Posted by KEH on February 15, 2014 at 15:31:27 from (209.213.25.37):
In Reply to: Re: ot i need help posted by Animal on February 15, 2014 at 14:59:53:
A number of years ago I fixed up a 56 GMC 2 ton truck. AIRC the factory turn signals didn't work, so I got a turn signal controller which clamped to the steering column and ran new wires. It had to have the turn signals turned off by hand, they would not automatically turn off like factory. I don't remember how I wired it. On another issue, after I got it running it ran poorly. I finally traced the trouble, probably with some help, to a bad ground. The factory(I guess) ran the ground from the battery to the body of the truck. I changed the ground to the frame and all was well.
The most annoying problem I had was brakes. I got brake fluid on one rear brake shoe and it would lock up and not turn loose until I reversed the truck briefly. With unbelievible luck I found brake shoes for one side in an auto parts store, installed them, and brakes worked fine. In the end I had new shoes and rebuilt cylinders all the way around and it would stop on a dime. A final problem I had was tht i noticed the crankcase was overfull. I found that the carburator had something hang up and it let gas drain into the crankcase. The truck was one of those half cab forward models amd the gas tank was high enough to let gas siphon through the system.
Yes, I tried torching off the brake fluid. Didn't work.
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