If you can get your hands on a stethescope listen for gurgling in the booster. If your getting this sound there is a lot of fluid inside of the booster and it is probably rusted badly internally. Ask me how I know! I had the same problem that your describing and after bleeding the brakes several times I finally decided to listen to the booster to see if there was an internal problem. Sure enough, I needed to replace the booster. Like it or not the dash has to come out in order to get to everything. It makes doing the job a whole lot more pleasant, than trying to get big hands in little spaces and losing parts in a maze of wires. Besides, while your in there you can clean up any mess left behind by unwanted guests. |
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