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Mavman427

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  1. Both my '48 and '49 B-1-F's have the 6.285:1 rear diff's. Gonna be slow going on the freeway, but boy those are some stump-pulling gears!
  2. The new tires I bought are heavy duty tires. The fronts are 8R22.5, basically semi tires, very heavy duty radials and solid 1-piece rims. They’re rated for 120 psi max. I don’t know if I’d want to run them below 100 psi. The back tires are 7.5x20’s with tubes on a combination of lock-ring rims and widow-makers. Tires are bias ply and rated for 110 psi. Although I was very careful mounting and inflating them, I didn’t give much thought to whether the original rims could handle today’s tire pressures. It’s a great point that I need to noodle on a little. I may take a little air out of the rears.
  3. Tires are 110 psig max. What do you guys run in your tires?
  4. Some real horror stories here. My '49 has (3) original rims with the split rings, and (1) true widowmaker split rim. I had a local place put new tires on the rims very recently and all went well, but the guy who did it was definitely wary of the widowmaker. He only filled it up with 40 psi at the shop and recommended that I use it for the inside tire of the dual tires in back, have it fully mounted with the other tire in front of it, and to then fill it up all the way to 100 psi. No problems at all with the tire, but it was definitely in the back of my mind. Whenever I'm going to take one of those tires off, I plan to take the air out of it before I remove the lug nuts and take it off the truck.
  5. Does anybody know how to identify the rear axle gear ratio/type on the medium duty 1.5 ton trucks? I've looked on the bottom/top of axle housing an differential carrier and didn't see anything. I scraped and wire brushed as much crud off as I could, but it's still pretty nasty, so I could have missed something. My trucks are 1948 & 1949 B-1-F's.
  6. I'm up for getting together, would like to see your project. Haven't done a ton with mine so far due to time constraints, but I have big ideas. Here's a picture of how somebody did the steering and engine on my parts truck. They basically pushed the engine up and back, but it still looks like it would have interfered with the steering a little. Not sure how they were planning to do the pedals either.
  7. Anybody know what model that middle truck is in the first picture? 2.5 ton? It's a big boy...
  8. I just noticed you are close to where I live. I'm in Nipomo.
  9. Most likely, it will be a parts truck for my 1949 B-1-F. The flat bed is a lot nicer than the one on mine. The seat, doors, frame reinforcements, glass, portions of cab, hood ornament, gauge cluster, steering wheel, etc. will also be great additions to my other truck. This one has a Chevy 350 engine and automatic tranny. With a little luck, I may be able to unload the engine and transmission to close to what I paid for the entire truck.
  10. Found the serial number...turns out it's a 1948 B-1-F or some other variant, 1.5 ton, built in the good old US of A. Not sure how to tell what the exact model is as the data plate on the driver's door pillar is missing, but not sure it really matters anyway. I may eventually try to get the build sheet for it to get more detail just for kicks.
  11. No, engine has been swapped out with a Chevy 350 ?
  12. Here's a picture of the latest addition to the family...enjoy.
  13. Don't have a title for the new one. Here's a picture of what I found on the driver's frame rail, just ahead of the front wheel. It's the exact same number as my other 1.5 ton truck has on it, so I don't believe it is a serial number or portion of one. It must be something else. There are no other numbers that I can find in that area.
  14. Hi all, I'm the proud owner of what I believe is a 1948/1949 B-1-F (twin of my other pilothouse). Somebody took the liberty of removing the data plate on the driver's side door pillar, but I do have the body tag (#4712133233) on it. Driver's side frame rail by front wheel has 3098 stamped into it. Can you guys help me trace down exactly what year, model, etc. this truck is? Thanks.
  15. Do you guys know if the part numbers for the wheel cylinders in this thread will also work for a 1949 B-1-F 1.5 ton truck? On the hunt for some wheels cylinders myself.
  16. Any ideas on the best match as far as swapping in another seat?
  17. Are there any springs in that lower seat or just foam over the wood base?
  18. Well, here's what I got. I think it's just the main seat frame, it's missing all the internals of the seat. Is there another frame for the lower and back portions of the seat or am I just missing the springs, foam, and upholstery?
  19. After getting pulled off the dump truck for other projects (mostly for the wife and kids), I finally got my 1949 1.5 ton pilothouse running. Really didn't take much at all. Put some new wires and plugs, new battery, put a temporary gas can in the engine compartment, squirted some oil in the cylinders, changed the oil, put some coolant in it, and it pretty much fired right up. It might have been sitting for 20 years, so it was pretty amazing that it started like that. Runs very well considering too - take a look at the attached video of the first start. Anyway, now that I officially have a running vehicle, I need to start getting after the other little pesky items such as shot tires (all of them), no seat, and no brakes. Question 1: My truck has 22.5x8 tires on the front now, apparently somebody swapped out the 20's for 22.5 wheels, which is all good, except I can't find much in the way of a 22.5x8 tire out there. The front tires are a cool looking military/lugged style tire and ideally I would like to find more of those. The rear tires on my truck are 7.5-20, which are also pretty hard to find. I did find some Coker reproductions, but their about $300 apiece. Any ideas for doing tires a little cheaper? Question 2: My bench seat is missing the entire set of springs/wire, foam, upholstery, etc. But the seat frame itself is there. Any idea how I can get a replacement set of springs/wire for the seat? Maybe an upholstery shop could do the springs as well as the foam and upholstery? Question 3: All of my windows, windshield, etc. are either cracked or shattered. Any ideas on how/where to get replacement glass for these trucks? Thanks! IMG_2916.MOV
  20. Yeah, it looks pretty ridiculous in the picture doesn't it? One wheel bearing on my trailer was puking out grease and very hot when I rolled up in front of my house. Not sure how much longer it would have stayed together. Think we dodged a bullet (no pun intended) getting it home on that trailer without incident. Anyway, it's a 1949 B-1-F 1.5 ton with a 152" wheelbase. The stakeside flatbed on it is a bit flimsy, but it will work well for dumping loads of stuff. Could also put more of a standard bed on the back and keep the dump ram on it.
  21. Hi all, I successfully got my 1949 1.5 ton pilothouse truck home today. It was a bit of a sketchy haul as my tow vehicle was a hair smaller than I would have liked and the trailer was really marginal for a truck this big. The back of the dump bed hung over the end of the trailer about 3 feet. When we were winching the truck onto the trailer, the winch stopped (due to tripping a breaker) with the truck's back wheels squarely on the middle of the ramp. I watched the ramp slowly yield and buckle to the ground. Definitely a freaky feeling. I couldn't really go above 40 mph towing here home as it got squirrely above that. Had a stiff wind all the way home and lots of hills, but we got through it. All in all, it was an experience and I'm glad it's over. The trailer was rated at 7,000#, which I'm sure I was either at or slightly over with the truck on there. If I could do it again, I probably would pay somebody to drag a big flat bed tow truck out there and drop it off at my house.
  22. Well, I pulled the trigger on the truck and bought it. Now I'm in the process of upgrading my trailer and figuring out how I'm going to get the rig on the trailer and home safely. I need to weld on a bunch of D-rings on my trailer to strap it down and am going to fab up a piece of tube steel in the front that will act as a stop so I don't end up driving off the end of the trailer. If I really get ambitious, I'll fab up a winch mount so I can get it on the trailer even if I can't get her started. I also got a couple of 3/8" chains and chain binders to give me that extra piece of mind that it will actually stay on the trailer with my straps. As far as the weight of the truck, the pink slip lists the weight as 5600#. But, who knows if that included the flat bed, dump ram, etc. Bottom line is that I'm probably pretty close to the limit on the trailer, but I should be able to do it.
  23. Believe the tires are marked as 22.5R8. My guess is somebody swapped out the widowmakers for modern rims, which is a good thing. 22.5" wheels are a common heavy duty/big rig size, although tires are a fortune.
  24. Now that is taking a little too far, for me anyway haha. That is unreal.
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