Had a good day working on the old truck. Started out putting the last wheel back together. Went easy and I just put a couple of nuts on the axle just in case it had to come back off.
Then I moved back to the passenger side and pulled the axel back out and fixed my screw ups. I had the hub nut too loose and I forgot to tighten up the axel studs.
With that done it was time to start bleeding!
I tried to rig up a vacuum bleeder, it didn’t work.
Luckily my trusty assistant was available to pump the brakes for me, so we did it the old fashioned way.
I started at the vacuum booster and then worked my way around the truck furthest to closest wheel. It went faster than I expected. If you remember I installed all new lines and
hoses. I ended up with two leaks that I was able to take care of pretty easily. With the crappy flairs I made I’m calling that a win!
The work I’ve done so far appears to have paid off, we now have brakes!!! I’m figuring on blending them again just to make sure they’re good once I have the truck running again and can test drive it. And with that Herbie is back on his feet!
I sure made a mess on this job, time to take a break and clean up before I continue.
When you have tools all over and can’t find the wrench you’re looking for it’s time to clean up!
With that done it’s time to go after the carburetor.
I cleaned all the ports and reassembled. It was dirty, and the accelerate pump was frozen in place. I got it put back together and started adjusting but the stupid sheet that came with the kit is almost unreadable, had to take a picture of it and blow it up.
Naturally it doesn’t list this truck, and it doesn’t list my engine so I had to make a few guesses. We’ll see how it runs, I’ll have to do some tuning once it’s back on the truck.
That’s about the stopping point for today. Now that the brakes are back together I think the next step will be tackling the drive train starting with the engine.