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BRAKEBOOSTER HELP?

Old Jan 2, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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LOOKING FOR SOME HELP... HAVING HORRIBLE LUCK WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEMON MY 1998 RAM... REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER LAST MARCH(BRAKE FLUID SEEPING INTO BRAKEBOOSTER) SEEMED OK FOR A BIT, THEN EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE, YOU'D LOSE BREAKS AS YOU WERE COMING TO A STOP. GOT SO BAD RECENTLY, WE DECIDED TO TAKE IT BACK TO SHOP.. SHOP WANTED TO WARRENTY THE MASTER CYLINDER, NO PROB. BUT WHEN REMOVED IT, THEY DISCOVERED THE BOOSTER WAS FULL OF FLUID AGAIN?? OVER 16OZ! CAN'T FIND ANYONE WHO KNOWS IF THERE IS A PIECE MISSING OR HAS DETEREORATED IN THE BOOSTER ITSELF? SOMETHING KINDA LIKE A GASKET? THAT WOULD HELP WITH VACUUM??? ANY IDEAS AT ALL WOULD HELP!![:-]
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 08:37 PM
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SEE IT ALL THE TIME! BRAKE FLIUD IS HIGHLY CORROSIVE IT WILL EAT THE DIAPHRAGM RIGHT OUT OF IT!
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 09:18 PM
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SO IS THAT WHAT I'M LOOKIN FOR?? A DIAPHRAM THAT GOES INSIDE THE BRAKEBOOSTER? CAN I GET JUST THIS? THE DODGE DEALER HAS NO CLUE WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT!![:@]
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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REPLACE THE BOOSTER.. IF THE BOOSTER HAS A LEAK AND IS COSTANTLY SUCKING ON THE BACK OF YOUR MASTER IT WILL SUCK FLUID THROUGH AND TAKE OUT ALL THE NEW MASTERS YOU PUT ON IT!
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE(FASTEST AND GOOD PRICE) TO GET A NEW BOOSTER?? CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ONE?
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 09:39 PM
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NAPA!
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 09:44 PM
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Pleasee dont go to autozone or pepboys, thats like wally world for car parts. and everyone that works there seems to know nothing about vehicles
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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DON'T WE KNOW IT!!! WE LIKE TO CALL AND ASK THEM TO GIVE US PRICE AND AVAILABILITY ON A RADIATOR FOR A 1979 VW BEETLE!!!THEY ALWAYS COME BACK AND SAY..."OH, THE COMPUTER SAYS THAT'S A DEALER ITEM" HA-DORKS... EARLY BEETLES WERE AIR COOLED! DUH
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 09:51 PM
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HAHA, sounds just like them
 
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