What is the condition of the rest of your brakes? The booster only provides power assist. It makes the brakes a little easier to activate. A bad brake booster should not keep the car from stopping. Paul > i have sent this post in twice and have not seen it on the site. i will try >once more, but it is rather long and i do not type very well. i finally took >my 53 imperial out on the road. at first everything seemed fine. then the >brakes started to not work properly and the car would barely stop, even at low >sped. the brakes felt like they were not grabbing. i put a rebuilt booster in >last fall and the car has not been driven except in my yard and not often. i >called the rebuilder and he told me if you do not use the booster at least >once every 3 weeks it can go bad. this seems illogical to me, does anyone know >of this to be true? i was told to check the vacuum, it should be 17 pounds or >higher. i just got a guage so i will check that as soon as i can. the >rebuilder said he will redo it for me if needed since i was not informed about >the three week rule. i know that is a nice gesture but the labor involved is >something i do not look forward to. any suggestions? > dennis †Ûiÿü0Â)©z¸š•ÉnmÊ&N¬™ë,j°jËžÛhÊ‹›ÊØ^"j^®&¥1¨¥ŠxŠËO•æ¬z·©—+h™¨¥Šx%ŠËbš—«‰©\–æÜ¢f§w*.®·¬¦‰ì{¥•·¬…ªÞw…ëÞ¯*'xú⽫^™ë,j¬jwZ¶Öœ†g§¶Çè®Ø^Ù¢ž+-«h®Ë!¢é]mëžÛhÁææjË^®)©z¸š•ÉnmÊ&N… I@x -¢m§ÿâš—«‰©\–æÜ¢oîžË›±Êâmèm