Yeah you make it look so easy but I done it for over 50 years and it's not as easy as you make it look really brings back a lot of memories thanks for sharing 👍🤞🍀
Oh boy, Hydro-Boost! Back in the '80's the replacements didn't include the mounting bracket so you had to deal with the giant nut holding the booster to the bracket. Glad you found an all in one replacement this time. Keep the great videos coming Ray. Thank you.
Some companies still don't sell it with the bracket. Did one for a side job, customer self bought parts, had to make a socket for that nut, with nothing but a dremel
@@deborahchesser7375 more so my friend since he did the cutting. And we were lucky the customer had some 1/8" wall pipe laying around. And a big enough pipe wrench to turn it. And lucky I had a buddy who likes to chop stuff up. I didn't have the patience to cut it but he was more than happy to. Stars really aligned that day.
I’ve done a ton of those when I did fleet for an ambulance company. Those braided lines coming off the master cylinder would get contaminated with power steering fluid over the years because the reservoir sits over the top of them. Eventually, one of the lines will rupture and cause a catastrophic loss of breaking. The system is set up so it should work with one line ruptured, but it doesn’t. You have to replace the entire hose assembly down to the ABS manifold on the frame rail. I can’t believe GM hasn’t issued a recall over it.
Why would power steering fluid be getting on the brake lines???? Humm that seems like the real problem. If you were fleet mechanic why didn't you fix the power steering leaking? If people are adding fluid and spilling it, why didn't they clean it off? And why didn't you fix the leak that was causing them to add fluid? Why should GM recall that? I think the real problem was neglect. I can't blame Chevy because I had one break line to corrode along the frame rail. It was my fault I didn't wash under the van after driving on salted roads. I also worked on Chevy ambulances several years ago with the hydra boost. We never had a single issue from the brakes at all. Working there is why I fell in love with Chevy. Your ambulance company needed some new mechanics that would have prevented power steering fluid being on the brake lines to start with.
@@Bryan-Hensley because the power steering fluid at some point did spill on the braided brake lines and you can’t see it or clean it properly under the steel braid. We only found the swollen rubber UNDER the steel braid AFTER the hose ruptured. We checked all our trucks after the initial burst hose and found they were all wet with power steering fluid, even trucks that were still under warranty. At some point, fluid leaks out of the caps on the power steering reservoir and spills down on the lines. There is definitely some kind of design problem there that has nothing to do with poor maintenance.
@@Bryan-Hensley don’t get me wrong, I liked the GM vans with the 6.6 and actually liked working on them. I was just pointing out a quirk that is potentially dangerous that we noticed.
@@chekelley6861 Brake lines are made of steel, not braided hose. Braided lines coming from the brake booster are power steering hoses. Eventually, they all start leaking power steering fluid at the crimps where the hose ends are attached. Brake fluid does not corrode or eat steel brake lines.
Weird fluid in weird places reminds of the time a customer came in swearing up and down that his intake was leaking brake fluid. Wtf, right? Turns out the diaphragm inside the booster had failed, causing brake fluid to leak and fill up the booster. Customer just kept topping the fluid off and had no idea where it was going. Eventually the fluid made it up to the vacuum hose and starting getting sucked thru the check valve and into the engine. Brake fluid burning inside an engine is a WONDERFUL smell, in case you were wandering. Brake fluid was also leaking out of the intake hose. Long story short, replaced the booster and the intake hose, did a cylinder clean out, and it ran fine after that. Just crazy, though.
i used to work for a factory that did rotors and knuckes for cars, and we installed those retaining clips at our factory and there was a box about 40 rotors deep shipped to the big factorys
Nice job! I’m just glad the owner knew enough to get the slushy brake pedal repair done. A lot of guys would let it go until they ended running into the back of someone’s car or even worse by killing someone. Never ever mess with bad brakes. Keep up the good work!
I lost one of my brothers brothers to an accident caused by bad brakes. The entire brake system had been replaced about a month before his accident and it was discovered that some chemical had somehow gotten on a brake hose on his original 54 Chevrolet pickup and softened the rubber causing it to burst. It was never figured out what the chemical was, where it came from or how it had gotten there. Since his death, I have upgraded any old style single reservoir, single line brake master cylinder for safety reasons
OEM wheels have a recess machined out for them, but many aftermarket ones don't. Good practice to remove them, particularly if you are getting new rims or you can get nasty wheel wobble from them!
@@guzzijack9714 Decades ago, when I started wrenching in a shop, I used to carefully unscrew those clips and then when I finished, dutifully push them back on. After awhile I stopped and no one ever complained they were missing. :)
Some of the very best car repair content, (or any content in my opinion), on TH-cam. Awesome camera angles and explanations about what's happening. But the camera angles. Absolutely the best! There you go. I saw Ford Boss Me's take on you and I'm an even bigger fan of your channel. Keep it up Ray! Your fans want nothing but the best for you. 👍
Last hydro boost system I worked on was an 1980ish International 12 ton live bottom grain truck I was never able to get the breaks to work quite right on that truck only had scrap yard and self fabricated parts to use
Great videos. Thought I would pass along a "watch out". I was in for a tire change and went off for coffee. When I got back I was told the car was done and out in the parking lot. Great. Paid the bill and went out to drive home. Sitting in the car I had this strange feeling I should check the tires. I did and they were still the old ones on the car. Went back inside and the manager asked if I had a problem. I said I hoped not. Told him what happened and he called the service guy over. After a short discussion, it was determined that the serviceman had put the car up on the lift getting it ready for a new set of tires. His dinner break came up and a 2nd service guy came over to finish the job. When he arrived and saw the car on the lift he asked the first serviceman if the car was ready to go. The first fellow said it was and left for dinner. The second fellow thinking the car was done lowered it and drove it out of the garage. Fortunately, I noticed that the tires had not been changed before driving off ... can you imagine the can of worms I would have had to deal with if I didn't notice the issue until some time later. Turns out I had time for a second coffee.
It is fantastic, how he in every case, and immediatly, seems to know exactly what to unscrew, even though he works with all brands of cars and with all models!!
The brake clean bath not only cleans up the mess , but if there are any leaks it's easier to spot . On all those worm drive hose clamps I use the hex ends of a 6 in one screw driver . It gives a better bite and more torque than a slotted tip . But sometimes you need a long screwdriver to reach the clamp .
We had a 90s Cavalier in at work the other day for a tire rotation. Thing had almost 200k miles on it, and the rear drums still had the factory clips holding them on.
As Always: a very on-spot diagnostics and repairs. Wish we already had a matter transporter so we could beam you our vehicles for inspection. Nice one. Two big thumbs-up !!! Greetings from Puerto Rico.
Ray thank you for the tutorial on a hydroboost system I've never seen one and I just pretty amazing by the way as far as the rear brakes if you're that far into a set of brakes changing the rotor you're actually saving the customer money in the long run hey you're a great guy you do great work have a great day bye thank you
.055" to minimum thickness machining. If you could save those big suckers. You could try cutting them to find out you can't stay above minimum. Judgement call beats investing labor and machining time. For the hydro boost, I noticed your tools are much improved over what we battled them with at GM garage. It always seemed to be longer than the specified time the warranty clerk could get.
I love your attitude Ray, I'm not nearly as jovial as you are working and running into problems. Of course I'm in Canada where you're always fighting rusty parts ans snow, salt etc. Any apprentice would be lucky to train under you!
I know at some point someone sent Ray a pair of nippers which are the proper tool to cut those hydraulic line hose clamps (dikes are designed to cut wires, not straps) but a pair of tin snips also works.
@Rainman Ray's Repairs GENTLMEN!...... Today Ray has brought us a Treat Especiel! mind you he does get tontangulated a couple of times. and TIME! I thought I would drop a note in the DooblieDoo. Keep up the great work Ray!
one thing i have always found interesting is that every hydrobooster i have even gotten from autozone, and that is several chevy and dodge ones, there are always instructions in the box on how to swap the push rod from the old one to the new one except the new one already has one installed. Although one time on an old dodge ram, the push rod in the new one was way too long.
Had my brake booster done twice. First time, wrong part. My 2004 Chev Silverado 2500 came with a late model 2003 booster. The replacement was for a 2004. After removing the wrong one, we did notice some differences that we should have caught on installation. Damn it. Also, my rear disc brakes are very special, went through 3 sets until we found the right ones.
i got the same issues with my 02 2500HD, i have the short can one, and all the replacements came with a long can, had to go to an 03 for my replacement. And yes, it's always fun getting the correct rear rotors, i got 2 choices, both for the full floating rear axle
I wish those stainless braided flex lines at the master were more common. The solid lines can often be a struggle to get started while trying to get the correct angle. Having a bad back & knees that part always hurts.
A couple days ago I watched the repair of an older Buick turbo engine. Because it had no vacuum for boosting the brakes it had a Frankenstein boost by making vacuum with a vacuum pump. Thus to make this car up to date I can see the hydro-boost from the power steering pressure that this car has. But ya'll would need the hydro-boost braking system. Which I know not whether available. I mean how do they boost the brakes on these big diesel turbo pickups?
No doubt. On one of his recent videos he actually got an 02 sensor to come loose with one of those sensor sockets. When I did mine I had to use a long end wrench and kick the heck out of it
I bought a tahoe with fluid that was purple. It was so bad it left deposits in the calipers. Basic brake fluid flush left me unable to fully seal off one of the brake bleeders. Did a tech 2 abs bleed to get all the crap out upstream. Then ended up removing the calipers, brake bleeder screws, and then flushed each caliper out with brake clean. Chunks came out of the calipers. Took another abs bleed before the pedal felt right... lol I can't imagine how that things fluid would look, but i imagine the calipers would need the same treatment.
Although I have never been a mechanic, it seems like with situations like the brake master cylinder weighing down the hard line maybe you should keep some cheap bungie cords handy to hang parts from the hood out of the way. I don't know if that would be just an extra step that would take as long as struggling with it for a little bit. Just a professional TH-cam watcher's thoughts.
I've got an 01 astrovan and the power steering leaks somewhere on the bottom side. I think the hydroboost is fine. It turns out ignoring the problem hasn't made it go away, who would have thought?
I put power steering fluid in the brake master cylinder 1 time because I wasn’t paying attention and the power steering fluid & the brake fluid come in the same kind of bottle & same color it turned my brake lines into rubber and seized up the brakes I had to get the whole thing flushed out but I was 17 at the time tho.
Hey, if you run one wrap of electrical tape around the wobble portion. It will still be wobbly, but stay semi straighter for leading on to bolts a little quicker and easier.
That's a common problem my 04 suburban had the same setup theres a couple of seals between them that goes out you only have to change the seals easy fix
I had an 84 pontiac paresienne station wagon with the hydroboost brakes, much better than vacuum assist in my opinion, anyway I'm driving back from vacation and about 130 miles from home when it decides to start violently leaking, I was going to be passing through Hershey PA so I stopped at Kmart to to purchase many containers of power steering fluid enough to get me home, I just made it before the store closed, I made it home after making frequent stops to top off the reservoir, that was one of the best cars I ever owned, I then bought a 94 caprice wagon and I'm sorry I ever sold it.
that pipe goes behind the other pipe check your video . use a syringe to suck out the fluids and refill with fresh power steering fluid and brake fluid . two post lifts have that problem .
This is definitely why you always replace your fluids, unfortunately everyone forgets the differentials, brake, and power steering fluid until it becomes acidic and causes leaks and then people complain that it's expensive, when maintenance is cheaper and will can prevent seal and hose failure.
Ray getting all fancy with 2 part videos this was an onion job kept pulling out more bad on that powder blue van! Great knowledge base of vehicle equipment too
I've lost count of how many hydra boosters I've rebuilt...good thing is,the OEM rebuild kit is only $12 and about 15mins of rebuild time/labor vs $300 for a reman unit,that has basically the same kit installed......the units to look out for,is the boosters with the APU motor(like found in GM 5500-7500)..relays and pressure switches are very common failures on those too
The rear rotors did look good enough to not valid a machining though. But no big deal replacing them either. I first thought about the power steering fluid entering the brake system and that would mean a serious brake system flush and replacement of all brake system components. However if you'd encounter a Citroën from the 80's then the same fluid could be for both brakes and power steering. Yet another French way of doing things. Never ever have ordinary brake fluid in those vehicles.
I thought so too, but I looked closer, it has something plugged into that connector already. Some kind of canbus termination resistor would be my guess. Either that, or its a female socket for an optional accessory that's not on this work van, and it has a factory dead plug in the socket to keep dirt and dust out.
another great presentation, sir. it appears i do not have the correct security clearance to view the next part of this adventure, were there aliens from area 51 in the back of the van?
"Come on Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners in the background... gold!!!
Yeah you make it look so easy but I done it for over 50 years and it's not as easy as you make it look really brings back a lot of memories thanks for sharing 👍🤞🍀
Oh boy, Hydro-Boost! Back in the '80's the replacements didn't include the mounting bracket so you had to deal with the giant nut holding the booster to the bracket. Glad you found an all in one replacement this time. Keep the great videos coming Ray. Thank you.
Some companies still don't sell it with the bracket. Did one for a side job, customer self bought parts, had to make a socket for that nut, with nothing but a dremel
I've done that ONCE. When it came to replacing mine on my 05 I was happy it was included.
@@purr_lude McGyver didn’t have shit on you that day did he 😆
@@deborahchesser7375 more so my friend since he did the cutting. And we were lucky the customer had some 1/8" wall pipe laying around. And a big enough pipe wrench to turn it. And lucky I had a buddy who likes to chop stuff up. I didn't have the patience to cut it but he was more than happy to. Stars really aligned that day.
I remember
I’ve done a ton of those when I did fleet for an ambulance company. Those braided lines coming off the master cylinder would get contaminated with power steering fluid over the years because the reservoir sits over the top of them. Eventually, one of the lines will rupture and cause a catastrophic loss of breaking. The system is set up so it should work with one line ruptured, but it doesn’t. You have to replace the entire hose assembly down to the ABS manifold on the frame rail. I can’t believe GM hasn’t issued a recall over it.
Why would power steering fluid be getting on the brake lines???? Humm that seems like the real problem. If you were fleet mechanic why didn't you fix the power steering leaking? If people are adding fluid and spilling it, why didn't they clean it off? And why didn't you fix the leak that was causing them to add fluid? Why should GM recall that? I think the real problem was neglect. I can't blame Chevy because I had one break line to corrode along the frame rail. It was my fault I didn't wash under the van after driving on salted roads. I also worked on Chevy ambulances several years ago with the hydra boost. We never had a single issue from the brakes at all. Working there is why I fell in love with Chevy. Your ambulance company needed some new mechanics that would have prevented power steering fluid being on the brake lines to start with.
@@Bryan-Hensley you are expecting an irrational level of perfection. That's not how the real world works.
@@Bryan-Hensley because the power steering fluid at some point did spill on the braided brake lines and you can’t see it or clean it properly under the steel braid. We only found the swollen rubber UNDER the steel braid AFTER the hose ruptured. We checked all our trucks after the initial burst hose and found they were all wet with power steering fluid, even trucks that were still under warranty. At some point, fluid leaks out of the caps on the power steering reservoir and spills down on the lines. There is definitely some kind of design problem there that has nothing to do with poor maintenance.
@@Bryan-Hensley don’t get me wrong, I liked the GM vans with the 6.6 and actually liked working on them. I was just pointing out a quirk that is potentially dangerous that we noticed.
@@chekelley6861
Brake lines are made of steel, not braided hose. Braided lines coming from the brake booster are power steering hoses. Eventually, they all start leaking power steering fluid at the crimps where the hose ends are attached. Brake fluid does not corrode or eat steel brake lines.
im just starting in the automotive industry and watching your videos is like going to class, i take notes and everything so i can learn more
That is cool! An important lesson I was taught is that you are never done learning until you're done living.
Weird fluid in weird places reminds of the time a customer came in swearing up and down that his intake was leaking brake fluid.
Wtf, right?
Turns out the diaphragm inside the booster had failed, causing brake fluid to leak and fill up the booster. Customer just kept topping the fluid off and had no idea where it was going.
Eventually the fluid made it up to the vacuum hose and starting getting sucked thru the check valve and into the engine.
Brake fluid burning inside an engine is a WONDERFUL smell, in case you were wandering.
Brake fluid was also leaking out of the intake hose.
Long story short, replaced the booster and the intake hose, did a cylinder clean out, and it ran fine after that.
Just crazy, though.
Look forward every morning to a Rainman Ray video. Got my coffee and enjoying. Thanks Rainman Ray.
i used to work for a factory that did rotors and knuckes for cars, and we installed those retaining clips at our factory and there was a box about 40 rotors deep shipped to the big factorys
It's a beautiful morning in the great state of Texas. Always a great job Ray, it's a real pleasure seeing your awsome work!
Nice job!
I’m just glad the owner knew enough to get the slushy brake pedal repair done. A lot of guys would let it go until they ended running into the back of someone’s car or even worse by killing someone.
Never ever mess with bad brakes.
Keep up the good work!
I lost one of my brothers brothers to an accident caused by bad brakes. The entire brake system had been replaced about a month before his accident and it was discovered that some chemical had somehow gotten on a brake hose on his original 54 Chevrolet pickup and softened the rubber causing it to burst. It was never figured out what the chemical was, where it came from or how it had gotten there. Since his death, I have upgraded any old style single reservoir, single line brake master cylinder for safety reasons
One old saying I keep using: "A car that doesn't go is a camper. A car that doesn't stop is a coffin."
some employee drivers don't care and won't tell the boss the vehicle needs work.
just drive it into the ground.
I'm glad you heard me telling you to do the side by side on that brake booster I didn't want to turn out like the last time.
Just so you know, I used to use the rotor clips in my shop way up in Whitehorse Yukon. Was a fancy thing we did
Finally, after so many years, I've learned why those little clips are on the wheel-studs!
OEM wheels have a recess machined out for them, but many aftermarket ones don't. Good practice to remove them, particularly if you are getting new rims or you can get nasty wheel wobble from them!
I did not know that the clips were so the rotors didn't fall off at the factory! Cool fun fact!
And I thought they were to bring the frustration level up to proper specs when doing a brake job.
@@guzzijack9714 Decades ago, when I started wrenching in a shop, I used to carefully unscrew those clips and then when I finished, dutifully push them back on. After awhile I stopped and no one ever complained they were missing. :)
Mitutoyo! My man Ray Ray knows quality tools guys. 👍🏼 that vernier caliper is Mike approved lol.
SHAME YOU GOT TO FUNK UP your nice tools on these shitbox cars, they force you to work on, some nasty peeps in Fla!
with almost 2 mm, I would have turned the rotor.
Cool split screen view. Nice.
Some of the very best car repair content, (or any content in my opinion), on TH-cam. Awesome camera angles and explanations about what's happening. But the camera angles. Absolutely the best!
There you go. I saw Ford Boss Me's take on you and I'm an even bigger fan of your channel. Keep it up Ray! Your fans want nothing but the best for you. 👍
Great videos. What I find amazing is how your department gets hold on all these different parts so quickly ,,,
Thanks for the link to part 2!!!
Last hydro boost system I worked on was an 1980ish International 12 ton live bottom grain truck I was never able to get the breaks to work quite right on that truck only had scrap yard and self fabricated parts to use
Great videos. Thought I would pass along a "watch out". I was in for a tire change and went off for coffee. When I got back I was told the car was done and out in the parking lot. Great. Paid the bill and went out to drive home. Sitting in the car I had this strange feeling I should check the tires. I did and they were still the old ones on the car. Went back inside and the manager asked if I had a problem. I said I hoped not. Told him what happened and he called the service guy over. After a short discussion, it was determined that the serviceman had put the car up on the lift getting it ready for a new set of tires. His dinner break came up and a 2nd service guy came over to finish the job. When he arrived and saw the car on the lift he asked the first serviceman if the car was ready to go. The first fellow said it was and left for dinner. The second fellow thinking the car was done lowered it and drove it out of the garage. Fortunately, I noticed that the tires had not been changed before driving off ... can you imagine the can of worms I would have had to deal with if I didn't notice the issue until some time later. Turns out I had time for a second coffee.
You have my respect.
Makes one wonder how many times this has "accidentally" happened at shops across the country.
I have done a lot pf them. but for some reason it is nice to watch some one else do it.
I had a 2004 Tahoe with the heavy duty trailer package. It had the Hydroboost which eventually failed. Not a cheap repair, but I got it done.
It is fantastic, how he in every case, and immediatly, seems to know exactly what to unscrew, even though he works with all brands of cars and with all models!!
11:46 in UK and I’m camping in the sun at a Festival 😀
Who doesn't love working on vans? There is so much space for you to work.😁
I think that a brake booster is one of the jobs I hate the most! Good work!
The brake clean bath not only cleans up the mess , but if there are any leaks it's easier to spot . On all those worm drive hose clamps I use the hex ends of a 6 in one screw driver . It gives a better bite and more torque than a slotted tip . But sometimes you need a long screwdriver to reach the clamp .
We had a 90s Cavalier in at work the other day for a tire rotation. Thing had almost 200k miles on it, and the rear drums still had the factory clips holding them on.
I drive a 94 acura legend and the brake fluid is black for some reason
@@elgeneralxx cuz it's old as hell. Probably never been changed since 1994.
As Always: a very on-spot diagnostics and repairs. Wish we already had a matter transporter so we could beam you our vehicles for inspection. Nice one. Two big thumbs-up !!! Greetings from Puerto Rico.
If you had a matter transporter; you wouldn't need vehicles
@@kevinbarry71 need and want rarely align. And who doesn't want to drive?
@@rallywagon261 just so you know, Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean
@@ricardorey5 uhhh, ok. Thanks for the geography lesson?
@@kevinbarry71 Fair enough, but still, we don't have those yet nor we live in the 23rd Century.
Ray thank you for the tutorial on a hydroboost system I've never seen one and I just pretty amazing by the way as far as the rear brakes if you're that far into a set of brakes changing the rotor you're actually saving the customer money in the long run hey you're a great guy you do great work have a great day bye thank you
.055" to minimum thickness machining.
If you could save those big suckers.
You could try cutting them to find out you can't stay above minimum.
Judgement call beats investing labor and machining time.
For the hydro boost, I noticed your tools are much improved over what we battled them with at GM garage.
It always seemed to be longer than the specified time the warranty clerk could get.
I love your attitude Ray, I'm not nearly as jovial as you are working and running into problems. Of course I'm in Canada where you're always fighting rusty parts ans snow, salt etc. Any apprentice would be lucky to train under you!
I know at some point someone sent Ray a pair of nippers which are the proper tool to cut those hydraulic line hose clamps (dikes are designed to cut wires, not straps) but a pair of tin snips also works.
@Rainman Ray's Repairs GENTLMEN!...... Today Ray has brought us a Treat Especiel! mind you he does get tontangulated a couple of times. and TIME! I thought I would drop a note in the DooblieDoo. Keep up the great work Ray!
🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
why not use a large socket wrench to push the large washer in so the spring can't push it out.
you can then push it in more easily.
My thoughts exactly.
Very nice of the engineers to have some flex tube the last foot to the master cylinder. They weren't so thoughtful on my 97 Cougar...
Pros and cons. The flex lines are no where near as durable.
What a cool guy you are any other mechanic would of made them take all gear out back first to make van lighter
one thing i have always found interesting is that every hydrobooster i have even gotten from autozone, and that is several chevy and dodge ones, there are always instructions in the box on how to swap the push rod from the old one to the new one except the new one already has one installed. Although one time on an old dodge ram, the push rod in the new one was way too long.
Job well done just replaced my hydraboost on myb01 Chevy Silverado 3500 had same problem 👍👍👍👍👍
Had my brake booster done twice. First time, wrong part. My 2004 Chev Silverado 2500 came with a late model 2003 booster. The replacement was for a 2004. After removing the wrong one, we did notice some differences that we should have caught on installation. Damn it. Also, my rear disc brakes are very special, went through 3 sets until we found the right ones.
i got the same issues with my 02 2500HD, i have the short can one, and all the replacements came with a long can, had to go to an 03 for my replacement. And yes, it's always fun getting the correct rear rotors, i got 2 choices, both for the full floating rear axle
@@mattcat231 I bought a 3500 dually. Same caliper and brake pads front and rear. Only on 12000lbs gwv trucks.
Awright! Got my coffee and Rainman! Clicked the like button before I even watched it!
Deep socket Ray. Always gets that dam sun clip in with ease.
You need to get your own shop and get more mechanics like you to work for you.
I don't know about your colleagues but you got me doing the same thing you do when you are coping with the phone 😅
I wish those stainless braided flex lines at the master were more common. The solid lines can often be a struggle to get started while trying to get the correct angle. Having a bad back & knees that part always hurts.
Those were rough to work on in the army especially since I was in the field most of the time when they went bad
💥I used to rebuild these at the Chevy dealer back in the '80s..Gravy job.👽
God I miss working damn back injury 😫 so I have to watch u now lol
I feel you. Glad we've got youtube. Used to be people in this situation just hung around hassling the ableds at the shop!
Have a great day 👍 and stay safe.
You do good work. 👍. Put your fill caps back on straight. Just look neat.
A couple days ago I watched the repair of an older Buick turbo engine. Because it had no vacuum for boosting the brakes it had a Frankenstein boost by making vacuum with a vacuum pump. Thus to make this car up to date I can see the hydro-boost from the power steering pressure that this car has. But ya'll would need the hydro-boost braking system. Which I know not whether available. I mean how do they boost the brakes on these big diesel turbo pickups?
I will say one thing for sure, it needs the brake fluid changed!!
Saving the caps is a great idea. The problem is remembering where you put them when you need one.
I have a dedicated drawer in my tool chest for these, vacuum line caps and the caps that come on new batteries.
Set of line wrenches would help prevent the rounding over of the line nuts.
Money well spent, great for power steering lines on the rack in horrible spots as well.
Is that the same as flare nut wrenches?
@@guzzijack9714 yup, flare nut are considered line wrenches. a well made pair with flex heads will change your life.
@@rickylafleur5823 Thanks, cheers Ricky.
My Folks mid 80s Diesel Cadillac used the hydro-boost system.
I replaced a figure 8 shaped o-ring.
Man Ray . Only in your hands does every line come right off and not rust to the fitting and twist off lol.
No doubt. On one of his recent videos he actually got an 02 sensor to come loose with one of those sensor sockets. When I did mine I had to use a long end wrench and kick the heck out of it
Not being in a state that salts and sands their roads for about 1/4 to 1/3 of the year helps a lot.
The phone was waiting for you to mimic it, I look for it in all your vids lol
I bought a tahoe with fluid that was purple.
It was so bad it left deposits in the calipers.
Basic brake fluid flush left me unable to fully seal off one of the brake bleeders.
Did a tech 2 abs bleed to get all the crap out upstream.
Then ended up removing the calipers, brake bleeder screws, and then flushed each caliper out with brake clean.
Chunks came out of the calipers.
Took another abs bleed before the pedal felt right... lol
I can't imagine how that things fluid would look, but i imagine the calipers would need the same treatment.
Always very informative and great content! Went to watch part 2 and the video is set to private.
Yeap had the same issue
It's fixed
Sometimes you drive me to scream at you " your doing it wrong " lol But love watching you.
Likewise, I feel like screaming at you "it's you're, not your". lol
That was great job.Thank you.
I love that GM uses braided lines off the master instead of hard lines. So much easier to service the Hydroboost.
Although I have never been a mechanic, it seems like with situations like the brake master cylinder weighing down the hard line maybe you should keep some cheap bungie cords handy to hang parts from the hood out of the way. I don't know if that would be just an extra step that would take as long as struggling with it for a little bit. Just a professional TH-cam watcher's thoughts.
Good stuff. Have a great rest of the day. Stay safe and be well.
I've got an 01 astrovan and the power steering leaks somewhere on the bottom side. I think the hydroboost is fine. It turns out ignoring the problem hasn't made it go away, who would have thought?
When changing tires I hope you re built tpms or if no tpms at least replaced the valve stem
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Thank You for showing me.
I put power steering fluid in the brake master cylinder 1 time because I wasn’t paying attention and the power steering fluid & the brake fluid come in the same kind of bottle & same color it turned my brake lines into rubber and seized up the brakes I had to get the whole thing flushed out but I was 17 at the time tho.
I put black tape around my universals, They work much better Like your videos
Bolt nuts screws? Love your video's Ray.
At minute 10:20. Is that a spider web next to the accelerator control unit?
Hey, if you run one wrap of electrical tape around the wobble portion. It will still be wobbly, but stay semi straighter for leading on to bolts a little quicker and easier.
Great work brother
The hydra boost always leak on these chevy vans. At least GM puts steel braided lines on the brake master cylinder to make it easier.
That's a common problem my 04 suburban had the same setup theres a couple of seals between them that goes out you only have to change the seals easy fix
I had an 84 pontiac paresienne station wagon with the hydroboost brakes, much better than vacuum assist in my opinion, anyway I'm driving back from vacation and about 130 miles from home when it decides to start violently leaking, I was going to be passing through Hershey PA so I stopped at Kmart to to purchase many containers of power steering fluid enough to get me home, I just made it before the store closed, I made it home after making frequent stops to top off the reservoir, that was one of the best cars I ever owned, I then bought a 94 caprice wagon and I'm sorry I ever sold it.
Suggestion, when pointing at hard places, laser pointer¿? Green is the best, red sucks, very hard to see.
that pipe goes behind the other pipe check your video . use a syringe to suck out the fluids and refill with fresh power steering fluid and brake fluid . two post lifts have that problem .
I hope your wife watches these videos so she can appreciate all the hard work you do .. 👍
most women would ask what took so long.. "you could have made twice the money if you weren't messing around."
@@ohioplayer-bl9em mine says how much money did those tools cost...albeit while working on her car 🙄
Nice video buddy! I have never seen that system with no brake booster! Thank you!
I've got 3 vans 1998, 1999 and 2002 that has the hydra boost brakes.
The more I watch your videos the more I understand.
Keep the video’s coming. Your doing great
5 STAR Video.. Super educational videos.
This is definitely why you always replace your fluids, unfortunately everyone forgets the differentials, brake, and power steering fluid until it becomes acidic and causes leaks and then people complain that it's expensive, when maintenance is cheaper and will can prevent seal and hose failure.
Good morning Ray Ray. Tappy tapped
Thanks for all the videos.
Ray getting all fancy with 2 part videos this was an onion job kept pulling out more bad on that powder blue van! Great knowledge base of vehicle equipment too
I've lost count of how many hydra boosters I've rebuilt...good thing is,the OEM rebuild kit is only $12 and about 15mins of rebuild time/labor vs $300 for a reman unit,that has basically the same kit installed......the units to look out for,is the boosters with the APU motor(like found in GM 5500-7500)..relays and pressure switches are very common failures on those too
That's so strange. I've owned 3 vans that's went past 450,000 without a single issue from the hydra booster.
Santa needs to bring Ray some line wrenches for Christmas.
Great job brother
Ray, nuts bolts, fasteners covers them nicely, no more nuts & bolts !
I'm not sure if I hated the hydro-boost or the master cylinder/ABS module combination like the one on the Chevy Cavalier and Pontiac Sunfire.
The rear rotors did look good enough to not valid a machining though. But no big deal replacing them either.
I first thought about the power steering fluid entering the brake system and that would mean a serious brake system flush and replacement of all brake system components.
However if you'd encounter a Citroën from the 80's then the same fluid could be for both brakes and power steering. Yet another French way of doing things. Never ever have ordinary brake fluid in those vehicles.
9:20 pm Friday night here :)
At the 20:15 mark, was that a wiring connection that didn't get plugged in?
I thought so too, but I looked closer, it has something plugged into that connector already. Some kind of canbus termination resistor would be my guess. Either that, or its a female socket for an optional accessory that's not on this work van, and it has a factory dead plug in the socket to keep dirt and dust out.
@@brnmcc01 makes sense
Brake fluid change intervals vary from 2 to 5 years. Everyone should be aware of this 'critical' maintenance item.
Like I said before u r one of the best thanks 4your videos they help me a lot God bless
another great presentation, sir.
it appears i do not have the correct security clearance to view the next part of this adventure, were there aliens from area 51 in the back of the van?
now it works!
Thank you!!!