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Nice Deuce Tracer! I've been using Shell Rotella T4 for years with Napa spin ons myself. Great choices. Feels good to get some maintenance done doesn't it!

Good information there ToddJK! I'm going to try and remember that. Thanks for sharing it with us and good job on the diagnosis and fix!!!

This is a picture of my airconditioned shop. Eat your hearts out guys!

Hi everyone! Well, I finally got Brutus back today after a month and a half. I bought the parts and had the truck shop I had it towed to perform the work. In the final analysis it was not a wheel cylinder that caused my brake failure but a corroded steel line. The crack or hole was so small we...

Tim, the few friends that I have know, that if they can't reach me on the phone, I'm driving. When I'm driving I'm scanning the gauges, listening to the machinery, feeling the machinery and of course looking out at the road ahead with a 360 perspective. Driving is serious business.

Tim, ToddJK made a lot of good points in his post. How about all of the cars and trucks that have infotainment systems? How about people talking on the phone or texting while driving? How about young guys playing music in their cars so loud, that you can hear it inside your home even when they...

Well, all I can tell you LD is that it works really well at 10 mph on level roads. I don't know how it would work at road speed and I sure don't want to find out!

I really haven't come across any drunk drivers, but I know there out there. I worry more about them when driving my Mustang GT. I've managed to keep it in really nice shape all these years and I dread someone smacking into it. I really love my GT! That's why I rely on Brutus so heavily. My GT...

EXACTLY!

Sorry 98G. I missed the part about the mothballs. Can't believe the rats can eat them and survive. Must be Terminator Rats!

Yeah, there's no way to avoid them M. Hills are all over the place up here. Plus, the roads are narrow and winding. The road shoulders are comprised of telephone poles, trees, and three foot deep open drainage culverts. Some concrete. Some rock. No room for error. I am always careful and alert...

Have you tried mothballs 98G. The scent not only keeps them away, but it will kill them if they eat it. I use it on snakes and tunneling animals up here. I throw them under my veranda (porch). They do smell very strongly though. They are also fatal to pets and humans. Forget it. Not a good idea...

Thanks Tim. I am definitely thinking flexible or solid line now. I will be sure to provide everyone with a complete report when I get it sorted out. I wouldn't want the same thing to happen to any of my fellow soldiers. I've been "lucky" twice now. That's two times too many. I was thinking...

Good idea LD. Make sure your handbrake works really well too. Mine was surprisingly effective when I needed it the most. It was easy to modulate and seemed to be pretty powerful as well.

It was caused by a hard line which was exposed to the elements below the space between the cab and the bed. The line had corroded over 34 years and it finally blew out while I was stopping for a traffic light on a slight downgrade. Almost the same scenario except it was only 20 degrees outside...

I agree 100%. I'd like to know more about the disk brakes for Deuces.

Thanks Todd! I've looked into the dual brake thing on this very site and it is very involved to say the least. I'm now thinking that maybe one of my hoses or solid lines might have a crack in it. The axle boot, brake backing plate and engine were covered in Dot 5. I will have to pressurize it...

Well, Brutus and I had a rough day last Friday. We were driving to Lowe's (about 14 miles from home) to pick up some landscaping blocks and decorative rock, when I again had a total hydraulic brake failure while stopping for a light. We got lucky again, because there was almost no traffic, I was...

I feel your pain! Hope it all goes well for you.

Beautiful installation work by you and great pics!