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I honestly think it’s the booster itself — when I attach my Mity-Vac directly to the booster, it holds no vacuum at all. Even if the check-valve were bad, it would still hold vacuum if the vacuum diaphragm inside the booster were good, yes?
I honestly think it’s the booster itself — when I attach my Mity-Vac directly to the booster, it holds no vacuum at all. Even if the check-valve were bad, it would still hold vacuum if the vacuum diaphragm inside the booster were good, yes?
She’s not quite picture-worthy yet. 🙂 Not one trim-piece on the whole car right now, although she is painted at least. Saving up the money to have the trim straightened up, polished, and re-anodized. (45 years have left the trim in pretty sad shape.)
I’m currently working on the interior — I have all the pieces for it, just need to get them installed. I’ve finished some of the interior — seats and carpet. I’m working on the door-panels and dashboard right now. Then I need to get the top squared away — it needs a lot of adjustment to get it to fit correctly, plus some tuning on the hydraulic mechanisms to make it raise and lower properly without assistance.
Hopefully in a few months I’ll have enough saved up to get all the trim done — which will take a good 3 to 6 months after I give them all the trim pieces, anyway.
And last, but not least, I want to get the factory A/C working again, and converted to R-134a while I’m at it — but at least that won’t affect its picture-worthiness. 🙂
So hopefully, this time next summer she’ll be picture-worthy and car-show worthy.
She’s not quite picture-worthy yet. 🙂 Not one trim-piece on the whole car right now, although she is painted at least. Saving up the money to have the trim straightened up, polished, and re-anodized. (45 years have left the trim in pretty sad shape.)
I’m currently working on the interior — I have all the pieces for it, just need to get them installed. I’ve finished some of the interior — seats and carpet. I’m working on the door-panels and dashboard right now. Then I need to get the top squared away — it needs a lot of adjustment to get it to fit correctly, plus some tuning on the hydraulic mechanisms to make it raise and lower properly without assistance.
Hopefully in a few months I’ll have enough saved up to get all the trim done — which will take a good 3 to 6 months after I give them all the trim pieces, anyway.
And last, but not least, I want to get the factory A/C working again, and converted to R-134a while I’m at it — but at least that won’t affect its picture-worthiness. 🙂
So hopefully, this time next summer she’ll be picture-worthy and car-show worthy.
Yes, the pedal is very hard and there are no brakes — I don’t hear the sound of air escaping or see any wetness under the dash. If I put the car in neutral and blip the gas-pedal, the brakes come back briefly, then get hard again — this is why I assumed it was a low-vacuum problem initially.
Yeah, I’ll go ahead and replace both the booster and the master-cylinder… I hate bleeding brakes, and was really hoping to avoid it, but you’re right — the brakes are too important.
Thanks,
Yes, the pedal is very hard and there are no brakes — I don’t hear the sound of air escaping or see any wetness under the dash. If I put the car in neutral and blip the gas-pedal, the brakes come back briefly, then get hard again — this is why I assumed it was a low-vacuum problem initially.
Yeah, I’ll go ahead and replace both the booster and the master-cylinder… I hate bleeding brakes, and was really hoping to avoid it, but you’re right — the brakes are too important.
Thanks,
I watched this vid, and I want to read the article you mentioned in there — but the link just sends me to the ETCG.com home-page… I’m guessing in the 6 months since this vid was made, the web-site has changed and that link is no longer valid? Do you have a link to that article that will work? Or am I just S.O.L.? 😉
L.
EDIT: I think I found it here: http://www.wellsve.com/press_trailblazer_p0171.html There’s a link to a video in that article, too. Cool. 🙂
I watched this vid, and I want to read the article you mentioned in there — but the link just sends me to the ETCG.com home-page… I’m guessing in the 6 months since this vid was made, the web-site has changed and that link is no longer valid? Do you have a link to that article that will work? Or am I just S.O.L.? 😉
L.
EDIT: I think I found it here: http://www.wellsve.com/press_trailblazer_p0171.html There’s a link to a video in that article, too. Cool. 🙂