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Interesting SM420 with Side Lever - Never Saw One Before #1086277 02/17/2015 8:59 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 934 New Hampshire T tom moore 'Bolter
tom moore 'Bolter T Joined: May 2006 Posts: 934 New Hampshire	In the Craigslist and Ebay forum a person listed an SM420 for sale and it has a side mounted brake lever. See here: http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/pts/4891348794.html I can't recall ever seeing a direct mounted brake lever on the side of an SM420 before. Unless this lever attaches to one of those rear mounted transmission brake drum assemblies used on the larger trucks. Any ideas? I am curious. tom 1946 GMC Project "Back-in-the-day Restore" Read the story in the DITY Gallery

Re: Interesting SM420 with Side Lever - Never Saw One Before tom moore #1086278 02/17/2015 8:59 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 934 New Hampshire T tom moore 'Bolter
tom moore 'Bolter T Joined: May 2006 Posts: 934 New Hampshire	ps. not my Advertisement. -tom Last edited by tom moore; 02/17/2015 9:02 PM. 1946 GMC Project "Back-in-the-day Restore" Read the story in the DITY Gallery

Re: Interesting SM420 with Side Lever - Never Saw One Before tom moore #1086290 02/17/2015 9:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 603 Alabama O Old GMC Gold Shop Shark
Old GMC Gold Shop Shark O Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 603 Alabama	That looks a lot like my 57 2 ton, that operates the drum assembly on the rear of my transmission. My linkage is missing that goes from the lever to the drum. 57 GMC LCF 370 55 John Deere 40-W 59 John Deere 430-W 2000 GMC 4x4 56 John Deere 420-W Pix on Photobucket

Re: Interesting SM420 with Side Lever - Never Saw One Before tom moore #1086291 02/17/2015 9:52 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Dellrose, TN H Hotrod Lincoln Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer)
Hotrod Lincoln Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) H Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Dellrose, TN	The parking brake at the rear of the transmission is missing. My 59 model 3800 had the same lever, attached to an external-contracting band brake around a drum mounted to the output yoke. Jerry "It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!

Re: Interesting SM420 with Side Lever - Never Saw One Before tom moore #1086294 02/17/2015 10:15 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 Minnehaha County, South Dakota B Builder 'Bolter
Builder 'Bolter B Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	I have a transmission like that on my 59 Studebaker. 1960 Chevy Apache Shortbox In the Gallery Story continues in the DITY Gallery Read all about the IRWIPI - Triple Dog Dare! Supporting Stovebolt Servicemembers

Re: Interesting SM420 with Side Lever - Never Saw One Before tom moore #1086295 02/17/2015 10:19 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,112 Bracebridge Ontario Canada truckernix 'Bolter
truckernix 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,112 Bracebridge Ontario Canada	That looks like my setup and mine has the cables to the rear. 1951 GMC 1 Ton Flatbed -- It is finally on the road and what a great time I have driving it! 1951 1 Ton Completed My Chevy Master 4 Door is on the Road!

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