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I thought of that, but I figured it would be safer to have to winch to lower OFF the trailer once I got to a mechanic :-) Besides, I've been needing a good excuse to put a winch on my flatbed trailer, anyway. --Fuzzy

I'll crawl back under the beast and look for leaks, and check the air lines. Pumping up the brakes does NOT increase the pressure, and I hear no air noises on either a down-stroke or an up-stroke of the brakes. The frame is a 1964, but I believe the truck is a chimera of at least two different...

Already called Lynn...he can look at it if I get it working, but otherwise I have to flat bed it out to him. I was hoping to find someone to come out to the ranch and look at it. Not looking for a freebie, just need to find someone who knows how to work on a Deuce. --Fuzzy

Yep, bled the airpack first...seemed to take forever to get rid of the air bubbles. Put in about 70-75 oz of fluid and almost all of it came out the bleeding hose with bubbles in it (at least 60 oz in the jug). I'd have expected that a major leak would have presented itself during the...

I did it the old fashioned way (no power bleeder). My wife played the part of soldier #2. It worked just fine for several months when I first got it. Came back from vacation and it was bone dry (it sat unused for 1 month). My mechanical expertise is robots, not vehicles, so this is my first...

I seem to have a leak somewhere in my brake system, or a failure in the air cylinder. I have already replaced the brake fluid as per the TM (used approximately 110 oz of DOT5 to get all the air bubbles out of the air cylinder and all 6 brake lines), but I sill have no braking action and the...