FWIW, I drove my BJ8 for 21 years with un-boostered brakes. Other than
having to push the pedal harder it isn't so bad. But--time marches on and
in 2001 I added a booster. I will admit to liking the boosterized version
better.
Tom
> [Original Message]
> From: Earl Kagna <kags@shaw.ca>
> To: Freese, Ken <Ken.Freese@Aerojet.com>; Healey List
<healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 5/10/04 7:41:42 PM
> Subject: Re: brake booster test
>
> Ken:
>
> I take it that no-one responded to your first post about this - I'll give
it
> a try.
>
> My gut tells me no. Most problems with re-built Girling boosters seem to
> centre around not getting the vaccuum piston aligned correctly, so that it
> hangs up, typically not right away, but after the first few brake
> applications, sort of cumulatively. The brakes then lock on and won't
> release. (Don't ask me how I know about this!) I'm not sure that this
> situation can be reliably reproduced off the car - perhaps some other more
> knowlegeable lister could chime in here.
>
> In any case, if you decide to mount the servo, make sure you take a
'Genuine
> Girling Brake Booster Side-Of-The-Road Escape Kit' with you on the test
> drive - consisting of a 7/16" wrench to enable you to let off the
hydraulic
> pressure at any convenient brake line fitting in the engine bay - in order
> to release the locked-on brakes, and a device to plug the vaccuum port on
> the inlet manifold after you disconnect the hose so it doesn't happen
again
> on the way home.
>
> Use caution - you will then have unboosted brakes, and try not to curse
too
> much as you look forward to the joyful job of removing the booster from
the
> car once again to troubleshoot. Ugh!
>
> Earl Kagna
> Victoria, B.C.
> BT7 tri-carb
> BJ8 (been there, done, that!)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Freese, Ken" <Ken.Freese@Aerojet.com>
> To: "'healeys'" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 11:48 AM
> Subject: FW: brake booster test
>
>
> Anyone know of an off the car test to check if a booster has been rebuilt
> properly? I could hook it up to the car engine as a vacuum source or a
> Mityvac, but what about the fluid side?
> Ken Freese
> 65 3000
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