Yea! I've only heard of it on american cars. It looks a lot just like a master cylinder, and is much smaller than the huge vacuum booster apparatus. I think they started doing it because vacuum assist wasn't good enough for the old people, and sometimes the big trucks were hard to stop without hydraulic help. I don't know if it was a lack of vacuum issue. Jim On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 23:45:56 -0400 "Timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I remember a few GM vehicles, such as early '80's Oldsmobile and GM > pickup > truck diesels, who had what looked like hydraulic lines connected to > a piece > in lieu of the vacuum brake booster. Someone explained this to me > as the > diesel not being able to provide enough vacuum for all of the > functions of > the vehicle. Maybe this is something like you mean Jim, or was this > something else? > > Greg > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make Money Online Auctions! Make $500.00 or We Will Give You Thirty Dollars for Trying! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yMx78A/fNtFAA/i5gGAA/HliolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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