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| | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 86 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 86 | I was on my way to buy a 57 1 1/2 when what to my wondering eyes should appear but a '58 viking 60 with a dump bed. $800 later, it's mine! ( my future wife would have objected) Sheet metal & glass good except for the usual suspects. Been sitting for 5 years. The former owner said it has a 292. Is that right? Does anyone have any tips on getting it restarted right? Although it has a pull switch on the shift lever I'm thinking that is PTO and not a 2 speed rear. Clues?
Matt
"Brunhilde II" '59 Viking 60
To paraphrase Ben Franklin: "Big Bolts are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | Extremely doubtful that a PTO cable would be on a shift lever but it's a correct placement of a 2 speed switch. If it's a wire or a vacuum hose then it is a 2 speed switch. Trace it back, see where it goes. The 292 didn't come out until about 62 but it could have been changed.
Sounds like you have a poor opinion of women, Matt. Too bad. There are lots who enjoy trucks. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | Heck, my wife points them out for me. She accidentally sent me out to look at a nice clean truck that was for sale just to find out it was a Studebaker. She tries,
Scott | | | | | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 102 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 102 | Post title reminds me of the world's shortest fairy tale.
A man meets a woman and says, "Will you marry me?"
The woman says, "No", and the man lives happily ever after!
Ron Thompson
51 Chevy 1/2 ton
36 F@rd coupe
65 Riviera
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | Not all women hate old trucks.. but there are quite a few who wouldn't be caught dead in one!
My advice is buy the truck, love the truck, and find a woman who'll love you for all your "faults", and love her back.
Lifes too short to live in genuine fear of draggin' a new bolt home to the ranch!
an idea is only stupid if you think about it rationally.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 86 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 86 | The engine is not a 292. The pull switch is the 2 speed. My finance still loves me but the brake pedal goes to the floor. If I have to get a master cylinder, wheel cylinders or shoes where do I get them or where do I get rebiuild kits?
Matt
"Brunhilde II" '59 Viking 60
To paraphrase Ben Franklin: "Big Bolts are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 | i got all my brake parts from alretta in mass. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,214 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,214 | Check with NAPA or your local BIG truck parts store, you'll be surprised at what they can get. Mike  | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | Both my trucks had a brake pedal that went to the floor when I got 'em.. the '46 just needed fluid and bled, the '50 needed fluid, but sprung a leak in the front line when I tried to bleed it.
In alot of cases, the systems have just went dry, and a fill 'n bleed will get you stopping again.. but as i've learned from the helpful users here, those old brake systems are not sealed (which is why the fluid vanishes) and it lets in alot of air and moisture when they've been sitting for awhile.
That means that even tho a fill and bleed might give you solid brakes, and even tho the lines may look excellent.. they could be rotting from the inside.
A rotten from the inside line will look and work fine, till one day a big flake of rust stops up one of the cylinders, or blows out the line.
I reccomend replacing all the brake lines, regardless of how good they look.
an idea is only stupid if you think about it rationally.
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