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Ouch I might have let my mouth overload my spine. Was more of a strain on the back than I thought but I did manage to get the MC disconnected from the booster and the booster disconnected from the firewall. However, it appears that there is a permanent rod coming out of the booster and thru the firewall that has a U-bracket with a pin and cotter key which keeps it from just slipping out as Mike and Roger mentioned. That may be something that I will have to recruit some help to remove but nevertheless, at least I have begun the process.

Gonna take an Ibuprophen and quit for the day.

Thanks again for the help.

P.S. You hit the nail on the head, Kurt. As I mentioned, I am dieing to go to the first Cruise here on Jan. 9th - - - Gonna be touch and go tho.

Yipee, Whoopie, Yahoo and Praise the Lord!
The booster is out and I can still walk straight!



The only markings on this booster are the letters
MBM on the rubber boot.
There is nothing else anywhere on the unit.
Hmmmm, I guess the parts house can match it up if they see it, huh??

Thanks again for Y'all help!
meller

Originally Posted by MelloYello

Yipee, Whoopie, Yahoo and Praise the Lord!
The booster is out and I can still walk straight! The only markings on this booster are the letters MBM on the rubber boot. There is nothing else anywhere on the unit. Hmmmm, I guess the parts house can match it up if they see it, huh??

Thanks again for Y'all help!
meller

Mello,
Glad you got it out without too much pain. Don't know if it will help or not, but you might do a little on-line shopping to see if you can find a few that look close. NAPA has a ton of boosters listed and if you select one it brings up several views so you might find yours. NAPA's boosters all seem to carry a limited lifetime warranty, so you might have a warranty on yours if you can track back to where it came from... Just a thought.
http://www.napaonline.com/Search/Res...01&Ntk=Keyword

Thanks, Roger, we have a pretty decent NAPA here in BFB and I have also found a retailer online that deals in MBM products. If I order online, I may not be able to Cruise over to Bryan on the 9th but I've missed them before. A real good friend of mine started this Cruise about 10+ years ago with 12 or 15 friends with cars and it has grown to as much as 500 sometimes. No awards or fees just tire kicking and lie swapping.

BTW, I have both vicodin and liquid gel advil (ibuprophen) I am trying not to take vicodin too often but I'll darned sure pop one before I start screaming.

Update:

Went to the local-yokel auto parts in BFB Texas and they just shook their head and one even laughed at me when I showed them the after market booster so I called an online dealer and ordered a new 7" double diaphram booster just like the one I have.

They promised to have it here by Friday but that remains to be seen. More info on the Friday evening news.

Their site sure had a good booster trouble shootin' page that I may post here later.

Originally Posted by MelloYello

Update:

Went to the local-yokel auto parts in BFB Texas and they just shook their head and one even laughed at me when I showed them the after market booster so I called an online dealer and ordered a new 7" double diaphram booster just like the one I have.

They promised to have it here by Friday but that remains to be seen. More info on the Friday evening news.

Their site sure had a good booster trouble shootin' page that I may post here later.

There are a couple of folks here that work with me on 'hot rod' kinda parts. For the most part, the chains are useless - the person behind the counter is often a HS drop out, possibly a druggie and not a car person. If it's not in their data system. they have no clue how to "adjust". I even buy most of the two DD parts on line so I don't get PO'ed and walk out after a nasty comment about their gene pool origins.

The booster came in yesterday and so this morning, since my back and hip have been doing much better, I decided to see ?if? I could reinstall it by myself but I found out that I needed just a little help.

I got'er in and the brakes work fine now. However, I did have to have some help so right before I stuck the clevise end thru the firewall I said this "Lord, if you would hold that clevise bracket so that it slips into the proper place on the brake pedal then I can do the rest by myself !" So then I proceeded to fish and feel the unit in place from the engine bay side and when I thought it might be right I pushed the bolts on the booster into the proper holes. Then I went around to the other side and looked underneath the dash and lo-and-behold, the Lord is a awesome Hot Rodder ! - - - - - it couldn't have gone any sweeter!

To God be the Glory.

Now if he'll just hold that rain back until Sunday evening - - - hahahahaha

Mello if I lived close by I would give you a hand. I assume Bryan is close to Buffalo.

Suggestion from an old geezer, substitute the ibuprofren with Vicadin it seems to work better for me.

Got a link on the Bryan Cruise??


quote=MelloYello;411581]Ouch I might have let my mouth overload my spine. Was more of a strain on the back than I thought but I did manage to get the MC disconnected from the booster and the booster disconnected from the firewall. However, it appears that there is a permanent rod coming out of the booster and thru the firewall that has a U-bracket with a pin and cotter key which keeps it from just slipping out as Mike and Roger mentioned. That may be something that I will have to recruit some help to remove but nevertheless, at least I have begun the process.

Gonna take an Ibuprophen and quit for the day.

Thanks again for the help.

P.S. You hit the nail on the head, Kurt. As I mentioned, I am dieing to go to the first Cruise here on Jan. 9th - - - Gonna be touch and go tho.[/quote]