[Healeys] Braking

Michael Salter michaelsalter at gmail.com
Tue Jul 9 15:26:48 MDT 2013


Hi Warren,
I think you may want to check that the vacuum hose has not collapsed. Check
carefully that the inner liner has not separated from the outer case.

Michael Salter
http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/?p=445



On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Warren Dietz <flyhihealey at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Have been experiencing a strange symptom when applying brakes. After
> driving
> around
> for short periods(after warm up) my braking seems to require greater
> pressure
> to stop. If I pump the peddle a few times then the booster seems to kick in
> again and stopping is normal. The brakes feel a bit grabby when the booster
> does work.
>
>  The last few years I've noticed a whistling sound when shutting off the
> engine with foot on brake peddle? Of course the whistling has stopped since
> this problem.   I suspect the booster. It is a replacement  from the'80's.
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> WD 67 BJ8
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