I posted a few weeks ago with the 50 panel truck I bought last summer. Like I said in my post, I am not the most mechanically minded but I have learned more about this stuff in the last two weeks than I have in my whole life. Started with the brakes since I knew I had leaky wheel cylinders. My brother in law is my mentor in this project and has been a huge help. But this site has been my best resource yet. I had been given by another panel owner a set of rebuilt kits for all the wheel cylinders and master. Ordered and got new shoes from the local parts place. As you all know how this goes: wrong rebuilt kits, wrong shoes. Thanks to this site, I now know a lot more about Huck brakes than my local car parts store. Went to ebay, searched for 1950 brake shoes, got the Raybestos number from the ad, and got the right shoes ordered with the correct kits from the local store. My brother in law makes sure I do things right. Every part in cleaned, hit with a power wire brush (which also removes skin quickly too I found out!), lubed with the correct lubricant and painted to look good. Have spent hours digging old grease, sand and crude of 60 years off the backside of the backing plates and tierods. First front side, he helped. Drivers side is all mine with advice if needed. Gone from painting contractor to grease monkey in short notice but I am learning. Thanks for your help guys ( I read posts til late at night) and I'll keep in touch. Nate, I'll update you down the road with pics once we check those bearings out. Brian
Huge Chuckle, Man! "Power wire brush removes skin quickly"!? Here's the solution to that! Tincture Merthiolate! Affectionally known in my circle as monkey blood! Back in May, when I spent 2 weeks with my mother and my truck, I let a power wire brush run up my arm. Not too smart, but thanks to monkey blood, I never missed a beat! I know i'm showing my age now, and the young ones are saying "what's he talkin' about?" Trust me, if you don't have any, get some! Best thing since morphine in WWII!!!
Merthiolate??? Use ONLY if you have a stick to bite on! Otherwise it'll be like, "Oh~ this is nice... nice and coo... ....ool... OH- OHHH--- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Sorry, flashbacks from a kid who had troubles learning to "balance" when riding a bike WITHOUT training wheels!
Only rich folks have and use , disenfectants We'd just wash the gravel and metal chips out under a faucet , go back to work . Turns out the infections make for interesting although ugly , scars you'll never be rid of I love those pix .
I could tell ya some farm/jail stories of using livestock Meds and experimenting with chemicals to varying results but it's lunchtime and I don't want to make anyone hurl....
