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Hello all, the past few months I've been slowly resurrecting a 1968 Belgian 404.1 troop carrier. I had purchased it from a friend in non running but complete condition. He had bought and shipped it from a farm auction out west 5-10 years prior so little to knothing about its history was known. It had a box of used parts presumably take offs..and all the manuals in English thank God!
Fast forward 3 months and a lot of work later..over the weekend the Pennsylvania antique vehicle plates arrived and I was confident enough to give it a good 40 minute shake down run. I stuck to a 10 mile radius of home stopping several times to check Temps "by hand" on portals, brakes, diff, engine, Trans etc. Roads were hilly back roads and there was little sustained 6th gear running.
The only temp that I found unusual or worrisome was the transmission. The side plate on the case "driverside" was borderline hot to the touch. I could keep my hand on there but wouldn't want too if it was any hotter. Oddly the new penngrade oil inside looked/smelled pristine and did not feel as hot as the case did.
The other item of concern was the brakes. They weren't stellar. Initially it wanted to pull to the right on hard braking so I assumed it was a frozen front left brake cylinder.. that seemed to get better so it may have freed itself up, however the second time I fully bled the system I was unable to get a solid pedal on the first depress. It will go spongilly about half way down but pump up hard the second application. It's also a bit slow to retract. I suspect the master cylinder may need a rebuild but it does not appear to leak fluid from anywhere.
At this point all systems have fresh fluid (Engine, Trans, diffs, portals, brakes) and rubber brake lines have been replaced.
I'd like a little community input before I run the truck much further given the frightening stuff I've read about there bronze bushed transmissions..likewise prior to ordering a master cylinder rebuild kit has anyone shared those symptoms?
Thanks, Ben
Fast forward 3 months and a lot of work later..over the weekend the Pennsylvania antique vehicle plates arrived and I was confident enough to give it a good 40 minute shake down run. I stuck to a 10 mile radius of home stopping several times to check Temps "by hand" on portals, brakes, diff, engine, Trans etc. Roads were hilly back roads and there was little sustained 6th gear running.
The only temp that I found unusual or worrisome was the transmission. The side plate on the case "driverside" was borderline hot to the touch. I could keep my hand on there but wouldn't want too if it was any hotter. Oddly the new penngrade oil inside looked/smelled pristine and did not feel as hot as the case did.
The other item of concern was the brakes. They weren't stellar. Initially it wanted to pull to the right on hard braking so I assumed it was a frozen front left brake cylinder.. that seemed to get better so it may have freed itself up, however the second time I fully bled the system I was unable to get a solid pedal on the first depress. It will go spongilly about half way down but pump up hard the second application. It's also a bit slow to retract. I suspect the master cylinder may need a rebuild but it does not appear to leak fluid from anywhere.
At this point all systems have fresh fluid (Engine, Trans, diffs, portals, brakes) and rubber brake lines have been replaced.
I'd like a little community input before I run the truck much further given the frightening stuff I've read about there bronze bushed transmissions..likewise prior to ordering a master cylinder rebuild kit has anyone shared those symptoms?
Thanks, Ben
