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Bad brake booster or normal?

Old Oct 6, 2004 | 05:49 PM
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Bad brake booster or normal?

Today at school, I was fooling around with someone and inched up on them, I stomped the brakes 3 or 4 times real quick (to get the truck to rock) and on the last time, they didn't even grab hardly I rolled forward from a stop, thats how much they didn't grab. I know this isn't a regular routine, but is this normal or is it a sign of something? Regular use they have been just fine...
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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 06:32 PM
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Totally normal.
Your '94 has vacuum assisted brakes, at idle it only takes a few pumps to run out of vacuum, you need to rev it up to regain the vacuum..
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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 08:54 PM
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Matt, I agree with Bill, but if it starts doing it more and more (still randomly) then check the vacuum hose going to the booster.
Are you going to make it on sunday? Have you gotten ahold of Magnum?
Tom
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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 10:59 PM
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I kinda figured it would be because of the vacuum, but wanted to check and make sure. First time it did that to me...

Tom, I threw a post on the chapter forum, haven't gotten ahold of magnum yet. Probably going to stop in on him tomorrow night.
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Old Oct 9, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Dont forget about the vacuum hose from the the vacuum pump itself, that hose on the earlier models was a problem and should be replaced if it hasnt been already.


Jason
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