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Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 4:13 pm
by 17thAirborne
Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:47 am
by 1943Willysgpw
Nice find. Congrats.
Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 12:08 pm
by 17thAirborne
Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 12:39 pm
by Luis
Congratulations!! Enjoy it!
Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:06 pm
by 17thAirborne
Thanks!
Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 3:44 pm
by 17thAirborne
One of the few parts I'd like to find over the coming years preparing for a restoration. WIll need two of these.
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Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:54 am
by Chuck Lutz
Great resto candidate and looks to have everything still attached to it! Complete trailers are hard to find in that condition and as you posted, the search for the reflector and lighting parts seems to be the only items needed for a killer resto!
Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:49 pm
by 17thAirborne
Chuck thanks. It does seem to have most of the parts. I need to order a lunette and stanchion. I have two tail gate locks coming, but I will need to drill the holes for the rod and make a new rod as well. THe lunette that is on it now is welded to the tube. Overall, this should be a straight forward job with little troubles. I would love to start on it now, but with three other projects stacked up I need to be patient
Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:15 pm
by 17thAirborne
Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 3:10 pm
by 17thAirborne
17thAirborne wrote: ↑Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:49 pm
I would love to start on it now, but with three other projects stacked up I need to be patient
So much for patience
I'm glad I'm addicted to this $#!t and not crack or pain killers!
Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:20 am
by 17thAirborne
Another rainy day so I'm on the trailer again. The permanent boy lock on my trailer has a broken wing on the nut. I tried to turn it slightly and the other broke off. I looked all over for a suitable replacement and found something similar at Grainer, although the quantity is 10 ea. It matches the profile very closely except the outer portions of the wings are completely rounded whereas on the original. the profile comes to a point almost.
Nut, wing bolt permanent body lock, 1/2" - 13. It is 2.25" across the width of the wings.
(Updated width from previous post sorry)
I cannot find a reference, and most companies list Grade 2 Malleable Iron. Given that they are so soft I would think this is the correct material.
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Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:55 am
by 17thAirborne
Here is a better example just a slight difference on the very tip but they are 2.25". These are slightly more pointed. Could be gently filed to exactly match
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Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:33 am
by 17thAirborne
I had to order a 10 pk of the wing nuts, so when the come in I'll post some images and if anyone with a converto wants a wing nut I'll send them out cheap.
Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:11 pm
by 17thAirborne
Parts of the KD lens for trailer sides. The back is pressed in with a round thin gasket to seal out moisture.
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Re: Converto Dump Trailer 0885566 New Home
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:28 pm
by 17thAirborne
I am finding that the SP NO 14 are hard to find, whereas the Stimsonite 12A are available. For $10 they would make a nice lens supplement and IF the NO 14 turn up later we can swap them out. Besides, who will notice the tiny raised lettering on the lens.