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It sounds like it's time to pull the wheels and drums and do a complete brake inspection . Along with fixing the releasing problem , which cause them to over heat , the condition of the drums and brake linings should be checked for heat cracking . It's a new to him truck so it may have happened...

There is always Haspin in june , not that far from detroit.

Welcome Flygirl , seeing as who your mentor is I'm sure you will be in a deuce or 5 ton in no time . :p And since it's now tomorrow we are all waiting for pictures. [thumbzup]

Does it have the correct brake fluid in it ? and not D.O.T. 5 and D.O.T. 3 mixed ? Has the break fluid even been checked? Brake fluid -how to tell which kind you have DOT 3 or DOT 5 edit: dutchguy saftey is a priority on this site .

....i was driving ( not needing brakes ) Yeah who needs brakes with a 13.000 pound truck .... Real goog additude there.... you need to park it until you download the TM's read them and fix it and learn how to do a pre-trip inspection attached is a pre-trip guide M35 SYSTEMATIC INSPECTION edit...

Most of the pumps here in michigan run off the natural gas that comes up with the oil.

Check for bent drive shafts , Gl loves to move them with fork trucks.

Didn't you buy one of these out of the classifieds ? New in box Borg Warner turbo with gaskets. Did it come with the wrong gasket?

LiveFreeOrDieTryn2B post in his thread my first m35 purchase that he is home .

It took me about 20 minutes to find it , going through my old posts . I had it filed but didn't have it backed up when my motherboard fried a couple weeks ago .

Welcome , this is good reading when thinking about your first deuce.

You would hope so . But years ago I was a R & R guy at a couple of chain places and seen managers charge for a complete rebuild give a 6 month warranty and just have us replace the front seal and hope it lasted the 6 months . If not it was no biggie to them they over charged enough the first...

I would pull it myself and get the tranny rebuilt a bench job around here is about $300 from a reputable builder . I wouldn't waste the money to pull it and just replace the front seal . rebuild it and you know what you have.

The towing capacity on the data tag is 6000 pounds which is what the D.O.T. will consider as it's rated capacity , not whether it will pull it or not .

You want to tow 20,000 plus you better get a 5 ton , the deuce tow rating isn't near that.

The exit and truck stop he stopped at here in saginaw isn't any better than anywhere in Detroit . He by passed detroit by taking US 23 south .

He left a message about a hour ago and is on the turnpike headed east ,but didn't say where he stopped for the night .

When I joined in april 2009 there was a little over 10,000 members and the site was roughly 10 ywars old , that was a average of 1000 new members a year . Today thre are 35,589 as of this post , that is now a average of 1000 new members a month. The site is going through growing pains ...

So has the government done a study on this ? or is it 1 mechanics opinion ? Most studies show bio-diesel as a solvent . Ask wreckerman how laquer thinner affects the fuel system . Have they installed new tanks lines ,filters and housings and pumps to determine it is the bio-diesel chemically...