Mario Loya B1B

Is the dummy included?

How about this mirror

I hope someone from our forum gives these trucks a new home. Having said that, how about the winning bidder throwing me a bone by selling to me the side spare tire mount on the parts truck?

'52 Truck + Parts Truck on Ebay

My 49 1/2 ton requires the double clutch technique which I have only half perfected (I can upshift but not downshift w/o grinding). What is the best way to upgrade to a synchro transmission. Is it as simple as just making a post '51 transmission swap. If so how easy are these to come buy?

Quick reply indeed! I hope you didn't rip it out of there on my account. Thanks for sharing

Glad this topic came up. I got my truck with a rag and duct tape covering this space between the tube and the cab bed. Was surprising to me given the overall condition of the truck. Does anyone have any photos of what is original or what you have fabricated?

Vibrator (electronic) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses of the term, see vibrator. In early electronics vibrators were used in inverter circuits to provide an alternating current (AC) electric power supply from a direct current (DC) source. The primary use for this type of circuit was for vacuum tube type automobile radios. Vacuum tubes require relatively high voltages ranging from about 45 volts to 450 volts in consumer electronics. For portable radios, hearing aids and similar equipment, B batteries were manufactured with various voltage ratings. In order to provide the necessary voltage for a radio from the typical 6 volt DC supply available in a car, it was necessary to convert the DC supply to AC and use a transformer to increase the voltage. The rapid motion of the vibrator was used to operate a switch. The switch was used to alternate the connection of the 6 volt DC power between two terminals of a transformer, in effect, supplying an AC input voltage to the transformer. The transformer produced a higher voltage AC supply at its output terminals. This arrangement is a simple type of inverter circuit. The vibrator switches used for this purpose were usually encased in a steel or aluminum can equipped with a plug for mounting in a tube socket.

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Byron, has installing the firewall pad made a considerable difference in cutting down on the engine and road noise? My truck is bare metal, but would consider adding this pad if it makes a big difference. How would you rate the installation difficulty from 1 to 10

Merle, I'm not sure of the correct parking position for my 49 wipers, but after many attempts to try to get them to settle flat, I accepted the center as the resting postion. The wipers work quite well after the wiperman rebuild. I strongly recommend him. He is resonably priced and as a bonus, included the rubber mounts, small clips and spring that hold the wipers arms to the motor. I wish I had thought about removing the speaker before installing the wiper motor, that would have made things easier.

Very nice. I would like to have one like that hanging in my garage with the truck's maintenance record attached.

48WN, Looks like you had as much luck as I did with your eBay purchase. I really didn't know what to expect until the truck actually arrived and was more than I had hoped for. Also much to my surprise, 4 months later I received a phone call from the previous owner on Christmas day to wish my football team luck (NY Jets).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abc4JOsJtGc Take a look at this video I made. Santa was good to me. I now have 2 radios to listen to in the truck. One is the 802 which I got working just a few hours ago. I still need to tweak the mounting bracket to get it to fit well in the dash cutout, but I'm getting good sound out of it. See for yourselves. The other is a speaker accessory for my iPod. I really like the way it mounts. Can easily be dismounted to take to the beach, prevent theft, etc.

This looks like what is in the tire now. I assume I should get something like this.

That's interesting. My two rear wheels have the "bolted" type and the front don't. Where would you suggest I get these type of valve stems? Would it be unreasonable to think a tire garage (like Goodyear) would have what I need.

My truck has BF Goodrich tubless poly bias ply tires. It appears that one of tires has a slow leak in it. Actually the leak is coming from the valve stem where the stem seats on the valve hole in the wheel rim. I tried adjusting it by pulling, pushing, twisting in either direction to stop the air flow, but only succeeded in slowing it down. Within a week the tire will be back down to an unsafe level. I took the truck to Goodyear to replace the stem, but they were reluctant to do it because the stems they had where not as wide as the one's on my truck. The service guy was concerned that his stems would not properly fill the hole. Do these tires require "special" or "out of the ordinary" tire stems? or was this guy looking to get out of work early on a Saturday afternoon? I plan on trying another tire place this weekend. I will be wintering the truck soon and I don't think it would be good for the weight of the truck to sit all winter on a flat tire.

Bob, I removed the speaker from the dash and tried the test you recommended. I didn't see any movement in the speaker, but did hear static when the wire touched the terminal post where a green wire is currently connected. I assume this is the field coil connection. Ironically (or by no coincidence) the wire from my "new" radio that is labeled field coil is green. Now after making that connection, I will have 2 remaining wires that need to be connected to the speaker. FYI - these wires look like lamp cord. I guess I will connect those to the 2 remaining posts and if I don't get any sound will just reverse them. i assume i am not going to fry anything by doing this. I installed the radio in the dash cutout by fabricatiing a bracket (thanks for the reference picture Charles). It is real sturdy but still needs a little tweaking to be perfect. I attached the wire that powers the radio using a 14amp fuse. The radio now turns on (lights up, but no music yet. i need to figure out the speaker connection) When on, the radio does produce a very audible humming sound. Is that to be expected with these old radios?

Now that makes more sense. I don't have that piece, but looks pretty easy to fabricate. Does this function as a ground, too?

Hey Steve, I recently purchased an 802 for my truck but am not quite sure how it mounts to the fire wall. The radio included the "L" shaped mounting bracket and was attached to the threaded post that sticks out of the back of the radio when it was shipped to me. Can you describe to me how it should be mounted, or better yet post a copy of those installation instructions you mentioned in a previous thread.

Bob, as always you are a welath of info. I am not sure if the speaker in my truck is a electromagnet or permanent magnet speaker. It appears that the previous radio only had 2 wires running to the speaker attaching to the terminal strip. Am I correct in assuming an electromagnet speaker would require a 3rd wire (to power the field coil) I have attached a photo of the speaker taken under my dash. I will probably remove the speaker to get a better look at it, since I don't even know if it works.

Jim, the wreath on the grill is a nice holiday touch. I'll have to remember that for next year.

Dale, I just purchased a vertical radio (MoPar 802) for my truck, too. I am trying to figure out how to hook it up as well. It has four wires. One is labeled "6 Volt Fuse 4A" I assume this is the wire that will power the unit and should be wired with a 4amp fuse. the other 3 wires are bunched and are attached to a female connector, which from what I can see attaches to a male connector at the back of the speaker. That is all well and good, but my speaker doesn't have that male connector. The 3 wires that attach to the connector are labeled as follows, 2 wires labled "speaker 4ohm" and one wire labeled "speaker field 6 Volt". The 2 wires make sense to me, because that is how you hook up a modern day speaker "+ -" , but what is this 3rd wire? a ground? Anyone?

Let's discuss SPAM is a more appropriate subject for this thread.

.....and not having to go Downunder for it. http://www.oldride.com/classic_trucks/211909.html