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Jan 8, 2009 | 11:40 AM

#16

Turbo F100

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From: Surrey B.C. Canada

You mean ABS?? The booster can still be a hydrobooster like on my 2001 Mustang! Oh and on some of the pumps you can replace the pulley with your old v-belt and it can bolt to your stock brackets.

ANYWAYS, Caleb H sorry for getting your post a little of topic, if you want the simplest fix go buy a new booster and master and replace the old stuff like others have said and call it a day.

Jan 8, 2009 | 01:58 PM

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Franklin2

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From: Virginia

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Originally Posted by pfogle

If you're pulling a load that your trailer brakes can't handle then you need a bigger trailer. Not better brakes on the truck. The stock vacuum system has NEVER failed us even pulling loads in excess of 13k pounds (with a half ton club wagon no less) so I do not see any advantage to the hydroboost system on a gas powered truck. If it was a diesel or a gas engine with low vacuum (large cam, bad rings, whatever) I could see the necessity. From what I've seen most of the newer cars use an ELECTRIC brake assist not a hydraulic one. Remember the hydroboost uses a seperate power steering pump to pressure the booster. So you'll need to fab up mounts.

I hang around the pre-powerstroke diesel forum, and that's were I picked up the info. Apparently the later Ford diesel f450's and larger trucks used the hydro-boost system, and it used the power steering pump like the mustangs did.

I hear guys with the original vacuum pump complaining that the brakes will get hard if they happen to pump the brakes a little too much going down a hill. This may be because the system has a problem, but I have had first hand experience driving a 89 f350 chassis cab with a dump bed on it, and the brakes are ok, but definitely don't inspire confidence with a heavy load in the bed. I am not sure what the problem exactly is, but I have driven a GM dually that had much better braking for some reason.

You have to realize though we are in the zone of using a truck based on a pickup, to haul very heavy loads. If you use a larger medium sized truck with air brakes, it's a wonderful thing.