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The one I regret the most @ClemsonCruiser
But honestly didn’t have a choice
My wife is coming up on 5 years on 2/14/2024 coming home post surgery as a glioblastoma survivor surgery chemo again radiation etc etc …a “terminal” brain tumor with median 15 months survival
So while I “regret” selling this one more than any other…it helped pay the way for us still being here….
I am glad this one is still known where it lives!!!
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The one I regret the most @ClemsonCruiser
But honestly didn’t have a choice
My wife is coming up on 5 years on 2/14/2024 coming home post surgery as a glioblastoma survivor surgery chemo again radiation etc etc …a “terminal” brain tumor with median 15 months survival
So while I “regret” selling this one more than any other…it helped pay the way for us still being here….
I am glad this one is still known where it lives!!!
Updates if any!!
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All is well.
Glad to know all are doing well and the truck is not forgotten. The 45 remains in good company. Today it watches over maintance on my wife’s 200 with its brothers. All of them are driven weekly for and remain in good working condition.
Cheers!!
Glad to know all are doing well and the truck is not forgotten. The 45 remains in good company. Today it watches over maintance on my wife’s 200 with its brothers. All of them are driven weekly for and remain in good working condition.
Cheers!!
Whew. Almost lost her today….
The front flexible brake lines were a little long and have a bow in them. With the new larger tires, it rubbed. Zip ties held it away from the tire, but zip ties failed over time due to vibration/loosenig . This allowed the brake line to rub the tire. Today, the brake line burst under full brake coming to a downhill stop. A single cylinder brake line failure lets the pedal goes straight to the floor with NADA brakes.
A dead pedal is an ominous feeling with a need to fully brake. Emergency brake was grasped but not enough to stop going downhill. There were 2 cars at the stop sign and I took a hard right up the hill to avoid a collision. Went up the hill and straight back down backwards. Took out a bush. A jeep towed me back up the road to flat ground and other than a bruised ego, no damage. Coulda been much much worse.
She lives. Unscathed.
New brake lines on order. Will replace and adjust the emergency brake pads as I felt like they could have been more helpful. I’m still a little jittery but all good.
hOOter
The front flexible brake lines were a little long and have a bow in them. With the new larger tires, it rubbed. Zip ties held it away from the tire, but zip ties failed over time due to vibration/loosenig . This allowed the brake line to rub the tire. Today, the brake line burst under full brake coming to a downhill stop. A single cylinder brake line failure lets the pedal goes straight to the floor with NADA brakes.
A dead pedal is an ominous feeling with a need to fully brake. Emergency brake was grasped but not enough to stop going downhill. There were 2 cars at the stop sign and I took a hard right up the hill to avoid a collision. Went up the hill and straight back down backwards. Took out a bush. A jeep towed me back up the road to flat ground and other than a bruised ego, no damage. Coulda been much much worse.
She lives. Unscathed.
New brake lines on order. Will replace and adjust the emergency brake pads as I felt like they could have been more helpful. I’m still a little jittery but all good.
hOOter
All's well that ends well. Good lesson for us all to check our flexible brake lines.
Michael B
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I’m glad no one and nothing was hurt/damaged.
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Send that thing to me and I’ll put proper brakes on it
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Sounds like it's time for a dual master upgrade.
Don’t do it
Put a dual master on
we lived 100 years like this and didn’t die or need to overly modernize old iron out of a catalog cause it’s maybe harder than a catalog
Drums are fine
Maintenance is maintenance
Single circuit brakes with or without discs or drums are what they are
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I see zero reason to keep front drum brakes.
Originality.
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Cool. Keep it on the shelf, swap it in for the concours d'elegance.
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Or get/make some of these, they’re original functionality.
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Ok. But for what? This?
I don’t know. That truck is superb with drum
Brakes or disc brakes.
No one has ever looked at my 45 then scoffed at it due to the disc brakes but I’ve loved them.
They are still manual. I work them every stop
But they stop straight and true.
I don’t know. That truck is superb with drum
Brakes or disc brakes.
No one has ever looked at my 45 then scoffed at it due to the disc brakes but I’ve loved them.
They are still manual. I work them every stop
But they stop straight and true.
@middlecalf Paul I believe Mark @65swb45 has some of those for sale.
2 is 1 and 1 is none. I’d swap a dual master on it and not think twice. Keeping your family, investment and others safe is the priority. Keep the single master on the shelf.
Or do this….only 45 nerds would know it’s not original.
Here’s the thread: Visited an even earlier one! - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/visited-an-even-earlier-one.1312991/
2 is 1 and 1 is none. I’d swap a dual master on it and not think twice. Keeping your family, investment and others safe is the priority. Keep the single master on the shelf.
Or do this….only 45 nerds would know it’s not original.
Here’s the thread: Visited an even earlier one! - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/visited-an-even-earlier-one.1312991/
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Seems like use should dictate how we set up our 45s. If the use is on country roads predominantly, then why depart from the original MC and drums? Maybe drums with dual MC and proportioning valve (if necessary) if there’s more paved driving and higher speeds? If there’s significant paved driving and high speeds, boosted dual MC with discs makes the most sense. After all, modifications of the front axle and MC is still being done with Toyota parts. Have to agree with Nolen and Chris on this one.
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