16 bias plies, but otherwise neglected condition. I always considered it kind of hokey, but maybe it does contribute to
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00718.html (8,777 bytes)
- 69. Re: [oletrucks] Sand blaster (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 01:16:18 -0700
- I have one, and it gets the job done, although some of the parts are a little flimsy, and you have to shake the tank a lot. I had a lot of trouble with it until I tried No. 30 silica sand. This stuff
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00719.html (7,711 bytes)
- 70. Re: [oletrucks] Problams with my trucks previous owner. (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 01:23:32 -0700
- He actually told me what I could and could not do. He even drives by my house while I am at work and looks at it(it sits on the side of my house behind a fence might I ad!). Hey, Ethan, out here in
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00720.html (8,449 bytes)
- 71. Re: [oletrucks] Sway Bars & Steering Stabilizers. (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:51:18 -0700
- Hey Durwood, maybe that's it, but I think it's so old that it probably isn't doing much. My PO didn't flatten the fan blade, but he flattened the front end instead, using a Highway Patrol car as his
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00750.html (8,718 bytes)
- 72. Re: [oletrucks] Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:36:35 -0700
- won't or Jon, I'd go with the 16 in. Rims. I like the tall skinny look, but from a practical point of view, you'll also be able to go significantly faster with the 4:11 rear end. Even though my bias
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00761.html (7,743 bytes)
- 73. Re: [oletrucks] Rust removal on bedsides (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:09:46 -0700
- Alan, I'll bet you'd be surprised at how simple it was. I'm guessing it was a big cyllinder with a lengthwise groove. They stuck the end of the steel sheet in the groove, gave it a twist, pulled it
- /html/oletrucks/2000-10/msg00781.html (7,436 bytes)
- 74. Re: [oletrucks] GM'S NEW INLINE SIX (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 00:41:43 -0700
- Nice, but I'm going to wait until the idea comes to its full flowering and they bring back the Straight 8. Now that was an engine! All it needs is DOHC and 32 valves, or better, direct injection. Reg
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00001.html (7,135 bytes)
- 75. Re: [oletrucks] Battery problems (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 12:40:51 -0700
- Hey, Scott, welcome to the list. You have a very common problem with these trucks. The immediate solution is to take off the battery cables and wire brush the insides of the connectors. Then go to w
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00025.html (8,211 bytes)
- 76. [oletrucks] 54 Heater (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 07:53:11 -0700
- I've found a 53 fresh air heater in the classifieds. Does anyone know if these fit 54s? Thanks, Grant S. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00043.html (6,359 bytes)
- 77. [oletrucks] 59 (?) Rear end (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 22:39:37 -0700
- I found a rear end in the old junkyard today which has me puzzled. It is six lug, marked 59 chev and looks like that's what it is. When I spin the yoke, the axle revolves just over 2 times. Was there
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00051.html (7,261 bytes)
- 78. Re: [oletrucks] 59 (?) Rear end (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 12:04:53 -0700
- Thanks, Bill, I figured out it's a 4:11 oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00073.html (8,378 bytes)
- 79. Re: [oletrucks] AD bed liner mat? (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:16:21 -0700
- Of course, there's the old piece of scrap carpet turned face down method... oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00091.html (7,004 bytes)
- 80. Re: [oletrucks] IFS different question (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:52:36 -0700
- On the subject of IFS add ons, has anyone any knowledge about putting 54 chev car suspension in AD trucks? I seem to recall reading that someone had done this and that it was easy and worked well. Re
- /html/oletrucks/2000-09/msg00145.html (6,686 bytes)
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