I purchased my 51 one ton from an uncle whose entire tool chest consisted of a Crescent wrench, a Vise Grip, a pliers a large screwdriver and a 1/2" drive socket set and whose mechanical skills were excellent at using old rusty baling wire and pieces of old inner tube. I took off an 2 x 3 inch rear mirror wired to the original round mirror arm, and on rear brakes, found a compression coupling splicing rear brake line and also found the E-Brake hardware had been discarded long ago because the cables seized up long ago. I am quite surprised that the 216 engine did run after a great deal of undoing and redoing "home fixes.Then he had the nerve to state, After I had it running and fixed up that he sold it to me too cheaply. Jerry
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