My friend in ga with a refurbished 84 westy had just installed a new master cylinder and found it too leak fluid in the booster. I second checking at the master. Sent from my iPhone Joel in Rochester NY 73 Westy 87 Syncro 89 Syncro Westy On Mar 2, 2012, at 4:33 PM, jules <jules.herr@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Perhaps it's leaking into the brake booster housing. was the master > cylinder replaced with the rest of the system overhaul? > > One way to see is to stick some clear rubber hose into the lowest part > of the body of the booster (go in where the vacuum booster line > attaches) and apply vacuum to the hose and see what, if anything, > comes out of there. > > > jules > '75, '78 westies > troy ny > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 4:19 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote: >> Before comissioning my '90 automatic bus back to the road, the entire >> brake system was gone over >> The system works great. The pedal feels firm and everything seems to >> be working properly. |
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