RE: Daily Driver '50 Well ; For what it's worth , I have a 1949 3100 series with 235 and Torque Tube, it's my shop truck so it gets driven and...
RE: Grubby Old Trux...... ! Jeeeeeeze ~ I sure hope you're going to clear coat it else it'll rust away whilst you're sleeping =8-) . -Nate
RE: rear bumper Brackets As they're simple strap steel , maybe you could take it to a welding shop and they could bend you up a set ? . If you...
RE: weatherstrip prep I like to pre clean the painted surface with a clean rag moistened in brake cleaner.... -Nate
IIRC the bushings are ' floating ' typ but do fit very snugly . Is there wobble on the king pin ? or just up & down float ? there should be...
RE: Temp Gauge Sender I'd try a temp sender for a '59 TF with 235 , assuming you have the # 848 cylinder head on your engine . it should screw...
HEY ! never , _EVER_ torque any bolt when it is worm or hot ! that's the easiest way to snap one off , spoiling the heck out of your day . Glad...
RE: Water In Oil You'd be surprised at how much water comes through that drain pipe when it's raining . that's why it is so important to have it...
RE: STEEL Engine Tubes They look really great ! they're available in stainless steel too . Mine are all junky bent up rusty and patched with...
RE: Vac. Advance Tube NOPE ! it'll be fine , right as rain . If it has threaded connections at each end , you can look up the correct steel...
RE: Motor Mounts Go to NAPA or other good FLAPS and ask to see the DOAN catalog (brand of motor mounts) as they always have a " Buyers Guide " in...
RE: Octane Selector Yes this is so -but- the purpose of the octane selector is to be able to make minor field adjusments to the correct basic...
RE: OUTA GAS ! (K.I.S.S.) LOL ! . That's really good . hopefully it'll be fine now . -Nate
RE: Enging Quits NO problem my freind , I'm one of those few who -likes- a wrench in my hand... Vintage vehicles only please . It runs bad &...
RE: Axle Leakage [updated:LAST EDITED ON Apr-12-06 AT 07:56 AM (CST)]If the banjo is full to the edge of the filler hole and it's not...
RE: So Now : Tune the living heck out of it , do a couple _HOT_ oil changes and go DRIVE the doggoned thing ! . Enjoy it !. -Nate
RE: My Old 235 :-) LOL !! It's a ' mystery ' engine Mike ~ supposedly " fully rebuilt " when I bought the truck , the oil pressure is the...
RE: Distributor - Embarrassed to As You may not have loosened the clamp enough or like the man said , the steel vacuum advance line may be...
RE: Adjusting Carby Black soot is fuel fouling , I assume you're opened up the spark plug gaps to .035" -minimum- (NEVER trust the pre-gapping)...
RE: 261 Carbys LOL ~ I don't take it personally ;-) Yes , the 261 did indeed have it's own Rochester " B " series carby bit 99 % are all long...
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