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Re: Please Don't!

To: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Subject: Re: Please Don't!
From: Steven Laifman <av342@lafn.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 18:25:15 +0100
Doug Pruitt wrote
> 

> > >        The next time this happens to someone they should disconnect the
> > >vacuum hose from the booster and plug it with something that won't get
> > >sucked into it. ....
> > >
Jim Barrettw wrote
> > Doug,
> >         PLEASE DO NOT do this!.  If the fluid is leaking inside the unit 
>you may
> > be killed!  I....
> >
Roland Wrote
 
> Another reason to tie off the vacuum line is to avoid sucking fluid into
> the intake manifold.  Glycol based fluid may not be a problem but I'm
> not so sure about silicone based fluids.
> 

I suggest:

  Bought a Stainless flex-hose from CAT that is an "emergency booster
replacement"  Costs about $10.  Good for emergency or replacement,
depending on the size of your foot and leg muscles.

Steve  



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