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| | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 | Well finally I'm the proud owner of a bolt again, a 1951 1 ton dump, you can see it in the gallery, as soon as Peg post it LOL. Heres some of the options it has. 1. RUST 2. FLAKY PAINT 3. CRACKED GLASS 4. A RUSTED UP STUCK 4 SPEED 5. 6 SLIGHTLY CRACKED TIRES WITH VERY GOOD TREAD 6. A STEEL FLAT DUMPBED 7. IT WAS FREE Sounds like fun don't it, I'll be sure to keep y'all updated as I progress (or digress LOL). It may never become a show winner, but given time it'll pull it's weight around here on the farm. And before you ask, I'm still gonna be Still Lookin', just like tater chips, can't have just one LOL!   | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 | Congratulations on the Stovebolt gift.
And yes, you are correct... "Can't have just one!" | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | A most......character building list of options my man. Good on ya.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | whatcha going to dump? nice that you have a new toy though..........good luck with it.
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 284 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 284 | Well the price was right. My buddy gave me mine at the same price --Free It's a 1/2 ton pick up | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,986 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,986 | Congrats!! When you get done sticking money into it, you'll be glad that you didn't have to pay for the truck, too!! | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 | [snerk] Wow. That sounds a bit like mine, only my four speed leaks like a sieve, I have no dump bed and I had to pay for it. Everything else was spot on. Too bad that you're in Kentucky. I need to borrow a dump truck! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 345 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 345 | Sounds like it has all the options. Congratulations. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 | Brendon, you'd have along wait to borrow this dump. The tranny is stuck tight, got it soaking with diesel right now. If I can ever get it out of 1st gear, I might stand a chance. In the meantime I'm gonna check on a couple big bolts I know of for parts. I've already been told about another one that looked to be rust free, gotta check it out. Anyway thanks for the comments. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,066 Authorized Pest | | Authorized Pest Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,066 | Rob,
Fixed your link (sorry about that) so everyone can see it in the Gallery -- haven't gotten the list finished yet. Plus, I have some of your additional info to add this morning.
Peg
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery"We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give." -- Winston Churchill | | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 | | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 226 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 226 | that transmission dont look that rusty to be froze..??? ya sure its not in two gears..????
What it will say on my Tombstone: "Boy, that guy sure owed alotta people Money"
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 | Well I was kinda wondering that too, after I got the top off last night, I couldn't really see, because I've got it half full of diesel LOL. Figure I'd let it soak a day or so then check it out closer. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 | Dad came up the other day and I was showing him the old truck, picking his brain on how to get the tranny unstuck. He opened up the drivers door and the first thing he said was "I spent alot of time behind the wheel of one of these". Papaw had a 49 1 1/2 ton, that was what Dad learned to drive in, he was driving and even hauling straw from West Union, Oh. before he ever had license. LOL So it seems that he likes my old bolt too. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 311 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 311 | Every man's dream! A Dump Truck! You will have a lot of fun fixin' HIM up to go back to work.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 20 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: May 2005 Posts: 20 | Neat find,Your trans problem may be in the shifter,sometimes they rust up and the fork cant move.Some pb blaster or other lube and a little hammer work hope this helps. Bobby | | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 | Thanks Bobby, I took the shifter out and can move it freely now after a little WD-40. But the tranny itself is still stuck in 1st, haven't even been able to pry it out with a tire iron. The tran. doesn't really look that rusted up, thought it might just be pressure on it so I jacked up the rear end, stilll no luck. I'm letting it soak a bit longer, haven't had time to get back to it for a few days anyway. After setting for several years though, can't expect everything to free up over night LOL. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 | I found out today about a good running 235 out of a 57 and he's got a good 4 speed too. These are at a local junkyard. I'm gonna try to get up there in the next day or two and check them out. He's got a few old AD's in the yard but most are ate up with rust. Atleast maybe I can get it running and usable this way. I'll patch up the floor board for now. Still need to get the MC freed up. | | |
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