davehummell

When I transferred the title over into my name and purchased the antique tag it was an easy process I have Hagerty insurance on the Mack and my 31 model A and my 32 ford hotrod pickup the state quit asking for photos but Hagerty wants the photos of the vehicles in their garage every spring I haul mulch in on the Mack and use it to haul round bales for my goats.

Back when I was still working I noticed most hydraulic fittings brand name ones made in China my friend runs a car repair business and he claim's the parts are spotty for holding up and most rotors you can't cut anymore they are too thin. When I was building my 32 hotrod I went up to Cleveland Bros to get a can of cat cement while I was there, I visited with a guy I used to work with, and he said they changed the formula some time ago and it wasn't as good as it used to be I wanted it for glueing the valve cover gaskets on the ford 302 engine it worked but not as good and it was quite expensive

Back in the early 70's I worked on some International trucks and it was real interesting trying to get the right parts owing to how their system was set up I had better luck ordering parts for Cat equipment. later on, I had really good parts guys to help me get parts for the trucks I worked on I really depended on the guys a Cooks for about 20 plus years plus they were a Mack parts dealer which helped me with the Macks I worked on.

I find it seems the guys that really knew the parts they were selling are long gone and most of the parts pushers don't have a clue and don't care that are at the counters now but one number wrong can be a big problem I remember a guy at Cleveland Bros that ordered a part for a tractor in the dirt shop and got in a track frame for a d-9

Larry I remember back in the dark ages when I first started at the place that ran all R's and F models and one or two had the three filters. My 260 hp was made in 1980 and it had a cartridge filter I swapped it out for the filter setup off a 285 hp and a little bigger pan off another engine that was setting in the junk yard the junkers put a big hole in the oil pan when they pulled the engine that 300 should do you very well I drove an R with a 285 hp that I in chassis over hauled and it did pretty good in that triaxle dump

I have changed some clutches out in the yard with a sheet of plywood it adds to the job when the jack doesn't roll worth a darn

I always used a bottom plate and threaded rod I wore out the treaded rod a time or two just be careful to get the block holes really clean before sliding in the new liners. How bad are the bores? Maybe you can lolly pop the liners, it would be ok if no taper in the bore.

I wanted to get down to the show tomorrow, but my last competitive shoot is tomorrow, and I took home some of the targets to repair so I pretty much have to go, or a bunch of guys will be hunting me down and they shoot long distances. The last car show that I show my 31 model A and my 32 Ford hotrod at is tomorrow also too much stuff going on at the same time

I used to get this stuff at grangers that you sprayed on a gasket, and it loosened it up so scraping it off was a lot easier cleaning the gaskets off cat aluminum oil pans were time consuming and the spacer plates also. I made real good gasket scrapers from the blades off the power hacksaw

I have a triplex in my B model and it is a double over when I shift from third high to fourth I drop back to direct and when the speed and rpm is right I shift into overdrive on the hot stick when I want to keep up and pass others on the highway I pull it back into 5 over the 373 rear gives me quite the road speed. My trans usually will grind a little bit going into fourth especially if I let the rpms up over 1800

they are right under the handle if you look closely you can see the plate plus, I just gave them a coat of black paint

Hi, I made a different mounting plate to center the shaft that operates the mechanisms inside the door it's been long enough now I don't remember much else other then it wasn't too hard to do if I did it anyone with some tools could do it so far, they work just like the originals sometimes I can be a cheap bastard and I figured these would be good enough for my beat-up truck

There is a guy just over in New York that has trucks he sells parts off and how about that guy on up that has lots of b model parts Kevin he has lots of stuff you better get up to the Hartford truck show on the 31st you can get some leads off guys up there.

I can't remember how many times I got the measles along with chicken pox and the mumps from others in school not to forget the bad colds I can still remember the threat of a spoon full of caster oil if I didn't get better we didn't go to the dr unless we were at deaths door

I have about 24 birds for egg laying I haven't bought store bought eggs in about 20 years. When I was little my Gram and I would walk up to a relative's house and buy a chicken for Sunday dinner used to get eggs from him too.