The merciful god of truck repair

I mentioned yesterday that a brake had frozen on my pickup truck and it was stranded at our Granger property. I stewed about it all night, as the situation was made even worse by the fact that in all the fuss I hadn’t even thought about plugging it in and the temps were forecast to drop to minus 30. The truck had to be moved asap because the huge moving truck from Ontario was arriving first thing this morning

Unable to sleep, I got up at 3, soaked in the hot tub for a half-hour to get rid of some aches, then went back to bed for a bit. At 5:30, though, I headed into town loaded to the teeth with tools, equipment (including a floor jack), and many layers of clothes.

The temperature was -25°, about the limit of starting the truck without plugging in. I turned the key…….. and it started! 🙂 Luckily, I had found my brake adjustment tool from 30 years ago when I restored Studebakers in southern BC as Restoration Northwest. My Ford truck uses the same brake adjustment star wheel that was on Studes in the ’50s and ’60s – after crawling under the truck and popping the tiny adjustment cover, a few twists of the tool released the drums. What could have been a long ugly job was so simple due to a bit of luck and having the right tool 🙂

p.s. – the Greek god of truck repair (well, sort of) is Hephaestus – thanks, eh, bud! 🙂