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Results are source-attributed previews, not a complete combined count. Feed dates are publisher dates; first-observed dates are provenance. Each collection links to its owner. Gerry Files matches indexed names and paths, not document contents; Podcasts contributes video results only. An unavailable collection is shown as unavailable, not as an empty result.

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  • Re: Brake problem

    phil cain · Mon, 26 Jul 2004 05:16:57 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    Check the vacuum line from the engine to the brake booster, make sure it's good. If the line is good put a vacuum...

  • Re: DEm's da brakes!

    Eric Henning · Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:03:06 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    ...fill the booster up until the fluid level reaches the vacuum line and brake fluid starts getting sucked into the vacuum line back to...

  • Brake dilemna continnued.............

    Vanagon Man · Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:23:57 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    ...booster vac line goes through, start the car, and feel the brakes. Felt the same as always.........so, it is the vacuum line from...

  • Re: Vacuum from Brake Booster?

    Mike Collum · Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:48:50 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Then, should the "T" or any of the newly installed line break, there would be no loss of vacuum to the brake booster. Mike...

  • Brake booster?

    David Parsons · Sun, 1 Jun 2014 21:52:05 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    ...When you start it the pedal travel goes way down? Bad booster? Can I plug off the Vacuum line and drive without the booster...

  • How-to Remove Brake Booster (also Brake MC and Clutch MC)

    · Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:30:51 EST · Mailing-list archive

    ...Unhook the four 13mm bolts that hold the booster to the aluminum pedal mount. 16. Unhook the vacuum line on the brake booster. 17...

  • Re: Vacuum from Brake Booster?

    John Bange · Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:19:48 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    ...theoretically the brake booster's as good as any other spot. The only caveat is that a break in that large line will probably...

  • Re: Brake booster?

    Dennis Haynes · Mon, 2 Jun 2014 00:44:52 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Brake booster? I'm looking at a 81 vanagon. It's got good brake pedal with the vehicle off. When you start it the...

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