Know what you mean. Finally got the hard-to-find lower brake return springs for my '51 International half-ton, so I was in a hurry to finish the rear brake job I'd started sometime back. Went to remove the right wheel cylinder, and couldn't find a flare-nut [fitting] wrench...must've loaned them to my son. So I made a trip to town for the flare-nut wrench. Put that on the brake line at the wheel cylinder, and still managed to take the corners off the fitting. So I went for my Vise-Grips...son must have them, too. Another trip to town for a pair of Vise-Grips...then still couldn't budge the fitting.
So I decided to take the already-needing-repaired brake line off at the junction block on the rear end, and just pull the whole line through the backing plate. Managed to twist the apparently-rotten brake line in two, but I managed to get the old wheel cylinder off.
Good news is, I have new shoes installed with all new wheel cylinders, springs, hardware, adjusters, and new drums. Bad news is, I still have to make another trip into town to get a replacement steel line before I can bleed the brakes and see if I have problems anywhere else in the system. Good news is, truck is sitting on concrete pad instead of gravel driveway. Bad news is, it's still outside,and they're talking highs in the low 40's and rain or snow through the weekend.
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