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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 203 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 203 | 1953 1-ton, do I need to get the truck on jackstands to support the weight for any reason? I was thinking not.
1953 GMC 1-Ton Pickup with 350 and 700R4
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Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | But it would sure help getting the pumpkin in and out of the housing. Don't see how you could do it with the truck down on the ground. I made an angle plate to use with my floor jack and transmission adapter, but....I'm an old dude and can use all the help I can get. http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/121488062 dg
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 203 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 203 | Finished it last weekend. For anyone else who does it in the future I did it myself with the truck on the ground, and used two jacks to install the new one. One jack to lift the new carrier into place and hold it, and the second to tweak it to line up the bolt holes. If I did it again I would install studs in the top two holes rather than bolts so you could just jack it up and push it on.
1953 GMC 1-Ton Pickup with 350 and 700R4
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 58 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 58 | Tell ya what Chad, You must be one tough guy!
I recently did mine and built a makeshift adapter for my floor jack, not nearly as nice as the one Denny built, put studs in the top two holes, and still had a hell of a time getting it in there. would have been much easier if I would have had a helper to run the jack though. I'm an old guy too!
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Les | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 | But it would sure help getting the pumpkin in and out of the housing. Don't see how you could do it with the truck down on the ground. I made an angle plate to use with my floor jack and transmission adapter, but....I'm an old dude and can use all the help I can get. http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/121488062 dg DG, you're not old, you are just less stupid. Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 203 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 203 | I had no problems with it at all. Stupid is as stupid does.
1953 GMC 1-Ton Pickup with 350 and 700R4
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 77 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 77 | I have a Canadian built 1300 and I know the ring gears are of a different dimension when trying to change to a lower ratio.
Does anyone know if the entire American carrier (pumpkin) would bolt up to my rear axle housing? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 | For what it's worth, I also had mine on the ground. That's what nice about the one ton's. Plenty of room under there! The end results are great, Sweet had mine up to 77MPH with the original 216. last week. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 186 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 186 | If you want more height for working and don't want to jack the truck up...run your back wheels up on ramps or blocks of wood. I normally jack the truck up...unless I have a hoist.. | | |
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