Nu uh Jimmy, I will be hunting turkeys on my 30 acres in Kentucky. I will
be putting my Georgia house up for sale soon so I can live there most of the
time. I have deer, ELK, (yes, elk), turkey, squirrels, bobcats...man, you
name it.
I just finally got to the bottom of my brake dragging problem, after
replacing brake lines, calipers, (which I was doing anyway), brake pads, and
rotors. I even replaced the little vacuum valve on the brake booster, but
once I did that, my problem became more frequent...on touch and go use, my
front brakes would begin to drag badly and the only way to cure it was a
full stop and pump the brakes fully a time or two. I found that there is an
adjustment between the brake booster and the master cylinder and I grew
suspect of that. Once I removed my master cylinder to have a look at this
adjustment, I found brake fluid sloshing around in the lower part of the
booster, a bad thing! The adjuster was loose and had apparently backed
itself out, thus reducing the slack necessary to allow the brakes to back
off properly when released. I pushed so firmly on the master cylinder, that
fluid was forced out the rear seal of the master into the booster. I
ordered a new booster from Advance, be here in the morning. Red loctite on
that adjuster once I have it set...I read a few of the other Dak boards and
saw that my same problem had occurred frequently on many other Daks as well.
I doubt you recall, but I mentioned that my Raybestos PLUS PG, (sorry if
that is wrong), super duper pads only lasted about 12k miles...I must say
now that I doubt it was their fault, I likely was dragging those pads much
of the time and that likely shorten the usable life of these pads. So,
there ya go boys and girls.
Now....as far as a DML gathering, I am thinking about offering a "southern"
version at my home in Kentucky. We have a log home in the mountains with a
view to die for, but I don't have a mud pit or creek but a beautiful place
to relax, so think it over. The northern versions sound like great fun but
they are a bit far for an old guy like me to get too. Once I sell the GA
house, we must consider it...EH Jimmy Knox?
Rascal
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[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of JAMES KNOX
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Jon is the only one that can hunt the Turkeys. He is the closest person to
being a Pilgrim, as he owns a Plymouth Barrcuda and may have nicknamed it
Mayflower, being a 440 it will blow the sails off anything!
Jim Knox, 91 Dak
Toronto, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Battles" <josh@omg-stfu.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: DML: DAKOTAS return to Steigerville Oct 22 Weekend
>
> JAMES KNOX wrote:
>>
>> Hey Josh! :-) They are a protected species on the Steiger Ranch. We
>> must approach Jon on this ONE :-)
>> Tastier then BBQ Burgers , if they feed on the grapes the may be red wine
>> flavoured.
>>
>> Jim Knox
>> 91 Dak
>> Toronto, Canada
>
> That's too bad, I love turkey!
>
> --
> - Josh
> Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
> Above Statement Not True ^^^^^
> www.omg-stfu.com
>
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