I spoke with my pops for a bit tonight.

He has been tackling the rear cab mounts on the truck. The cab was low in the back because the mount holes were broken out. He has reinforcements made to fix the broken pieces. Having the cab in the right place is going to be a big help when the doors go back on.

I had promised to post some more pictures of my Uncles JD's 40 COE school bus. I will post some details on the bus soon

Over the winter my Dad has made some progress here and there on the truck. The Next big hurdle is going to be rear cab mounts witch he has just about ready. And a gas tank that was swiss cheese at one end. I was down for spring brake and we JB Welded the bad end of the tank, there were tons of pen holes mostly on the upper half of the tank end. I mixed up The JB Weld and painted over all of the holes with a stiff brush. I do not think that he has been able to fill it and see if we got all of the holes but I think there is a good chance that the tank is back in working order.

The truck had some rear brake line trouble end of last season and so he needs to bend one new brake line and keep from loosing those special banjo bolts. I think he is going to be on his third one. After the tank, Cab mounts and rear brakes are done it should be ready for some road time.

After our above things are tackled the next big thing will be a new front main seal. I do not think he is looking forward to pulling the front clip of the truck to too this job but the seal is getting to be pretty bad.

The truck continues to run well off a gas jug as he starts and moves it in and out of his shop ever day. He does the same with a Model T running gear, I was joking that he is probably the only guy in the country that daily drives a 36 semi and a Model T even if it is only a few feet. LOL

No pictures of the tank I am afraid but I know that there will be some photo worthy moments this summer. It had just been a while sense I had last made an update.

As mentioned above the rear cab mounts were broken threw the floor of the cab, today the reinforcing patches were installed. The new mounts will be next and with the cab fastened properly than the doors can be refitted after they have the new glass installed.

My Dad also said that he got a different generator for the truck that just came back from the shop getting a rebuild. He had been using the generator off of his 35 standard coupe and now it is back on the car.

He also tested my JB weld patch of the gas tank for the truck, it seems to be holding. It will be nice to hook up the fuel system the way it should be, right now it is running off of a can.

I think that he is going to try to get some pictures of the cab repairs for us soon. Stay tuned!

Well, I got some bad news about my JB weld gas tank fix, after sitting over night with fuel one of the large holes gave way. My Dad called JB weld to see what was up as it had been over three weeks before he had time to try the tank, so it should have been cured well. They said that because I used brake clean on a rag to wipe the tank clean that the mix was compromised.

Any one ever heard of this?

It is going to be a pain to clean off the tank for another repair.

This is interesting. Keep us posted as to how this progresses.
Would like to know what they consider a usable cleaner.

It was Acetone and one other, My Dad will tell us.

Only acetone and lacquer thinner, per JB Weld tech.

Seems odd, when I think of all the stuff which has been repaired with JB with almost no cleaning of any kind.

Mike