My Chrysler was going to fail emissions because of a leaking brake booster, and it took me three months to replace it because I'm kind of failing too.
I finally got it replaced with a Cardone booster, only to find that when I step on the brake, it makes a hissing noise and leaks vacuum. This did not happen when I first drove it.
There is also a little bit (1/2" or so) slop in the pedal, but the brakes are powerful. I nearly throw myself through the windshield when I put them on, and I've had to relearn to drive the car, but they do work properly.
I have a nasty habit of testing in park and then just heading for the testing center, and I should have tested it in drive, but when it started shaking with the brakes on, I knew it wasn't going to pass, but I got through the emissions test by holding the car with the parking brake.
Does anyone know Chryslers? This is a 76. It passed the emissions test with flying colors, the same numbers I have on my tester at home, and when I got home, I richened it up a little and raised the idle a little, so it runs smoothly now, and, interestingly enough, doesn't leal as much.
Did I get a bad booster? There are a couple of other things too...I raised the compression way up in the 10's and put in a repro Mopar HP cam. How much vacuum should I have, and could low vacuum make it leak?
Thanks
-denise
I finally got it replaced with a Cardone booster, only to find that when I step on the brake, it makes a hissing noise and leaks vacuum. This did not happen when I first drove it.
There is also a little bit (1/2" or so) slop in the pedal, but the brakes are powerful. I nearly throw myself through the windshield when I put them on, and I've had to relearn to drive the car, but they do work properly.
I have a nasty habit of testing in park and then just heading for the testing center, and I should have tested it in drive, but when it started shaking with the brakes on, I knew it wasn't going to pass, but I got through the emissions test by holding the car with the parking brake.
Does anyone know Chryslers? This is a 76. It passed the emissions test with flying colors, the same numbers I have on my tester at home, and when I got home, I richened it up a little and raised the idle a little, so it runs smoothly now, and, interestingly enough, doesn't leal as much.
Did I get a bad booster? There are a couple of other things too...I raised the compression way up in the 10's and put in a repro Mopar HP cam. How much vacuum should I have, and could low vacuum make it leak?
Thanks
-denise
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