My power brake booster came in Friday. I was able to set aside a couple of hours on Sunday evening to get at replacing the bad one. Piece of cake, really: one vacuum line, one bolt under the dashboard, four at the firewall and two nuts to drop off the master cylinder. But when I dropped off the master cylinder I discovered that brake fluid had been leaking into the booster--likely what caused the booster to fail. So, you know what that meant.
I called the parts house just as they were closing Sunday night. They ordered a replacement master cylinder for me, due in Monday morning.
I spent my Labor Day morning laboring (in a fun way) on replacing the master cylinder and bleeding the brake system. Guess what? A new booster and new master cylinder and the old truck stops like it's supposed to. Gotta love it.
Now, if only my running lights would get here from National Parts Depot! I'm that close to passing inspection.
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