PS to Boone, NC delivery.
A few days ago I replaced all brake shoes on the deuce. Now, during yesterday's trip the left front brake drum got really hot, we could smell the hot steel.
We stopped at a truck stop, lifted the deuce on the outriggers and found that the left front brake shoes didn't release after use.
Got set up to take the wheel off and found that the Campbell/Housefeld 3/4 impact didn't work. The trigger was jammed by a pin from somewhere. Okay, so we proceeded with "manual" tools.
Everything checked out, so, I guess, it must be the wheel cylinder that needs to be replaced.
We put things back together and it seemed to work, at first anyway. At a later stop the drum was still getting hot, but not too bad.
We drove on. Next we come to the mountain climb. With the custom radiator cover in place, it got up to 215F (never had it that hot before), but again everything seems in order after the climb.
When we arrived at the destination, we had to drive up a bouncy slope to turn around and when finally parked, Judd, the customer, pointed out that "you have a radiator leak" and sure enough, cooling fluid was dripping off the inside of the bumper.
Again a bit of a heart stopper, but it turned out that the bouncy drive on the grass slope tossed cooling fluid out the over flow. A sigh of relief.
While operating the crane I noticed another leak under the truck. This time it was the real thing, the high pressure hydraulic line from the pump had a pin hole squirting fluid 4 feet away. Not a short term problem. Off-loaded the lumber without a hitch and shut the pump down for the return trip home.
Used the exhaust brake a couple of times and the back pressure gauge showed only about 10 psi. That will need some adjustment too.
The roller on the M756 pipeline bed is on a level just above the bed of the truck.
a) It is great for manually on/off loading logs if only the one log you are dealing with is resting on it.
b) One time I had 1/2 dozen logs resting on it that were not yet secured (at the saw mill) and when I moved the truck forward, the entire load rolled back a foot!
c) The roller is not safe to step on when jumping off the back of the bed. There ought to be a lock...
Everybody gets a kick out of the smell of french fries when the exhaust blows in the right direction.
The highest turbo boost registered during the trip was 9 psi and the EGT never got over 1,100 F. Probably time to change fuel filters, although the biodiesel could have something to do with it. Fuel consumpton is higher with biodiesel, maybe by 1 mpg or so.
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