- 21. Re: [oletrucks] Buddy misbehavin' (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 22:34:46 -0600
- Yes, I did a wet test. The wet test improved the compression negligibly. The compression went from 45 dry to 48 pounds wet. That's why I think that it is the valves. Do you think that this sounds ri
- /html/oletrucks/2001-01/msg00296.html (7,379 bytes)
- 22. [oletrucks] C.O.E. (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:09:25 -0600
- To all (especially Mike as you seem to just need one more truck to make your entourage a total of 15. And I did not see a cab over on the list.), We found a reasonable C.O.E. 1 1/2 ton (?) for free i
- /html/oletrucks/2001-01/msg00304.html (7,706 bytes)
- 23. Re: [oletrucks] C.O.E. (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:32:29 -0600
- Hey Brad, Let's do it. My friend is checking into what the next step is. We will definitely keep you posted and am more than open to helping you get the C.O.E. for free. We can help with its move, to
- /html/oletrucks/2001-01/msg00329.html (9,443 bytes)
- 24. Re: [oletrucks] 46 high oil pressure on start (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 19:33:30 -0600
- I do not know any answers about your oil, but I have a question. (I just took my head off the block and sure enough there was a burnt exhaust valve on the cylinder with the low compression.) My ques
- /html/oletrucks/2001-01/msg00409.html (8,849 bytes)
- 25. [oletrucks] Re: Exhaust valve (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 23:39:52 -0600
- I am not sure what I am going to do about the valves and seats until I talk to the machinist. I am thinking of not using hardened seats since I use the lead substitute. Do you think that this reason
- /html/oletrucks/2001-01/msg00421.html (8,850 bytes)
- 26. Re: [oletrucks] Motor oil (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 06:00:09 -0600
- I know very little about oil additives. But I wanted to reply because I enjoyed your e-mail's style and humor. My thoughts about additives: If they are so good, why wouldn't the oil companies purcha
- /html/oletrucks/2001-01/msg00485.html (11,361 bytes)
- 27. [oletrucks] Polishing glass? (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 07:03:41 -0600
- I have had some experience in polishing glass and own a machine that actually polishes scratches out of glass. The inside scoop is that if you can feel the scratch in the glass then the Eastman prod
- /html/oletrucks/2001-01/msg00604.html (9,015 bytes)
- 28. Re: [oletrucks] Exterior paint colors (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 08:43:33 -0600
- Joe and guys, Whitney Haist has a neat web site at www.jps.net/haist/artdeco/index.htm for us Art deco guys. Michael Lubitz 1946 Chevy 3/4 ton stock 1948 Chevrolet 3100, soon to be deluxe Austin, Tex
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00002.html (8,524 bytes)
- 29. Re: [oletrucks] Parts needed (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 14:39:08 -0600
- I might be able to help the answer to why the hole in the carb. Could it be for the vacuum line for the vacuum wipers? My Carter carb for the '46 has a hole that faces the firewall and my vacuum wip
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00030.html (9,187 bytes)
- 30. [oletrucks] Fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 17:27:00 -0600
- Help. The fuel pump in the '46 was leaking about a teaspoon per minute. In an effort to fix the leak, I removed the pump. I cleaned it all and examined everything. The main gasket (which is also the
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00079.html (7,416 bytes)
- 31. Re: [oletrucks] Car haulers (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 18:17:37 -0600
- Try www.ytmag.com/hauling/hauling.htm. It's the guys who haul tractors from crop to crop, etc. It's the cheapest that I have found. Good luck. Michael Lubitz 1946 Chevy 3/4 ton stock 1948 Chevrolet 3
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00268.html (8,303 bytes)
- 32. Re: [oletrucks] Vacuum Wipers (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 07:03:22 -0600
- Try opening and closing the on/off switch with the motor running. If that moves the wipers back and forth, then the unit is bad. There is a valving mechanism in the back under a thimble sized tin ho
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00285.html (8,479 bytes)
- 33. Re: [oletrucks] Generator Squeal? (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 07:08:20 -0600
- Be a little careful here. There are a few spots on the old trucks that are different to lubricate than on newer models. We all know the zirk fittings and greasing, but the turn of the cup on the dis
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00304.html (11,450 bytes)
- 34. [oletrucks] '46 rear bumper (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:27:02 -0600
- I cannot for the life of me figure out how to mount the rear bumper. My '46 did not come with a rear bumper so I have no example to go by. I got new brackets and bumper from Bow Tie Bits without ins
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00344.html (7,826 bytes)
- 35. Fw: [oletrucks] '46 rear bumper (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 14:05:57 -0600
- are size and the tension the My oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00348.html (11,013 bytes)
- 36. Re: [oletrucks] '46 rear bumper (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 17:00:10 -0600
- I'm not getting it. The photo would help but I cannot get to the picture you reference. The PhotoWorks program indicates that that the "session has timed out" and that I need to login. Do you know w
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00354.html (10,162 bytes)
- 37. Re: [oletrucks] Carb (?) Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 22:37:37 -0600
- Try this: Place an ounce or two of gas directly into the carb. The truck should fire up and run for at least a few seconds. If it does not fire up, then the problem may not be the fuel, I don't know
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00368.html (9,124 bytes)
- 38. Re: [oletrucks] '46 rear bumper (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 22:56:34 -0600
- Thanks much. These pair of brackets do make sense to me now. However, the bracket that mounts to the bumper itself is not like the curved one shown in Whitney Haist's photo, http://photomail.photowo
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00370.html (9,594 bytes)
- 39. Fw: [oletrucks] '46 rear bumper (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 19:48:11 -0600
- I learned something new today. My '46 3/4 ton pick up is an unusual beast - the first true 3/4 ton Chevy made that has 8 lugs in the rear, different brake shoes in the front, and, by the way most im
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00394.html (11,291 bytes)
- 40. Re: [oletrucks] '46 rear bumper (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:13:46 -0600
- I have access to some pretty good steel workers here in Austin. I just don't know what to copy. So any one who has an Art Deco 3/4 ton who can say "hey" would be welcome. Jeff was helpful and said t
- /html/oletrucks/2000-12/msg00405.html (14,052 bytes)
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