the Ranchero disaster & Brand X update

Soooooo, I actually play'd around with 'the Pyle' this week, I'll post some pics from my fone later when I get on the big screen, kindle takes crappy pics and the fone don't half work anymore and you know what? I don't even care, nobody calls me anymore cept somebody named Scam Likely. And he don't speak no good english. Now don't all the members here that know my fone number start ringing me up, I ain't gonna answer. I'll get a new one in a few days. Now on to the never-ending antics centered around 'the Junk Pyle' and other garage stuff.
First the main obstacle, Brand X, the brakes WILL put you in a ditch!!! And since I would like to avoid a claim with Hagerty I had to do something. Hoping I could solve it with some adjustments but that didn't go, or stop rather and I noticed the right rear backing plate was dirty where the others were clean, so I ordered a couple wheel cylinders, got it apart and although the wheel cylinder was seeping it was obviously not the issue, axle seals, no big deal right? Right! Even the torque tube drive lines are similar, at least the axle assembly is just like the 8.8 so no big deal there, now getting that axle seal out was fun, they made those back in the fifties otta real metal, not this flimsy stuff we use today and they are leather. Found some replacements at NAPA, it took the girl on the counter a day to find two, then it was cleaning and reassembly, at some point there must have been a bearing failure, there was little metal fragments all through the housing so it took a while and 3 cans of brake cleaner, new wheel cylinders on without much drama, in a box of spare parts that came with the truck was a set of new rear shoes. Easy Peasy, wait! What? 4 long shoes , back to NAPA and back in business. Well after dealing with both adjusters froze, note to self: don't use cheap azz ball joint grease on the threads of your brake adjusters, clean, loosened up and some Anti-seize and the truck stops much better, you still have to be careful stopping but the issue now is the front, at some point in its life the rod that connects the front spindles was bent up and the tie rod ends where adjusted to straighten the toe issue so I gotta replace that because as we all know once that rod gets bent it flexes more. Another day. It's driveable. And one less, well actually two less oily spots on the garage floor.
Now I'll post some pics in a few and get to the real star of this story.