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AWESOME ! Love the trophy ! The piece on the right is purty too ! :grin:

Well, time for the next installment of "The Schmuck Did Nothing Worthwhile". That being said, I really just wanna beat the Deuce Boys (and girls) to 800 pages of thread. Sooooo, this week Exit Strategy received an "upgrade" to the residential electrical system. I changed out the 100' 16/3...

Cobra, Can't wait to get my brakes reliable again. She sooooo wants to roll out but I just can't trust her yet. At least I can listen to my Cummins hum while sitting still.

Went around the rig with a can of Berkebile PFC. Sprayed everything that pivots or rotates that doesn't have a grease Zerk. Found this product at work (parts store). It's "active" ingredient is a lanolin wax (insert sheep joke here). It does NOT wash out. Got my hood "safety" latches freed...

Hokey - Pokey Sandcobra ! THAT'S what it's all about. Can't wait to get mine trustworthy enough for joyriding and such. My nine year old can't wait either.

Like the heat pump idea. That one was just out of stock where I checked. Back to a previous post. Saw in the Deuce thread where a fella by-passed his air-pac making the brakes manual ( no boost ). Wondered if that would work on mine. Any input ? Not a permanent solution but I figure it...

mos68X, this is exactly the unit I was trying to show you before. I apologize on behalf of my stupid Droid. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Soleus-Air-12-000-BTU-Portable-Air-Conditioner-with-Dehumidifier-and-Remote-PSC-12-01/302190887 The 14K is no longer available / sold out. This is 12K...

Hey y'all. Nothing too exciting this week. Put a window air conditioner in where the non-opening window belongs on a rear door. Went pretty easily, 3 pieces of 2 x 4 and a couple 2 1/2" screws. Of course it also required a power source. The orange Home improvement store had one for a very...

Yep, I'm back ( you poor souls ). The last year has been the worst yet become the best. Finally getting back on my feet and feeling alive again. Of course my first venture back into the truck went badly but I was fortunate the damage was minor. I am excited to be back although not thrilled...

Oh, trust ! This beast ain't rollin anywhere until this mystery is WELL solved. The air-pac makes sense so that and an m/c are on the list. Thanks again.

Thanks 98G ! Things just weren't making sense. I presume the PAC will continue to make boost until it's "full" of fluid ?

Trailboss, Hahaha, I too am old. I did not have the truck running while I did the initial bleeding. I did start it after the pedal was hard and not sinking. Still had what I consider a great pedal with the assist ( resistance started same place where it was hard without the booster but WITH...

After my "off road" oops two weekends ago I decided that since it was such a beautiful Saturday that I would bleed the brakes. Did it old school, one-man ( Soldier B went away with friends ). Started with a hand vacuum pump and catch bottle and did all the fittings except the "top" of the...

Wasn't sure about adjusters on "newer" chassis. Excellent tip from Wes (as usual) about using intermittent braking. Was beaten into me by my first instructor. Gear down before you start down the grade and let the engine do as much of the braking as it can. Even without an engine brake or...

I am living proof of that. I still try to do everything myself. It just takes ten times longer and a LOT more Advil.

For your "hot" brake drums, the important thing is were they all about the same temp ? Touch is not a very good way to determine temps. Hot to the touch could be as low as 120 or so degrees. An inexpensive non-contact thermometer is very nice to have. Point, pull trigger, see temp. If they...

Still just shaking my head.

After last weekend's foul up, I realized that I had not even thought to check the fluid level of the brake master cylinder. Bad Moose, drop and give me 10,000 ( as if ). Sooooo, almost a quart later, the master cylinder is full of fresh purple pedal juice. Already have improvement in the...

Sorry for any possible snow flakiness in the next statement but as a tax payer that just pisses me off. Like I said, I know stuff can break ANY time. Been there, but when it's done willfully that smacks of negligence, dereliction, and possibly even treason. Trashing a $30,000 engine just...

Sixty . . . Six - Zero . . . 60 ? miles Who in the H are they letting work on these things ? That's just abyssmal. I know a liner CAN crack at any moment but what are the odds ? At least when you're done with it it'll be right.