With the absence of necassary tools to remove that stubborn anchor pin, I was forced to switch gears a little to keep the progress moving. There's not much left of the old brake system by now, except the steel brake lines, so guess what came out next. There's a lot of dirt and orange sand mixed with grease on the underside. It looks as though there may have been a few leaks both up front at the engine and in the rear at the differential. Add that to the flaking rust spreading in different places o the underside and you get a regular rainstorm of grit falling on your face while you're trying to work underneath.
The rear hose connects to the main steel line coming front the front at a support for the bed. Someone in the past decided it was too much trouble to access the hose, so they cut out part of the support and peeled it back. I straightened it as much as I could and managed to fight all of the lines off the truck and into the driveway. I'll pick up a new rear hose this week.
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