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I appreciate ongoing help on this... I suspect it's also going to require all the brake calipers and master cylinder to be rebuilt.

I've got the garage cleared enough to work on the car, happy about that!

I took my brother to an eye Dr appointment Monday, bad news is his vision is 20/40 in the right eye, 20/50 left. The left side has had surgery for cataract and to lower Glaucoma pressures a couple years ago... it did not turn out very well, he says it's much worse than before the surgery and has caused him to put off the same work on his right eye.

Now the Dr sees his optic nerve thinning and pressure reading of 26 on in the right eye. He was very blunt and told him his choice is to have the surgery and potentially loose some vision or do nothing and go blind in that eye. Easy choice obviously...

I love my brother dearly, but he's a world class procrastinator and has hidden what's been going on with many things for a long time... It pisses me off that a guy as intelligent and capable as he has been would ignore his own health for so long that permanent damage has been done. time spent PO'd and mad at him serves no purpose, I only indulge in it away from him and for short-ish periods.
I realize I can't go back in time or change him... I can only deal with the here and now doing my best to push and pull him toward better choices.

When he fell ill in mid December I dug in and started asking more and more questions and it became quickly apparent I had and need to do as much as I can to help.

I still see him as my big brother who plans outings and backpack trips where we would both shoulder 50 lb packs and wander off into the wilderness for a week.
The change in roles is tough, the good news is he is very open with me now and I have time and energy to help.