All coils created eaqual?
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I have seen that a few times on CL. I could have sworn it was a ronner at first, then saw that wide 5 lug pattern. I guess a 3/4 ton jailbar is a one year wonder. This would eliminate it on a tonner search as my favorite thing about the tonner truck is those big ol' 7.50 17s filling up the wheel wells.
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I really am not sure what to think about the tonner.
My first impression, they are so close to a 1/2 ton or a 1 ton, just cut out the middle man and offer a 1/2 ton or a 1 ton. Would maybe be cheaper production cost and life in general would just be simpler.
But this was also furring the war in 1942, not sure how much if any influence that could have been.
Other trucks in the time period, "my 1949 dodge 3/4 ton" The only difference between the 1/2 and 3/4
Wheelbase is 10" longer
Brake drums/shoes are larger 11" instead of 10"
The bigger 3/4 ton they went from 5 on 4.5" bolt pattern wheels to 5 on 5"
The 1/2 ton have 16" 4.5" wide wheels and the 3/4 ton have 15" 5" wide wheels.
More rear leaf springs, over loads option.
Sure I might have missed something, but not much.
There is just a lot of little changes that do not add up to any real value.
Why I think that maybe Ford was trying to cut out the 3/4 ton, but it did not go away and they brought it back in 1948.
My first impression, they are so close to a 1/2 ton or a 1 ton, just cut out the middle man and offer a 1/2 ton or a 1 ton. Would maybe be cheaper production cost and life in general would just be simpler.
But this was also furring the war in 1942, not sure how much if any influence that could have been.
Other trucks in the time period, "my 1949 dodge 3/4 ton" The only difference between the 1/2 and 3/4
Wheelbase is 10" longer
Brake drums/shoes are larger 11" instead of 10"
The bigger 3/4 ton they went from 5 on 4.5" bolt pattern wheels to 5 on 5"
The 1/2 ton have 16" 4.5" wide wheels and the 3/4 ton have 15" 5" wide wheels.
More rear leaf springs, over loads option.
Sure I might have missed something, but not much.
There is just a lot of little changes that do not add up to any real value.
Why I think that maybe Ford was trying to cut out the 3/4 ton, but it did not go away and they brought it back in 1948.
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For your purposes, the 1/2 tons are far more desirable in the old truck market than the bigger trucks. For many years the only value at all in a 1 1/2 ton is taking the cab off to sell. There are a lot of worthless big truck frames left to rot all across the country. Last fall I torched a jailbar 2 ton frame off behind the cab and left the back half as well as the front axle sitting in the weeds. Anyway, I'm just saying that anything bigger than a half ton would be far less valuable than a half ton.
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I know what you mean about the bigger trucks. Uncle also has a 1952 F5.
Pretty sad because it is in real nice shape. Grandpa bought the F5 in the 60's and he used the big box on it for a storage shed.
Grandpa told me it was leaking antifreeze and I thought it was a cracked block, my uncle says that nobody has ever really looked at it and thinks it may be a freeze plug.
Either way, the odometer only has 17k miles showing on it, all the wear indicators like the rubber on the pedals looks like it is accurate.
But there is no real market for these big trucks.
The maroon jailbar picture above, My uncle said he had a chance to buy it from a local car lot for $1k.
Said it ran but needed a water pump, he passed on it.
I tried to turn the engine over today, it is locked up tight. There is 2 lower pulleys on it, I was able to get a 24" pipe wrench inbetween them and pull pretty good..
Did not want to budge. May have to pull the heads off of it next.
Pretty sad because it is in real nice shape. Grandpa bought the F5 in the 60's and he used the big box on it for a storage shed.
Grandpa told me it was leaking antifreeze and I thought it was a cracked block, my uncle says that nobody has ever really looked at it and thinks it may be a freeze plug.
Either way, the odometer only has 17k miles showing on it, all the wear indicators like the rubber on the pedals looks like it is accurate.
But there is no real market for these big trucks.
The maroon jailbar picture above, My uncle said he had a chance to buy it from a local car lot for $1k.
Said it ran but needed a water pump, he passed on it.
I tried to turn the engine over today, it is locked up tight. There is 2 lower pulleys on it, I was able to get a 24" pipe wrench inbetween them and pull pretty good..
Did not want to budge. May have to pull the heads off of it next.
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Hello, I am going to be working on a 1947 3/4 ton flathead V8. Typical "ran when parked" 50 years ago.
All I have done so far is put ATF in the cylinders. While doing so, I see the coil is missing.
Before going down to napa and buying a new coil, Can I use any 6 volt coil to just try and get it running?
I have available a 1952 ford flathead v8 and 2 dodge flathead 6 that could borrow a coil from. All 6 volt positive ground.
Seems to me that they should work fine, assuming they are good.
Trying to research and read, the internet starts talking about resistors and condensers, And is where I get lost. I thought I would ask you fine gentlemen what you think.
All I have done so far is put ATF in the cylinders. While doing so, I see the coil is missing.
Before going down to napa and buying a new coil, Can I use any 6 volt coil to just try and get it running?
I have available a 1952 ford flathead v8 and 2 dodge flathead 6 that could borrow a coil from. All 6 volt positive ground.
Seems to me that they should work fine, assuming they are good.
Trying to research and read, the internet starts talking about resistors and condensers, And is where I get lost. I thought I would ask you fine gentlemen what you think.
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My Uncle got ahead of me, went to napa and bought a new generic 6 volt coil.
Was trying to hold off spending any money until get it unstuck and turning over.
Been to busy this week, but plan to completely fill the cylinders with atf, let it sit for a bit more.
So far I have about a 1/2 quart in all 8 cylinders.
This means that in October I poured in about a 1/4 quart between all cylinders, then around December I did the same.
Now I am just going to pour it in til it runs out the plug holes and let it soak.
Was trying to hold off spending any money until get it unstuck and turning over.
Been to busy this week, but plan to completely fill the cylinders with atf, let it sit for a bit more.
So far I have about a 1/2 quart in all 8 cylinders.
This means that in October I poured in about a 1/4 quart between all cylinders, then around December I did the same.
Now I am just going to pour it in til it runs out the plug holes and let it soak.
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