Most BIG truck parts houses or company's that install truck bodies should
have Universal PTO Cables. Try NAPA......
Mike Boteler
'56 4400 Stake
'56 6400 Stake
'56 8400 Wrecker w/Holmes 525
'56 9200 Tractor w/Allison Automatic
'57 10500 Fire Truck
Hughesville, MD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin & Deana Brown" <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
To: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 5:52 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Source Needed for '49 3600 PTO Cable
> Does anyone know of a source for the PTO cable for a 2-way power takeoff
> on a '48 3600 with a stock transmission. I broke the cable on my
> wrecker yesterday (while towing a '48 Dodge 1/2 ton down to the highway
> to slap a for sale sign on it). It is a real pain to crawl under the
> truck and flip the PTO lever by hand every time to raise or lower the
> boom on the wrecker - especially since the engine must be off (since the
> PTO is engaged when the clutch is out) when I flip the lever. The cable
> just has a big knob on the dash that you push in to lower the boom or
> pull out to raise it. The cable assembly seems somewhat universal in
> nature but the length would need to be fairly close to the original.
> I've been using the wrecker quite a bit lately since I have been towing
> the '51 3100, which is still for sale, down to the in the morning and
> bringing it back up to the house in the evening since I don't want to
> leave it down there overnight and it is a lot slower to do when I have
> to run the PTO by hand. Thanks.
>
> Kevin Brown
> Odessa, MO
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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