Sounds like they were all very fortunate that it was only the hood that got ran
over! Yuk! Yuk! Yuk! Sounds like we have the same project list (my FATBOY is
still sitting, but the hardwood flooring in the house is coming along nicely).
Oh well, that is the good thing about these ole trucks - "they will wait", but
the problem is - "I don't want to!"
Nick Griswell
Rock Spring, GA
1954-3100 5-window "FATBOY"
"Bobby D Keeland" <bob_keeland@usgs.gov> on 07/10/2001 03:58:47 PM
Please respond to "Bobby D Keeland" <bob_keeland@usgs.gov>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
cc: (bcc: Nick Griswell/Synthetic)
Subject: [oletrucks] The Way of Things
Last spring I spent a week helping my dad swap out the worn out 216 in his
51 3100 for a rebuilt 235. Needless to say when you have two non-mechanics
trying to follow instructions downloaded from the internet it will be a
fiasco. We did get the old motor out after removing the hood and the rest
of the front sheet metal as a unit. Swapping the front motor mount from
the 216 to the 235 proved to be a lot more work than we had bargained for
but we managed do get it done (in spite of the internet directions being a
little sparse on details). Unfortunately I had to leave before we could
get everything back together and the motor back into the truck. Over the
past few months my dad has done a lot of 'little things' like sand blasting
and painting several small parts and that sort of thing.
Recently my brother (a professional potter - not mechanic) and my
brother-in-law (finally someone who knows something about being a mechanic
for the past 30 years) finished installing the motor and front sheet metal.
They had the obligatory trouble getting the motor to start of course. My
dad was beginning the think that all of the work that we had done was for
nothing. Finally they decided that the wiring was hooked up wrong, fixed
it and started the truck. Things were looking good (which should have been
a warning). I'm not sure what they were trying to do at this point, but my
brother-in-law was under the truck working on the starter or something near
the starter. Somehow he managed to short the starter with his wrench and
what with the battery being very hooked up, the truck in gear and no stop
blocks, the truck lurched forward. Although the motor did not start the
truck did run over the hood before they could get it stopped.
Sounds like the three stooges to me. It is a good thing that I was not
there or it would have been the four stooges . . . Seems like every
project in all of my repair manuals start with 1. Unhook the battery. I
guess that they did not read that part.
BobK
51 3600 5-window (project without progress but work on the house is going
fine)
Arnaudville, LA
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