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Subject:Re: wierd brake stuff :-(
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:31:00 -0600

Subject: Re: wierd brake stuff :-(

Adam, a proper brake bleed is the place to begin.

To access the brake fluid reservoir -- which also serves the clutch -
simply remove the cover over the insturments. Get yourself a clear,
flexible, plastic tubing that can be pushed onto the bleed nipple, and a
large plastic coke bottle. Put one end of the tube n the bottle, the
other on the bleed nipple, and open  the bleed screw. have your helper
pump the brakes.
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Leave no stone unturned .............. a bad or sticking Vacuum Booster
Check Valve in your engine compartment can give you an alternating hard to
mushy pedal.
If you can race the engine and feel any difference in the pedal feel then
the check valve is part of the problem.

Stan