Recent content by EchoBravoSierra

There are a number of clutch head fasteners throughout 47-55 Chevy and GMC trucks, like in my avatar.

I bought an Ironton variable speed bench grinder from Northern Tool. I've used the grinder wheel a little, the wire wheel a little more, but mostly used it after taking the grinder wheel off and used 8" buffers to polish some cast aluminum parts. Burned the motor up after having it just a...

Howdy from Spring.

No BF on the bottom anywhere that I could see.

Shiftless, thanks for the welcome. What is the significance of the BF? I'll check for it before I bolt it down. The truck is a '50 (Same basic body style as '47-'53). More pics of it are here: https://public.fotki.com/chevelle350/cars/50chevy/

Ok, I'll play. I searched the thread, and only saw two of these mentioned so far. I picked it up at an estate sale a couple years ago for $10. I had to go look for a name on it- I'd never paid attention before. It's a Hecsharp No. 435 from Japan.

There are clutch head screws all over the 47-55 First Series Chevy & GMC pickups. I don't know what all else had them, but I know they hold a lot of bits of those trucks together.

I took the 8" grinding wheel off of my relatively new Northern Tool bench grinder and put on a 6" buffing wheel. The buffing wheel was about half the thickness of the grinding wheel, and there weren't enough threads on the shaft to secure it. I used a hole saw to cut a little circular spacer...

Hi, all. My name's Eric. I live in Spring, TX. I'm into classic cars, model cars, and a little household tinkering. I'm slowly working on a 50 Chevy 3100 pickup I've had for a little over 5 years. Just recently moved to a bigger house, and I'm still getting settled into the new place...