You can see the detents in the front of the shift-arm cover in the lower right of this picture (not mine):



Anyone have one of those with the spring and ball end they would part with?

 

I have a 40 parts truck with the cable operated 2 speed. Not sure if it's the same or not.

 

i would like to reuse my lever. maybe i can install a cable like that. didn,t know about the detent,alot of old hay wagens around i will keep an eye on them!

 

Hey Professor M,

Very cool post and truck! I have been going through the same type of restoration on a 1947 1.5 ton of my own. Lots of helpful information from the folks on this forum, thats for sure!

I like the bed you made for your truck. That is my next project, which I am just starting to plan out. Would you happen to have any plans / dimensions for yours?

Thanks,

rmallow

 

Beautiful Truck, rmallow! Ours could be twins, right down to the bent drivers side rear frame rail! Your paint is much nicer though

I have the plans for the bed I sketched up somewhere, I take a look this evening and post them. It is not finished, I had planned on making removable sides and a tailgate, haven't got around to it yet.

 

Got about half the dump body disassembled this evening and only needed the blue wrench a couple times. The hydraulic fluid that came out looked clean with no water so I am optimistic about simply replacing the seals and getting it to work.

Here are the dimensions of the bed I made, I will follow up with some photos of the detail. The overall width is 88" to the outside and 126" long. The cross members are 4x4x88" long and are centered on the following dimensions along the length of the bed, starting from the back: 2", 25.5", 42.5" (this one is ~half wide to fit between the tires), 59.5", 81", 102.5", 124". These were rounded to the nearest 1/4"... The positions of the cross members are non-uniform because I adjusted to accommodate clearance for the maximum compression of the rear springs.

The tapers on the cross members are about 5/8" over 12" IIRC (it's cosmetic). They are attached to the frame rail timbers by 1/2" galvi carriage bolts.

The main frame rail timbers are 4x6x126" and I spaced them to 34" to the outside. It turns out my dump hoist needs them to be ~30" to the inside, so I will need to move them out to make it work.

 

Professor,


Very nice truck and very nice job on the work so far!


Where did you find the 15 ft. push/pull cable?


Steve

 

Thanks very much, Steve. You can get them from a number of places, I got this one at Midwest Control: 30-180-TTL-BH-3 "push-pull, turn to lock bulkhead cable." At the time it was $100, IIRC. A little more pricey than others but is made in the US. If your differential has the detents for H and L you don't necessarily need the twist lock and can use a regular PTO cable.

 

Okay. Thanks for the info!

 

Couldn't resist a photo-op with my favorite tree. I really need to get those grille bars painted up.

 

nice picture! talk about a big tree!!!