Farm truck. Goes slow. Shifts slow. Treat it like equipment, not like a car. If you were shifting a tractor, you would shift it slowly and...
S10 mounts Hey Evan, Happened to be near the boneyards today and thought I'd give it a try. Walked into my favorite place and asked for S10...
Anybody know how to search out yards like this? I would love to find some vintage tin yards within a couple/three hours drive time. Get up...
Carter YF Yeah, as usual I listened to the sage advise of our resident master and got an NOS Carter YF for my truck and am very happy with it....
Only a couple... As far as I can see, it is only missing the small clip that the return spring attaches to and the return spring itself. Those...
It's Deja Vu all over again This is the EXACT advise that Nate gave me in August of '05. I did as he said and put an ad up on the '55-'59 page...
No school like the old school Let's see. Old school wipers that suck a** in the rain plus antique truck that took much blood, sweat, swearing...
New or rebuilt hinges from a vendor are pricey for sure. Best bet is to rebuild your own. Many vendors including our host site sell the rebuild...
Exit strategy Simpler times for sure. Sell my practice and start over way out East on Long Island in farm country. Not the pretentious Hamptons...
Steve, Told ya that progressively drilling larger and larger holes and then tapping it would work:D. Kinda makes you sweat a little hoping you...
Jealous!!! Here on Long Island, there isn't a bone yard that has anything older than mid-80's stuff. A couple of really small purists may have a...
Brought my gas tank to the rad shop to have them clean it out. Wanted to charge me over $300.00 to clean and line it. Just had them clean it for...
Oh yeah, When you finally put it all back together on the truck, get some Permatex anti-seize and use liberally. Great stuff. Andy
Talk about a FAST response! My kind of new guy! Thanks Russ, Not in horse country here and don't know much about horses other than the ones...
Russ, How did you do the horse blanket? I like the look and would appreciate some more pictures of how you did the inside of the doors, seat,...
Steve, I learned about Kroil from this site. Now my kids call me "King Kroil" because I can un-freeze the nastiest rusted out crud you have...
I dig the school bell under the hood. That's great:D!!! Andy
Easier??? Famous last words:D. There is no such thiing as EASIER when it comes to manifold studs:(. I wish you luck. I heated the flange...
Took me over two weeks of soaking, heating with torch, etc to remove the old studs out of my exhaust manifold flange. One stud was broken off so...
Check out this thread on the "Stovebolt" page. Feel free to add more NOS parts to the list. Andy...
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