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Searched on this, couldn't find quite the answer I need.

'41 ton & a half. Getting the truck back together, always an adventure!!!

Here's a photo of the hardware I'm using to mount the rad. frame to the truck frame, in order from Top to bottom:

Radiator Hardware

So, from top to bottom, I think, it's

-Carriage bolt
-Radiator Frame
-Pad (not in photo)
-Truck Frame
-plate
-lock plate
-nut

Here's what it looks like from underneath:

Radiator mount from underneath
(BTW, the large nut in center is unrelated - it's a frame support for the front-mount fire pump).

So . . . is the hardware correct? bolts are at least a half-inch longer than they need to be - seems odd.
Also, is the simple plate in the right place? It can't really go above the truck frame, or the carriage bolts will not seat fully (very high shoulders on them).

Any ideas? Thanks in Advance!

-Michael

Mike my opinion by looking at the factory manual for 47 to 54 truck manual it would go like this . You would need two rubber support cushions, one would be placed between the frame and the radiator support and the other one would be placed underneath the frame. Also the extra flat plate could actualy be a shim that would sit on top of the cross member. So if you were to look at it it would look like this: top to bottom
1. radiator support
2. support cushion
3. support cushion plate
4. cross member
5. support cushion
6. support cushion lock plate

Then the carrige bolt would drop down and you would install the hex nut. Maybe you could also add a lock washer to take up a little more of length of the bolt. Good luck Joe B.

Thanks, Joe - didn't think to look at my AD factory assembly manual! Not sure how it would differ from the earlier Advance Design stuff. But you make sense. I'll try it your way and see what goes.

-Michael