Hey, I have a 62 monterey here in the Uk. It's a project car and I'm slowly dealing with all of its issues. My current woe is the brake booster, it appears to be inoperable as have a rock hard brake pedal and very little braking power. The booster has 12 or so screws around the perimeter so I took it off and split the casing to find fluid inside. Surprisingly the diaphragm is in one piece with no splits and appears to be working still, but when I push the plunger in there is tiny escape if air although it is very slow the air appears to be escaping through the shaft seal.
Is this normal or should the seal be completely air tight? I'm guessing there should be a way for the air to escape to prevent blowing the diaphragm out, or is that not how this thing works?
Being in the UK poses me a problem as shipping this off to "Booster Dewey" is gonna cost me big bucks so was hoping I could rebuild it myself. Failing that then I guess a replacement booster would be the next cheapest option but what alternatives are available? Of course I assume the merc used the same booster as the galaxie??
Is this normal or should the seal be completely air tight? I'm guessing there should be a way for the air to escape to prevent blowing the diaphragm out, or is that not how this thing works?
Being in the UK poses me a problem as shipping this off to "Booster Dewey" is gonna cost me big bucks so was hoping I could rebuild it myself. Failing that then I guess a replacement booster would be the next cheapest option but what alternatives are available? Of course I assume the merc used the same booster as the galaxie??