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| | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 436 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 436 | Clutch was acting funny on the '62 C10. It was bleeding down when I held the pedal down for any length of time. It seemed to get worse after an incident the week before when an idiot cut me off and I had to slam on the brakes and clutch hard to stop in time.
Since there was evidence of long term fluid leakage on the firewall, I ordered the new master cylinder and installed it on Saturday. When I went to bleed the line at the slave cylinder, I couldn't get the bleed valve loose, so I decided to pull it so I could have better access to break it free.
When I crawled under the truck to unbolt it, there was a bunch of fluid everywhere. OK, slave cylinder needs to be replaced as well. I pulled the slave and fluid poured out of the boot. Piston seals were toast. FLAPS couldn't get the new slave until the next day.
Got the new slave cylinder installed and still couldn't get the clutch adjusted the way I wanted it. I still had a large amount of travel before the clutch would even start to disengage.
Finally got it figured out on Monday. Turns out, when I stomped on the clutch pedal avoiding the idiot, the linkage slipped a little under the dash. I broke out the wrenches, loosened the clamp, and adjusted the pedal linkage.
It's all good now and the truck is running as a primary, daily driver vehicle again. That's a good thing since I have the motorcycle down for some much needed maintanence.
Life is good in an Old Truck! | | | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,966 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,966 | Life is good!
Many times I wish I had a good, dependable, old truck to drive.
Good luck with it.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 436 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 436 | Frank,
What's wrong with your truck that makes it unreliable? Mine is not pretty, but I can trust it to get me down the road.
What do you need to do to yours to get to the same place? | | | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,966 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,966 | Thanks Dave. The problem is, I don't have an old truck now.  Wish I did. Too many irons in the fire at the moment. Someday... Over the past 30 years I had three A-D 3/4-ton trucks. Next time I may get a 64-66 C10. My first truck way back in 78 was a 66...
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 436 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 436 | You sound like me. I got my first old truck in 77. It was a 1963 C10, longbed fleetside. I had to sell it in 87.
Wife got tire of listening to me lament the loss of that old truck, told me to buy another one. So 18 years after selling the 63, I found my 62, or actually, 2 1962's. I found the white Stepside first, but it had no title or running gear. While searching for parts, I found the red fleetside. It had a title and I could drive it home.
I always wanted the short bed stepside, so I combined the two and gifted the remains of the white one to a friend who was working on a 63 longbed.
Keep looking and you'll find the right truck when it's time. There are plenty of them still out there. | | |
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