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341. Re: [oletrucks] Indian on the hood (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:29:14 -0600 (CST)
Sounds like someone got fancy and put an old Pontiac ornament on it. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00097.html (7,470 bytes)

342. [oletrucks] Blue Dot Tailights (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:33:57 -0600 (CST)
I had a professor once who said the only dumb question is the one you don't ask. So here goes: I know blue dot tail lights have a small blue lens in the center of the red lens, I've seen some picture
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00099.html (7,049 bytes)

343. [oletrucks] Steel sweating under heat (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 20:53:09 -0600 (CST)
The water from a torch on clean steel is from the flame. Rust is iron oxide with some water of crystalization in it. It takes higher than boiling temperatures to get it out, red hot sounds about righ
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00466.html (7,521 bytes)

344. [oletrucks] Water Decals (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 21:21:04 -0600 (CST)
I don't know if these decals are the peel off and stick kind or the soak in water and slide on kind. If they're the soak in water kind, there's a technique we use on model trains and planes that make
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00468.html (9,948 bytes)

345. Re: [oletrucks] 6 lug disk brakes (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 22:28:37 -0600 (CST)
My dad had a '71 GMC 1/2 ton 305 with Auto with non-power front discs and rear drums and split master cylinder. The MC was mounted on the firewall. 6 lug hubs. Seemed like pretty good brakes at the t
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00515.html (7,944 bytes)

346. Re: [oletrucks] Zinc plated body (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:13:04 -0600 (CST)
You sure they aren't talking about literally dipping the parts in a ladle of molten zinc? (Galvenizing?) It would be tempting to do this, but I think you'd have trouble getting paint to adhere or loo
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00567.html (8,991 bytes)

347. Re: [oletrucks] Mig Welder For Patch Panels (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:45:04 -0600 (CST)
The easiest way to do it, especially if you can't see the back side, is to cut the old metal about 1/2" in from the outside of the patch panel. Eastwood and others sell a flanging tool made from a vi
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00687.html (9,306 bytes)

348. Re: [oletrucks] door gunk (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 23:03:43 -0600 (CST)
I pulled apart the doors on both my regular '57 and the parts truck last summer. There was some kind of sealer in that joint, but the stuff was petrified to a rock like consistancy. The factory assem
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00693.html (7,780 bytes)

349. Re: [oletrucks] Vapor Lock (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:11:30 -0600 (CST)
Carry a small squirt can of gas along and the next time it happens, after the engine cools down some, squirt some gas into the carb and put the air cleaner cover back on. Try starting it. If it start
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00737.html (6,979 bytes)

350. Re: [oletrucks] Axle seal surface. (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 22:05:18 -0600 (CST)
I would get a good measurement on what the surface diameter is supposed to be and go to an industrial bearing house (not a parts store) and ask for a Speedi Sleeve for that diameter. These things are
/html/oletrucks/2000-01/msg00097.html (9,122 bytes)

351. Re: [oletrucks] Re: HELP!! (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 22:24:41 -0600 (CST)
Sounds like one of two things, a dead battery (they can show the right voltage as long as there's no load on them) or a short somewhere that the generator can't keep up with. If it's through the amme
/html/oletrucks/2000-01/msg00101.html (8,301 bytes)

352. Re: [oletrucks] Oil Pressure Problems? (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 21:10:41 -0600 (CST)
Could the oil pressure relief valve be stuck open or have a bad seat? Bruce Kettunen bekett@uslink.net Mt. Iron, MN oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
/html/oletrucks/2000-01/msg00418.html (9,378 bytes)

353. [oletrucks] AD Crew Cab Questions (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 21:09:32 -0600 (CST)
I ran across something interesting earlier today. I was at the local Chevy dealer, (Ranger Chevrolet in Hibbing, MN) and he had some old pictures hanging on the wall. One was a very good side on view
/html/oletrucks/2000-01/msg00493.html (8,347 bytes)

354. Re: [oletrucks] WIP insurance (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:58:51 -0600 (CST)
In Minnesota, you can have a valid title to the car or truck without paying for plates every year. You only have to pay for plates and get insurance when you are ready to drive the truck. When you g
/html/oletrucks/2000-01/msg00656.html (7,677 bytes)

355. Re: [oletrucks] Generator to alternator conversion (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 23:17:07 -0600 (CST)
If you get the GM one wire internal regulator (one lug and two spades) kind, one wire goes from the lug to the battery + terminal and the other two can be hooked to the first. One of the two is just
/html/oletrucks/1999-12/msg00053.html (7,709 bytes)

356. Re: [oletrucks] Transmission and Clutch (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 23:10:51 -0600 (CST)
The factory service manuals have excellent drawings, pictures, and procedures on this. You can get reprints from Chevy Duty or just about any other old trucks parts house. You should probably have o
/html/oletrucks/1999-12/msg00204.html (8,419 bytes)

357. Re: [oletrucks] Radiator work on a 51 (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 23:26:45 -0600 (CST)
I just had the core replaced on my '57 last summer. It ran around $300, so you're not too far off. These cores are nearly impossible to repair on the '57's because of the style of the core. This cor
/html/oletrucks/1999-12/msg00248.html (7,795 bytes)

358. Re: [oletrucks] To heat the intake or not to heat the intake (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 19:13:27 -0600 (CST)
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
/html/oletrucks/1999-12/msg00622.html (10,343 bytes)

359. Re: [oletrucks] AD Truck Alert (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 22:04:46 -0600 (CST)
Besides Nolan Ryan's truck in the background, there's a beautiful 55 or 56 yellow TF truck being washed by a bunch of kids in a Dairy Queen commercial. Don't forget the beige TF Clint Eastwood drove
/html/oletrucks/1999-12/msg00769.html (8,148 bytes)

360. Re: [oletrucks] Re: 235 oil tube (score: 1)
Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 23:07:38 -0600 (CST)
My '57 235 uses 6 quarts with a dry filter. Comes just up to full. I'll measure the tube and dipstick tomorrow in daylight. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
/html/oletrucks/1999-11/msg00278.html (7,473 bytes)


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