I have hydra boost on my 81 Chevy 1ton and while I like it, I would probably
recommend against it. I have has a power steering leak and if that happens,
or the pump gives up suddenly, you lose steering AND brakes all at once. I
have also noted that you have almost no brakes or holding power while the
engine is off. My truck is VERY heavy and this may be my particular
situation but I cant hold or stop the truck from rolling without applying
the e-brake. Even vigorous pumping doesn't seem to help...
Shawn
51 Chevy 1ton panel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Armijo, Manuel L" <manuel.l.armijo@intel.com>
To: <OLETRUCKS@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 5:38 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] power brake booster mounting...
> Recently, I saw the post about mounting a power booster brake assembly
under
> the floor. I found it really interesting, since I'm doint the same thing!
> The pictures looked just like my pencil sketches...*spooky*
>
> I've got a '50 that is in the very early stages of being refurbished, I
plan
> to drop in a 350 with an auto tranny, covert to front disc/rear drum, and
> SOMEtime in the future look into a mustang II crossmember setup.
>
> My question is, has anybody done a conversion using the "hydra-boost" that
> runs off of the power steering pump? I've seen some on the 'net, mostly
in
> larger vehicles and suv's.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
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