On Sep 6, 10:58 pm, Jack Redington wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:16:34 -0700, Frogwatch wrote:

For awhile I was obsessed with a 1939 Chevy 2 ton dually truck with a
flat bed. It was as simple as it could be. However, even I admit
there have been a few good advances in automotive tech, like
electronic ignition. I can still set the timing on a vehicle with
points and condensor but doing it every few thou miles gets old. I
love modern tires compared to the old ones.

Those old GM's had a 216 inch straight 6 that didn't even feature an oil pump!
It was known as "splash lubrication". There were these little scoops bolted to
the bottoms of the con rods that splashed the oil around.

Yep and they ran great. No oil filter either and a oil-bath air cleaner
that had a wire/hardware cloth type mesh. My first car was a 1939 Master
85 four door sedan. The biggest draw back was the vacume driven
windshild wipers. When you hit the brakes they would sssloooowwww down -
sometimes to a crawl.

I had a thing for old cars in my teens and thats what I bought.

Capt Jack R..

My current truck is a 4 cyl Nissan 4wd but I have an old Dodge Ram to
tow the Tolman. Neither truck will last much longer. I keep the old
Nissan running just out of stubborness and because it makes my
employees feel bad that they drive new trucks while the boss drives a
beater.
Re-did the front brakes today. Noticed the front right 4wd driveaxle
rubber boot is shredded. It doesnt turn until I engage 4WD AND get
out and lock in the manual hubs so it may be OK since I have not used
it this year. SO, instead of buying a new 4wd front driveaxle, I
just cleaned it out, wrapped an old inner tube round it, greased it
real good and held it in place with cable ties. I bet I get another
year of use out of it. Center support bearing on the driveshaft goes
out every 75,000 miles and has gone agin so I took it off, I'll bite
the bullet and pay someone to press it off and put on a new one. Now
that summer is nearly over, here in humid N. FL, I have decided I want
to get my blower motor to work for ventilation but just about gave up
geting it out of the dash. Ventilation is for WIMPS. I really dont
want to fix the broken key switch cuz the way it is keeps my wife from
driving it. Tried to fix the door handles because I get tired of
rolling down the windows to open the door from the outside but found
all the little plastic bushings are gone so nothing in the doors
works. Maybe I'll get rid of the door handles and just keep em closed
with bungee cords.......