Lonnie, I would be very cautious about new-old-stock or new-old-replacement stock
rubber components. They might look good and come in the original box but old rubber
doesn’t age as well as a bottle of wine. Their price for rubber $40, vendor price $10.95.
Their price for the shield $30, vendor price $9.75 but the vendors shield is just a square
box with the corners welded up and the original ones were formed by a die and look like
the one in the picture I posted.
No the transmission cover does not have to be removed to get to the rear mounts. As with
most of these trucks that have been in service for decades, the mounts in my ’50 were
shot when I brought the old gal home in ‘05. I wouldn’t doubt that they were the original
mounts since they were virtually a blob of jelly and the engine was simply supported
metal to metal.
I cut a 4/4 wood saddle in my band saw that was radiused to spanned a large portion of
the oil pan so as not to dent it. Using that on a floor jack I supported and steadied the
engine while I changed the mounts front and rear.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
