Anybody ever hear of a crankshaft made by White Truck Co. ??

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: Anybody ever hear of a crankshaft made by White Truck Co. ??
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bruce Kile on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 11:01 am:

I recently bought my 1924 Tudor and the seller made a point of telling me the crankshaft is marked " White Trucks". Another guy, who has known the car for a while also told me the same thing in a separate conversation. Anybody ever heard of this ??


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Tomaso - Milton,WA on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 11:49 am:

Not "White Truck" but perhaps Transue-Williams", which was a major supplier to Ford.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Treace, North FL on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 01:20 pm:

Here is the Transue Williams mark on a crank, photo from an earlier post, see where someone could think this W T was White Truck :-)



Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bruce Kile on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 02:41 pm:

Great. Thanks for the info, I bet that's the mark they were talking about.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Strange on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 02:49 pm:

So, this leads to the question, are TW cranks worth bragging about? Are they really better, as the seller implied?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Karlsson, southern Sweden on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 03:01 pm:

In my limited experience they're among the most plentiful, so no, I don't think they're anything to brag about.
The thing to look after is an "EE" marking on the later improved cranks - it stands for a better steel sort Ford was using during the last year of Model T production. EE marked cranks seems to withstand metal fatigue better than earlier types.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Frank Harris from Long Beach & Big Bear on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 03:46 pm:

A White truck had a huge crank shaft with only two main bearings. One at each end and no center main. They had huge ball bearings about 3/4 of an inch in diameter.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 09:44 am:



This is a White truck 15-45 crankshaft. 1923. Later than the ball bearing one Frank mentioned.
Much larger than a T'

FWIW

Rich


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