Correct! Also if you contact the factory with your truck number they have all the build sheets and will make a copy for you. Clarence Jungwirth did mine for "Eve," truck No. 1198 and I found out it was completed December 24, 1937 so I call "her" Eve. Forgot the details on the '47 W-2201 other than it had to be among the very first of 25 built between 1947 and the mid fifties when it was discontinued (893 ci. Buda gas option I presume in the 2200 series.) Oh, of some interest is that the trucks didn't roll out of the plant consecutively numbered, the frames were consecutively numbered as they were set up on the floor. When they got completed depended on the shipments of the engines, etc. as I discovered when a truck had a number higher than mine but was completed before mine.... Clarence said it was not unusual at all. I just noticed it because mine was so close to the end of the year and was registered as a '38 and the other one was a '37 and completed like two weeks before mine! That also was up to the customer. Oshkosh doesn't care about years or completion dates, just the truck number, then they have the build sheet and can provide any replacement parts correctly, or at least for how it left the factory.
Have you ever seen a 2206 in person? <grin> I kinda hope you haven't until you see your truck! Larry
X2 on not using force. You can introduce some heat. If needed, hook up a hot water circuit through some fittings on the block. Warming the block even to 120 degrees will help the MMO brew infiltrate. Infiltration is what it is all about. Many witches brews have been tried and they all will work, some better than others in a given situation. You can cut ATF with acetone or lacquer thinner, for example.
If you need to force the motor, better to do it via a piston than at the nose of the crank. Weld a grease fitting to an old spark plug, select a cylinder on the power stroke, and pump away with your grease gun.
Time is your friend and so is heat. I am not advocating an open flame around that motor; hot water flowing through the block works wonders.
I really like the grease fitting idea. Going to have to keep that.
Pop the valve cover off, see if the valves are stuck. If they move, try getting the crank moving... if they don't, you should probably pull the heads and work that stuff over before you try and get the pistons/crank to move.
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It is a strange feeling to pass anything other than a refueling depot in a Deuce
Larry maybe you would post some pictures of your Oshkosh, it looks to be in real good condition.
I will make contact with Clarence with Oshkosh, he is considered by some to be legendary!!!
I got a email from Alex today and I'm sorry to report, no change, still frozen. This news leaves me in a tough decision place, I,m 800 miles away from taking any proactive steps on my truck, the advice on the site has been wide and varied, all has merit. I'm not in a place to look over Alex shoulder, point to the thread and ask him to read, nor do I know if he has read or has not the quality info posted here.
I'm looking at all options:
1st. at 35,000 lbs and change I could sell it for scrape,
2nd. I could bring it down to Arizona and under take the process of having it gone through here. 3rd. I could sell it, maybe even to a member that has a proven track record of rehab such a condition.
So if anyone would like to weigh in on there thoughts I really am all ears!!
I am open to offers from the folks in the group that may be interested in buying it out right or another arraingment could be reached. Possibly someone close to Alex that could pick it up and take over the fix.
Lastly I hope not to bring the ss police down on this thread because I mentioned the selling of the old girl, I'm just thinking out loud and I'm sure no one wants this truck to become a scrap sale for cheap China junk
Personally I would bring it down to AZ. That would probably cost a fortune though, around a thousand miles at 2.50/mile (from what I'm seeing)... though assuming it ends up staying with you it has to go that distance eventually anyways.
The sad part is that with fuel approaching 4 dollars a gallon, that money would only buy around 600 gallons. What's a 1091ci Hall get for fuel economy? Is it measured in miles per gallon or gallons per mile?
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It is a strange feeling to pass anything other than a refueling depot in a Deuce
I would get the heads pulled before making any decisions. Go there and take a swing at it yourself.
Just my take.
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If the money is available to bring the old beast home & your capable of under taking the repair yourself my vote is get it home.it looks like a proud old truck that does not deserve to become scrap.
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