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Here's the update on Ol Blue's journey, I finished the bed this week. I hauled home some rough cut mahogany, planed, milled rabbited to accept the metal strips, oiled it and installed....what-dya think?

Before unbolting the hood from the hinge assemblies, mark the hood at the edges of each assembly, to make reassembly and adjustment easier. "Good luck; we're all counting on you."

A friend put me on to a ‘53 coupe for sale. The car is the same color as my suburban, so the fenders, grille, and hood will swap on and now I will not have a two toned car, additionally, I can use the fully upholstered front seats, the engine spins with the starter, AND it has a factory R10 overdrive. I secured the buy and will get it home when I return from Maine. I am stoked.

OK, with that info it really makes me believe the shoes are at fault. brake fluid, water and rust really make shoes grabby. Is that a word? But, you know what I mean. It is amazing how clean cast (inside of drum/outside of rotors) will form a film of rust. ' I have a '97 F150 since new and if it sits for a few days in humid weather ( most of the time in OK) the disk brakes will nearly put you into the steering wheel, but only on the first stop. Being disks they don't stick though.

Looks terrific!!! But I can't tell from the photos if the screw slots line up....

And a shot where you can see the door card with it too

Torque converter and ring gear off.

Piston expanders. They're small U-shaped pieces of steel. I'll put up a picture later. EDIT: I did some online browsing and found the attached patent: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2442834.pdf From what I read, the expander reduces piston slap and decreases bore wear, which (I guess) reduces the need for re-boring. Interesting.

and....if you are not the original owner...you are now out to verify what is in your car now.....many over the years has changed engine and internal components and not so recorded for prosperity....you are on a fact finding mission....you can quote any spec but it may not be spec today....

sounds like the rocking action of forward and reverse is pushing the piston that last little bit needed for full release.....investigate you major and minor adjustment and the very fact that the piston of the wheel cylinders are fully returning by their very return springs....these pistons do get crud behind them and build a ring....

You can't. And any way you adjust them you'll have poor braking performance. You need to have the shoes arced to match the drums. In the old days all brake shops and many general auto mechanics had brake shoe arcing machines but that day has long since passed. You might find a brake shop that can still to it or you might find a hobbyist that has an old machine they picked up with the said shops were getting rid of the equipment. But likely not. I got some sticky back sand paper that came in a long roll at my local hardware store. I put a strip inside my brake drums and then rubbed the shoes against it by hand until there was a good match between the radius/diameter of the shoes and the drum. It actually went pretty quickly as the sand paper cut pretty fast. Each drum on my car has been turned a different amount so this means that the shoes are no longer interchangeable, they must be used with the drum they were fitted to. Once I did that I was able to properly adjust the shoes and the braking was far better than before they were "arced".

it is the cheap and easy way to go without exerting any time or energy...to that end it is the new trend.....

Found another one !

I would highly recommend to replace with a new tub/shower unit, remodeler unit comes in three pieces and you can carry through a standard door. Your old unit is four years old which means the faucet and drain is also that old. Change it with a good quality unit. Go to a plumbing supply house and not your local Menards or Home Depot. You get what you pay for. Be prepared to find the floor near the tub rotten and definitely replace whatever needs to be. I’ve been in business 33 years and would never think of trying to repair or re-color a 40-year-old unit. Foolish. Sorry for my blunt answer but that’s how I talk to my customers, they ask my opinion and they always get the truth

Still haven't gotten the new bed angles but I got started on the flooring