Best way to work on your Delux Heater is to pull it out of the Truck only a
few bolts under the battery box
and it will fall on the floor then you can change your cables at the same
time also your passenger side air vent
to.
HOOT-58
----- Original Message -----
From: J & M Street <jmstreet@earthlink.net>
To: Steven R. Goss <Steve@AZscholarships.org>
Cc: oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Replacing Wood bed
> Regarding the angle strips that are welded to the bed, you can carefully
> remove them with a spot weld cutter. Another option is if the original
angle
> strips are not to bent up to bad, you could exchange the ones you bought
for
> stainless angle strip covers. These strips are meant to go over the
> originals and work well as long as the old ones they are going over are
> still fairly straight. They do however require drilling, as I don't
believe
> they come pre-drilled. -Jeff
>
> Jeff Street
> '55-2 short/step "Street's rod-project"
>
> "Steven R. Goss" wrote:
>
> > Hello fellow ole truckers,
> >
> > Since I am new at this and rather excited about the prospect of
> > restoring my 55 series 2, I am need of your advice again. So far I have
> >
> > got the horn, the hand throttle, and the original radio working... which
> >
> > none of these have operated in the last 30 years. Thanks to many of your
> >
> > emails.
> >
> > Now I am in the process of replacing the bed with a oak replacement bed
> > from American truck classics. I ordered the stainless steel center
> > strips and the stainless corner strips (unfortantly I was not aware
> > that
> > the old ones are welded on).
> >
> > Is there anything I should keep in mind when I replace this? Also how
> > hard is it to replace the edge strips with stnls stl strips?
> >
> > Since I have the bed off I would like to clean up the rusted frame
> > underneath. Is there a efficient way to do this? Here in Arizona rust
> > is not really a problem. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Also... I need to fix the switch and cables for the deluxe heater. How
> > do you access this to work on it. I removed the two screw that hold the
> > control plate in but it seems to hang up trying to pull it out.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > --
> > Steven R. Goss
> > Arizona Scholarship Fund
> > http://www.Azscholarships.org
> > mailto:Steve@Azscholarships.org
> >
> > --
> > Steven R. Goss
> > Arizona Scholarship Fund
> > http://www.Azscholarships.org
> > mailto:Steve@Azscholarships.org
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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