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Thanks! I'll try the wires that way. I'm sure there's something wrong, but it appears that the battery charges with the wires switched either...
Been fixing up the 50 Chevy 3100 and working on issues as I find them. When I run the engine, it appears that the ammeter is not moving. I looked...
Thanks Barn Find. I'm hoping to get a reply from The Rodster, who started this post. I wanted to know how the PT wood has held up after three...
I noticed your post began in 2010. Now that it's three years later, how the bed holding up with the PT? I certainly got a good education on PT....
Waldo53 - Thank you for the link. I saw a similar link on the Stovebolt forum. After I created this post, I started looking at a picture of the...
When I pulled the 216 out of my 50 Chevy 3100 truck, I hand to unbolt two (or maybe four) front motor mount bolts that that went through the front...
Thanks John! I'm pretty well convinced that the engine was replaced at some point. The truck was originally purchased by my wife's great...
Just went out and found the casting numbers, and then checked them on line: 216 inline head casting #: 1950-53 3835517 All 216 216 inline...
I have a 1950 Chevy 3100 Thriftmaster 1/2 ton, which is supposed to have a 216. I looked at the Old Car Manual Project web site -...
Thanks for all the info!
I have a 1950 Chevy 3100 1/2 tone truck, with a 216 c.i. in-line 6 and a 6 volt electrical system. Externally mounted on the outside of the coil...
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