Does anyone know if GM published a hardware cross-reference for the Factory Assembly Manual? In other words, is there some document that says what a 3687252 Bolt is? Is it 5/16" - 18 x 1 1/2" hex nut, or is it fine thread SAE? As helpful as the Factory Assm. Man. is, it sometimes creates more questions than it answers. The simple answer is whatever works, but that really does not help those of us that would like to be as original as possible. Greg
I am sorry. I did not mean to be so literal. I was just using that number as an example. How did you determine it was a u-bolt? Did you look it up on a listing? The listing is what I am looking for. Thanks.
cross-reference There are no cross-ref manuals for what you are looking for. I looked up the part number in the 1959 chevrolet parts manual. You too can look it up in chev parts manuals by going to: chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com Just a note, I was a chevrolet parts manager from 1955 to 1975 and I saved some manuals.when I see parts problems I try to help. Gene
Thank you gene !!!!! Priceless info there... Sadly I lost my good GM parts guy a few years back Western Truck Exchange in L.A. didn't want to give him a decent wage so he moved on... He used to provide me with info like this and hunt up oddball obsolete GM parts too....
Nate just reminded me of something I was thinking about yesterday as I was trying to sort out all of the "nuts and bolts". We all rely very heavily on the printed matter that has been archived and reproduced. It helps all of us to follow the original tracks of the Chevy/GM assembly lines. I think we all forget about the human knowledge base that may still be out there. Has anyone ever tried to organize that human knowledge base? Most of the guys that worked the assembly line back in the late 40's to mid-50's have probably passed on, but there must be some still in their 70's or 80's. We would probably need a corporate sponsor for such an effort (hint to CP!!!), but I am sure all of the parts vendors and even Chevy would share an interest in collecting this information before it is lost forever. Greg
Best Man you were there for the golden years! trouble is you dont realise things like that till its past,
The Golden Years Well ; I dunno , I became a mechanic in the early 1960's and at that time a cherry AD was worth maybe $250.00 , pretty much anything in parts was still on the dealer's shelf (brandy new 235's was about $300.00 IIRC) plus scads of good aftermarket parts and of course , everyjunkyard on the entire WORLD had nice ones awaiting you and your toolbox plus $45.00 to show up... I also had the luck to be a VW mechanic in those saland days , I had a VW shop in a colledge town , life was very good indeed , I'd not swap the experiance for anything atall .
50's - 60's Golden years, as in motor ind best years when cars were real cars and trucks were real trucks!
Golden That was I guess the Golden Years but it didn't feel like it. I was making a living and raising two boys. I really enjoyed my job though. I even had a new 1951 chev 3100. Here's a real highlight, I toured , many times, the Oakland Ca. Chevrolet truck plant where they were building 3100's. Not as fancy as the plants of today, in fact it is long gone. I also was a mechanic on the side. I did real well on Corvairs, also tune-up on drag boats, mostly carbs. The old guy Gene
Hey Gene ! My '49 was built in the Oakland , Ca. assembly plant.... I never made the trip to an Auto Plant although every school I went to , sent the kids who didn't care Brit mentioned the British Golden Years , back when Austin made these wierd little cars called A-55's ~ they were great for bad roads and gasoline that had less Octane than beer , but they looked kinda stodgy (I love 'em) ~ Austin was run sort of like GM was back then so they made _dozens_ of differeing trim models , many of which utilized mass amounts of stainless steel trims and side spears along with two tone paint jobs and spiffy upholstery schemes to try and hide the fact that they were in fact , dumpy little four door exceddingly slow sedans....... Sigh . They were SO cool . Most were scrapped in the 1970's , I rarely see them Stateside as they were not exported to us , although the lucky Canuckians got them by the boatload .
451181 Can you work your magic on this number? It is the bolt or screw that holds the top of the 3spd shifter. I need to know the size and shape. I looked in the manuals, but I could find it. Thanks, Howard
book call it a screw, upper support to mast jacket 1/4 x28 tread x 7/16 long with recess head) but shoulds like a machine screw.
look up location The part number is located in the chvrolet parts manual in Groupe 4012 and because it is not a special part it is also listed Groupe 8909. You can look it up: chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com use the 1929 to 1957 parts manual. Gene
Here is the link for the exact page. http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/1929_54chevyparts/04/254.HTM
We are getting a little closer. Both of the 29-54 Master Parts Catalogs (Don't know why there are two different ones) have a lot of hardware listed in the 8.900 Section [Standard Parts], but it is by no means complete. Of the 5 sample parts searches I made, I found just 2 of them listed in the 8.900 Section. Greg
Magic requires more Need more info...... year, car or truck.......... Where is the "3spd shifter" located? A pic would be nice. Is it a tranny part, internal or external. or the gearshift area. -Tom
