Hello people -- I have a great original 2 ton Chev. farm truck with rear hoist, 12 foot wooden box, drivable, original. It has the 8.25 X 20 inch farm wheels, tires. The inside of cab is fantastic ! Needs a bit of outsideTLC and paint. Also I need to put a replacement throttle cable complete, from dash to carb. Any advice in doing that ? Please explain ....I am in Wyoming, thanks for any advice. I am new member, hope to hear from you ......... MJD
Welcome. Our host has a complete throttle cable, not sure if it will fit a 2 ton, but i would think it would be the same http://www.classicparts.com/Dash-Parts/products/25/6/0. Also here is a link where there are a lot of 1 ton and larger trucks out there. Most are the mighty GMC. http://www.oldgmctrucks.com/ There is a discussion board over there also. Again welcome
There is a bracket that attaches to the top of the carburetor. It has a clamp for the throttle and the choke. The throttle really works well to warm up the engine while waiting inside on cold mornings. You will also need a little brass clamp to put on the throttle cable to pull the carb linkage. I think you can get the brass clamp from Jim Carter.
Thanks for replies ... Thanks for your time, will look at my carb area again to see if I have this bracket, and other stuff. Great trucks to have, I recall learning to drive on an Advance-Design pickup in the farm fields of Nebraska !!
Avatar ! I like your Avatar , it's an actual original advert , I bought a copy of it and have in my bedroom . Happy farmers working an AD
Old ads Happy farmers indeed! I've started a small collection of these old Chevy ads by Peter Helck. Don't have any framed and on the wall yet though. I think he was pretty well known also for his early race car artwork. Bob
Here is the address from our sponser for the brass stop for the end of the cable. http://www.classicparts.com/Engine-Parts/products/69/12/0 part # 89-703 at $0.49 each it cant be beat. Good luck finding the little bracket for the top of the carb. I am very happy with the throttle on cold mornings.
Bowden Cable Parts It is often known as a ' Barrel Clamp ' . When I needed one of the sheet metal cable supports (it holds both choke and throttle cables) I went to Flea-Bay and bought a $5.00 Rochester series 'B' carby with one on it.... The Replacement cables are made over length to fit both 1/2 ton and Big Bolts .
Thanks again ! I appreciate your time and interest in the little parts I probably need. I think I have a couple of the little brass thingys you mention and I do have a new catalog ordered to come in from our sponser Classic Parts. The thing about this 2 ton I have, is that it is so overwhelming of the originality of it, and just needs some fine tuning to get and keep it like it should be. I do not think it was abused, but just worked in a mild way, time has done more wear to it from just sitting out in the open. But, I did get the seat re-covered and the springs were not broke, the door panels I had, plus metal trim, and the dash was not cut up. So many look so junky after all these years, I just had to save this one !! Again, hope to put up pictures one of these days. Till next time, thank you all ............ MJD Love to have a great Chev. like this ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Right On ! You have the right attitude !it's only original ONCE patina and all so keep it original if you can .
Thank you vwnate -- I might just have to contact you when I try to get this throttle thing started. This 1950 2 ton has the 216 engine still too, 4 speed with 2-speed axle. Thanks for listening, and your time .....
It's Easy ! Just go look at all my old tune up posts , begin by changing the oil and doing a valve adjust . If it's been sitting , squirt oil on the valve stems between the valve spring coils before you ever turn the engine ! . Tranny has a fill plug on the passengers side , remove it before draining the tranny , don't freak out if water drains out , just let it drip until dry (may take a while) then re-fill it with 90W gear oil , 85W-90 if you can't find 90W . _Lots_ of grease fittings on these rigs , be sure to raise the wheels off the ground before lubing any suspension points . Steering box has a plug or Zerk fitting on top , use OIL never grease in the steering box and expect it to leak profusely , I use a home made mix of thick oil , or you can use STP typ " Motor Honey " lube in there . Multi-vis modern oils in the engine will make it last , don't worry if it belches clouds of blue smoke upon initial startup ~ they usualy reduce smoking of stop altogether once driven a few miles . Careful tuning will make the old 216 roar to life and run well , even if it's near dead ~ these are well engineered rigs with vastly superior build quality in the running gear . The bodies OTOH , tend to have incredibly poor jig work on the welding so don't worry if the right door is 1/4" off ~ it really was made that way . Gear oil in the rear end too . Top up the brake fluid then wedge the brake pedal down a little bit and leave it thataway for 24 ~ 48 hours , this might get the brakes working well enough to drive it home or the initial test drive .
Measure the flexible brake lines and have them, tools, fluid, and helper with you so that if they burst because of age you'll have them to fix the problem at once. Advice from it happening to me after letting my 65 set for 14 years FUN ride down off the trailer at the time !! , the guy that bought the 65 damn near crapped himself the truck he did not know the emergency brake location, I was almost hit because I was not watching him and talking to his brother. Now it is funny to look back at.
I see you have a few tractors too.... I got some from our farming days. Here is one Dad bought new that we still have, from 1958 year.
That is one very nice tractor, which i had the building you have it in. My tractors have to set outside for now. Here is one of the runners I truly enjoy being on, what a nice machine to drive smooth. https://talk.classicparts.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=2288&cat=2
ccharr -- Great tractor...I recall when the custom harvesters with wheat would come to town around July 4, and one of them from Kansas had a Massey combine with the round tank. It had to be in the early and mid 1950's. Sure made an impression to us kids, an exciting time of year. MJD
That tractor was one of the craigslist finds. I kind of went wild on trctors for a while and have way to many. Wanted to get rid of some when the bottom fell out of everything. That is except for the parts of our trucks. I have a 41 9 N that I am going to part with once I get it to start and run better than it is. I need to get some cover built for all of um, that Az. sun is brutal on raddle can paint jobs.
Found a picture of the 41 9N and me. As you can see the paint is starting to fade. https://talk.classicparts.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=2291&cat=500
