RE: 800 power brakes

[renarac@domain.elided]

Any way you look at it, if the booster fails, you loose 
power assist and increase stopping distance.
If hdroboost has a PS hose fail or a belt fly off, then
you loose force (Caddy has one extra pump in reserve)
If the vacum check valve on a booster fails or a vacum
line pops off, you're in the same boat.
If the motor fails on that GM system or if your
wires short out to it, you loose boost.
It's simply a question of what is easiest to implement.
Any way, you should regularly inspect components, because
all those scenerios I've heard happen to people.

Owen Minor
Tacoma,WA
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   >From:    	Dirtball@domain.elided (Paul Brakefield)
   >To:        	ihc@domain.elided
   >Subject:    	800 power brakes
   >Date:    	Wed, Feb 18, 1998  3:55 PM
   >
   >As some of you know, I've been pondering this one for awhile myself.  I had
   >finally resigned myself to just converting to a dual master cylinder on my
   >66 800 and letting it go at that.
   >
   >I don't see how the Bronco system can work.  Seems like there would still
   >be inner fender clearance problems, as the Bronco system just turns (to the
   >best of my knowledge) the unit to the side but does not angle it up where
   >it would clear the fender.
   >
   >The biggest problem with hydroboost is the same as a Milemarker winch.
   >Lose p/s and you lose braking.  I had a friend who almost got killed in a 1
   >ton Chevy dually when a p/s hose burst and the hydroboost system quit.  Of
   >course, this could be rare...
   >
   >I'm intrigued by the remote or divorced mount brake booster.  Can anyone
   >give more details?  Which Ford vehicles were they on?  Jim?
   >
   >The other option I've been thinking about is a system GM used in the
   >early/mid 80s (maybe earlier) on Regals, Cutlasses, etc., that kind of used
   >a motor looking thing to add boost.  It had wires running to it, and I got
   >the impression that when you pushed the brake pedal the electric motor
   >looking thingy added boost (sorry engineers, I'm an English teacher).  Has
   >anyone with more knowledge than me seen this?  I even saw rebuilt units in
   >a brake parts book in the shop of the guy in Atlanta who has my 800 (no,
   >it's not being held hostage like Tom's).  The bottom line is that I know
   >there is room to mount this system in the space available IF I could find
   >one to play with.
   >
   >Just my thoughts-
   >
   >Paul Brakefield
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