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Bud Tierney

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  1. Rest assured Oregon does have a procedure to title and sell "abandoned" cars; it'll be buried somewhere in ORS (Oregon Revised Statutes), but it's there..... Your atty's on retainer are providing you insufficient advice if they wash their hands of the problem by saying they're Real Estate attys; they should, as an absolute minimum, recommend an atty experienced in those cases... That being said, it does sound like more output---time, aggravation, expense---than possible/probable return---remember, even if you acquire title there's the hassle of selling... Speaking of selling, if you (not recommended) or your atty go through any "notice by publication" procedure to acquire title, check to see if there's a "redemption period" after the sale to you, during which you selling may incur risk..... Redemption periods are often allowed in "notice by publication" cases because such notice is often a legal scam---oops, "a legal fiction", as follows: Granted, there has to be some way to serve notice of an action on people you can't locate, can't identify or who may've disappeared to escape notice; hence the publication procedure... All too often, notice is published in a locally designated "newspaper of record", which is actually a little "paper" published for the legal and business community, generally unknown and unseen by members of the general public, among which the person ostensibly being "served" exists...this complies with the "letter" of the law while the legal community (atty's, judges) know it deliberately ignores the intent of the law---being designed to give the person being "served" as little chance as possible (virtually no chance) of learning of the action and possible losses thereunder...(so, what else is new?/)... Jack's tow company is interesting; they'd almost certainly add enough fees that you won't get anything back, but you'd be able to demonstrate due diligence...
  2. While you're correct in that the 4SL went into several other makes, more importantly it also went into a much larger variety of IH truck models than you listed, including some running up into 1934 and possibly later (one ref is to 1939, but that's probably a typo for 1929)... If you're not already posting in oldihc (haven't been in site for awhile) it would be worth a try...
  3. Some of these old Budas have their own idiosyncrasies---if you haven't already, make an effort to locate and talk with other WU/WTU owners before engaging in any explorations; any teardown/overhaul info they have will be invaluable as to weak points, parts sources (if any) or workarounds, etc... Granted, gaskets are available (gasketstogo or olsonsgaskets), valves can be turned from blanks, and carefully pulling the head and dropping the pan for inspection can be reassuring, especially if considering some kind of use that will build up engine hours... However, if only minimal running, with no undue clattering or smoke clouds, just enjoy it, as mentioned above...
  4. I have a 1936 King Prod Co catalog that lists your set; King Pin (aka steering knuckle bolt) their then #K963 lists as .749 OD, 61/4 in length under head...King Prod is long gone; someone here noted who took them over but i failed to note it...HOWEVER, a 1941 McQuay-Norris catalog USES EXACTLY THE SAME NUMBERS which your parts houses may be able to cross index... FWIW, my catalog lists what appears to be a wider? set of vehicles using this set: Chry--28-33---models 52 (4 cyl with 4 wheel brakes), 66, CJ, CM, CI, CO 6s; DeSoto---28-33---K, CK, SA, SC, SD 6s, CF 8; Dodge---30-32---DM 4cyk, DD, DF, DH, DL 6s, DC DG 8s (no DE, DJ), Dodge Trk---30-32---Merchants Express, UF10 4cyl, F10 6cyl 1/2Ton; Plym---28-32---Q, U, 30U, PA, PB. King Bolt Assembly kit # KA4 (both catalogs) includes 2 K963 king bolts 2 KB9433 upper bushings 2 KB9633 lower bushings 2 K1075 lock pins 3 T963 steering arm and tie rod ball 4 M42 expansion plugs 4 M71 shims 2 unidentified thrust bearings in the 36 catalog, listed as M41 thrust bearings in the 41 catalog I have no info re' your other questions...Bud..
  5. I'm sitting here trying to remember the three levels of anti-freeze when I was little: Alcohol was the cheapest, but you had to watch it carefully as it evaporated quicker than the water, leaving you with little or no protection... There was some thing in the middle that I can't recall: it was much stabler than alcohol, but not really "permanent" (free of evaporation)... Top of the line were the then commercial mixes: Prestone and other competing (often lower priced) "permanent" brands (ethylene glycol??).. Someone fill me in on what i can't recall...
  6. Try posting your pic on truckandbusforum.com---it's a Brit based forum that covers both modern and vintage buses. Any US models exported to France were probably used in the UK as well. Helped a member there ID a Lycoming engine in something they were restoring in1912; quite nice people, shoild be able to ID your bus or recommend other places to try. Good luck.
  7. Have you tried Googling the OE past numbers??
  8. HERB: My above comments (as noncompos) need to be updated--- (1) The Aussies on oldihc did come up with a replacement pump, but the voluminous original threads were lost in an oldihc meltdown; I've got notes somewhere as to who to contact (somewhere!!) , but post your question on oldihc, I think now it's the pre-30 forum, and you should get replies... (2) Jim Tremble did get someone to work out a second replacement, but I never got details (or, if I did, didn't index them properly)...he should still re reachable thru smokstak, and, I'm sure, will be happy to put you onto whoever made up his "new" pump... If no one replies on oldihc let me know I'll paw thru my unindexed notes and try to find who to contact...maybe speedtruckbill???
  9. My apologies---I completely misread your original post and galloped off in the completely wrong direction... The 6Y was primarily an auto engine but did get into a Commerce truck... Try Garrad (Gerry/Jerry) Moon at Monte's Eqpmt, obsolete Cont'l parts dealers north of Chicago, Ill garradmoon@montes@flash.net montesequipment.com If no help try P A Ross machinery in Dallas, TX, also noted as being helpful with old Cont'ls parossmachinery.com About the only familiar name using it that has a forum I know of was the 1923 Auburn model 6-43...period Auburns also used several other Cont'ls...you might try posting this question to the Auburn-Cord-Dues forum here in the hope someone there's familiar with the 6Y, or what the oil seal arrangements were in the other period Cont'ls in Auburns..... I'll dig around in the AM to see if there's any car clubs you could try... Again, my apologies...
  10. Bud Tierney

    oil pan gasket

    Sounds progressively like a major operation.... Assuming someone's tried snugging everything up, and it's not really major leakage, perhaps a more practical solution would be something he could smear on to stop the leak(s) without cementing the pan to the block, until major engine work is needed... Crude, yes, but labor and/or damaged parts during removal saving, if it works...
  11. What?? Oil running out or assembly anxieties??? You probably have a 226 (F6226=automotive (actually, truck), F226=Ind'l, PF (or similar P-)= 226 free standing power plant)... Google Cont'l Engine Manuals; some hits for Wisconsin/Cont'l engines (or vice versa) or similar website should come up that has free online manuals, including for the 226...
  12. Well, well, well...went thru a roughly 28/29/30 to 42 Shurhit catalog without success, but various 652s are listed in a 56 Filko Trk/Bus catalog (not in makes sections but dist list included)... 652Cand D took then Filko 27-28-37 point set (apparently one set---most point sets in that catalog are numbers like 27-35 or 52-35, with a few 3 digit segment numbers and a few with letters added) (or maybe 3 piece point set??) DR88 cap, DR83 rotor and DR224 condenser... Perhaps you can get those old Filko numbers crossed with something still available... None of those are unique numbers, appearing for various other DRs, so these may be 'universal" parts, not exact replicas of OE... SPHILL that 56 list shows 650, 651, 652,( no 653) 654 (no 655) 656, 657-661, all shown with various letter designations 656 is a 6, 657-661 are 8s per the Shurhit catalog
  13. Try searching block repair on a couple of the old Ag engine/eqpmt sites (ytmag, smokstak, there're lots)---farm eqpmt stands a lot so they come up with a lot of cracked stuff when they forget to drain or it doesn't drain completely.. Jack's Waterglass's been mentioned before; you can search that for comments... Can't comment on Knight engines but you'll find some ingenious repairs being made......
  14. In the past with tubes in daily drivers I used some of the blow-in sealers for minor leaks; worked fine, never had any problems---left the stuff in for 2-3 days, then let the air out/reflated...
  15. If you're still looking, have you been able to review period ignition parts catalogs over there for other near-period 8s, straight or V8s,, that may've used your distributor or a close variant?? While I'm unfamiliar with Euro vehicles, over here it's unusual to have a model with completely unique distributor internals; a dealer in obsolete ign parts may be able to match up a rotor and points that'll work acceptably---a cap may or may not be unique... Do you know if the factory made local ign systems available as well as DR, for owners who preferred as completely French a model as possible??? My apologies if you've already exhausted dealers there...
  16. Interesting-- Your 662M is listed for your 34 Pres (actually 34-35 Comm/Pres 8) but so is the 662H (33 Comm/Pres 92 8, 34 Comm/Pres 8)...ALSO OTHER 662 VARIANTS 662A for 32 Pres 8... 662G for 33 Pres 92 8... YOUR 662M is also in 36 Pres 92 8 37 Press 3c 8 38-39 Pres 8 40 Pres 6C 8... VARIANTS OUTSIDE STUDE 662E (and 661V) 32 Graham Bluestreak 8 662P 34-35 LaSalle "350, 8, 50, 50B" 662K, N. R var 33-35 Olds 8s 662T, W 35-36 var Packard 8s 662J 36 Pierce 1601 8 660, 661 662 and 663 seem to be for 8s...more than likely none of these are interchangeable, but you might be able to find out from an obsolete ign outfit if any can be made to fit if yours doesn't turn up..... Above is from a Shurhit catalog...innards show some variation, but I don't know if Shurhit produced exact OE replicas or "universal" types that fit a lot of OE dist's...
  17. Uhhhh...am I missing something here???--- V12, 4 plugs per cyl=48 2 dist, 12 hole=24 I assume you meant 2 plugs per cyl???
  18. In my misspent years, with our old jalopies, we used to disengage a stuck starter by putting it in high and gently rocking the car.... Then turning the engine a bit with the fan belt let it fire up...believe had the problem with (among others) a 34 Terrapieces with a very worn axleflex? front end that was really an adventure to drive off pavement (steady as a rock on pavement)...
  19. I had started to comment that 1936 seemed a bit late for the O's, that Restorer32s Thorne engine had probably been an OO or a Q, but recalled I'd promised to look up something for a tractor enthusiast and got diverted... In looking thru a catalog for Ag stuff I noticed some Allis Chalmers combines 32-40 with the OX John Deere combines 29-31 and 34-36 with the "...O, OX..." (options? OX replaced O??)... Nichols & Shepard combines 29-36 (became Oliver, or was part of Oliver)... Minneapolis Moline combines 29-31... I had forgotten to mention Gray Marine converted the OX to their H50 AKA 4-50...(years unknown);... Also, I was wrong about the OXCP being a power unit, as one showed up in an Indiana truck... If NOS parts unobtainium, the above should give you a few more areas to search... It wasn't unusual for engine builders to peddle the last of the production/leftovers of a truck engine to Ag interests...
  20. First, I was wrong about the OOA/B/C being later---it appears they were contemporary with the O/OX etc... The O/OX etc were one of Herc's earliest series (they don't appear in a good 1917 ring catalog; earliest I found was a 1919 listing) and show in probably half the Herc listings in several period catalogs to 1930/33, but I have no actual production figures... The series seem to share piston ass'bly, valves and babbited rods/main caps EXCEPT for the OXC/OXCP, 41/4 bores that have their own sat of parts...I assume the "P" means power unit... Series engines listed are O, OX, OXA,, OXB, OXC, OXL, OB, OBX, all listed in my catalogs as 4" bores...I'm not completely sure the OBX isn't the OXB as catalog listings seem to confuse the two; perhaps the Herc parts outfit can sort them out... Remember these parts catalogs are never complete...
  21. Slant Six News magazine, "Official Pub Slant Six Club of America" (Slant Six Club of America, PO Box 4414, Salem, OR---12/89, 3, 6, 9, 12 1990,3, 6, 9, 12 1991 and 3-1992 issues. (10 issues) all like new. Also xerox copies newsletters 1, 2, 3. 4. 5. 6A and 6b of original Dart/Valiant Slant 6 Club of America, PO Box 1012, Lafayette, Cal. (1980-81). Batch for $15 postpaid Media mail (low, slow, cheap). Bud Tierney 503-281-8576 Portland, OR or email thru site or smokstak
  22. Now I'm more confused than usual... There's a Cont'l in the truck (4 or 6?) and you've found/picked up a Herc to replace it??...or you have two 23 Morelands??...or??? For body "tag" (3x4 or so plate attached somewhere) you sometimes have to look in odd places---obvious ones are doorframes, under doors above running boards, firewall in engine comp'tmt, etc, all visible places---now look up on insides of cab sides under dashboard level, on inside of firewall up under dash, under seat, inside of seat frame, inside glove comp't'mt if any, and such...but, as 1912S said, they tend to disappear... For serial number a favorite place seems to be on sides of frame around front axle area (possibly because modifications--fishplateing etc---much more likely in rear frame/rear axles areas) but, as mentioned above, could be anywhere, or maybe not there at all...
  23. (Sigh)...your 1923 dating may be correct---looked at a 32 engine parts catalog and found "1922-26 Road Runner; BX-1 & 11/2 Ton.." and other models using the piston listed for the O/OX series of engines...these old catalogs disagree more than they agree...
  24. I assume the 7R, then, was someone's guesstimate...early Morelands were heavy on Cont'ls... As NEWBY said, the farm engines were a different company, based in Evansville (and, to make life more difficult for followers of those engines, there were also Hercules Gas Engine Co/Gas Engine Works in SF, 1890s, purchased by Peerless Motor Co 1907, and Hercules 1Cyl horiz oil engines built by The Engine Co of Indiana, Terre Haute, and, I don't doubt, various other "Hercules")... By now I'm sure Padgetts noticed the "M" was 4x51/2 (with all due respect, it's nice to know I'm not the only one occasionally overlooking details)... Possible--repeat, possible--candidates are the O, OX or OBX, the O and OX 4x5 in period listings, the OBX as 4" bore (but I have no stroke), part of a series of "O" 4s that share some parts... Try herculesengine.com, (engine, singular) who bought a lot of Herc inventory and fab's some parts (NOT herculesengines.com (engines, plural) which is for the farm engines)... ALSO check in with Jerry Biro---herculesparts.com---I don't think he deals with anything this early, but might have suggestions (he's spoken of very highly in the tractor forums)... Period catalogs list the "O" (1925 Rings, Herc "O" for 1924 BX and RR), the OBX (1930 Pins, Herc OBX for 1924-26 B, K, 11/2 Ton), and "O-OX" ( 1930 McCord gasket, Herc "O-OX" for some BX,RC.RR 1-11/2 Ton models (Cont'ls in some) but no years stated--- DO NOT CONFUSE WITH HERC OOA, OOB,OOC ETC SERIES, LATER 4s With sympathy, Bud....
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