frank, the truck was taken out of active service in 1999. the truck as i know of it was driven on occasion and stored in the station. i was told the reason they stoped driving it was because the brakes went out and they claim it is the booster that is the cause. how they came to that conclusion i dont know. when i got my 51 350 i went over everything a couple of times before i was satified and knew the system inside and out ill be doing the same with this one.

the first thing i did 5 min. after i gave them the check for it was to pop the top off of the M/C and it was bone dry. i wasnt able to determine at that time where all the fluid went.
i filled the system and bled the system making two rounds of bleeding everything. the H/V has no bleeders on it unlike my 51 350. i was able to get enough brake pedal to feel confident that i could road test it safely. after the drive i found the M/C was dripping.

last weekend i pulled the wheels for casting info and a general inspection. i could hear all the drums making contact before pulling them. everything looked good for the exception of one rear W/C had a slight visible weep.

as for checking the W/C for operation ill have to do that when i get it to its new home.(its still sitting in the fire station)

any suggestions on checking the W/C for operation other than trying to spin the wheel with the brake applied?

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