I just got it today and moved it (pulled) about 3 miles to a safe keeping place until I can get a trailer to move it on home. I couldn't read tag on drivers side firewall. Tag in glove box reads Engine # 98RTH 308915 Series F-6 Model 9R-TH. On rt. head is cast 8B9 forgot to look at left head. Engine not stuck, I barely turned it. Before turning a lot I,will but some oil in cylinders. Can I turn oil pump with screw driver or something down where distributor mounts to prime and pressure up the oil gallys? By body it is a 48, 49, or 50, What can someone tell me about it from numbers I have supplied.
Leo

 

1950 F6 with a V8. No way to turn the oil pump without the engine turning over - it runs off the cam gear and is completely separated from the distributor.

 

Congrats on the new truck! Always nice to hear about another bigun getting saved. Al Bundy liked biguns too ya know. You could probably take the coil wire off and let it turn over a few times to help prime it some. Take the plugs out too to help it spin a bit easier. Some MMO or similar down the plug holes too .

 

One of the first things we suggest guys do is to become familiar with the two piece rims that came on all these big trucks. They are known as Firestone RH-5°, common name today is "widow maker". Finding service on them might be a real challenge. A Google search will yield lots of past discussion, pictures, and replacement options. Stu

 

Been reading and apparently there is a Goodyear locking rim that isn't dangerous like the Firestone. Did I read right

 

Safer, yes. Still requiring close inspection for damage, sprung rings, rust, etc, and require use of a cage when airing. All period wheels, whether Budd, Kelsey-Hayes, Motor Wheel, or Accu-ride/Accuride used either Goodyear or Firestone designed outer rims. Goodyear designs tended to have split rings.

Finding a set is your challenge. The best yard donors are Dodges and IHCs. The 5 lug x 8" bolt pattern was used by the manufacturers until around 1980. Most guys today are looking for the tubeless varieties in 22.5" or 19.5" sizes, which might limit your ability to get 20s from one of the guys that search out replacement wheels. I don't know of an available set right now. Stu

 

Inserted photos, what kind of wheel do I have?

 

That one has a Goodyear rim. If they are all alike you are home free. Odds are that, and any others like it, didn't start life on your truck. But you can thank its prior owner for making the swap. If the wheel is a Budd product there will be a part number on the rear/concave side, generally on the lip. I can look them up and tell the exact design, width, etc. Stu

 

Good, when I get it home I'll get photos of the others if different.

 

The # on the other side of the wheel is 68710 and then some kind of a stamp I can't make out, see photo

 

Here's what the stamped logos signify. It's a symbol assigned by the Tire and Rim Association.



Your Budd 68710 has a dash after it and I don't see a suffix number. A 68710-1 is 6.00" wide, and a 68710-3 is 6.50" wide. Both use a Goodyear "LBW" rim/ring design as pictured below. Hopefully the wheels all match. If they don't, be sure to keep each rim and ring together as a set. The designs don't generally interchange. Stu