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Well, I tried to make it... got the deuce as far as the 91 fwy (about 5 miles from the 55) at about 17:00 in Friday's stop and go traffic (knew I was in for it - leaving at 15:00) when the brakes decided to apply themselves - even when I got off the pedal. By the time I got over to the shoulder, the drums were smokin' hot. Even after shutting down and draining the air tanks, the pedal was still rock-solid at the top of travel. After bleeding some BFS from the (newly installed three weeks ago) air-pack, it only got a bit softer. When I discovered I still had DJ Freema's number in my mobile's list and gave him a call, he suggested cracking one of the wheel-cylinders' bleed-screws (to relieve the pressure), and that did the trick and "un-stuck" whatever was stuck (thanks again Devin). Of course while I was under there, I see that my transmission has puked several quarts of gear-oil all over the underside of the truck, and it's so hot that you couldn't leave your finger on it for more than a couple seconds (I guess it didn't like all the stop/go work). After about an hour for everything to cool down (and realizing I was still 90 miles from camp), I decided that it wasn't to be for me this time, and drove the 25 miles back home instead. Guess I'll be spending this weekend doing a bit more PM instead. Really wish I could'a made it this time; hope you're all havin' a great time and good weather too. Hope you're taking lotsa pictures!
Will: I guess I'll have to ask you to ship my Camp-DB shirts; drop me a PM when you can and let me know the combined cost, OK?
Cheers,
Will: I guess I'll have to ask you to ship my Camp-DB shirts; drop me a PM when you can and let me know the combined cost, OK?
Cheers,