[dagnabbitt]

I have my new drums and shoes installed, they really are big beautiful hunks of metal. Side by side it is also apparent how much material was missing from the old ones. Once installed there was much bleeding of brakes, I do not think that there was much fluid in the system at all.

My local parts supplier was unable to find me parking brake cables, so I posted for help on the forum and received some links. I have ordered a couple and hopefully they are the correct ones. There are numerous types available based upon whether or not the truck is a V8, has leaf or coil, is a Longhorn or not, and curiously, if the trans is a TH400 or some other. The old cables are 41 inches long and have a bracket that bolts to the back, hopefully I have the right ones on order.