Well, I went out this morning and managed to back the broken stub nearly all the way out. I took the broken piece I had, managed to get the sort of sharp edge where the bolt had broken aligned with the part in the block, and applied pressure while I slowly turned the bolt. It took an hour of carefully turning while maintaining pressure with a long screwdriver but as far as I can tell it is either unscrewed from the block or has one thread still in there. Now I have to see about actually pulling it out. I have some rare earth magnets, so I'm going to slip the bolt into the hole, the stick one of those on top and see if I can get the stub pulled with that.
Tim
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur (
https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road.
Tim
