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Old 01-20-2010, 03:18 PM   #2
usmcchevy
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Re: '72 Chevy SWB, Project Driver

Then it was time for brakes and a new windshield.............both turned out to be a huge deal for how simple they sound. First when I took the windshield out, half of the windshield frame came with it. I posted how to fix the windshield frame along with the drip rail rust. The general consensus was to get a new roof or a new cab








I was a little down about the windshield frame due to wanting this truck to be a driver, but continued work on the brakes. The front brakes were kind of working so I went after the rear with new wheel cylinders and rear end lines. Thank you whoever did this picture write-up! http://www.pbase.com/nufsed/drumbrake
After completing the install on the rear brakes, I drug my wife to the garage to help bleed the brakes. Still nothing to the rear.... fronts bleed good though. Next day i found all of the brake fluid in the cab from the "good" master cylinder the PO gave me. New master cylinder installed, still nothing to the rear, WTF. So I cracked a line on the frame, found fluid there, but not at the rear wheels. So I pulled the rear brake hose to find it plugged solid. New hose and all was well, better brakes than my 2000 Silverado!
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