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A job takes the fun out of a hobby, because it cuts into hobby time/fun. With this SITE and the PROPER TMs, (which is also here) there is NOTHING that the average owner cannot do on these trucks (especially the older ones) which were designed so they can worked on by a "know everything" 18 year old.
Drive it to the shop ONLY, being a bobber, means you MAY only have THREE wheels braking, on dry road will not be to bad, drive knowing that you have a issue, on WET road, it will be REAL EASY to put the truck into a spin.
$500 is not a bad price.
$500 is not a bad price, I get around $50 ph for working on 5ts, The Deuce Doctor get $40 ph for working on deuces, these rates ARE way lower then a standard truck shop. It takes Time to diagnose the problem, If the flange gasket, that is not to bad but WHY, the WHY...
Mike, he still needs to bleed the system in the CORRECT order, no matter what that order, if he wants safe brakes, I posted the 5t order so he could see that there IS a CORRECT order for brake bleeding.
If he had brakes BEFORE he blew the line, I doubt that the MC is the issue, same with the air pack, he said right here in the thread "second time pressure build, only fluid came out so I tightened things down" THIS TELLS the problem, there is NO way that air was gotten out of the system as the...
BLEED MC FIRST then air pack, then #3 axle, left first, right second, then #2 axle, left first, right second, then #1 axle the right wheel, then the left, ( this is the bleeding order for the wheels for a 5t, not sure on the deuce)
SWISS and 73m819 want and committed list
SWISS -- Need an 800 series steering column. Found one
SWISS -- Trade or Buy Looking for 11 G177 tires, can trade 7 good 14x20's, 3 are new.
73m819 -- I am looking for 4 of the cab outside grab hand holds, these are mounted on the tub just before or...
Adam,
I could use a metal air gauge, NOT one of those crap plastic ones.
I think I need to go back and get ALL the wants in one list, I have forgotten what my early wants were.
FUMBLING though winch operation IS how people GET hurt and iron TORE UP, this is WHY you should ALWAYS READ the -10 FIRST, it tells you WHAT the truck is supposed to do and how to make work.
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