- 161. Re: [oletrucks] undercoating removal-fenders (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 06:05:58 EST
- I soften with kerosene for a day then scrape. Easier if fenders are upside down. Have lots of newspaper handy. Bob ADler oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00803.html (7,649 bytes)
- 162. Re: [oletrucks] 52 GMC 1 1/2 Ton (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 06:18:05 EST
- 353 is161" wheelbase built in 1951-52 (based on a 1952 book) 24 is 248 engine I think 300 series is 1-1/2 ton so 350 series might be 2 ton. Bob ADler oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks buil
- /html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00804.html (6,852 bytes)
- 163. Re: [oletrucks] AD Steering Wheel Color (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 06:39:29 EST
- I never heard of an AD 2 tone steering wheel. Bet you can't find factory documentation. 1947 to 53 steering wheel, col, and gearshift remote control is DuPont 8540. In 1954 the wheel, col. and shift
- /html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00872.html (7,144 bytes)
- 164. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 18:15:47 EST
- notices I believe this is not a true statement. When I did research for my multi piece rim article in This Old Truck magazine, I spoke to a wheel manufacturer. He said none of the GM rims went obsol
- /html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00936.html (8,309 bytes)
- 165. Re: [oletrucks] gas guages (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:01:38 EST
- Probably wired to wrong teminal on ignition sw. bob ADler oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00067.html (7,079 bytes)
- 166. Re: [oletrucks] Tie Rod ends (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:10:16 EST
- Most common problem with drag link and tie rod ends is broken spring inside. Unscrew end plug and check. You can adjust out most play with the plug, unless ball stud is worn egg shape. Keep track of
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00071.html (7,436 bytes)
- 167. Re: [oletrucks] Spare Tire Carrier (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 13:35:06 EST
- maybe it will have No it won't. The monorail spare carrier was last used in 1950. Assy manual is 1954. The sliding part of carrier is a J shaped bar whose curved end terminates in a loop for a pin.
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00188.html (8,989 bytes)
- 168. Re: [oletrucks] 216 Manifold paint (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 13:54:14 EST
- They were sparyed with engine gray. Sticks fine to intake, but burns off exhaust. so a rusty exhaust IS ORIGINAL. Bob ADler oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00191.html (7,046 bytes)
- 169. Re: [oletrucks] are front and rear bumpers the same on a 46? (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 13:59:19 EST
- Yes. 1941-46 not only used the same bumpers for those years, but they used the same part number front and back. Even early big trucks used this # up front. Reference: Master Parts Catalog, 1950 olet
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00192.html (6,964 bytes)
- 170. Re: [oletrucks] Spare Tire Carrier (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 07:33:42 EST
- Oil threads and pivots on scissors jack. Add this step to regular maintenance list. It makes a BIG difference. Bob ADler oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00235.html (7,825 bytes)
- 171. Re: [oletrucks] Brakes 1959 Chevy Viking 6000 2-ton (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 07:42:01 EST
- wheel I just manually bled my 46 2 ton with hydrovac. Worked fine. Sounds like a Mast cyl problem. Put a plug in back of M/C and see if you get hard pedal with very short stroke. then reconnect line
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00236.html (7,461 bytes)
- 172. Re: [oletrucks] Brakes 1959 Chevy Viking 6000 2-ton (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 07:45:42 EST
- Is that brake wheel cyl the ones with the bleeders half way down? If so you need to make a tight strap to replace drum with so wheel cyl is fully retracted when it is bled. This minimizes air bubble
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00237.html (7,196 bytes)
- 173. Re: [oletrucks] Speedometer help (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 07:20:38 EST
- Needle might be bent to scrape glass. Bob ADler oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00266.html (6,733 bytes)
- 174. Re: [oletrucks] vin # (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 22:10:32 EST
- It tells me the number is not on a factory black tag with silver letters like good little 49s were born with. Must be a number assigned by a state motor vehicle dept. I think someone rearranged the n
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00288.html (7,117 bytes)
- 175. Re: [oletrucks] vin # (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 22:13:24 EST
- Canadian. Please consider my last post for humor only. Bob egg on his face ADler oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00289.html (6,794 bytes)
- 176. Re: [oletrucks] droopy door handles (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 07:08:54 EST
- New Mexico Jim, You will be the only one with no wipers going up or down a hill! Good thing it never rains in NM. My experience is the vac booster helps very little. You still plumb from intake manif
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00349.html (7,223 bytes)
- 177. Re: [oletrucks] A word about POR-15 (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 07:16:37 EST
- It's a moisture cure urethane, so it should cure faster on skin than on metal by sucking water out of your skin. Also supposed to adhere to rust by same mechanism, pulling some of the water chemical
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00350.html (8,313 bytes)
- 178. Re: [oletrucks] a suggestion about trucks... (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 07:26:27 EST
- I wrote about Patrick's gears in This Old Truck a couple of years ago. the trouble with magazines is they advertise this stuff, so don't criticise. I said it was not good if you have a stock 216 (lo
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00351.html (7,705 bytes)
- 179. Re: [oletrucks] A word about POR-15 (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 07:31:02 EST
- Zylene is in gun cleaner solvent for automatic gun cleaners. Shouldn't hurt seals, but clean gun as fast as possible and thoroughly to remove all POR 15 before it sets. Bob ADler oletrucks is devoted
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00352.html (7,996 bytes)
- 180. Re: [oletrucks] Water from steel (was originally about POR-15) (score: 1)
- Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 20:37:03 EST
- When you burn propane or acetylene or any hydrocarbon, the hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water. It condenses on anything cool. 2C2H2+5O2=4CO2+2H2O. 2 acetylene molecules combines with 5 Oxyg
- /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00384.html (7,511 bytes)
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