Casey-
What is a VDO gauge kit? Sounds like it may be a soulution to my
never-ending quest for a working gas gauge.
Smokey
'50 3600 5-window
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From: VIKINGHILL@aol.com <VIKINGHILL@aol.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 6:24 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Help, and an update...
>Hey everyone,
>
>I have a big favor to ask anyone out there, and a couple of questions...
>1) Does anyone have an extra GOOD carberator that they would be willing to
>part with? I am running a ?55? 235 ci with the stock intake and exhaust
>manifolds. I have done everything thing I can to save the old 700 series
"c"
>type rochester carb that I am running. I have adjusted the float a little
>lower than spec'ed in the up position, because of sepage around the top of
the
>bowl. I used an rebuild kit that had two gasketts that you could use, but
>even with both of them in i have some major leakage and flooding of the
engine
>after a few minutes of ideling?!!!?!!!? any help thoughts would be
>appreciated. (yes, I did check to see if I put the needler valve in
correctly
>:^) .
>
>2) My '47 -2 has 10 springs on the passenger side front and only 9 on the
>driver's side? - any ideas.
>
>And an Update!!!!!! - It apears that the VDO guage kit that I got for the
>"Green Beast" is not going to be all that hard to put in, I have decided
to
>pull a few boards out of the bed so as to get to the gas tank easier the
>sending unit that came with the kit seems to be just the right size for the
>hole in the top of my tank!! :^) !!
>
>I love the cockpit white set that I recieved from United Speedo.
>TIA
>Casey
>'47-2 Thriftmaster
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
>
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