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Let me first start off saying...it was one heck of a long day
and THANK YOU TODD (MILITARYRESTORATION)!!!!!!!
Ok, so I've been working overtime to help fund my OD Fever. I worked 6 days in a row (60 hours) and got off monday night at 2100 hrs. I get home load up my dodge ram w/tools and the family. We head down to Vancouver to stay the night, err spend the morning. We get to Vancouver around 0130 hrs. Finally find a Holiday Inn Express and get settled in around 0230 hrs. Sleep for 3 hours get up and eat breakfast. Get on the road around 0700 hrs to meet Todd (MilitaryRestoration) for a much needed windshield (Todd you saved me from getting frostbite
). We arrive at Camp Withycombe at Clackamas, OR. around 0810 hrs. What a great bunch soldiers!!!! They were so willing to help, in fact I had a PFC shadowing me for a good hour. He was just there to offer a helping hand. Thanks PFC Burke!!!!! Well, got all the pre-trip inspections complete, got a jump, she just purred. I went to put my headlights on only to find that the headlight rings are too small. My 1971 deuce rings wouldn't fit the 1967 deuce, so I ended up putting 100 MPH tape on it...it worked. I was ready to go by 0930 hrs. I drove her 20 yards to test the brakes and she stopped on a dime. I proceed out of the yard, turned the corner and that's when the day slowed down. Seems the rear passenger tires didn't want to move. I dragged the tires 5 feet only to hear my wife's screams of stop sound through the 2-way radio. My blood pressure shot up and the anticipation of what happened screamed through me. Got out checked it out, backed up and boom....rear passenger side locked up. Drove forward and she released. Drove a few more feet and barely touched the brakes.....not only do the previous tires lock up but now the front rear driver side now locks up. I say a quick prayer and proceed to drive a bit more to see if it duplicates.....yes, it duplicates. Frustrated I drive the truck back into the yard and bleed the brakes. Try it again...locks up. Called MilitaryRestoration and Todd offered some great advice. (Thanks again Todd for being on standby and thanks AaronW for being on standby). Brakes still locked up. Said some more prayers. Then 3 Nat'l Guard soldiers come out wondering what was going on. I explained what was going on and the SSGT (Cheyenne)gave orders for the SGT to call over to the maintenance shop to see if they would look and work on my truck (I was like wow are you kidding me? These soldiers are great). The SGT returned to tell me to drive around in circles and gently apply brake pressure to brake away any rust inside the drums. Bingo 2 hours of doing just that and driving the deuce around the Camp fixed her!! Finally, a mere 5 hours after getting the deuce we are finally on the road.
The 160 miles trip was uneventful. Went through 5 huge rainstorms (thanks again Todd for the windshield). Passed a huge Washington State Patrol sting. Seems they were on some kind of kick of pulling trucks over. I counted at least 13 pulled over in a 15 miles stretch. Luckily I wasn't one of them. Got the truck home in one piece and I am ready for bed......thats it.
and THANK YOU TODD (MILITARYRESTORATION)!!!!!!!Ok, so I've been working overtime to help fund my OD Fever. I worked 6 days in a row (60 hours) and got off monday night at 2100 hrs. I get home load up my dodge ram w/tools and the family. We head down to Vancouver to stay the night, err spend the morning. We get to Vancouver around 0130 hrs. Finally find a Holiday Inn Express and get settled in around 0230 hrs. Sleep for 3 hours get up and eat breakfast. Get on the road around 0700 hrs to meet Todd (MilitaryRestoration) for a much needed windshield (Todd you saved me from getting frostbite
). We arrive at Camp Withycombe at Clackamas, OR. around 0810 hrs. What a great bunch soldiers!!!! They were so willing to help, in fact I had a PFC shadowing me for a good hour. He was just there to offer a helping hand. Thanks PFC Burke!!!!! Well, got all the pre-trip inspections complete, got a jump, she just purred. I went to put my headlights on only to find that the headlight rings are too small. My 1971 deuce rings wouldn't fit the 1967 deuce, so I ended up putting 100 MPH tape on it...it worked. I was ready to go by 0930 hrs. I drove her 20 yards to test the brakes and she stopped on a dime. I proceed out of the yard, turned the corner and that's when the day slowed down. Seems the rear passenger tires didn't want to move. I dragged the tires 5 feet only to hear my wife's screams of stop sound through the 2-way radio. My blood pressure shot up and the anticipation of what happened screamed through me. Got out checked it out, backed up and boom....rear passenger side locked up. Drove forward and she released. Drove a few more feet and barely touched the brakes.....not only do the previous tires lock up but now the front rear driver side now locks up. I say a quick prayer and proceed to drive a bit more to see if it duplicates.....yes, it duplicates. Frustrated I drive the truck back into the yard and bleed the brakes. Try it again...locks up. Called MilitaryRestoration and Todd offered some great advice. (Thanks again Todd for being on standby and thanks AaronW for being on standby). Brakes still locked up. Said some more prayers. Then 3 Nat'l Guard soldiers come out wondering what was going on. I explained what was going on and the SSGT (Cheyenne)gave orders for the SGT to call over to the maintenance shop to see if they would look and work on my truck (I was like wow are you kidding me? These soldiers are great). The SGT returned to tell me to drive around in circles and gently apply brake pressure to brake away any rust inside the drums. Bingo 2 hours of doing just that and driving the deuce around the Camp fixed her!! Finally, a mere 5 hours after getting the deuce we are finally on the road.The 160 miles trip was uneventful. Went through 5 huge rainstorms (thanks again Todd for the windshield). Passed a huge Washington State Patrol sting. Seems they were on some kind of kick of pulling trucks over. I counted at least 13 pulled over in a 15 miles stretch. Luckily I wasn't one of them. Got the truck home in one piece and I am ready for bed......thats it.
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