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Thank you. Same side of the same mountains and identical climate although where you are probably doesn't have as much lava everywhere. We may also be at a little higher altitude at close to 3,000’ so it’s truly high desert.

Fire Update: The fire finally has some containment of 26% when its been 0% since starting on Monday morning. At 3,279 acres, it's not a massive fire but there are homes close to it.

After a rough brake adjustment and pressure bleed the last time I was here and finding the pedal action less than desirable, I decided to do a little better by also adjusting the anchors. These brakes, which are otherwise good, were pieced together from multiple vehicles so won't be great no matter what but they can be a lot better than they are!

So far, I've examined only the right front and I see:
Lower front shoe just contacting
Upper front has a gap that by appearance is about 1/6"
Rear shoe has gap all around that is larger at the bottom.

Having said that, I know that many Packards had the eccentric anchor at the top as this does but I'm not sure which models have the side stop that the Henneys have! Were there any so that I can look up the process? If not and if I had to make a guess, I would say to loosen it and allow full movement of the shoe, then adjust the top anchor and star adjuster to make the gap around the linings even and just touching with the drums, then adjust the side stop in such a way that the shoes remain centrally located. Does this oversimplification sound about right?