Recent content by Santoken

Yeah, I'm on it. I said that I didn't have the same thickness of insulation...not wire thickness. All wiring, except for noted circuits in the manual, is 14 guage. The old wiring seems to have nearly twice the thickness insulation as to what you can buy today. I have checked several of my...

We've always used the loading dock for my buddy's GPW into his Duece.

All this talk about buying from GL reminds me of a discussion a buddy and I had in the Columbus DRMO once. We bought 3 trailers, bought them sight unseen, only from the pics on GL. When we got there, I'd swear that what we bought was NOT what the pics were. Anyway, we decided then and there...

I was able to remove the female connectors from the cannon plug with a 3/32" pin punch. I'm still not sure how I'm gonna remove the male conectors. Yeah, I have a general idea of the crimpers you are talking about. They are real heavy duty, spring loaded with a ratchet mechanism. The ratchet...

Has anyone tried making their own wire harness? I'm nearly finished with my GMC's retoration, and it has not easy. I really haven't cut any corners yet. I've replaced everything that needed so with NOS or exact replacement NEW parts. Now I find that ABLinn and Memphis Equipment neither one...

I'll tell you, if you are planning a restoration project...just go buy one that's done already. I bought 3 G749's ( a 215, a 211, and a 135) from an old farmer 3 years ago. I paid $500 for the lot. I'm still in the process of restoring the 215, it should be done in time to make it to Findley...

Yeah, seems that the manuals indicate there is a remover/replacer for everything on these trucks. For the wheel bearing nut, I just made a sheet-metal socket, works like a charm. As far as the bearing race, I just set mine with a punch.