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I HAS CLUTCH!!!

I didn’t even need to pull the MC all the way out. Just undid the connecting rod, pulled the MC off tje firewall and I had enough angle to burp it.

first round went great until i popped that quick-connect loose. Apparently I didnt have it fully seated. BUT, it had worked for a minute, reseated the QC and repeated the process.

SUCCESS

Bloo even moved a few feet under own power. Can’t do much, she has no stoppers on her feet. SHE DID MOVE THOUGH!!! And all the gears are there.

UPDATE!!!!!!

Note the new shoes up front. I will be duplicating this move this weekend. ( I only has 2 jackstands and Don’t like a truck this size sitting on four, even if I had them) You can see the bare patches where she had been sitting. I drove her up the hill to a flatter spot so that I could pull those wheels off and not worry about her falling on Cozz or anyone else for that matter. I then backed her back to this spot. She did this under her own power (though stopping her in her current place was ‘exciting’!!! seeing how she has ZERO braking ability (other than shut her off and pray she doesn’t diesel and keep’a’goin) Not my first rodeo,,,, While I was getting her new shoes (to the tune of $520 for just those 2 OUCH!!!) I walked next-door to O’Reilys for the solid brake line I need to stop that leaky-leaky line on the frame. I broke off a section to take with and it flat out fell apart in my hand. Enough steel there to get a size, but it wasn’t much,,,,

My original estimate of “around Turkey day” is back on. All but one of my brake parts will be here tomorrow, the other is being walked here from NY by USPS, might be Satyrday,,, Thats the hardware pack for the drum brakes. Is whut’tiz,,,,

Still have a bunch of detail stuff to do, but having her running with good brakes and new rubber is FAR BETTER than where she was sitting three weeks ago.

Still to go are the exhaust repairs, upper and lower hoses on the cooling system and a flush of same, New Fuel filter because I know this’un is gonna get plugged up soon (though it is NOT OEM,,, unlike most of the rest of the truck.) I had planned on a tune up, but when I was getting her running, I pulled a plug and they were NGK Iridiums,,, most definitely NOT OEM, and way better IMO and looked rather new-ish: no real discoloration on them at all. Some one had been doing basic maintnence at some point, (it does show with how smooth that engine runs. Especially on that crappy gas that was in her at first.)

Gotta say it: I managed one hell of a find here, and its gonna pay off eventually. IT may be costing me out the nose right now,,,,

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