RE: Refurbishment That's a nice looking truck there , glad you can afford to have it properly painted , the top dollar guys can make it not only...
It depends ; I'm an old farm mechanic so I take a piece of broken off leaf spring from a Japanese car (they're thinner and better metal to...
RE: Refurbishment Yes , it does to me ~ you may well find that the engine does _NOT_ need rebuilding at all ~ these things were designed to work...
RE: more pictures ~ WOW ! Sonofagun ~ that's a sharp looking rig you have there . Being as you kept the " Cast Iron Wonder " engine it'll be...
RE: Brake Service Notes I'm sure you know to lightly lubricate all the linkages and adjusters etc. , where the brake shoes touch the backing...
RE: Books & Shop Manuals Listen to Bossman , he's telling you straight , buy the original owner's manual too and _both_ bed rebuilding booklets...
RE: Cam Followers (Lifters) Kanter's maybe ? I know someone over on the StoveBolt Page said they're still in production.... YOU all know more...
Follow Greg's advice and keep your engine sharply tuned and you'll be happy forevermore . What could be better than a StoveBolt with dual...
RE: Pbrake cable lubing The deal is : oil will evaporate in a year or less and you'll not be thinking about re-lubing the cables untill they...
?? I have a '57 235 in my '49 and it uses the original '49 radiator hoses... Maybe you can look in a catalog to see if the '53 235 and '58 235...
You don't need it ~ only one carby needs to have the choke working as it is only used for starting , not for driving . -Nate
Check spark , points for pitting and condeser for breakdown as it gets hot , this is very common . Then and _only_ then , can you move on and...
RE: where to start # 1 BRAKES ! # 2 Tires & wheels # 3 change ALL fluids and then do a _major_ tune up , new battery , belts & hoses etc....
RE: THANX ! ...Let's make that a cola as I'm dry these days . I only wish I had the time to drive my rattly old pickup all over America (what...
I don't want fuzzy memory to give you bad advice but you've got to remove the oil pump & distributor as the gear runs off it and there's a...
RE: Turning Drums O.K. , here's the deal : There never was much metal in these old brakes drums so each time you cut them (turn) you make it...
RE: WHOA ! (stopping) Actually , since I routinely drive and tow , in the mountians , I am running........ Totally stock Huck brakes (scary ,...
Steve's advice is spot on here , if you're lucky enough to have a really BIG old vise you can use that with some sockets or bits of steel pipe to...
RE:Toe-in _VERY_ little ! . I use 0 to 1/16" toe in unless you want it to hunt . -Nate
RE: Rear Hub/Drum on 1 1/2 _DON'T_ turn the brake drums ! DO NOT make this common mistake ! . Only if they're so out of round that you feel...
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