power wagon progress!

[Clip]

for the few of you who've been following along with my power wagon, here's the latest.

i've got all four wheel cylinders replaced, all the brake hoses and the front brake shoes. master cylinder is rebuilt, and all bearings cleaned and repacked, all hubs rolling properly. even replaced the nuts and lockwashers holding the drive flanges onto the hubs.

here's the catch. i go to bleed the brakes tonight and find a growing puddle of fluid under the middle of the truck. turns out that i had a split in the last section of hardline. running through a hollow section of frame so i can't see the extent of the damage.

finally get it out and here's the rest:

piston is covered in jellied brake fluid

valving is pretty nasty

i've never seen a master cylinder built this well

after honing

swiss cheese brake line

old and new lines

 

[Troyota]

Mmmm...Brake Fluid Jelly...

 

[Stanzaspeed]

i wonder how it is on toast....

id say that brake line is shot! looks like you are puttin her back together nicely

 

[Clip]

she's coming along. tomorrow if i get the brakes bled then id theoretically be able to drive it down and get it tagged, titled and inspected. still have to patch up the cab though, might do that saturday.

 

[Loki]

Looks like you're doing a good job, I wish I could go through my truck and do all this

 

[Clip]

whats stopping you?

 

[Aaron J Williams]

Isn't it great restoring old stuff! You learn a whole new set of skills (how to rebuild components) and you get to deal with vehicles that were built to last. Vintage Rocks!

 

[Clip]

oh yeah, and a helluva lot of rust. i love how this thing is built, but i've already been through three cans of pb blaster in doing the brakes.

that's the only thing that gets me is the rust. i'll end up snapping bolts and stripping threads, but the way this truck is made, i can just go to the hardware store and get a standard replacement and the whole thing is good as new.

 

[Loki]

whats stopping you?

It's my daily driver, I also have no money and the money I do have is going towards fixing the car.

 

[Clip]

looks like a beast of a DD from your avatar.