It's possible that the wrong bolts were in the engine when I bought it. I do know that one head bolt was not there! The washers I bought today are hardened, 1/4" thick, and very flat. The edges look like they have been machined. They look like grade 8.
I am planing on measuring each bolt and each hole as I go along replacing bolts. I haven't measured the hole and bolt that snapped off because I'm still working on getting that out. And I will clean out each hole as I go along. Don't know what else I can do.
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
