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And the owner, Rich, told me that it once hung on the wall of a bar. He is the original owner of that gorgeous R model too.

I think the real clue is that you can get it to operate if you hand prime it and that it operates at a reduced rate before failing.That says you are not getting enough oil to the motor to prevent cavitation. I'd check the supply valve to see if it has crap in it. Or maybe worn or blocked linkage that is keeping it from fully opening?

We have a rather large black snake in our herb garden. No mice around anymore and I love to watch the wife do a track star imitation every time she weeds the garden and the snake comes out to say hello.

Any chance the supply hose is collapsing internally? Or partially plugged? bad supply valve? Sounds to me like you are blaming the hose when you don't really know for sure if that caused the problem. Same as any other trouble shooting problem; start at the beginning and check everything without focusing on what you think is the problem. If you have air in the system one of two things are happening; air is being introduced where it shouldn't be or you are not supplying oil at a fast enough rate to supply the system. You stated that you can manually bleed the system to the point where it will operate and then the problem returns. That pretty much rules out an air lock and sounds like a supply problem to me.

What'd you say? I'm a little woozy from sniffing acetone all day. You are right of course, but its probably a little too late for me since I used acetone almost daily when I worked part time as a boat mechanic to clean fiberglass while making repairs. Besides, there is nothing like a little explosion to loosen rusted parts.

Put peanut butter on the bait stick. Lasts forever and they have to work to get it so the trap goes off. I have never seemed to attract mice with a trap since I have traps that will not go off for months at a time, but then one will wander in and set it off. And my experience is once they have had a nest in a place they will keep coming back no matter what you do to clean it up. I've tried all of the commonly recommended deterrents like moth balls, dryer sheets, etc. and none of them seem to work. The only way to get rid of them is to close up every possible way they have to get in; an almost impossible task in something like a truck with holes for wiring, etc. You really want to get pissed? Wait until you spend hours cleaning the little rascals out, leave the truck for awhile and then get covered with mouse shit when you turn on the defroster and it blows out a nest in the air duct going up to the windshield.

Have a great one.

Obviously pretty unusual to take a boat ride back here. I can't help but wonder what a DEA dog would find if it sniffed around.

I'm surprised the mice didn't chew the wiring into oblivion. That was a big plus. I'd set a couple of traps around the rig as well since they always seem to come right back. Once something smells "mousey" they never seem to go away.

Couldn't agree with Paul's comments more. Even if you don't do anything more than a rate of rise detection system it will be a good investment. Time after time I hear about significant collections being lost in a fire and quite often the fire has basically burned the structure down before someone notices it. Detection systems are cheap, around $1000.00 to install, and usually cost around $20.00 per month to monitor. In my case the monitoring is included in my house system, so the only cost was the install. I am on a well, so the cost of a suppression system was beyond my means, but if I were on city water I'd put one in. Final thought and I'll put the soap box away. Almost everyone is concerned about theft, but not fire. A thief will only take some things, but a fire will take it all.

When I built my house a friend who had just finished his gave me this advice "Leave one stump so you can go sit on it and worry and drink beer. And buy a cheap skill saw, tape the switch on, plug it in every morning so that it screams so loud you can't hear your wife complain." I already had the beer part down.

I can still remember my Grandpa saying "Ok, you put your hands on the bottom of the wheel thumbs out, turn the wheel in the direction of your thumbs, and that is where the trailer will go."" That was after I got big enough to hand crank his AC B model to get it started. Probably 8 or 9.

Acetone and ATF makes a great penetrate. Using a solvent like acetone thins the lubricant enough to let it penetrate.

If you have snakes you don't have mice. At least snakes don't eat insulation and leave crap everywhere.

That makes a lot of sense since VW is going to be looking for cash to pay for their illegal behavior. Navistar might turn the world on its ear and try to take over VW trucks.

Congrats; sounds like exciting times!

That's just EPA approved pollution free water based lubricant. You run it for a few miles and the engine ceases to emit pollution when it seizes up.

The hood mirrors are pretty ugly, but my bet is they will be replaced by cameras. And I would not be surprised that all exterior mirrors get phased out for cameras and sensors over the long term. Design will continue to be evolutionary, not revolutionary. Trucks are tools and function will always win out over form if the builder wants to stay in business. We may all love the big square hood designs, but that is not what the fleets want and if you don't build what your customers want you won't be around long. I hate the new fire truck designs, but they are safer and more functional than the ones I rode. Hard to argue with that.

Nick named "Whitey"?

It should be, but if it's not it should be on the front right frame horn. It will be something like 85L1001.

And a wide angle lens.

I'm thinking we are all going on the theory that the brakes are not functioning properly now. I'm also assuming you have driven it and tested the system yourself. Letting us know what it is actually doing would be helpful. Not to dis your co-workers, but I'm sure they have worked on very few, if any, hydraulic brake systems that use shoes. In other words, don't take someone else's word for what has been done and what is right or wrong with it. Go back over everything methodically and don't be ashamed to get out the books and follow them if you haven't worked on these before. Or even if you have and your memory is like mine. And remember that what is on there may not be correct since someone else has been into it. If the first guy did it wrong and everyone else has just put it back the way they found it, then that may be the story. Like all trouble shooting problems I'd look at the simple stuff first. Brake adjustment, shoes on correctly (primary and secondary in the right place), glazed drums or shoes, brake bleeding, and vacuum to the booster all come to mind. There is a filter in the vacuum line and the vacuum line probably runs to the pump as well, so I'd make sure the booster has vacuum before you remove it. The filter is located somewhere in the line, most often under or just behind the right front seat. The booster also has a vent that needs to be open. Mr. Mud Dauber may be in town, so you should check it. If the diaphragm is bad it will most likely blow blue smoke out the pipe from the brake fluid being pulled into the intake manifold. My experience is they can be a bitch to bleed. They need to have the booster bled as well and I have found that doing that first works out best. I ended up using a pressure tank to force fluid through the system after trying conventional bleeding for the better part of an afternoon on mine. I'm thinking the rear wheel cylinders are no longer available, especially if it is an E model. If so, I'd be pretty suspicious of the story that they have been replaced "multiple" times and if they have then they may be the wrong wheel cylinders. If it is an E model I have the PN if you need it. If it is an L model someone on here will have it.

Are they out there yet? I thought I saw one on I-95 in CT yesterday, but with traffic I couldn't tell for sure. I did see a few of the new Cascadias on the road. They sure look like a Hino product with the three grill bars.

The wise ass side of me says I already get my mail via a driverless system; its called e-mail. But of all the pure electric trucks that have been touted using one for mail delivery makes the most sense.

What a great looking B.