I'm a newbie to Tbirds. I'm working on my newly acquired 63 hardtop and from reading the posts, mine has the common problems. Can anyone tell me why there are two lines out of the check valve on the power booster. When i got mine, the brakes were not working. One of the lines (the big one) is run to a vacuum port at the base of the carb. The other one is plugged off. Where does it go? Also, thanks for warm reception.
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I'm a newbie to Tbirds. I'm working on my newly acquired 63 hardtop and from reading the posts, mine has the common problems. Can anyone tell me why there are two lines out of the check valve on the power booster. When i got mine, the brakes were not working. One of the lines (the big one) is run to a vacuum port at the base of the carb. The other one is plugged off. Where does it go? Also, thanks for warm reception. -
The other port off the check-valve should connect to the steel line that goes down to the vacum modulator on the transmission their should be a rubber hose connecting the two together and a short rubber hoise at the other end connecting the steel line to the modulator valve.
Possibly, there's just a leak somewhere and it has air in the system. Am I headed in the right direction?
Thanks again for your help... much appreciated.Comment
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Brakes
Thanks very much Ian. I'll check it out. Possibly you could help me with the main problem with the brakes. The brake pedal goes all the way to the floor (although there is just a little braking force). I first thought it might be the power booster, because I see from reading the forum that's a pretty common problem. However, I've always thought even if the booster is bad, you should still have some pedal, and that if apply the brakes, start the car, and the pedal goes to the floor, then the power booster is bad. Is this correct?
Possibly, there's just a leak somewhere and it has air in the system. Am I headed in the right direction?
Thanks again for your help... much appreciated.Comment
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