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#52703 11/22/2005 5:30 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 50 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 50 | Any of you guys (and gals) (and anybody else) know:
1. What kind of tire jack was original on the 54 half ton, and
B. Where was it kept?
I have an axle jack, screw-with-the-tire iron-type, I got from a friend who deals only in 55 to 59 trucks and he showed me the clip behind the bench seat on the driver's side, if I remember correctly, and it's attached to the floor near the gas tank. The 54 doesn't have any such attachment, only the space under the seat but there is no clip or strap nor nuthin' to keep it and the iron from sliding around. I suppose the owner's manual would show me (but I ain't picked up a replacement one yet! Did just about everything else though...) | | |
#52704 11/22/2005 6:05 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 343 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 343 | My 54 GMC had a jack mounting bracket mounted on PS inner fender in the engine compartment, but no jack. The picture in the link below shows the bracket I am writing about between the heater hoses and the starter: http://community.webshots.com/photo/109150147/109004142yqxpUp
1954 GMC 1/2-ton Longbed
1971 Pontiac LeMans Sport
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#52705 11/23/2005 9:54 PM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | The original jack was the screw-type that looked rather like a hydraulic bottle jack. GM used it for ages, until at least the early 70s.
I think there is a picture of one in one of my Webshots albums. My user name there is spe130. | | |
#52706 11/24/2005 2:01 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 50 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 50 | Thanks cujo8 for the picture. I have nothing like that in the inner fender on my 54 3100. There might be some old holes there, giotta check, can't remember, but there is definitely no bracket left like yours. So I have the correct jack, just need to figure out where it goes...the 54 shop manual doesn't cover this topic at all. I'll have to pop for a repro owner's manul! | | |
#52707 11/24/2005 2:41 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 343 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 343 | Chevr aulait, I should say that I beleive that this bracket is for the jack, but no one has ever confirmed this assumption. If anyone could confirm this is indeed a jack mounting bracket that would be great. I would also like to see pictures of the entire jack mounting assembly if anyone has one, since I believe that this is only part of what I believe to be a jack mounting bracket.
1954 GMC 1/2-ton Longbed
1971 Pontiac LeMans Sport
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#52708 11/26/2005 3:39 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 | Mine goes behind the seat. Then again, my truck has been modified so many times over the years, that if there was an outside mount point, it's gone now.  | | |
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