rjoiner57

Discovered back in August that I need to put the truck through a safety inspection so it was put on the back burner for a while. Had the truck towed to my shop ( I teach tech Ed) and have been getting my students to help me year it down to start restoring it.

Rocking her around was all i needed and now she moves!! Finally starting to feel a little accomplished with this project.

No offence to jbneal, i like this idea a lot better to try first. My driveway doesn’t have a massive angle to it but the is truck is currently facing down it and honestly scares the crap out of me.

No more brake leaks now and they are holding nicely. Next problem im having is regarding shifting. i can shift into all gears with the engine off, but once i get the engine going and try to shift it just grinds with the clutch pressed all the way down to floor. I took the flywheel cover off and i can see the pressure plate and shift fork moving so im wondering if the clutch is stuck?

thanks brent b3b, got the rear drum off (luckily the massive nuts holding the drum were slightly more than fine tight and came off with ease). to my suspicion there was a slow break fluid leak. the boots are in immaculate shape but the pistons definitely could use a good cleaning and im picking up some new cup seals later this afternoon.

I pulled off the front wheels and hubs, everything looked really good and there was still fluid in the lines. next i checked the back bleeders, they were a little plugged up but i cleared them out and had fluid circulating. so i thought what the heck and filled the master cylinder with some new brake fluid and the pedals started working and eventually the brakes were holding well, then brake on the rear driver side drum seized and now that wheel won’t turn. it also looks like there’s a slow leak on that side. so am i correct that the only way to remove the rear drums is to pull the rear axle itself? does anyone have pictures of how this is done?

You’re probably right, when i press down on the brake pedal it bottoms out and doesn’t spring back........So yay!!

well, a few weeks back i finally brought the old girl home. Put new plugs, wires, cap and rotor, cleaned up the breaker points and rebuilt the carb and fuel pump. After about 5-8 years the old girl finally came back to life! After that i tested out the brakes only to find they don’t really work?. so i guess up next is to pull the master cylinder and see what’s going on there.

The bed mounts on the sled part are a little rough looking, and I can only find 1 set of the mounts to connect the bed onto the sled. I've currently propped it up with a 2x4. Thanks! from what I have found, its a T147 so that's a Canadian made long block 228.

I am sorry it took so long to get back on this, the truck is currently sitting on a property 2 ferry rides, and about 4 1/2 hours of travel away from me, and im currently getting ready to bring the truck back over to the mainland.

I was wondering if you would be able to show some pictures of how the bed mounts to the frame, I've got a Canadian made 49 D that someone has put a hydraulic lift on but don't quite figure out how to re-mount.

Hello everyone, I am in the process of getting an old family truck, it needs a good amount of work but I am pretty excited to get going. Its a 1949 Dodge 1 ton with a dump bed. I was also wondering if anyone could give me a hand with syphering the model information. Its Canadian made from the Windsor plant, model ID says DE 2 2 6. Cheers https://i.imgur.com/zX8HPzK.jpg[/img] https://i.imgur.com/hhzq6nS.jpg[/img] https://i.imgur.com/ZXHRdvN.jpg[/img] https://i.imgur.com/x194ESX.jpg[/img] https://i.imgur.com/Ka2yL0k.jpg[/img] https://i.imgur.com/WmpbZlT.jpg[/img]