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Old 05-07-2016, 06:08 AM   #47
R_W
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Brakes...again

Been a while. Mostly for the last two years I've been driving the truck, no projects. Then a few weeks ago on the way down the (steep) driveway, I realized my front brakes were out completely, and my rear brakes couldn't hold the truck. Oh - and I hadn't hooked up that e-brake thing yet. One has to keep calm, so I managed to get her to a stop after getting down the drive and onto the flat.

Here is what I found when I got her on the lift, the proportioning valve had been mounted at the frame below the master cylinder. Unfortunately the PO mounted it where one of the front lines was laying on the frame, and with time it rubbed through:
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