TooManyIrons

Affirmative.

In the past I owned a couple of M35 2.5 6x6 trucks and the spec for the lug nut torque was 400 ft-lbs. I have been using the same lug nut wrench and impact socket from my M35 trucks on my 1939 TF-37, so while I have not looked up the torque specs for the Dodge, I would not be surprised if they were to be in the 375 - 425 ft-lbs range.

Nice job on the knobs!

It is my understanding that the 39-47DodgeTruck forum used to be on Yahoo Groups, not Google Groups. Yahoo Groups went away a year or so ago and now the Groups.io is hosted on servers in France.

Use your preferred search engine (I try to avoid google like the plague) and enter "39-47Dodgetruck@groups.io"

Paid a visit to gent that is on 39-47 Dodge truck forum this past Wednesday to look at the WF-32 he had for sale. It pleasure to visit with him and put a face to a name. Ended up purchasing the truck along with some extra parts. Many thanks to Rob for providing the parts I needed for my TF-37!

Thanks...It has been a great truck and with the HO Cummins and the 6 speed, she pulls without complaint.

I do not for certain, but I think it may have been a CCC truck, due to the mesh rear window protector. When the Chrysler Historical folks get back to work, I will request a build card and then post the results here.

Finally retrieved the truck. Glad to get it home.

Had some time today to remount the wheels with tires that actually hold air. If all goes well, I plan to load her onto a trailer next week and bring her home. The old gal has not moved in 30+ years.

After spraying PB blaster on several times over the past couple of weeks, I finally got all the lug nuts/thimbles busted loose. I was able to break the driver's side loose with a wrench, but the passenger's side nuts/thimbles would not budge...even with a 3 foot cheater bar. I ended up purchasing a 3/4" drive cordless impact wrench and that took them right off.

Thanks for the heads up on the lug nuts, but I learned that lesson on my 41 WC-12 almost 50 years ago at the cost of some stripped wheel studs.

Thanks...Its a 1.5 ton. My plan is to restore/rebuild it. Right now I am prepping it to load on a trailer and take it home. Once I get it home I am going to park it in one of my shop lean-tos, out of the weather, until I can start working on it. I have a couple other projects going right now, so this beauty will have to wait.

Today I went to evict the rodents nesting in the cab of my new treasure. Also removed the remnants of the rotten flatbed and sprayed PB Blaster on all the lug nuts. I ended up filling (4) 45 gal trash bags with the material from the rodent nests. Sorry about the sideways pics.

Well done sir! If I lived closer I would have been more than happy to help.?