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the pitted metal can be cleaned off, the voids filled with an epoxy, then painted or hit with the rattle-can chrome...the rubber gasket can be made from sheet gasket material. The fresh air vent is bolted in place and the mechanism is probably rusted shut. Marvel Mystery Oil or other penetrant applied to strategic locations and let to sit for a day or so, then see if anything can be moved...try not to apply too much torque that would break or bend anything, but work things back & forth then reapply the MMO and repeat. The vent in my '49 was also stuck, and after a week of this approach, it worked itself loose & has operated normally since

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-4 Spring Special on the FB captioned "1965 Platte River Flood, 50th anniversary"

hop in the cab, see how much of a crunching noise it makes...if the answer is "...and how!", then walk away

the Dodge truck starter has a pinion that is manually (well, podiatrically) engaged to the flywheel ring gear to get the crankshaft to turn over, with a fork mechanism engaged by a foot pedal...it's a simple design that works well, so ya don't want to fork that up

I thought it might be a Jeep FC, but after further review, I'd say it's a 50-53 B-series that has had something flatten out the back of the cab, maybe the rump of some livestock if the bed had some sideboards at one time or a shifting load of square bales. If ya look at the big girl's eyes and draw a horizontal line, the cab break line can be faintly made out. The driver side corner window appears to have a distortion underneath it, and there appears to be a similar distortion below the other windows. The windshield division bar & vent windows also have the same shape/location as the 48-53 cabs...anyway, that's my 2¢

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-4 car hauler on the FB

truck picture money pit: in between rain delays a few weeks ago, I climbed atop the roof to work on the TV antenna...took a picture of my junk for the ladies that appreciate my sense of humor among other things

Here is a quick comparison of the cartridge vs. sealed filter units additional information - flathead oil filter discussion

additional information - B-3 survivor

NAPA has a nice looking water pump...take a look at some other water pumps for comparison I made the trek to Terrill Machine back in '04...the business is run out of his house out in the country, and they have had some rough weather in those parts for the last 3 weeks, so he may not have phone or electric service at times. There is a wealth of information in that house, so ya may have to be patient & call back some other day to do some business.

VINTAGEPIC: saw these B-3s at Munson-Smith on the FB

here's a wiring diagram that might help...it has an optional headlight relay circuit, among other things...here's some info on the dome lamp that references some good photos in Bunn's book

here's a wiring diagram that might help...it has an optional headlight relay circuit, among other things

I hate to be the cloud in the group, but I have 1st hand experience as to what happens when things go haywire...and I only needed to be towed less than10 miles. Think of everything that could go wrong & how to deal with it: cut tire, blowout, shelled out u-joint, overheated transmission, overheated bearings, dragging brakes...if something has been sitting for over a year, there is going to be rusty parts somewhere on that beast, and that may not be conducive to getting back on the road for awhile. It costs more up front to put something up on a trailer, but it may be cheaper in the long run. You don't have to worry about the aforementioned problems occurring, and ya don't have to worry about the beast breaking free on ya cuz ya are hauling a package instead of a projectile

I am not sure if anyone has definitive proof of when the radio cutout was omitted from B-series dash production, it may have been a running change sometime in '52 as I have seen '52s with & without the knockout plate, have never seen a '53 with a knockout plate. The 610T may have been offered as an option when this change was made; I would be interested to see if there is some indication as to the print date on those instructions, usually Dodge put that date on the 1st or last page in the lower corner, something simple like "3-52". This may give an indication as to when the radio cutout was omitted. The car radio that Ed noticed in the link to the pic I posted may have been the way to go back in the day, as these were typically dealer installed options

additional information- front sump installed on '49 1-ton

here is this'n for reference

truck picture B-1-B-108: I got tied up with non-stop landscaping all weekend...but the sun is setting further north, so I snapped a pic of the '48 as it awaits some attention...just another day without enough hours in it

it looks like the B-4 cabs had no radio cutout

that appears to be an early '48 B-1-D-126

fyi the internals of the B-series gearboxes are interchangeable...I took the guts out of a '51 gearbox & put it in my '49, works pretty good

the long range forecast looks good, maybe I'll have the chance to put the floor boards back in the 1-ton with the extruded U-nuts I found 3 yrs ago

I have stowed more Dodge truck parts in my attic from random acquisitions than I have seen in any of the swap meets I have attended in TX...before I knew better, I would ask if a vendor had any...and they would laugh & laugh

additional information - B-3 / B-4 door seal

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