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#61925 06/19/2006 1:08 PM | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 39 Member | | Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 39 | I may be on the road soon with a 12 hour drive in a 42 1.5 ton chevy 4x4 (no choice in the matter....I'm still trying to get Cloey home from Northern Michigan). In the past I've used inline electric fuel pumps as backups while on the road however, this truck is a 6 volt system. Any ideas?
I'll be taking along spare parts, rotor, coil, water pump, 6v generator and relay (if I can find these). I'll bet blinkers will need to be installed to make this truck road legal.....
Am I nuts? | | |
#61927 06/19/2006 3:25 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 | Dale: So long as you have brake lights, you should be okay without blinkers. Make sure that you brush up on your hand signals, though.  I'd definitely take extra parts... At least a fuel pump and the generator/regulator pair won't hurt! You may want to find another carb to bring -- or at least a rebuild kit for the one that's on there. Plugs, wires, cap, rotor, points, and condenser, too. If she sports a fuel filter, bring one of those along for the ride also. | | |
#61928 06/19/2006 5:01 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 157 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 157 | I had to drive a 1968 IHC pickup out of the wilds of northern Canada once using the primer bulb off of my Johnson outboard motor. The fuel pump failed up by the drowning river, and believe me, there wasn't a International Harvester dealer within 200 miles.
We tried using the windshield washer tank and pump first, but results were wildly unpredictable. | | |
#61929 06/19/2006 5:31 PM | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 | The stuff I would take are;
1. points,condenser
2. plugs
3. a long ignition cable (a set if you are worried)
4. fuel pump
5. a fuel filter or 2 bowl gaskets.
6. 2 gallons of water.
7. can of fix a flat.
8. a length of wire (6 ft.)
9. tube of silicone (please use black) there is a standing joke about people that use red silicone.
10. hand cleaner, rags.
11. a small floor jack, jack stands
12. coveralls
13. tool kit.
Now you are ready!
Or just carry a cel phone with a list of numbers to call along the way, and an ice chest full of you fav. beverage while waiting for the help to arrive.
James
I didn't do it, no one saw me do it, you can't prove anything! "Bart Simpson"
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#61930 06/19/2006 5:56 PM | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 39 Member | | Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 39 | Got it! 1942 Chev survival kit, 1951 owner survival kit plus, wife........lounge chair, cell phone, cooler and umbrella (that's all for my wife). ....will bring along a big bag of Purina Stovebolter Chow for myself......I'm looking at a good window of weather the next two weeks.... I'm scaring myself again | | |
#61931 06/20/2006 4:48 AM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | Dale, take a credit card, a cell phone and an outboard motor gas tank with a squeeze bulb (like Fredstev said) with a basic hand tool set and maybe even a spare battery. Let me know when you plan to do this, I may be able to offer a helping hand once you get it closer to home.
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#61932 06/21/2006 1:12 AM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | dale
i just saw a 44 1 ton (red) going down the road @ 70-80
obviously different running gear. my brother and i had way back in 69-78 two 41 dodges stock and a 47 1 ton mustache grill stude truck.
the best of the dodges went into one w/ a spitfire flathead motor.
what a nice time we had in that baby
way to go
get ride of the red
Jim & Caroline
The highway is for gamblers, better use your good sense."
Gooday-that's my 1¢ answer due to the lousy economy ~ cause I ain't got - no . mo . doe
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#61933 06/24/2006 5:25 AM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | If it runs to start with you probably won't have much trouble.
I drove 8,000 miles in 28 days in my mostly stock 52 1 ton truck.
A trip around the country and a set of points and a generator bearing was about all I needed. I had a spare ignition system less distributor and a spare fuel pump and some fan belts under the seat just in case though.
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