Jacked up the 1951 Willys Wagon, put it on jackstands, and tried to engage the drive. That is of course not knowing anything about how to engage a four-wheel-drive. You would think I might’ve done some homework before hand but no, that’s not my style. Fortunately no disasters, and at the end of the day it worked. But, I had to do the homework.

Now I’m going to run it for a half an hour or so to grind down the frozen brakes so that I can remove them and replace the brake cylinders, brake lines and pretty much everything I think. I had feared that they were all seized shut, and that’s pretty much the case, but at least they are turning which gives me some hope. I guess I had better keep a fire extinguisher and a bucket of water on hand so as not to destroy the drums. 

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