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    Purchased a remote brake reservoir kit from Big Mike’s and installed it. Looks like I was ready to start filling with DOT-5 and...
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    Master cylinder and AirPak booster bled out fine, but when I finished bleeding rear wheel cylinders (and tightening up leaking...
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    The rear brake lines were in bad bad shape and I couldn’t even find suitable NOS replacements. After reading through threads about...
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    Moving on to the rear brakes, as since this truck most likely would never get out of first gear while I own it, I opened up the master...
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    Since I live in hill country & there’s not a level spot anywhere on my property, I knew I had to get the truck brakes somewhat...
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    Moving on to the truck cab, the pedestal-style driver’s seat base was pretty rusted out around the bottom & the driver’s seat was very...
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    The rear mudflaps and sheet metal was smashed & bashed, and rubbing on rear tires so I set out to try to hammer everything back to close...
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    The crane cab seat cushions were totally disintegrated so I made up some replacements from my old 931 seat cushions (removed when I...
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    I stripped out both cab doors to change out the totally destroyed window channels & non-existent weatherstripping. Also removed a...
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    The mirrors were just a bunch of WTF….someone deleted the original “Mickey Mouse” style and installed some aftermarket ones that were...
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    I removed the driver’s side fender to access engine and frame easier, and while it was out I hammered it back to close to what is should...
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    Once in a shop bay, I started an assessment of what absolutely needed to get fixed/rectified so I could start using the crane functions...
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    I wanted to get it into my shop, so I could work on it out of the weather. Someone at one point bypassed the original frame-mounted...
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    Several years ago I won an auction in Kansas for a 1954 Diamond-T M246. The auction video showed it driving and the crane operating, so...
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