JBNeal

ya might need this bracket to clear the fuel tank area

Mr. Bunn wrote several books, his obit only scratched the surface I reckon of what he'd been up to all these years...this restoration book seemed to cover a little more ground

RIP Don Bunn This man enlightened me with his works on Dodge trucks, more than any other source, and has allowed me to enjoy the old truck hobby a little more over the years with his insight & experience...vaya con dios, amigo

wellllll shucks...I reckon I'll have to catch up with him later

HOLLYWOOD was searching for something else on the 'net and found several pics from Rounders:

just curious as to what that stained wood-panel material is on the wall near the door...sure is fancy for a garage... I worked on a friend's house that had something similar and what a previous owner had done was to cover a presumably teenager-victimized sheetrock wall with stained unsanded plywood trimmed with painted moulding

I reckon ya can get the serial number off of the frame and request a build card to verify your GVW

that sailing ship sounds a lot like a Plymouth...might be an aftermarket box with junkyard prizes tacked on

I've bought a few NOS filters cuz I thought they made interesting items in my display case. Painted logos, chrome plated filter cases, stylized product boxes...them things are all a thing of the past with the advent of laser printing, zinc plating and generic packaging. These filters have leather & cork seals with paper elements. The leather & cork are not flexible, neither are the paper parts, so I reckon they would not be as effective as a filter with newer materials. I'd say that leather gaskets were obsolete, but Colorado Rawhide still sells 1-ton pinion seals made of that organic matter, complete with correct seal material preparation instructions. I did some valve adjustments on the '48 years ago, and used some NOS cork valve cover gaskets...those decades-old cork gaskets eventually fell apart, so I replaced them with some newer-style rubber gaskets. But it was a messy lesson to learn. I see the NOS stuff up for grabs for some good $$$ and all I see are display items or someone's future messy lesson

SURVIVOR: picking up some "medicine" in Waco

I took the '48 out for a spin today, was pleased at how quick it started after sitting for a couple of weeks, but was cussing at it awhile later when it went kaput about a mile from the house. Long story short, it's either the fuel pump or a clogged fuel line...thought about fixing it on the side of the road, but ended up getting it dragged to the house with my neighbor's truck & a chain. As I am in the middle of putting together the John Deere 425 and my friend's Saturn L200, I have some time to mull over my options with the '48. It needs plenty of work as I started to restore it back in '99 and got waaay sidetracked. The '49 needs plenty of work too...I may try to work on them simultaneously as the engine work for the '48 may get protracted at the machine shop (y'all know what I'm talkin'bout). So it looks like this summer is gonna be another busy one

you can study the manual for a little more info or search the YouTubes

I highly recommend replacing the brake lines & fuel lines

truck picture money pit: Since the weather was nice this year, I decided to take a break from the JD 425 & Saturn L200 that have been hogging my spare time since February...both have snow-balled into more work than anticipated: I did a pre-fire inspection on the '48 cuz I don't think I've run that truck in about 6 weeks: I then moseyed down to the post office at break neck speed to mail some bills, then to the water office to check on the pecan tree I donated a couple of years ago: I then wandered into the back 40 and promptly ran out of gas about half a mile from the house: I eventually got the '49 fired up & swept out and took a few pics of it too I've got the tools & parts laid out for the full PCV setup that was documented earlier, but it'll be awhile before I can get back to it...

truck picture B-1-B-108 + B-1-D-126: I took the '48 & '49 out today, couldn't remember exactly when the last time I drove'm around so figgered it was about time to shake some of the dirt out

HOLLYWOOD Buddy Ebsen could move things with his mind then got a headache....wheee doggies

Dipstick Info

has anyone painted the bottom of their cab with that brush-on bedliner as a sound insulator?

helpful information

oilpans make for a better hat than codpiece

I reckon your starter clutch needs replacing...had one snap on my '49, luckily I was pointed downhill so I was able to get back to the house. The external lever arm connects to the starter clutch to engage the pinion shaft to the flywheel ring gear. It has a compression spring that forces the pinion shaft off of the flywheel ring gear when the lever arm is released. A quick check if you have the starter on the bench is to manually actuate the lever arm fully; if it snaps back, the clutch & lever spring are ok...if it returns without that snap, then one of those two springs is busted, or the clutch is sticking on a gummed up shaft.

HOLLYWOOD was watching Twilight Zone, Jack Klugman plays the trumpeter that gets hit by a truck:

the welting is a trim item...ya need it as much as ya need a headliner or firewall pad or a floor mat. The truck will operate without it, the welting is not needed to keep the windshield from leaking. If ya want your window frame to have a professional look with no odd looking gaps between it & the cab, then check into getting some installed

I used the brake spring removal tool with a formed piece of metal to get the job done safely & quickly. The metal was used as a cover for the brake shoe to prevent the tool from damaging the brake lining. I scored a scrap piece of galvanized air conditioning duct, about 12" long x 6" wide. I folded the metal in half in the bench vise so that it was still 12" long, then formed it so that it wedged between the brake shoe & the back plate lip. The folded metal was thick enough that the brake tool would bite into it but not through it. If the metal isn't wedged tight enough against the lip, it'll start moving around and does not respond well to creative German words

get it insured for the purchase price, drive it to the bad side of town & leave the keys in it