Advice on the brake booster.

From: Tom Yang (73742.1362(at)CompuServe.COM)
Date: Thu Aug 29 1996 - 23:07:50 CDT

I'm thinking of rebuilding my brake booster on my Series V. I've got the
Lucas/Girling rebuild kit to do it, but am not sure if I'm the man to do the
job! I'd hate to tear it apart, put it back together, and have it not work, and
have to get it done professionally anyway. What do you guys think?

Here are the symptoms:
1. When I first got the car, everything in the brake system was refurbished,
except the booster. Very hard to get enough pressure to stop the car. As I drove
the car more and more, the brakes got better (If you believe in something
actually fixing itself).
2. The car's idle goes up 500-700 rpm when the brakes are applied, leading me to
believe there is some sort of vacuum leak. I put new hoses between the booster
and intake manifold.
3. It's not using any brake fluid.

Thanks for everyone's help!

Tom

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