Stop it NOW!

Well, I decided to brave the 100+ heat and make some progress on helping the old truck stop.  I've been operating on the front two wheels, and while it will stop, it takes some pumping, hoping, and breath-holding.  I would have had at least had all 4 bled but the rear bleeding screws were seized up.

While a master cylinder rebuild was necessary because it would not hold fluid, the wheel cylinder rebuilds at all 4 corners was in its' future, was hoping to at least get the stopper fixed before all 4 had to be done. Consequently, after inspecting the front two brakes and rebuilding the front wheel cylinders, its very evident that the truck doesn't have many miles on a brake job.

I decided to take the back ones off and work on them.  So, to the driveway we go.  I must say that this was much easier than the front two, which I rebuilt in the grass.  Pulled all the tools out, zipped the rear off, wrestled to remove the brake drum, pulled the wheel cylinder off and rebuilt it.  About the time I got the wheel cylinder off and onto the workbench, my baby girl, who was napping, woke up from her nap.  This marked the end of working for a while.

Later, I was able to get it all back into place.  In the process, since the lug nuts were 61 years old, a few were stripped, missing, rounded off, mismatched, and generally, in need of replacement, I determined that they needed to be replaced.  So, I replaced all 32 with some new grade 8 nuts. 

Tonight, after dinner, hopefully I'll do the passenger side and be ready to bleed and hopefully stop this beast on a dime.   UPDATE - So after dinner, bath, and baby's bedtime, I was able to finish up the brakes.  And now it stops.  And WHOA does it stop.  Almost left a tooth on the steering wheel.  Plus I added a shutoff and a filter from the fuel tank.