Todays update - I somewhat bled the brakes (7 of the 10 bleeder valves); definitely got some contamination out of the system; unfortunately the front bleeder valves were/are stuck and subsequently I could not truly bleed them. What I did do is crack the lines and tried to bleed as much as I could that way; the result was no change. After staring at it awhile I decided that I needed to pull the MC and take it apart to see what was different from the old one to the new one that supposedly is incorrect. I got the new one out and disassembled it. It is identical to the old one with one exception; there is a thrust washer on the end (where the push rod goes in); this measured out at .175" whereas the one in the new MC measured out at .185". Regardless, I disassembled the new MC and removed the seals and put them onto the internals from the old MC, then reinstalled everything into the new MC housing. After bleeding the MC I tried it again; still no joy however I concentrated on what the truck is doing and not doing; here is the synopsis;
1. with the parking brake on, if you put it into gear the truck seems free to move forward or backward.
2. once you touch the brakes; it "appears" the front is locking up
3. under idle while in gear (either direction) with your foot off the brake, you can feel the truck inching in whatever direction you have the trans in
4. if you are backing up with the truck essentially dragging on the brakes and put it into drive with your foot off the brake, the truck with jump forward, if you touch the brakes then they grab immediately and lock up
5. it "seems" that if you pump the brakes, they want to release a little
what I am thinking now is that something in the front brakes in dragging, not releasing, etc. This of course will mean I have to take the front tires off and get the drums off; not an easy thing to do. I do not think it is the MC as the guy in MA told me as I just cannot see how it could be. The only other thing I think it might be is the distribution valve located on the frame but seeing that everything is getting fluid I am not convinced. I am "thinking" that if I take the drums off, I should be able to see the brake shoes pushing out and retracting (the retracting part is what isn't working).
I have given a lot of thought as to why this has happened when they seemed to have worked before I replaced the MC; well my theory is that just prior to moving the truck into the shop, I discovered that the MC was empty due to it leaking into the cab. I think that there wasn't any fluid or barely any in the system and the brakes were barely working. When I replaced the MC and closed the system, it pushed things further than they were used to going and subsequently resulted in the brakes dragging.