RE: IML: 61 pre-race CRISIS!

["Neal Herman" <chrycordoba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not mechanical by any means, but do you want to risk brake failure near
your home, or the middle of nowhere and chance repairs on the fly?  You've
not converted to dual master cylinder brakes, right, so you have no back-up
system.  Vacuum leaks aren't going to go away by themselves, or get any
better on a 4000 mile road trip in the middle of summer.

Neal Herman
1959 Imperial Crown
1966 Imperial Crown
1965 Pontiac Bonneville (had a similar brake crisis on that one, days
before a 3800-mile round trip to Dallas)


> [Original Message]
> From: John Corey <jcorey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 6/19/2006 6:10:29 PM
> Subject: IML: 61  pre-race CRISIS!
>
> HEEELLLPPP!  It's two days before we leave on the Great Race and the  
> '61 failed inspection - no back-up lights, AND, the brakes are making  
> a vacuum-leaking hiss when the pedal is pressed unless I really press  
> down.
>
> Does anyone know where the back-up switch is and how it works or fails?
>
> Can I trust the booster with a vacuum leak like this or must I pull  
> it out and try a fast swap?
>
> near panic.
> jc
>
>
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