Help a Brother Out #2

[MrMarty51]

Thanks @ak diesel driver it still amazes me that I can type on this phone and someone 3 thousand miles away can see what I typed , walk out in there garage, look at something and type back a answer to me in minutes.. so easy to get info from anywhere in the world now.....God I sound old lol

And I still wonder, how dey dooodat ?

 

[Stoney]

No spies you say??? How could the government allow such debauchery!!!! Lol... going to have to look into using that one.

 

[Stoney]

Hell I remember getting pissed off when my vehicle would tell me .." your door is a jar"". One good drunk tonight I argued with it that it had to either be a door or a jar it could not be both..

 

[Stoney]

Back to being serious though..I just thought of something... The front brake hoses...I know if there damaged they fail right? So that got me thinking.. the ones that are one the truck always seemed to short.. when you jack up the truck and of course the wheels drop down lower as the suspension extendes by the time the tires are off the ground those hoses are stretched tight to where they kink where they go into the caliper.. do I have the wrong hoses?

 

[MrMarty51]

Back to being serious though..I just thought of something... The front brake hoses...I know if there damaged they fail right? So that got me thinking.. the ones that are one the truck always seemed to short.. when you jack up the truck and of course the wheels drop down lower as the suspension extendes by the time the tires are off the ground those hoses are stretched tight to where they kink where they go into the caliper.. do I have the wrong hoses?

I do believe so. They should not stretch like that, unless the lift has been modified.

 

[Stoney]

No lift mod.. the suspension is stock

 

[Stoney]

 

[Stoney]

 

[Stoney]

Am I forgetting anything here . Not ordering but wanted to make sure I can get the stuff from rock Auto. Nobody around here seems to have anything ac Delco.

 

[Stoney]

With the front of the truck off the ground the front wheels turn hard... Gonna crack the bleeders when I get back out there

 

[Will L.]

ABSOLUTELY flush out that old fluid. If it is getting cooked- the new fluid getting dark quick is good diagnostics to know.

 

[Stoney]

Gotta take it to get that done soon.

 

[Will L.]

So on the brake system. What is new?
iirc
Booster and master cylinder- what else?

 

[Stoney]

All of it's been replaced..hydro boost.. MC.. calipers...wheel cylinders pads drums, rotors ,shoes ,hoses
Got Bigger problem at the moment.. finally got the starter out , took the 2 bolts out of the solenoid ears.. it won't pull all the way out .it comes loose but it is hong up in the housing the plunger goes in side of...and we're running out of day light

 

[ak diesel driver]

Should pull right out

 

[ak diesel driver]

If you pull on it it should slide the bendix out as if to engage the starter to the flywheel. Might need to do that to get it off

 

[Stoney]

Yeah I pull on it and the Bendix e goes out. But thats as far as the solinoid slides out

 

[ak diesel driver]

Try sliding the arm on the selenoid sideways or vertical to get it to disengage

 

[Stoney]

I've been wiggling it every which way trying...there's that big flat part on the end of the plunger that comes out the end of the solenoid... isn't there a clamp that clamps on the shaft part behind the big flat disc on the end?

 

[ak diesel driver]

I'm at work right now I should be home in about an hour or so if you haven't got it by then I'll open one up and take a pic