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Originally Posted by hgs_notes
Excellent! Running and driving. Glad you got it out of the garage under its own power. I've never seen the inside of a brake booster. No idea how the spring would shatter like that. So just a few loose ends to take care of and the goal is met, a bit late, but nobody is gonna penalize you for that.
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Funny you mention that, I was thinking not much has happened since I remember being at that point a couple months ago- then I remembered at that time, it had the front axle with no lockouts, and a broken axle, no brake system at all, no power steering, leaky worn eaton. So, I guess its come a long way, even though there is so much left to do. Pretty much everything on this truck needed to be rebuilt. I am realizing that it will be almost fully restored, except for perhaps the sheetmetal by the time I'm done with it!
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Originally Posted by swamp rat
Well, i'm a little jealous of how nice your rear brake lines turned out great job! My flex line was mounted to a bracket that bolted to the cover and put it in an odd spot, but i just bent my lines and put it in the same location, yours looks clean!
I had no idea there was brake fluid resistant paint on the market, wish i had known before i painted mine, but I'll remember for next time.
First time i have seen the inside of the power booster as well, i cant help but wonder how strong the spring pressure would be if not broken?
Nice work!
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Had to have the machinist at work drill a hole in a metric bolt for the one front caliper, it was metric for some reason and the new hoses only left 2 threads engaged. Nobody carried a longer metric banjo bolt so I had to make/have this one made:
Finished welding in the brackets and spent forever getting all the air out of the system. Gravity bleeding did not work, what a waste of time that was. I ended up having to hook up vacuum pump then get a buddy to help me bleed the old fashioned way. Fought a couple leaks in my new lines but am happy to report I finally won the battle and the pedal feels good. It will lock them up on snow
Made some brackets for the parking brake cables, so the system is bolt on:
Oh, and this is now consuming my time as well, tearing down walls and ripping up floor in the house for a new bathroom/master closet
