Golden Jubilee
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Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:28 pm
Location: Lyman, IA
K-7 GVW and Brakes
On the one with the lighter GVW, it is a '42 and has all the hallmarks of being made for the Military, or had been used by the military. Has the military steering wheel, three bolt ball antenna mount and other things on the cab that make me think it was a war truck.
Interestingly it has 15x4 rear brakes and the small 1 3/8"x 11/16 hy-torque wheel cyl that are called for on the K-5 and K-6F or T and not the larger 15x 4.5" brakes and wheel cyl used on the K-6 and K-7. Everything else is K-7 (suspension which differs from both the K-5 and K-6).
It is possible someone swapped a K-6T axle in at some point but given everything else, I think it is as built.
There was no hydrovac mount under the pass door, but there was one on the frame that someone put there (flame cut bracket not purpose made). There was an unused bracket riveted under the pass door but it was too small and too far back for a hydrovac.
The guy I bought the truck from thought it had air brakes because there was a period looking air pressure gauge in the dash, but there are no other signs it ever had an air system, no brackets for compressor or pulley to drive a compressor. I doubt it ever had an air system.
Every K-7 I have seen has a hydrovac or air brakes, I have never seen one without a hydrovac and juice brakes.
Bearing were branded IHC, I don't know what timeframe they did that.
Looking for a return spring IHC #95-984H, Wagner number FC6785 NSN 5360-00-3533019
No luck anywhere. The Mil spec places show they have them, but when I try to buy they will not sell to end user. I know someone here found one of them that will sell to you but I don't know who it was or which site they used.