- 61. RE: [oletrucks] Brake Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 13:26:40 -0700
- Check for brake fluid leaks. Small leaks can allow air in and fluid out. My truck has a similar problem. Much of this was attributed to a faulty master cylinder...sigh. Another blasted thing to repl
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00152.html (9,032 bytes)
- 62. RE: [oletrucks] an electrifying idea (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 13:29:55 -0700
- I'm shocked at your suggestion! How could you generate such an alternative! Tom B. '57 Stepside 3200 I want to throw an idea out and see if anyone has a suggestion: to get optimum efficency, offroade
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00153.html (7,986 bytes)
- 63. RE: [oletrucks] 55 2nd (wanna'be'rod) update (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 15:36:13 -0700
- Looks good Ryan! There is finally light at the end of the tunnel. It feels good, doesn't it? I would go monochrome if your looking at high rechroming costs. Pitted or rusty trim would have to be stri
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00167.html (12,553 bytes)
- 64. RE: [oletrucks] Truck Wiring (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 10:17:28 -0700
- My two cents worth: If you use automotive grade wire (polyurethane jacketing), you need not worry about shorting problems. As Wayne Osborne stated before, you shouldn't have any splices anywhere alon
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00251.html (10,555 bytes)
- 65. RE: [oletrucks] Brake Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 10:32:40 -0700
- My wife is checked-out on brake bleeding. I've replaced M/Cs and W/Cs enough times where she automatically pumps the pedal three times and holds for my signal then she yells out: "Hurry up and close
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00253.html (16,801 bytes)
- 66. RE: [oletrucks] Brake Solution (was Problem) (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 11:55:42 -0700
- I'm for that!!! Tom B. '57 Stepside 3200 My wife is also a "certified brake-bleeding-peddle-pumper". My son has trained two of his girl friends and one other guy. Perhaps we should develop a "certifi
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00258.html (17,380 bytes)
- 67. RE: [oletrucks] Brake Solution (was Problem) (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:26:14 -0700
- My wife is only checked out on Japanese cars. The fluid backwash business is unbeknownst to her. I don't know if she could handle the resevior refill through the floorboard (kinda shy about icky/oily
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00283.html (19,584 bytes)
- 68. Re: [oletrucks] re: sending unit (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 14:50:29 -0700
- One of the guys at work got tired of seeing me with my TF and is ready to purchase a '48 AD stocker with a 266. He says all the parts are there and are intact. There is rust along the floorboards (un
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00288.html (6,968 bytes)
- 69. [oletrucks] FW: (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 13:30:53 -0700
- Thanks for the info folks. The guy at work went to get a closer look at the prospective buy and found a significant amount of R-U-S-T on the corners of the cab and floorboards. Also, the front part o
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00321.html (7,091 bytes)
- 70. RE: [oletrucks] Assistance with granddad's truck (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 15:56:39 -0700
- Don't know much about early GMCs, but I have to say that the old black and white (browned by age) photos are intriguing. My buddy's dad had a few large GMC wreckers about that age. I remember going w
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00325.html (8,043 bytes)
- 71. RE: [oletrucks] Melancholy Monday... (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 13:36:18 -0700
- That one sounded like the makings for a 007 movie! I'm afraid I would have taken it out on the hotel manager or gotten the second key and paid her a visit saying: "What a pleasant surprise dear! Gee,
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00360.html (12,292 bytes)
- 72. RE: [oletrucks] e-bay advertisements...hooray! (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 08:20:58 -0700
- I give e-bay plugs a thumbs up. Since the first postings by list members, I have seen some pretty enticing items pertaining to classic Chevy P/Us. There is no harm in advertising Chevy P/Us, parts,
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00433.html (8,598 bytes)
- 73. RE: [oletrucks] {Toys} [ Chevy '55 Cameo, 70-72 truck, '57 Dodge ] Saw some at Wal-mart.... (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 08:46:16 -0700
- I got a few Franklin Mint models that are incredibly detailed, and I would jump at a Chevy truck model in a heartbeat (pardon the pun on the Chevy slogan). I should write to Franklin Mint and inquir
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00434.html (8,777 bytes)
- 74. RE: [oletrucks] Transport (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 08:38:14 -0700
- Does your insurance company have provisions for the return shipment of stolen Otherwise, plan a vacation and take a tour of the west. Tom B. '57 Stepside 3200 I have just learned that an 83 Nissan Wa
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00496.html (7,294 bytes)
- 75. RE: [oletrucks] Pacer Front End (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 08:46:49 -0700
- Ditto. I used McMaster Carr for SS bed bolts (some were missing). You can get Grade 8 bolts and cap screws there as well. Ordering is easy and is fast. Tom B. '57 Stepside 3200 Mike, Try McMaster-Car
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00497.html (9,100 bytes)
- 76. RE: [oletrucks] HEI Spark Gap Question (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:16:35 -0700
- Here's what I always thought: Small gap = cooler spark I have a book on building high performance small blocks. One of the suggestions is to file off the upper electrode such that it is in alignment
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00502.html (8,639 bytes)
- 77. [oletrucks] Temp Gage Physics (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:45:26 -0700
- I pulled the instrument 'V' cluster from my dash to repair a loosened temp gage. The brass rivet that holds the gage frame to the modular assembly had apparently broken off allowing the gage to sink
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00518.html (7,904 bytes)
- 78. RE: [oletrucks] Temp Gage Physics (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:49:13 -0700
- Thanks for the detailed and most prompt response. Regarding the chum-chum talk: I sort of agree that the one-on-one chat about off-topics can be bothersome, however, we must not exclude the one-on-o
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00521.html (8,627 bytes)
- 79. [oletrucks] Nix the E-bay Talk => Let's talk trucks (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 09:01:57 -0700
- This isn't just about E-bay, it is the off-topic and otherwise unnessary unrelated e-mail that should be of our concern. E-bay plugs I've seen are, more often than not, relevant to Oletrucks interes
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00529.html (9,076 bytes)
- 80. RE: [oletrucks] 235 Timing Gear and Cam (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 10:35:06 -0700
- Sometimes you have to draw it on paper. I believe 3-gears is correct Tom B. '57 Stepside 3200 Wouldn't a third gear make the cam spin the wrong way? Thanks, -JLS oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM
- /html/oletrucks/1999-07/msg00556.html (11,144 bytes)
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