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ngrybrd last won the day on September 8 2014
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Hi Gents, I know its been a while since posting, but life has gotten in the way as usual. myfather and i started working on it this past weekend. its amazing how easy al the bolts broke free after all these years. we have come up with a plan to make things prorgess much easier and faster and make maintenance all that easier and cheaper too. i know this is blasphemy, but i have since got a free, running driving, stopping 79 Dodge motorhome. its a 440 big block, 727 automatic, drove it the hour long trip home. i was going to gut the inside and make a custom nice interior for camping with my family,,but its just too far gone, after gutting it, not one solid non rotten piece of structure. would need a full house built on it. . so as it sits, its a cab over "convertible" dodge van/flatbed. so my father and i decided its running and driving, and far more modern so all of the drivetrain and brake parts are readily available. so we are just going to stick the cab from the 46 on the motorhome chassis and have a running cool truck in god knows how much less time. we would however, like to eventually rebuild the motor and trans and put that back in if we can. i did join that dodge truck yahoo group but havent posted over there yet. i dont want the chassis to go to waste whats the best way to sell the frame, wheels to wheels, with the steering column still attached? or is tehre even any interest in that given its size?
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How to decifer w series job rated model names?
ngrybrd replied to ngrybrd's topic in Mopar Flathead Truck Forum
Oh cool. A yahoo group? Awesome. Gotta say though, that's old school. Brings me back to the days I had a @netscape email address I'll sign up and take a look -
Ok I've searched high and low. The only thing I can find anywhere is some variation of the phrase "the wc model trucks, w being the new series of Dodge trucks for 1941, and c beng the weight rating" that doesn't tell me anything but its all I can find. Does anyone have a table or list to decode the job rated truck models? For example, c is the usual half ton. But what about all the others. Wd15. Wd20 wdx wh. Etc etc. And is there anything defining the numbers after the letter prefix? As in truck model wxx-xx w(series) x(weigth rating)-some number. My truck is a wh-28. What makes it different from a wh-29. I would think there's a table or two somewhere explaining each combinitation. It's not like the vin decoders make stuff up, I've searched cover to cover in my w series service manual and it clearly lists all the different models in various tables explaining various specs, ie: bolt torque specs, or fan belt lengths. But there's not a thing mentioning the difference between the models. Anything you guys can offer would be great.
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I went back out to look at more things closer. I noticed right in the center of the grille, a few inches above the bumper there's a hole in the grille. I looked at alot of pictures and they all have them, but It doesn't really fit the styling of the front end, so I know it was put there for a purpose. Is there something right behind it that you may need access to? Its almost like the hole to the old crank handles on pre-electric starter cars. There is a big old crank handle sitting on the floor of the cab. its not some old school jump start system is it, no need for a friend and jumper cables if that's the case.
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Ya the guy sold it to me as a 1947. But the t137 website decoded it as a 1946 and they said that mid year they moved the tag to the drivers side? So not sure which to beleive. Definitely a ways to go. But its not locked up so I want to try to get it to turn over to see how much hope we have in it. And I ordered the service manual today.