Thank you wicked! I had decided to soak the shoes in power purple degreaser to hopefully allow the oil to leach out and plan to use the oven when my wife's at work to bake the shoes to dry them out. What do you think? Next issue is axel tube seals. Any idea what they are? Can't even begin to put it together till that's fixed. I found new wheel cylinders on line and springs(hesitating to buy springs till I take the truck apart.) Also I'd like to rebuild the original ones for spares if I can find the rebuild kit. This is a brake setup I've never seen before with two wheel cylinders per side so I'm going slow and have threatened my son's life if he takes it apart without fully photographing it prior. I stripped a set of 19.5 inch rims off a rv at the pick and pull that fit nicely. Next question is are the front brakes the same as the 3800 axle? Moving on up I'm assured that a vacuum booster won't fit in the space under the floor with the transmission and I'm not really convinced but not sure enough to gamble $350. So I'm thinking a hydraulic booster and dual master cylinder. But that requires a power steering pump and I'd rather not if I can fit a vacuum booster. Alternatively I had the thought of rebuilding the hydrovac and putting it on the rear brakes and using a manual dual master cylinder but am unsure if this would work safely. Any thoughts?