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"..
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