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Thanks Bob! took your advice

I have been looking for an original water valve for close to two years. Finally found and bought this one, which is NOS as far as I can tell. I probably should have taken a photo before I cleaned the body, but I was just to excited to see how it would look. As you can tell in the photo, I did not clean the linkage portion- yet.

Probey, I'm not blowing you off, I don't know the answer to your question. But, why not contact Charlie and ask him (the designer and builder of the kit)? I found him to be very helpful with the install on my "55 C-3-B8.

I always pack the bearing with grease before installing, have not seen any reference re which side should face up or down but I also do the open side down........andyd

You have a shop we can fit in.

So I finaly found a set of wipers yesterday, on a project car https://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/5824336593.html not a bad car for a project, anyway they needed blades, I went to 5 stores looking for refills, no luck they all told me "they don't make them, or rebuild kits for them" got frustrated, I was at dollar general and noticed they had wiper blades, started looking through them found what is called a conventional blade, 22 inches, looked exactly the same size as mine, $5 bought it, took it apart, cut it into 10 inch pieces, took my old ones apart, the new rubber was an exact fit, put them back together and put them on the car, so if anyone gets in a jam, and can't get new ones, rebuild the old ones

Are you serving Himalayan Stew? Because Himalayan on the side of the road.

I install mine with the open side of the bearing down. That way, water will not lay in the bearing and it will get grease when the lower bushing is greased. It is a very poor setup, at best.

Better let us ALL know.

Right on! Bring some warmer weather please..... I'd better get to work in case you come over!

Flatie46, Trico still makes their Classic series of wiper blades (the rubber squeegie, plus the holder) is sizes from 10" to 16", but the metal part is a brushed stainless steel, not chrome. I don't know if anyone is still making the chrome rubber holders. You can google Trico Classic wiper blades to find someone who sells them near you.

While I am not really into those movies I do have some good news for you. You don't have to go a certain speed or have a bunch of gadgetry....these trucks are real time machines just the way they are. Just one thing they have no problem at all going back in time ...........but you will have to drag it kicking and screaming into the future. At least that has been my experience so far. Jeff

If your truck can make that speedo register 88, you're probably gonna see some serious sheet

Flux capacitor: fictional automobile-based time travel device featured in the .... As the time machine nears 88 mph, light coming from the flux capacitor begins pulsing more rapidly until it becomes a steady stream.

Oh there is a guarantee all right.......I garontee you will take your foot off the gas right quick if you ever get one of these trucks rolling that fast.

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while BBQ is often quite good when properly prepared...and roadkill is often a cheap way out, heck just this morning I passed two fresh kill 4 point bucks dead in the medium on the way to town...however, it cannot hold a candle to a Low Country Boil and yes I do not do alcohol....

Yes the needle seems very fragile and setting it back to zero is not important. Has 97k on it, 1 oil change and it will reset itself. I was bored and watching the football game. Kind of artsy fartsy country deco going on. Gave me ideas to make a template, and start fresh and spray it. Guess I kinda like it, but not sure if going to keep it or repaint it ... think about it a bit.

As per already stated this is assuming and I must state again that you have a NOS non cut drum that is perfect then this would work. As soon as your drum has been cut then the above tool is not going to give you the perfect adjustment. You either need the Ammco 1759 Brake gage or the Miller MT19 factory Brake tool to get the shoes to be in a perfect match and also have the two shoes arced to match the drum. This is the perfect setup to having the best braking option for the Lockheed brakes. I do have the Ammco Brake gage 1750. Also refer to the technical section and there are several pictures of the process of how the two brake gages are used. Rich Hartung Desoto1939@aol.com

You can't copy and paste directly into the thread. You need to create a file first. Export the image out of Word so you have an image file like a jpg. I selected your image in the Word doc, then did a right mouse click and selects "Save as picture..." Then drag it on "Drag files here to attach..." and click on submit.

Pulled home and shined it up! The 215/85x16 fit just fine, they are close on the from of the rear fenders... Fronts turn just fine although the only experience I've had was putting it with a chain to the dolly and then around the yard to park it. I think I will get a size smaller in width and height just to be safe but I like the bigger tire look. Thanks for all your help!

I have 750/16's on the rear of my 42 D22 Coupe and they fit fine. Bought them from Diamondback.

NOSpart: Dipsticks more eBay finds from years ago: these dipsticks even have the felt gaskets that are pristine

Here's a set on a mini-bike for you to consider as you tour the swap meet and hum the tune to "Easy Rider."

still plugging along at it..... I had a friend put his honeymoon on hold to come by last month to lend a hand showed me some things.... made me some tools 48D you ROCK! thru me on some color on the underside, firewall and interior thanks again to the guys who help me figure my gun and color problems out! hey, I finally know what they mean by a 50 foot truck

Any place where there is sheet metal attached to sheet metal, there will be squeaking without some type of insulator between the metals. The '48 & '49 had these little strips where the floorboards, cab, cab floor, and transmission access plate met. The strips weren't continuous, probably stopped about 1-2 inches shy of each fastener. It looked to be some sort of cotton fiber strip that after 6 decades of the elements had all but rotted away to nothing. This material was probably put on at the factory as needed, with no set length except for a shop floor supervisor bellering "don't use so much". Now there are many types of synthetic silencing strips to choose from and can be found in rolls at good car parts stores, hardware stores, even fabric & hobby stores. Some even have adhesive backing where it's cut to length, peel & stick, repeat. My suggestion is to find something in bulk that is about 1" wide and can compress to 1/32"-1/16", usually this is some type of nylon fabric or open-cell foam. Adhesion with weatherstrip adhesive of your choice should do the job, as it will only serve as a place holder until the mechanical fasteners get to workin'. FWIW, the original seats squeak some. I can lean back in that bench seat and make it talk, and it ain't sayin' "how'bout them Cowboys".