>okay, been cruising round lately, me and rumba, doing great...then 
yesterday i
>notice a definite lack of power and my brakes are stiff. hmmm...maybe i 
hear
>a vaccum leak to..hmmm...okay, i've yet to track down the leak but i got 
some
>new vacuum hose and will put that on shortly. question: what is the purpose 
of
>a one way vaccum valve? i have one that joins two seperate vaccum 
hoses..which
>is really one..but joined together by this one way vacuum valve. do these 
wear
>out? do they get clogged? i hear a leak under there..seems to be coming 
from
>this valve...any suggestions? on a side note, i cleaned the carb and put on 
a
>new fuel filter, both were dirty and now we seem to run better.

I had a bad one-way valve ("check valve") in my '71 bus. When ever the
engine conked out at an intersection (which it did a lot, grrr) the
brakes would immediately get very stiff, losing the power assist. Replacing
the valve (and the hoses) cured it.

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