Merle Coggins

I like that location better. Mine hooks up down under the firewall and is a pain in the @$$ to connect. I'll have to look at that area again and see if I can relocate it. Although I see that you have your spring going from the carb link to the fender. That's different.

On mine there is a cotter pin through a small hole in the front removable floor piece. Cotter pin comed up from the bottom and it spread open to be flush with the floor on the inside. Then the spring is hooked to the eye end of the cotter pin. Merle

If you had more trees around there they could use one of these.

Looks like he's ready for anything. I see a tobaggon and a surf board, or is it a snow board?. Merle

That's a decent lookin' truck, Kevin. I'm sorry you have to unload it after all this work. I'll keep you in my prayers that your situation improves soon. There's something out there for you, keep you head up. Some day you'll have the opportunity to find another one to enjoy. Merle

Fitting, Don.

Yes, #2 is the oil pressure feed that supplies oil to the "Inlet" of your filter. The other connection at your filter is the oil return and should be plumbed to port #3, which returns the oil back into the sump. What's behind "Door #4" (as you put it) is your oil pressure regulator. No need to remove that plug unless you need to service the regulator.

In your first picture it looks like the fitting where your gauge pipe is connected has another plugged off port. (#2 in your pic) If I am seeing it correctly, this is your pressure feed to the filter. Merle

We are forced to run "oxygenated" fuel (ethanol blend) here. They always tell us that's why our gas prices are higher. (I saw $3.49 last night) That always confussed me since I can go over to Iowa and pay less for the ethanol blend gas. :confused: We have ethanol plants here too. Why isn't our ethanol blended gas cheaper? I blame Jim Doyle (our Governor).

The big knob at the bottom looks like a PTO engagement cable. Are the upper 2 switches or cables like a choke cable? If they are switches maybe they were for auxillary lights or an extra cab fan at one time. What are the two gauges just above the steering column?

If the upper port on your filter is indeed the inlet as you show, than it connects to that same fitting where your gauge connects, since that one has the pressure. The lower port on the block is the return. Connect this one to the other port on the filter. Good luck with the clamp search. Maybe a couple of large hose clamps put together would hold it until the correct one comes along. Merle

YEE HA!!! I can almost hear the "Dixie" air horns.

I don't know how long that one would last with only a 2 amp load rating. Also, the 6 volt DC version has a maximum voltage rating at 6.6 volts. A good charging system will be up around 7.5 volts. Merle

I tried to locate one for 6 volts but couldn't find one. They are readily available for 12 volt vehicles and work great, flash rate is constant regardless of load. Merle

As I recall, my Signal Stat 900 switch has 2 seperate flasher feeds. One for the 4 ways and one for the directionals. If your flasher is only connected to the 4 way feed you won't get directionals. I jumpered the two together so the same flasher feeds both systems. It seems to be working so far. One other possibility would be not enough current draw to activate the flasher with the directionals. With 4 ways there are twice as many bulbs to light. On my truck if the rear lights aren't connected it won't flash. This is because I have LED lights up front. With the rears connected it works OK. I'd have to assume that your rear lights are grounded or your tail/brake lights wouldn't be working. But it's worth a check. Merle

I saw a thing on TV the other night about coin operated machines, parking meters being one of the things they talked about. It seems that there are now parking meters that take credit cards. There is a town out in CA somewhere that is trying them. So far they say they are working out well. Maybe that's what you need, Norm.

For window rubber I reccomend Steele Rubber Products. They're a bit mire expensive than some others, but I believe the quality of the product justifies it. For your other vent window parts... I can have a look at my parts truck tonight to see if it's all there for you. Merle

Amperage is a measure of current flow. Voltage is a measure of potential difference between the positive and negative terminals. Think of electricity like water in a garden hose. If the water is turned on but the hose is blocked off at the other end, you will have a certain amount of pressure in the line, but no water flow. In this scenario the faucet is the positive connection and the atmosphere is the negative terminal. So, the potential difference between the pressure in the hose verses the pressure of the atmosphere would relate to your Voltage. But since the hose is not flowing any water, there is no flow rate or Amperage. Relate this to a cable being connected to your battery at one end, but not connected at the other end. You can measure the voltage between the end of the cable and the other terminal to see the potential Voltage, but without it being connected to a circuit there is no current flow, so no Amperage. Now, let's connect things up to do work. I'll connect the hose to a sprinkler and the battery cable to a lamp. Now you'll have water flow and current flow. Water flow can be measured with a flow meter, which is connected in series to the work load so that the water flows through it. Amperage is measured with an Ammeter in series so that the current flows through it. The water pressure would be checked with a pressure gauge Teed into the line. Voltage is measured with a volt meter Teed into the circuit, (touching the wire or terminal with the probes). With this scenario I can measure the flow of water going through the sprinkler, just as I can measure the current flow through the lamp. And I can connect a pressure gauge to the connection going into the sprinkler and measure the water pressure at that point. Now measure the water pressure after is comes out of the sprinkler and has done it's work (the water on the grass). This is the pressure drop. This is the same in an electrical system. Measure the voltage before and after the lamp and you'll have your voltage drop. With a single load in the circuit the voltage drop across the load should equal the total potential of the battery. However, if there are multiple loads connected in series the total voltage drop in the complete circuit will equal the battery voltage. In other words, each load with consume some, but not all, of the voltage in the circuit. But the amperage will be constant throughout the entire circuit. The amperage will go up or down depending on the amount of total load (resistance), but it will be the same at any point in the circuit. That's my electricity 101. It either cleared some things up, or totally confused you.

While looking for Norm's cheap house story, I came across this one about gas siphoning. Seems this guy got what he deserved. Dumb @$$... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_on_fe_st/odd_siphoning_fire;_ylt=Auhx4pg_40.T2f_HjB54bPwuQE4F

Here's the link to the story... but you got the price wrong. The winning bid was $1.75 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_on_fe_st/odd_cheap_home;_ylt=Ak354jMD66R548EySvlN6eSs0NUE

I think the "R" designates a 2 1/2 ton truck. That's an interesting routing for the exhaust.

Try this web site to find a bulb that'll fit. If a standard 1154 is too big, maybe you'll be able to find something else. http://www.donsbulbs.com/cgi-bin/r/t.pl

VPW has cowl lights listed in their catalog as 3 wire lights. They're kind of pricey though. They also show dual filiment bulbs that'll fit in the cowl marker lights. http://www.vintagepowerwagons.com/pdf/parts/06electrical.pdf

Ed, couldn't you convert your cowl marker lamps into turn signals?

I might have a headlight bucket that'll work for you. Which type of wipers do you have? The vaccume wiper system uses a bezel and a large nut that held everything together. The electric wipers use 2 screws to attach the bezel to the pivot linkage. Here's the vaccume wiper arm, bezel, and nut. (the pivot on the right is an electric type) And here's the bezels for the electric wipers. These had been painted so I had to clean them up before using them. You can also see in the first picture that the wiper arms attach differently too. For the interior defrost vent covers... what you are actually looking for is the full inside windshield trim. There will be 2 "C" shaped pieces that go around the inside of the window rubber, and are attached with screws into the windshield frame. Here's a pic of one. And if you'll email me your pics, I'll get them posted here for you. Merle luv2wingit@sbcglobal.net