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71swb4x4 · 04-06-2011, 12:46 PM

Another update:

Brackets came on Monday and we got them all on the truck. I started to drive home but had a fair amount of smoke coming from under the hood. We pulled over and checked it out and the return line was leaking on the exhaust pipe. We also had no brakes. We drove it to Todd's house and left it.
We just need a short 2" section of hose for the return line to fix that.
The brakes we aren't pushing the pedal far enough to engage the switch so some slight fabrication or a longer switch should solve that.
Then we will try to drive her home again.

The brakes work amazingly well, night and day compared to the old power drums. Just need to fix those two small problems and then we will be homeward bound.

04-06-2011, 12:46 PM	#84
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Re: 1967 C30 dump truck Another update: Brackets came on Monday and we got them all on the truck. I started to drive home but had a fair amount of smoke coming from under the hood. We pulled over and checked it out and the return line was leaking on the exhaust pipe. We also had no brakes. We drove it to Todd's house and left it. We just need a short 2" section of hose for the return line to fix that. The brakes we aren't pushing the pedal far enough to engage the switch so some slight fabrication or a longer switch should solve that. Then we will try to drive her home again. The brakes work amazingly well, night and day compared to the old power drums. Just need to fix those two small problems and then we will be homeward bound. __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.