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41. Re: [oletrucks] Need Help (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 11:12:25 -0500; No, Billy it doesn't make sense, but thats the way it is. The two bottom bolts of the timing cover were held on with nuts on the inside of the front main bearing cap. What a lot of oletruckers have d; /html/oletrucks/2002-02/msg00034.html (8,557 bytes)
42. [oletrucks] Re: [Old COE Trucks] GMC is BIG! Wheels split? (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 21:42:07 -0500; Gary, That's normal on some multi piece rims. Don't try to change the tires youself, take them to a truck tire shop. If it has been setting for some time with flat tires don't just put air in them as; /html/oletrucks/2002-02/msg00047.html (9,200 bytes)
43. Re: [oletrucks] HOW WIDE: FRONT TIRES WITH MANUAL STEERING (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:45:49 -0500; Jeff, I'm running 265/70R17s on my panel and it's a real bear to steer when stopped. Once it's moving it's not bad. The thing to think about also is where your wife is driving it, if you have a dirt; /html/oletrucks/2002-02/msg00312.html (9,780 bytes)
44. Re: [oletrucks] compressed air hell and back again (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 00:25:31 -0500; OK, Let's define terms here. If you are seeing PVC pipe only rated for 125psi it is thin-wall irrigation pipe and is illegal (most places) to even use it for water inside a building. Schedule 40 pvc; /html/oletrucks/2001-12/msg00263.html (9,955 bytes)
45. Re: [oletrucks] strange tranny (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 19:49:08 -0500; GMC started using clarks and spicers way before chevy, but they had bigger trucks also. Some 5 speed overdrives were available in trucks with the bigger engines (360's etc). Most used the larger "Dei; /html/oletrucks/2001-11/msg00039.html (8,196 bytes)
46. Re: [oletrucks] Virus warning and panel truck question. (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:18:21 -0500; I guess it just depends on how cautious (paranoid) one want's to be. Some people do just fine by avoiding attachments. Others (like me) go so far as to only use Netscape.......on a MacIntosh.......wi; /html/oletrucks/2001-11/msg00356.html (7,485 bytes)
47. Re: [oletrucks] windshield trim (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 20:59:05 -0400; it will sell for about $50 to $100 depending on condition. If you can get it cheap you can turn a profit. -- John Dorsey Wauchula FL http://www.strato.net/~jrdorsey '49 3800 Chevy Panel '52 640 GMC F; /html/oletrucks/2001-10/msg00109.html (6,943 bytes)
48. Re: [oletrucks] 1950 Wheel Hub Needed (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 19:42:09 -0400; I have a hub, but I'm not sure of the year or condition. It was in a box of AD truck parts I got. It is six lug and looks like the typical AD front hub with no obvious problems. You are welcome to i; /html/oletrucks/2001-10/msg00357.html (7,991 bytes)
49. Re: [oletrucks] Trip and Trucks (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 17:15:08 -0400; ALL the good stuff is on the west coast:-( Bah! As far as the value of the sheet metal, I would give $300 in a heartbeat if it were in Florida. I'm assuming its a 47-55 model. If so the cab is the s; /html/oletrucks/2001-09/msg00070.html (9,671 bytes)
50. Re: [oletrucks] Dimensions (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:25:35 -0400; Basically yes the cabs are the same, i know on GMCs the larger trucks had some modifications around the pedals but thats about it. It may well be the same width as a new pickup, I know the newer pic; /html/oletrucks/2001-09/msg00086.html (7,895 bytes)
51. Re: [oletrucks] electric gobblygook (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:16:21 -0400; Now that's an interesting thought. Using a small Deisel with a hand crank you could have a non-electric truck. Brake lights would be a problem though, kinda hard to make them work using kerosene. You; /html/oletrucks/2001-09/msg00250.html (8,411 bytes)
52. Re: [oletrucks] Proportioning Valve (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 23:09:04 -0400; I put mine on the inside of the passenger side frame rail, just behind the trans crossmember. Ran the lines from the master along the crossmember to the valve. The rear line just hooks up from where; /html/oletrucks/2001-09/msg00254.html (7,520 bytes)
53. Re: [oletrucks] 305 (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 23:21:37 -0400; I believe the 305 was a later v-6. There is a copy of a 1949 GMC advertisement showing the different engines toward the bottom of this web page: http://www.strato.net/~jrdorsey/gmc/ I think GMC may; /html/oletrucks/2001-09/msg00327.html (8,441 bytes)
54. Re: [oletrucks] rear turnsignals (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:06:01 -0400; What you need is a turn signal switch that the brake lights run through like most modern trucks. That uses the same filiment for the brake and turn lights. If you have an original switch it was made; /html/oletrucks/2001-08/msg00142.html (8,504 bytes)
55. Re: [oletrucks] need glass: glass shop or vendor? (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 23:09:51 -0400; The '54 and '55s did come with factory one piece windsheilds, they are not retrofittable as the cab was changed so the windshield was a smooth curve without the peak in the center. You can however u; /html/oletrucks/2001-08/msg00209.html (8,759 bytes)
56. Re: [oletrucks] LCF's (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 23:55:59 -0400; I believe that GMC did make LCF trucks. I do know that they did make cabovers during the Task Force years in the large trucks. They were the same as the AD cabovers except with a different grill, th; /html/oletrucks/2001-08/msg00300.html (7,443 bytes)
57. Re: [oletrucks] door kit (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:55:40 -0400; There were 2 types of 55 chevy trucks. Go to this web page to see pictures: http://www.chevytrucks.org/wayne/55trucks.html If your truck is the kind with the big grill bars it is early 55 (55-1), if; /html/oletrucks/2001-08/msg00324.html (8,026 bytes)
58. Re: [oletrucks] Re: AD rear fenders (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:08:07 -0400; Save their dies my ass, they are probably using the extra metal to make more fighter planes to to try and kill our brave aviators with. Then they use the money we buy it with to buy the jet fuel. I d; /html/oletrucks/2001-08/msg00437.html (7,854 bytes)
59. Re: [oletrucks] starter motor problems (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 12:20:37 -0400; Hi Patrick, The overrunning clutch in your Bendix is bad, you need to replace the bendix. It is possible to do it yourself, but I would have the bushings and brushes replaced while its apart. If you; /html/oletrucks/2001-07/msg00118.html (8,261 bytes)
60. Re: [oletrucks] dumb 6-cyl question from a couple of V8 guys (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 22:50:19 -0400; The easiest way to tell the full pressure from the dipper 235 is to see if it has the oil director valve. Look on the drivers side of the engine right below where the exhaust pipe exits the manifold; /html/oletrucks/2001-07/msg00461.html (8,987 bytes)

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