What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by nvrdone

so today I restart on my brakes. trying to add a power booster & 2 chamber m/c to my drum brakes. still haven't figured out why I have no pressure to the rear brakes when the engine is started but do have pressure when the engine is off. wish me luck.

That's a puzzlement. The booster is having some effect on the master cylinder when you have vacuum. Obviously, I'm not an expert, or I'd give you the answer.

[nvrdone]

so I got in some time today. what ive found so far is that the push rod from the booster to the m/c was adjusted too short. with the m/c bench bled & mounted & the ports plugged I had about 7" of pedal travel. after playing with the adjustment - 4 tries - I now have right at 3" of travel. so tomorrow I will hook up the lines to the m/c, bleed the system and see what happens.

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by nvrdone

what ive found so far is that the push rod from the booster to the m/c was adjusted too short.

I have the same issue. I neglected to adjust the booster pushrod when I installed the system, and now I'll have to take it apart. Grrr... My brakes work great, just more than optimal pedal travel.

Originally Posted by DransportGarage

I am shooting four coats of clear today on the final parts needing paint (except for the parts I forgot about). Here's the production from earlier in the week, picking up UVs to help the cure.

Looks like perfect early Autumn painting weather.

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

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Looks like perfect early Autumn painting weather.

I couldn't believe it. Hurricane Dorian stalled our Ohio weather and we got 5 near-perfect days. The 10-hour work days about killed me (in addition to the honey-dew list), but I'm a lot farther along than I had planned to be.

[1948ChevyDumpFixer]

I got a complete custom exhaust done on the '48 yesterday from the manifold to exiting behind the rear wheel. I made sure it didn't interfere with the dump bed. I got tired of the coke can and hose clamp repair job on the pipes connected to a 70s era cherry bomb noise exiting right under the cab, lol.

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

I worked at a parts counter for a year once, the thing I learned about things like this is simply tell them the make model and year of the PART you are looking for.
I personally liked to hear what it was in and all that but to look up the part (without a number) you simply need the make model and year of the PART. Many people at the counter don't have the love of all the goofy stuff as I do so they get confused with the stories and it's best just to "tell them what they need to hear."


Brian

Yep, I have three go to rigs depending on what I need. 70 Camaro Z28 for engine stuff, 74 K10 for drive line stuff, and 59 truck for cab related.

[nvrdone]

spent some time yesterday & today on the truck brakes. bench bled m/c & installed it with both ports plugged. had to adjust the length on the push rod between the m/c & booster. got that done & have about 3" pedal travel with a hard pedal both with the engine off & running. that's progress. hooked up the front brake line & tried to bleed the front brakes. found one bleeder screw was plugged. swapped that out & now still have a firm pedal with the engine off or running. that's major progress.
started to plumb the rear brake lines, but found I need one 12" length of brake line. I don't have one & my local parts house is out of stock.
so - time to call it a day & watch the Seahawks - Bengals game. GO HAWKS !!!

[evilokc]

got to work in the garage for the first time in a couple weeks. at least it feels like a couple weeks. didn't do much but it was just nice to be out there again.

[Johns327]

Took wheels off and worked on cleaning more rust and crud off. At some point I’ll need to determine what I’ll replace them with. Went to a car show at In & Out, so dinner was great.

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by Johns327

Took wheels off and worked on cleaning more rust and crud off. At some point I’ll need to determine what I’ll replace them with. Went to a car show at In & Out, so dinner was great.

Very nice truck !!!

[Johns327]

Thanks Bob.
This site is full of very nice trucks and many great ideas. Lots of talent out there.

Today I dumped the break in oil and put in some Lucas hot rod oil, put in new plugs, and completed the wax job I started yesterday.

[Black_Sheep]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

Yep, I have three go to rigs depending on what I need. 70 Camaro Z28 for engine stuff, 74 K10 for drive line stuff, and 59 truck for cab related.

Same here, '75 Nova front end components, Mopar 8.75" diff, '74 454 out of a truck and '58 body and glass. You have to know what you need and keep it simple. There's a couple good parts places nearby with experienced counter people that seem to understand when I'm trying to find oddball parts.

[Black_Sheep]

It's been cold and rainy since last Saturday so I spent a few hours cleaning after being caught in the rain. I also tweaked the driver side door solenoid, hopefully it will work 100% of the time now. Time will tell...

[Kevin_C]

straddled the engine today, wrote down some casting #'s and pondered some of my life's choices...

[idbeast]

Worked on getting my dash put together, and started installing the new cab corner speaker boxes, they fit very well!

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by Black_Sheep

Same here, '75 Nova front end components, Mopar 8.75" diff, '74 454 out of a truck and '58 body and glass. You have to know what you need and keep it simple. There's a couple good parts places nearby with experienced counter people that seem to understand when I'm trying to find oddball parts.

Ha ha, this would make an entire thread: What type of vehicle do you tell the parts counterperson that you have?

Me:

Front suspension components: 1974 Mustang II V8 AC

Rear suspension: 1968 Chevelle 396 ci V8

Engine & trans: 1968 Camaro

Body: 1949 Chevrolet

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by Kevin_C

straddled the engine today, wrote down some casting #'s and pondered some of my life's choices...

Did you come to any conclusions on the latter?

[nvrdone]

so tonight I got the missing brake line for the rear brakes bent & installed. blead the rear brake lines. with no vacuum from the engine, the pedal is nice & hard. drops about 3". with the engine running & vacuum to the booster, the pedal goes right to the floor.
Now what im wondering is 1st, how do you tell if there is a check valve in the rear port & 2nd, if there is a check valve and I add another one in line will that cause problems?
Right now I have a Willwood check valve in both front & rear lines.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

[jweb]

Originally Posted by nvrdone

so tonight I got the missing brake line for the rear brakes bent & installed. blead the rear brake lines. with no vacuum from the engine, the pedal is nice & hard. drops about 3". with the engine running & vacuum to the booster, the pedal goes right to the floor.
Now what im wondering is 1st, how do you tell if there is a check valve in the rear port & 2nd, if there is a check valve and I add another one in line will that cause problems?
Right now I have a Willwood check valve in both front & rear lines.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

I chased a similar problem and finally found the check vale on the brake booster was bad( small plastic valve connected to the vacuum line). Try removing it and you should only be able to blow through it in one direction.

[nvrdone]

if that is the problem, im not sure if I should be happy or run the truck off a cliff!!
I'll check that tomorrow. Thanks

[nvrdone]

ok, I couldn't wait until tomorrow, pulled the booster check valve. I can blow from the booster side but not the vacuum side. Im thinking I may have to take the pressure valve out of the rear line. Si I'll try that. thanks for the idea.

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by nvrdone

im not sure if I should be happy or run the truck off a cliff!!

Don't do that! I hate to see a good old truck wrecked!

[nvrdone]

couldn't do that - my wife would kill me since we dated in it & its been part of my life since 1973. but some times I really feel that way.

[nvrdone]

ok, so a little more time on the brakes. I removed the check valve in the rear line thinking if there is a check valve in the m/c & the one in the line, that may be causing the problem. Re bled the rear lines. With the engine off, the pedal goes down 3" & is rock hard. Start the engine & the pedal goes to the floor.
So for now, the truck gets parked until I have more time to work on it. Its very annoying.

[nvrdone]

so I tried another idea. Disconected the front line at the m/c & plugged that port. Left the rear line connected.
Pushed the pedal with the engine off. it went down 3" & was firm. started engine, pushed pedal & it went to the floor.
Now im wondering if the m/c doesn't have enough volume in the rear chamber to make the rear brakes work.
Any thoughts?