I do have a fair amount of fiberglass experience, I used to work on the big wind turbine blades. I may give that a shot.
For now, I just want it up and running. I got the parking brake adjusted, freed, and lubed. The ratchet mechanism doesn't work, but pulling the lever gives me a way to stop the truck. I've putted around the driveway a bit.
I replaced the heater hoses (one broke when I looked at it wrong) with some fresh Gates hose. I can't get the fuel tank to drain, the line seems limp and collapsed--probably clogged to. I may have to just cut the line open and poke something through. I've been running her on an "auxiliary" tank under the hood. The carb gets better every time; I think the fresh gas is cleaning it out slowly. It'll need a rebuild though, it's a hard start when cold. I think the bowl drains out while sitting. A single shot of ether gets it every time.
I filled up the dry brake fluid reservoir and tried to bleed the brakes with my Mityvac. I failed. I was by myself, which isn't fun, and it was raining. The reservoir is tiny! I kept sucking air. Oh well, I had some actual pedal feel after pumping it 4X at some point. That was encouraging. I got some really nasty fluid out of there, and it's all clear now. It's a start; I'll do better if I can get some assistance. I may look into building a pressure bleeder, as using a vacuum bleeder sucks!😂
Speaking of which, I only saw one bleeder on the hydrovac, on the very top near the line fitting. Didn't I read that there were two? How about the master? Or is it just a dirt-simple master that requires no bleeding?
Does anyone know what threads the filler cap has? I'd like to rig up a bigger reservoir to it, with enough pressure to bleed properly.
Last edited by pvfjr; 06/20/2016 6:34 AM.
