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Well, God was willing, I made it to the 4th of July parade! At 8pm on July 3rd I had to replace a leaking copper crush washer on the banjo bolt on the brake line into the new, expensive air pack. Really, you'd think the parts suppliers would sell these washers at the same time they sell the air packs because you're very likely going to need them when you move over all your fittings.
The crush washer was surprisingly hard to find but a smart fellow (who actually works full time as an aircraft mechanic at Hill AFB) that I've become friends with at the local O'Reilly's ordered in some proper fitting washers and saved the day.
So that was brake bleed #3 and a gallon of DOT 5 later. Brakes work really well and, according to my mother who was following me during a brake test, I can leave 4 strips of rubber on the road from locking up the rear. I suppose that's not very hard to do on a mostly empty bed.
I also noticed that the driver's side center axle will need to be opened back up as it appears to be leaking gear oil. Probably a failed key-way seal that I didn't get right. *sigh*, that'd be #2 in about 1 year since I went through the axles.
I didn't get the ammo can tray brackets fabricated in time, but the rest of it was good to go.
The crush washer was surprisingly hard to find but a smart fellow (who actually works full time as an aircraft mechanic at Hill AFB) that I've become friends with at the local O'Reilly's ordered in some proper fitting washers and saved the day.
So that was brake bleed #3 and a gallon of DOT 5 later. Brakes work really well and, according to my mother who was following me during a brake test, I can leave 4 strips of rubber on the road from locking up the rear. I suppose that's not very hard to do on a mostly empty bed.
I also noticed that the driver's side center axle will need to be opened back up as it appears to be leaking gear oil. Probably a failed key-way seal that I didn't get right. *sigh*, that'd be #2 in about 1 year since I went through the axles.
I didn't get the ammo can tray brackets fabricated in time, but the rest of it was good to go.
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