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241. Re: [oletrucks] DA Sanders & Update (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 17:49:53 -0800
Hi Deve, I got one of Harbor Freight's DA sanders, and it has worked fine. I use about 120 grit once the paint is mostly gone. This should actually make pretty quick work of surface rust. You can san
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00367.html (7,481 bytes)

242. Re: [oletrucks] hot rod question (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:36:17 -0800
Pretty Cool, huh, Justin? I'm thinking about it too. Here's a how-to site. http://www.kustoms.com/bbc/garage/techgar/exflam/ Regards, Grant S oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built betwee
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00392.html (7,109 bytes)

243. Re: [oletrucks] Any SF Bay Area Ole-truckers have a sheetmetal shear? (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:19:40 -0800
I found that the welding/machine shop at the local college was real generous about letting me use their stomp shear. You might stop by your local jr. college and see if they're friendly up your way.
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00416.html (7,103 bytes)

244. Re: [oletrucks] Filling small holes in body metal (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:32:44 -0800
Hi Whitney, I read an article on filling holes in the frame, which basically said to do what you have in mind. They cut plugs from mild steel rod with a chop saw. Before they pushed them in, they use
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00417.html (7,425 bytes)

245. Re: [oletrucks] you guys will not belive this (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 08:57:58 -0800
I second Terry's puzzlement. What was funny about this? Regards, Grant S. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00546.html (8,291 bytes)

246. Re: [oletrucks] Kugel Brake Assembly (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 08:08:55 -0800
Hi Dan, I don't know the answer to your question. Rather, I was wondering if you figured out how you're supposed to fill the reservoir? Isn't it going to hit the gauges? Regards, Grant S. oletrucks i
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00598.html (6,997 bytes)

247. [oletrucks] IRS (not the bad kind) (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 20:30:29 -0800
I was driving on the freeway this afternoon behind a Honda CRV, and I couldn't help noticing its cool independent rear suspension. My eyeball estimate of the rear end looked like it was about the rig
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00619.html (7,146 bytes)

248. Re: [oletrucks] License Plates (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 20:52:59 -0800
without a front plate but if a you Once I sent my license plates to be restored by a guy who advertized in Hemmings. He lost them, and I wound up driving my '55 Buick for about 2 years with no plates
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00620.html (8,523 bytes)

249. Re: [oletrucks] temp sender (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:09:59 -0800
temperature Guy, the temp sender and gauge is a sealed unit. You undo the sender tip at the rear of the head, and carefully thread the tube through the firewall as you remove the gauge housing. If yo
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00641.html (6,954 bytes)

250. [oletrucks] Re: [babbet (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 20:13:37 -0800
I had a client who told me a funny story about babbet bearings. When he was a young guy, he had an old model A for his daily driver. One of the crank bearings wore down, and he didn't have the money
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00726.html (6,915 bytes)

251. Re: [oletrucks] 270 crank saga continues... (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 17:13:16 -0800
As a boy, I played the french horn, and after a few years, the valves became too worn, causing the air to leak around them and the tone to be compromised. The solution was to take the valve internal
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00752.html (7,300 bytes)

252. Re: [oletrucks] Stainless steel? (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 23:05:46 -0800
Hi Smokey, According to my not-very-precise understanding, the various alloys of stainless vary in their resistance to corrosion. The most resistant is 316, but it doesn't machine as well as 303 or w
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00949.html (7,515 bytes)

253. Re: [oletrucks] dont wanna die (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:36:40 -0800
An original 216 or 235 has fairly low compression (7 or 7.5 to 1) so it should not be necessary to use premium gas. If that fixes the problem, either you got a tank load of bad gas, or more likely, i
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00960.html (6,857 bytes)

254. Re: [oletrucks] rewiring job (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:34:58 -0800
Hi Terry, I bought a stock (plus turn signals) harness from Chevy Duty. It works very nicely, with a noticeable improvement over the old one. It does not have extra circuits if you want to add on air
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00013.html (7,226 bytes)

255. Re: [oletrucks] To those running the T-5 with the i-6.... (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:39:36 -0800
Mine's a camaro/S-10 combo. It has a mechanical speedo gear at the Regards, Grant S. gls@4link.net --Original Message-- From: Grant Galbraith <trks@javanet.com> To: ADvent@thuntek.net <ADvent@thuntek
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00014.html (8,268 bytes)

256. Re: [oletrucks] hey (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:29:03 -0800
Hi Bobby, Easiest way I can think of is to ask your question and read the responses. Let me gently suggest, however, that you would do better to take an interest in what people are saying here, even
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00019.html (7,922 bytes)

257. Re: [oletrucks] To those running the T-5 with the i-6.... (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:31:16 -0800
Yup. No Problem. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00020.html (7,881 bytes)

258. Re: [oletrucks] Painting small parts (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 22:42:22 -0800
Hi Deve, I generally look for fresh plated or oxide (though these are not an authentic finish for 50s era trucks) fastners. But sometimes I have painted them. Usually don't prime. I stick the ends in
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00044.html (7,525 bytes)

259. Re: [oletrucks] 6v gas gage on 12 volts (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:41:58 -0800
I got a modern bottom sweep stewart warner gauge, removed the face from my old gauge by drilling out two small rivets at the bottom, and using tiny screws, screwed it to the new stewart warner gauge
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00059.html (7,259 bytes)

260. Re: [oletrucks] gas guages (score: 1)
Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:45:07 -0800
On mine, the new 12 v gauge read extra full all the time. As someone elsde recently mentioned, the cure is to change the resistor on the sender to 90 ohms. The original 30 ohm resistor lets too much
/html/oletrucks/2000-02/msg00060.html (7,184 bytes)


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