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I know i am way late on commenting, but i found it oddly satisfying that you can use the key stock from the axle to do this job as well.

I went with a "satin" finish. Though because of the color people think it is primer, but the truck was oxidized red when I first got it so for me it is the right color.

Yes was too high for my 49 and as per specs provided above by Keven. 660 ohms in parallel should get it to the right range however.

I bought one of these but the ohms range was 32 to 235. Yours was 10 to 90 ?

You could try UShip ( uship.com ), basically you put in the information of what you want to ship and people bid against each other to take your load. That is how I got my donor truck from Michigan, cheaper than me getting it myself. Not sure how they handle heavy packages but they will know what they are picking up and I guess not bid if they could not handle it.

This has been a bit of a sticking point for me. I staked the pin but didn't get around to making a clip...until it happened again! Then I made a clip thing but it didn't work in the first position I put it, but has been holding since. Anyway, because of my nervousness around this issue AND so I could really engineer a better clip arrangement, I ordered another fuel pump. Well not to contradict greg g but it looks like SOME feedback made it to manufacturer because this is what i got. Looks like they just gooped some epoxy/fake metal/jb weld ? on there now to help to hold the pin in. Doesn't really make me feel better about the reliability I must say.

On mine it was a metal cover that snapped in. I don't know of a source for these.

Thought I would share this article I ran across. With all the gas tank spring conversations, this puts an interesting spin. Article includes 56 Dodge PW with Willock in action: https://www.thedrive.com/news/42359/1950s-dodge-power-wagons-flexed-like-crazy-with-this-weird-canadian-modification

So it has been about a year since Clementine went back on the road and last week I hit my first 1000 miles. I had replaced the speedometer ( had the grey face style from later models in there and I wanted the original black ). Since i disassembled to clean and check, I went ahead and set it to all zeros. Has been a pretty good 1000 miles (other than the mouse nest in the radiator debacle), several loads of wood hauled, many country roads like this one. So glad to be driving my old friend after about 20 years in storage. The Old Brass Knob I have kept almost everything the same, or as close to it as I could on the old truck but the one thing that is different is the shift knob. This knob is a solid brass knob from an apartment complex i worked at in the 70's that was built around the same time as my truck was built. I like it for a number of reasons, like how you can feel the gears turning and that satisfying click when you drop in after a perfectly timed double clutch. But what I really like is how it polishes up from regular use. When it was a daily driver that knob always just shined. When I reinstalled the transmission, I thought about polishing it up to start with but ended up just deciding to let it polish under use. I want to get to the point of keeping it shiny and in that way know that I am spending enough time in the truck. I put 150 miles on since I took this picture, hauling loads of oak for myself and friends, and it already is well on the way. Sherman Terrace built around 1950, photo from 1978, the 54 Chevrolet is mine also.

Had to share this, totally bizarre. Probably not the weirdest out there but in the top 100 I would think. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3907472469316436

There has been some talk on this forum about this UNVUN2 universal carburetor https://www.carburetion.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?part=UNVUN2 I like the fact it has adjustable main jet ( though realizing this can also be a knob we maybe shouldn't be able to turn ). I keep waiting for someone else to try one, has not happened yet, it might have to be me if I can get around to it.

Before I completely strip my donor truck JR I have to ask the forum how we feel about the demise or reuse of these old girls. I drove JR for 5 years before decommissioning to pull parts for Clementine and in the end the rust I found as I tore it down made me wonder how it was even staying together. I knew things were bad from the holes in the fenders to the crunch sound when I stepped on the running boards, but I didn't realize HOW bad until parts started coming off. I know it was the right thing, and I will be using the carefully cleaned and boxed spares for years to come, but I have to admit I feel a bit of sadness at the end. I also don't know what I would say to the previous owner. Makes it even sadder to note that the owner prior to the previous owner was an old fellow who kept the truck in storage until, well lets just say it was an estate title transfer. Pennsylvania rust made it pretty much unrestorable by the time I got it is my only defense.

Interesting thing to me, and maybe I am looking at it wrong, is that the ports are reversed between these two pictures ( that is which line goes to bottom of filter and which to top ). I am wondering which is correct. I had a diagram but i cannot seem to find it.

Ha! Misspelling aside I guess if there is a button, someone's gonna push it, if there is a knob someone's is gonna pull it.

Merle, if you do end up swinging by the shop, and you want company, I am even closer to Cottage Grove and would join you if I am in town.