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How do I properly adjust the rear brakes. I know there's the self adjuster that you can adjust with a flathead screwdriver, but idk how to set it "properly".

Ugh I know 🙄. Maybe I'll get them off again and take a picture.

Yeah I just called one near me. They'll do it for $20 each drum

Thank you! Where did you find this info? And since I am unsure about what fluid is currently in there, is it safe to top it off with one of the fluids you listed? Or will I have to drain and refill with the new fluid.

Yeah I used the snip wheel to adjust to get the driver side drum off. Trying to get it back on was a huge pain. The inside of the drum has a lip on it. I tried to grind it down but didn't want to go too gnarly into the drum. I definitely scraped off some of the shoe trying to get it back on.

I took off the drums yesterday to have a peek in there. It was so black up in there. I couldn't tell if the parking brake was engaging or not because I didn't have a partner to depress the pedal while I checked. I'm thinking of replacing the entire brakes. Drums, shoes, springs and all. Do you...

That may be it! Can you give a stab at what kind of tape this is? That's the tape it was on. Almost looks like fly catcher tape haha.

It has this one on the bottom. But that doesn't cut it. I'm pretty sure this shell company went out of business. Idk if it's carried anywhere anymore.

The forums I've read are people just arguing over what type of fluid to use. Taking about viscosities and what not. Not too much help haha. But say I need atf and what's in there is an SAE oil, would I have to drain the whole thing and swap it for the ATF?

I bought this 89 renger that came with a shell. I was thinking of getting rid of it, but I might as well take advantage and make the back sleepable for nice camping trips with the lady. Anyways, I've got a rew things to fix beforehand: The top of the tailgate had a rubber sort of seal or...

It looks like there may be a wee leak coming from my transmission. I believe it's an M5R1. The leak seems to be coming from the drain plug and maybe a bit from the fill plug. When I open the fill plug, the lubricant isn't quite level with the bottom of the fill hole. I have to stick my pinky...

I bought the truck with the parking brake disconnected and the parking brake pedal fully depressed. So I released the pedal today and pulled it hard to connect it. Now, when the pedal is fully depressed, the cable is tight, but the parking brake doesn't feel engaged. The truck still rolls with...

Did you ever figure out what the issue was?

Okay thank you. But I can't find a solid answer from anyone about how to go about checking for a vacuum leak? Can you help me on where/how to look for such a thing. I know you said intake gasket. How would I check for that and is that a severe thing to change?

Did you ever figure it out?

I've cleaned the IAC valve and throttle body. I also change the spark plugs and wires. My truck starts at a pretty high rpm. Hits about 1500 then after 3 seconds jumps to 17. Warms up to about 1400 then down to 800 after driving around a bit. But especially when it hits this lower range...

Do you have any suggestions on the idle fix? I cleaned IAC valve and throttle body. Vacuum leak maybe?

V6 manual transmission. I bought this truck recently and things were fine on test drive. I took it to get smogged and the mechanic said he wouldn't even try to smog it because the idling RPM was too high. I changed the oil and cabin air filter(there wasn't one). That lowered the idle rpm a bit...