August 30 - September 6, 2008
It's pretty sad, to me anyway, that I have to take a week of vacation time to spend a week at my own house. But that's what I did, so thats how I got here. The previous post (September 2) takes place during this period.
This video was taken hours before the "big" USF @ UCF game on September 6th. For some reason, I decided that the most fun time to roll my truck out of the garage would be when all my friends were at the house. By the time this video was taken, I had replaced the last remaining brake lines, installed the new master cylinder, filled and bled the lines and popped the new drums on. And, as you can see, I'm sporting four brand new tires. For the first time since I've owned the truck, I have four matching tires and four working brakes!
The remaining brake lines went on without too much hassle, except the last tee I went to install turned out to be stripped out on one side. A quick trip to the auto parts store remedied that, but set me back an hour. I hadn't bothered to install the anti rattle clips yet (and as of this writing, still haven't gotten around to it yet). Since then, a failed attempt to adjust the parking brake cable tension has led me to believe that the cables are seized in their sheathes at the back wheels. Other than those two items, the brakes are done!
I had some interesting comments during the event. Mostly in response to the noise. My girlfriend said, "I'm NOT riding with you in THAT."
...so, with the brakes out of the way, now what?
