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Assistance with late 1940s international pickup truck (Cañon City)
Chandler Rd.
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I have a late 1940s international pickup with a GRD 214 inline 6 engine that is partially seized. The truck is complete with transmission driveshaft and rear axle. Looking to get it to turn over with a little work, there is a starter in the cab of the truck that looks to be compatible with it. I bench tested it and it works.
I’m Interested in finding someone knowledgeable to give an evaluation of what it needs and potentially willing to do some of the work with my assistance. I live in a rural area outside Cañon City. Let me know what you expect as far as compensation to see if it has a potential to run again
OR if you have any spare parts I am interested.
Thanks.
Below is what I have done with it so far:
As far as the troubleshooting and diagnosing of its current state,
I can move the fan/ crankshaft by hand but it does stop in the same spot just shy of 360° rotation. The starter was in the cab when I got the truck, so I had access to the flywheel. I marked a tooth on the flywheel with a paint pen, then rotated the fan until it would stop then marked a tooth in a different color paint pen. I counted the teeth between the marks and it’s only about 10 teeth between the 2 marks so I’m suspecting that the rotation is nearly 360°. From there I removed the spark plugs, which cylinder 1-5 look brand new, and the cylinder 6 plug looks pretty used up. I marked the wires and put a tablespoon of automatic transmission fluid down each spark plug hole. I rotated the fan again by hand no change after sitting and soaking. Then I removed the air cleaner assembly, and the intake/ exhaust manifolds, removed mouse house and the seeds and debris from a couple exhaust ports that were clogged. Then I removed the inspection covers and looked at the valves/ springs, and everything looks oiled well and I filmed the action on my phone of each set of valves as I manually rotated the fan back and forth to see the movement of the valves. I discovered 2 stuck valves, I soaked them in PB blaster and vibrated one loose by tapping with a rubber mallet lightly.
Cylinder 6 seems to have a valve that won’t budge.
I periodically spray some PB on that valve to keep soaking it. I left off with needing to remove the flywheel inspection cover and remove the mouse house and see what else could be in there.
I did bench test the starter with a 12V battery and it smoked a bit but turned over and runs with a deep slow sound. I think it’s good but not entirely sure . After bench testing a couple times and lubricating it and blowing it out with compressed air it ran faster and smoked way less.
I located the battery storage area under the floorboard and placed the battery tray holder in there,
I was considering blowing compressed air through the intake and exhaust ports to try and free any stuck debris in either the cylinders or the valves. I can hear the compression of air escaping past the spark plugs with them slightly threaded into the head on a few cylinders at least.
That is pretty much all I have done on it, I haven’t purchased any parts or supplies for it yet.