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#91008 08/12/2004 3:17 PM | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 985 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 985 | Can someone post or email me a photo of the drivers side firewall area where the wiring harness comes thru? And also the area where the choke, throtle cable, oil line and temp sending line go thru the firewall also. I am trying to clean up the firewall while I do the rewiring of my truck. It looks to me that the PO use any open hole for this that and whatever.
Thanks
Brian Moore
1949 3100 5 window Deluxe
"Today is better than yesterday, but not as good as tomorrow"
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#91009 08/12/2004 8:01 PM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 14 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 14 | | | |
#91010 08/12/2004 8:54 PM | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 985 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 985 | thanks ad 53. Do you have the Choke and throtle cable as well as the temp and oil sending unit lines going thru one bushing?
Thanks
Brian Moore
1949 3100 5 window Deluxe
"Today is better than yesterday, but not as good as tomorrow"
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#91011 08/12/2004 9:35 PM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 14 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 14 | Yes, that is a four hole grommet for the throttle, choke, oil pressure and temperature. | | |
#91012 08/13/2004 3:11 AM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 124 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 124 | Are the pics from your 53?
Beautiful craftmanship on the restoration! | | |
#91013 08/13/2004 6:50 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 |
~~ Alan Horvath 1954 Chevy PickupSinging his praises in thePassing Lane | | |
#91014 08/13/2004 3:14 PM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 14 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 14 | Yes, those pics are of my 53. | | |
#91015 08/14/2004 3:02 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | All I can say is WOW. What a beautiful truck you have AD. Thanks Brian for asking for help! If that were my truck I would be posting pictures everywhere! | | |
#91016 08/14/2004 3:19 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 14 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 14 | | | |
#91017 08/14/2004 3:36 AM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,987 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,987 | WOW!! That is one beautiful truck! Great Job!! | | |
#91018 08/15/2004 2:17 AM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 208 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 208 | ad53, that's a beaut! Are the fuel & vacuum lines stainless or are they clear coated steel? I wish I could just my truck to run right!  Jacques
Union, Justice and Confidence
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#91019 08/15/2004 3:43 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 14 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 14 | swampcat, they are stainless. | | |
#91020 08/16/2004 1:59 PM | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 985 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 985 | ad 53 2 questions: how did you conect the the wiper motor (just a short section of rubber hose under the dash?}
Second what are you running off the oil sending outlet? It looks like you have a tee but all I can seen is the line going to the gauge?
Oh and is that bed original to the truck? I thought that they changed to the "Flat" style in 51?
Brian
p.s. your pics where just what I needed!
Thanks
Brian Moore
1949 3100 5 window Deluxe
"Today is better than yesterday, but not as good as tomorrow"
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#91021 08/16/2004 2:57 PM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 14 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 14 | Brian, yes, I have a short piece of hose under the dash for the windshield wiper motor. They left the factory with the hose from the manifold to the motor, no tubing. I have a tee for the oil pressure and filter. The flat sided beds came out in 1954. | | |
#91022 08/16/2004 4:47 PM | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,067 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,067 | Nice truck! Did these trucks come with a windshield washer option, or is that totally an owner add-on item?
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68 Big Block Vette
68 455 Firebird
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#91023 08/16/2004 5:17 PM | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 985 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 985 | Brain F**t on the bed sides!
Brian Moore
1949 3100 5 window Deluxe
"Today is better than yesterday, but not as good as tomorrow"
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#91024 08/16/2004 9:27 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | Hot Rod Dad,
Yes there was a Chevrolet accessory windshield washer for Advance Design trucks. I think it had a foot-actuated push-button up to 1954. In 1954, there was a foot-actuated pump-lever that not only "delivered" washer fluid but it also moved a cable that turned on the wipers (the wiper motor also changed in 1954).
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#91025 08/17/2004 5:15 AM | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | Originally posted by Hot Rod Dad:
Nice truck! Did these trucks come with a windshield washer option, or is that totally an owner add-on item? They were a dealer installed option [ GM part # 986527 & 986404 Group # 8.798 ] & I got a few NOS units in the original GM box. Your truck looks OK Ron but you gotta get rid of all those cheesy crimped electrical terminals. Get a soldering iron & learn how to secure the electrical system properly. | | |
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