Rear Breaks and Tank Chop

Today was spent mostly cleaning stuff.  Started with the break assembly housings and sand blasted each with some "West Texas" blow sand I acquired.  Funny thing happened spraying sand in the back yard, it made Sharky's turds look like cinnamon sugar cookies.  So I had to stop and pick them up before a neighbor tried one.

Pulled the rear wheel seals by making a tool to pull them and then discovered that the new ones weren't the right size.  So I redirected my energy on robbing a emergency brake cable from the donor truck.

In the fall of 1988, I constructed a rear gas tank that went under the bed of the truck.  My motor crapped out in Spring of 1989 and I later used propane.   So for 23 years there has been some gasoline fermenting in the tank.  So here is what 23 year old gas looks like...

The scale filled a 1 gallon paint can and one quarter of another.  The tank itself is in good shape do to the thickness of the steel used to make it.  For cost purposes I am going to try and reuse it.