Hey guys, I just got done my vacuum brake conversion with a reman booster and master cylinder. The problem is the pedal is hard and the brakes aren't that powerful. It kind of feels like manual brakes right now.
I was going to try and bleed the system again, but wouldn't air in the system make the pedal soft? Also, does anyone know what size the bleeders are on the front brakes? I was having a lot of difficulty finding the exact size and don't want to round them off.
I have the vacuum block from kirban's and I'm using a vacuum hose off a non-turbo car, however, it has a check valve in it before the hose gets to the booster? Is this still necessary on our cars? The system seems to be drawing vacuum since I can hear the engine idle change a little bit when I press on the brakes. Could my problem be the system not getting enough vacuum?
Let me know what you guys think. I'm going to try and re-bleed the brakes tomorrow.
Thanks,
Mike
I was going to try and bleed the system again, but wouldn't air in the system make the pedal soft? Also, does anyone know what size the bleeders are on the front brakes? I was having a lot of difficulty finding the exact size and don't want to round them off.
I have the vacuum block from kirban's and I'm using a vacuum hose off a non-turbo car, however, it has a check valve in it before the hose gets to the booster? Is this still necessary on our cars? The system seems to be drawing vacuum since I can hear the engine idle change a little bit when I press on the brakes. Could my problem be the system not getting enough vacuum?
Let me know what you guys think. I'm going to try and re-bleed the brakes tomorrow.
Thanks,
Mike