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I would clean it good with brake clean and then start it and see were the first sighn of the leak appears. It looks excessive for a head gasket but possable.
This works on a 5 ton. The emergency air releases the parking brake that the spring applys. No air makes it apply and sevice air makes it apply. A tank and valve works the same way it is just added so that you have much more air to operate the system.
The bolt in the middle of your brake can is a caging bolt. There is a diaphram, plate and a spring in the back half of the can. The cagging bolt goes into the plate and when it is tightened it makes the spring compress so you have no spring or parking brake. Your air lines are reversed somewere...
This is a commen system where emergency air is always on to release the brakes. When you apply service air it applys the brakes. The emergency air releases the spring brake that is your parking brake. You are right is is now not legel to not have a brake that does not come on if the trailer...
The spring brake can is caged so you have no parking brake. The service line should go to the line that leads to closest fitting inlet on your can that connects to the brakes. It should work with only the service line hooked up. If you want the spring brakes to work apply air to the red side...
Can you post a picture of the brake assembly. Most air over hydraulic will have a shoe adjustment. I could not access your photos. Did the brakes work with the lines swapped. They should work on your 923. Some old systems do not have tanks and relay valves.
I adjust the linquage on the fuel pump on my 8.3 and at a idle rolling to a stop I am almost stopped before it shifts into 1st so it is not as hard but didnt fix it.
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