Merle Coggins

Arm rest looks like it may be original. Door panels and seat covers are not.

That'll work just fine. I have a double flair brake line coming out of my tank.

Another way to look at it is that if it doesn't have an engine that runs what do you need brakes for? If it won't go anywhere there's no need to make it stop.

I don’t know ?... But I remember it looked something like this...

Welcome to the truck family. Looks like a solid truck to add to your fleet. We look forward to your tales and the progress continues.

I’m a little confused about your situation. I don’t know the Chrysler wiring, and don’t have a schematic for your car, but in most cases the horn ring provides a ground for the horn, or horn relay. If there was a short in the horn ring it would only provide constant ground and have the horn sounding off constantly. I also don’t understand what 4 prong switch you are referring to. The ignition switch? It seems to me that your relay is wired wrong. You didn’t mention any of the relay wires going to the horns themselves. I would guess that the H,B,and S on the relay would refer to Horn, Battery, and Switch. If that’s the case, your B terminal is the only one connected properly. S would go up to your horn ring on the steering wheel and H would go to the horns. Maybe someone has a wire diagram for your car to verify this?

An empty block won’t crack. A block filled with water would/could crack.

And in mid ‘50 the kings changed to a slightly larger size. From those S/N’s forward once again the main axle was still the same across all 3 weight classes. The spindles would interchange onto the axle as long as you don’t mix early with late.

On the trucks the fronts have the dual piston, stepped bore, cylinders. The rears use the single cylinders top and bottom. Basically reverse of what’s on the cars of that era. I can only assume they wanted the higher stopping power at the rear for hauling heavier loads.

I just didn’t want something for dust to stick to and gum things up even more. Do you have something rubbing, or binding up somewhere?

Yup, it’s a grain door. Used when hauling grain so that you could unload a controlled amount into an elevator, or auger, hopper. Here is the one that my truck came with...

When I find my throttle linkage starting to get a little sticky, and hanging up, I spray down all of the pivots, with a dry lube. It lets all the linkage parts slip and slide easier and things seem to work better.

Whichever vendor you purchased the sprockets from should be able to provide a chain from the same manufacturer.

I would imagine that all 25" engines would use the same timing chain set, but I can't confirm that.

As I understand it, after Fiat got involved there was a marketing decision to spin the Dodge brand into cars only and use the Ram brand exclusive to the truck line. There's even some speculation that Ram will venture into the big truck market again since Fiat owns Iveco. They may use that platform under the Ram banner.

As you have modified your brake system then you may be able to modify your pedal too. I believe the reason for the higher pedal originally was to ensure full stroke of the master cylinder before the pedal hit the floor. As the brakes would wear, and the pedal would have to travel farther to apply the brakes, you wouldn't run out of pedal travel. If you don't believe you'd have that problem you could possibly shorten the stroke. I was also concerned about the pedal height when I first got my truck together. But I quickly adjusted to it once I started driving it.

You can adjust the M/C push rod for the proper amount of free play. I wouldn’t recommend putting a stop on the pedal to lower its ‘at rest’ position.

No adjustment. They rest against the bottom of the floor pan. That’s the way they all are.

The diaphragm is hooked onto the actuator arm. You may need to remove the pivot pin, pull the arm out to get it unhooked. Sometimes you can push down on the diaphragm and angle the stem forward to get it unhooked from the arm.

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I think I was in bed around 9:30. My wife stayed up, as she wasn't tired and was working on a crochet project. She came to bed shortly after midnight. I woke up when she crawled into bed and said "Happy New Year", then I fell asleep again. It's just another night for me. I don't care about the celebrations.

Your title appears to be using the engine number and chassis number. Strange....