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321. Re: [oletrucks] Electrical drain (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 20:24:58 -0500 (CDT); Coud the generator need repolarizing? Does the ammeter indicate a heavy charge or discharge? Is there a short in the coil? Is there a short somewhere else? Is the battery polarity correct (negative g; /html/oletrucks/2000-06/msg00039.html (8,822 bytes)
322. Re: [oletrucks] Re: fiberglass fenders? (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:50:03 -0500 (CDT); Even here in Minnesota where rust is a curse, rear TF fenders are common. There are even a lot of tf trucks where someone cut the cab off and used the box and chassis for a trailer. The same fenders; /html/oletrucks/2000-06/msg00220.html (8,489 bytes)
323. Re: [oletrucks] pulley size, water pump speed... (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:16:16 -0500 (CDT); The big reason most cars and trucks went to cross flow radiators was to lower the hood line. The radiator could be much shorter without a tank on the top and bottom. On most American V8's the water p; /html/oletrucks/2000-06/msg00391.html (8,970 bytes)
324. Re: [oletrucks] pulley size, water pump speed... (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 22:05:49 -0500 (CDT); Not to belabor the point, but on many engines, the thermostat also controls a valve that bypasses directly to the water pump suction when the engine is cold. This makes the engine warm up a lot faste; /html/oletrucks/2000-06/msg00457.html (10,055 bytes)
325. Re: [oletrucks] 454 is running hot (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 22:30:00 -0500 (CDT); The standard TF radiator should keep up with a 454 with the following 1. Is the fan turning the right way? Don't laugh, it varies from year to year, especially now with the serpentine belts. Electric; /html/oletrucks/2000-06/msg00459.html (10,374 bytes)
326. Re: [oletrucks] Turn Signals (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:05:58 -0500 (CDT); They are normally "bullet" lights in the fenders right below the headlights, in with the parking lights. In some states, they were still optional back then. Bruce Kettunen 57 3200 Mt. Iron, MN; /html/oletrucks/2000-06/msg00778.html (8,023 bytes)
327. Re: [oletrucks] And now it's time for a few dumb questions! (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 22:55:11 -0500 (CDT); I've seen just the type of homemade topper you are thinking about, with a pitched roof and everything. It basically sat on the bed rails with a door and flat face replacing the tailgate. If I see it; /html/oletrucks/2000-05/msg00133.html (9,494 bytes)
328. Re: [oletrucks] Air Compressor Update (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 22:33:35 -0500 (CDT); I had a friend whose dad almost had his hand taken off trying this. He was pressure testing a reparied water heater tank with compressed air only. When the tank failed, it split open and went flying.; /html/oletrucks/2000-05/msg00661.html (8,916 bytes)
329. Re: [oletrucks] Doesn't Wanna Die -- spray, don't pour! (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 16:15:30 -0600 (CST); This makes even more sense than the old waterglass trick. I guess we didn't have many leftover Windex bottles back then. Bruce Kettunen bekett@uslink.net 57 3200 oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM; /html/oletrucks/2000-04/msg00015.html (8,152 bytes)
330. Re: [oletrucks] 57 3100 sidewindow removal (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:34:59 -0500 (CDT); I've done this. It isn't hard once you get the knack. The full procedure is in the service manual, page 1-9 and 1-10. 1. Remove the mohairs on both sides on the bottom of the glass. They can be poppe; /html/oletrucks/2000-04/msg00726.html (8,192 bytes)
331. Re: [oletrucks] Shop Questions (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:57:29 -0500 (CDT); If you're going to pull air out of a building, you have to replace it. If you don't put in a filtered make up air system, you may as well open the door. You will be sucking in whatever air, dust, and; /html/oletrucks/2000-04/msg00731.html (10,065 bytes)
332. Re: [oletrucks] Synthetic for break-in (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 23:30:19 -0500 (CDT); There are two main reasons. The first is that synthetic works so well that there is no burnishing in of the parts to seat the rings, etc. This will result in the engine using oil in the long run. The; /html/oletrucks/2000-04/msg00783.html (7,885 bytes)
333. [oletrucks] TF Truck Alert (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 22:06:28 -0600 (CST); Anyone notice the cherry 56 green 3200 in the Slimfast commercial currently Bruce Kettunen 57 3100 oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959; /html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00319.html (6,427 bytes)
334. Re: [oletrucks] Big Blocks. (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 23:08:37 -0600 (CST); I've got a '56 2WD that the PO put a big block in. Several things. The engine is old enough that it uses the same mount system as the 235. He put it in the same position as the 235 and the thing clea; /html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00521.html (10,139 bytes)
335. Re: [oletrucks] moving on (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 22:39:28 -0600 (CST); Check your plugs and do a compression check. Sounds like a head gasket, maybe. Also, is the radiator all full of gunk on the outside (bugs, paint, mud, etc?) Does the fan turn the right way (had this; /html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00818.html (10,263 bytes)
336. Re: [oletrucks] radiators and cooling (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 21:48:29 -0600 (CST); Just a note. Don't forget that you were supposed to leave about an inch or so of air above the cold coolant level in the radiator to allow for expansion. Expansion tanks didn't come until the 70's. T; /html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00902.html (9,144 bytes)
337. [oletrucks] Rusty Stainless (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 22:51:16 -0600 (CST); Had they been shined up with a wire wheel or wire brush? If you go over stainless with a regular wire wheel or wire brush, bits of carbon steel get imbedded in the surface and will rust. They make st; /html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00946.html (7,556 bytes)
338. Re: [oletrucks] Doesn't Wanna Die (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:23:49 -0600 (CST); Amazing how much we've forgotten from the days before computers and fuel injection came to cars and light trucks. This used to be called "dieseling" and that pretty much describes it. When you turn o; /html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00971.html (10,700 bytes)
339. Re: [oletrucks] Air Vent (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:35:34 -0600 (CST); Hate to say it, but everything in there, other than the grill and the door itself, is all spot welded together. It's also all hidden between the outer cowl and the inner cowl. You may be able to get; /html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00972.html (8,732 bytes)
340. Re: [oletrucks] Jack and stand recommendations (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:26:53 -0600 (CST); I would go for at least a 3 ton floor jack (the kind with wheels). It's not that the smaller ones won't lift the truck, it's just easier pumping on the big one. This old iron is heavy, especially in; /html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00096.html (9,505 bytes)

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