Headed out at lunch to see what I could find.
Spent about half an hour at Napa. They confirmed they could not find that M7x1 Socket head(allen) bolt to even order.
Nor could they find my 7/16" wheel studs. Well, actually they could match it up to one in a book, but apparently couldn't order it.
Mid afternoon they called and said my parts were in.
After work I stopped back down and sure enough had all the parts. ~$75 Not bad really for 4 wheel cylinders, rear shoes and hardware.
Then stopped by Advance to see what they could do to match up bolts. Ugh, there's like 3 guys, probably all in high school still. And the one to ask if he could help was the one from before that didn't know they had lugnuts in the aisle(in fact he told me for sure they didn't) and when he tried to match it up he couldn't figure out that I needed a 7/16" bolt even after I stated repeatedly and showed him where the ones he was picking out didn't have the same numbers, nor did they obviously look the same size.
So he took a glance and said "nope". Thankfully, one of the other guys had a sense of trying to help out or do what was needed and started looking at the computer to see if he could find it, and when he couldn't he told me what size it was and to try next door at Value. I was a bit dubious that a hardware store would have this odd metric axle locking nut, but I'll check.
He had more trouble trying to find a match for the wheel studs, but he did eventually get down to their collection and came up with 2 of the 3 I need. The other should be in this morning.
So I stopped over to Valu and sure enough it looked like they would have what I needed! But... Not quite... They had exactly what I needed except M6 or M8. No M7... Or, they had an M7 but with a normal hex head. Bah. I got the closest hex head I could find and figured I'd give it a shot.
So last night I went and assembled parts. Wheel cylinders in all around, rear shoes and hardware. That went pretty smoothly. I didn't connect any of the brake lines that are in the vicinity, figure I'd rather get some brake fluid run through anything and closed up before contaminating the new parts.
Unfortunately on the last front wheel I also noticed that in fact one of my front shoes is halfway detached from the backing. So, I guess I'll pick up a set of those when I stop down to Advance for the wheel stud. Surprisingly they have those in stock for a decent price.
Then I decided to see what state the master cylinder was in. From what Mike said it sounds like it might be from an S-10. Well, I managed to get the cover off and it was actually still full of fluid. Hope! But then I went to move the brake pedal and no dice. I PB Blasted the pedal assembly and it seems the clutch and gas pedal move pretty well, but not much more than a wiggle from the brake pedal. and I think I'm getting the impression it's the master cylinder that doesn't want to move, not the pedal itself.
So... I think I'm about at the point where I'll see if Mike can stop up and take a look and see what he thinks as far as getting a parking brake hooked up, see what he thinks about the master cylinder, and if he thinks there's any hope for the tranny.
I should probably swap out the front shoes tonight and if nothing else looks obvious on the master cylinder.(Maybe I'll see if I can dismount it), maybe I'll go take a look at the bus tranny and/or engine and see what I have there. I haven't looked much there yet....
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