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This has 1000 amp surge and 185 continuous. Should easily do the job.

125 amps doesn't seem like enough. It is common for the switch to have a continuous rating and an intermittent rating. See if the one you are looking at has the intermittent rating listed. As for 6 vs 12 volts, that doesn't matter. It is the higher current draw of a 6 volt starter that you need...

I have a 41 COE with dump bed. Don't know how much might have changed between 41 and 52. The PTO is a drive shaft off of the truck 4 speed transmission that has a PTO output. The PTO is engaged or disengaged at the transmission using a lever located in the cab. The hydraulic pump is back in...

That oil filter business was quite a hassle for me too. When I got my truck in 1974 it had a Purolator P50. Long extinct even 40 years ago. The cross from the P50 at the parts store wouldn't fit at all. Diameter was bigger by enough that it wouldn't fit in the filter housing. So I just lived...

Here's a little better view of the horn bracket. Tom

Your car will run fine with a 6 volt system. Only reason to switch to 12 volt would be that you want to run some 12 volt devices. The 47 uses a rabbit ears distributor cap. I tried switching to a crab distributor cap but found that it is affected by moisture and will run rough or just plain not...

Finally got a chance to get a photo of the COE horn. It is mounted to the top of the right frame rail, directly under the floor where a passenger's feet would be. Not easy to get a good photo there. The top of the horn is just under the passenger's floor board. The bracket is bolted to the top...

I rewired my COE using a pickup wiring harness as a starting point. In general, wires going in front of the COE firewall will need to be shorter than a pickup or non-COE truck, while wires going to the rear of the COE firewall will need to be longer. Since doing that I've heard that COE wiring...

Before and a couple of afters of my truck:

Are you getting spark at the plugs?

I found out about that the hard way too. With the COE's reduced clearance and fan shroud, I hadn't noticed that lube screw. Some years ago, the fan shaft seized and I had no choice but to learn about it. After freeing it up, I used 30 weight oil to lube it. Based on Mac's info, I'll go back...

Here's Frank's car on the concourse field at Salem's Riverfront park.

In my case, my COE gas cap worked its way loose and fell off. Because the filler is on the passenger side I didn't notice it right away. By the time I did notice it some bugs had got into the gas tank and I had to remove the tank and wash out the bug remains. Now I have a Bob Drake locking gas...

The Queen's car for the 1939 Portland Rose Festival was white. And still is. See the photos.

I have used the POR-15 kit on 3 tanks with good results. Plan on spending an entire day to do a tank. To dry the tank, I ran a vacuum hose through the gauge opening with the end of the hose at the far end of the tank opposite the filler opening. Then I stood the tank on end so that the filler...