Well started to get out in the garage and do some work on the old truck. Back in the fall I got the newly rebuilt power steering box and pump. Got it all installed and was going though bleeding the air out and……………..failure. I seal popped and power steering fluid went everywhere. Here is a pic of the fail:

See that black rubber ring…..that is not supposed to be showing. Contacted the place that rebuilt it, they said they would fix. Its been sent off. Hopefully will have pic of the completed power steering rebuild soon.

Update: Got the fixed Power steering box back from the shop that did the work. They did not hesitate to fix it for free. It does have a lifetime warranty from them. Its just a hassle to mail an item that weighs like 25 pounds mailed to Missouri. Glad they paid the shipping. They told me it was a bad snap ring seal, so it has a new one that the pressure tested it for an extended amount of time and they say its good now. I hope to have it installed maybe over the weekend. I will post update with pictures. I am waiting on the correct power steering fluid to get here and a few clamps.

Notes: This box is not original to the truck. Probably the original wore out and this is a replacement. It has now been upgraded to have less turns to go from left lock to right lock. This will help the truck not turn like a school bus. Its also been painted like factory and it now has a date code stamped on it. that is my birthday….not the year though I had that changed to match the truck year, but at least the Month and Day. So the date code was March 7th 1972 – it now is May, 22 1969. It would be silly to have a date code that was before the truck was built. At least I thought it would be.

Still waiting on parts!!!! Part are back and I have them installed, and the steering upgrade is done and seems to be working. I will post what I have done and learned during this. Will show you the other parts I put in after the steering box fail.

I will be taking some pictures and posting on this. Started to look at the brakes……and well there is work to be one there. Hopefully next week I will post some progress after some investigative work.

Got some of the brake work started. I have taken the front crusty brakes off. Will post pics of how things went……..:(

Rear brakes, easier. But, in order to fix the bent backing plate (see pic)….I have to remove the axles. So, I looked up how to do this and its pretty easy. This is what I need to fix…..this (below).

This is the backside of the brake backing plate on my truck. Looks like someone had a issue…like maybe a wheel feel off and this got bent. Brake drums have been changes cause its NOT bent. Dirt and debris has gotten in due to this being bent. So……I had to first open up the rear differential. Its called this because it converts the power from the engine coming from the driveshaft and sends it to each wheel, kinda like a “T”. I will be fixing this tomorrow afternoon….so more to come.