Tech Day/ While I'm at it???

[doghows]

Well it all started out as a simple pull the pan and see what's up day until I made the "mistake" of mentioning that my brakes needed to be bled again.

Roger and Gene had made the trip over from Seattle for what was intended to be a "let's see in person how far Steve has got on his Delivery" trip.

Well Roger had Krispy Kreme's, and after the garage warmed up after a bit so we dove in.

Gene pulled all wheels off and I dove under to get the pan off the van. Roger and Gene had all the wheels and drums off and found what I really did not expect (kind of did); all wheels cylinders were leaking and all the shoes were pretty worn and soggy.

So off to the parts store I went. They had everything in stockl and off to work we went.

After the pan was off it looked pretty good in there. Not a ton of junk - just some sludge and a few small gasket pieces. So Roger took apart the oil pump to inspect it further. We did not find any obvious problem so we buttoned it back up installed an oil pressure gauge. I will monitor that system for a bit.

Got to work on the brakes and wouldn't you know it about halfway through one brake line refused to give up. Fortunately my wife Laurie was in town and she ran by the parts house and picked up a replacement line.

Got it all back together, bled out the system, adjusted the brakes and she stops on a dime.

Very BIG thanks to Roger and Gene for using up there entire Saturday for what turned out to be a long day of work. This just goes to show the caliber of people we have in this club. A day of visiting and relaxing and they busted there butts to help out another club member.

THANK YOU, I will return the favor anytime it is needed. But beware a tech day could cause the outbreak of "While I am at it"..

[Luva65wagon]

Steve - fixed a couple of typo's for you too! What a guy.

Yeah, we were not wholly there to relax and enjoy. We both came prepared when we brought along our cover-all's and shop clothes. I'd have been totally happy to "just help bleed the brakes" when Steve asked, but I'd have been remiss to ignore the statement he made about the "clunk" he heard while using the brakes.

So after asking, "Have you ever inspected the brakes on this?" - to find the answer was "no"... I could not abide letting Steve drive it without at least having a look.

Glad we did.

And of course, you are welcome.

So... the curse of "While I'm at it" lives on. Beware.

[doghows]

My typing is probably as good as my brake work. (I hate Brakes) Thanks Rogr...

[Luva65wagon]

"Stop is more important than Go."

Signed, A Wise Guy

[doghows]

If every one would stay out of my way I wouldn't have to worry so much about the stop part!!

I am going to drive the van to work tomorrow, I will let you know how the go part works. Thanks again for the help..

[doghows]

OK drove the Van to work today and almost did not make it. The Van runs fine but after about 5 miles at highway speed she looses oil pressure. It goes down from 40psi to about 5psi.
Stop pull over with engine running and oil pressure slowly climbs back up to 40psi. Runs fine again and after about 3 miles did the same thing.
So my conclusion is that my oil passages are restricted and the oil is not going back into the pan as it should, thus loosing pressure and making it run like crap.
So is there an easy solution to this versus ripping the engine out and tearing it down? Engine flush maybe anybody had any luck with that stuff?
Or I could look for another engine entirely? Crap may have to park the van for a bit while I finish the delivery. Was hoping to get her running well enough to drive while I finished the delivery.
Any one got a spare 200 6??