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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 08:12 PM
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Brake pedal hard to push

Got my 90 conversion. Now I am working through other problems. My brake pedal is hard to push. Before the conversion it worked fine. I have bled the brakes and it was easy for a few pushes then it went hard to push again. Don't know where to start to look.
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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Usually when the brake pedal is hard to push its the brake booster. Make sure all your hoses are connected right.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 06:15 AM
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I might have done this wrong but I connected the brake booster hose to the intake. I saw a hole there and from other pictures I thought that is where it went. I bought a valve that was threaded and screwed it in, then plugged the hose there. Was this done right?
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 06:34 AM
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The hose goes to the intake manifold, did you install a check valve? If you did install a check valve, make sure that you didn't put the valve in backwards.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 06:46 AM
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I think it was a check valve. It is threaded on the one end so I could only put it in one way. Should I have tried to find a different valve that was not one way?
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 03:43 AM
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Thanks for the advice. The valve I bought was a one way, but the wrong way. I found the one on my 3.0. Once installed I plugged the other tube coming off and hooked up the brake booster. It works now also fixed my high idle problem as well.
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