Wally&Sue

Hydroboost with remote adapter in place of the blue original. Charged with helium argon mix to test for leaks. It really should have nitroge...

The silver adapter replaces the accumulator and has a JIC fitting on it for a remote accumulator. It fits in place of the original like the ...

The bigger silver accumulator is what I'm going to adapt to the hydroboost. It is 3 to 5 times larger in capacity than the stock size un...

These fittings adapt the metric oring ports on this booster to AN6 which is the same as common JIC hydraulic sizes. Another view of the ...

Bendix uses a figure eight seal ring. It is not round and is almost square in cross section. Body halves ready to go together. I found that ...

Some boosters have relief valves. The top left one doesn't and is the 94 Astro unit. They look kind of like sight glasses from the out ...

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Got a hydroboost repair kit from Restoration Perfomance Center in Arizona. They had the best price. These input rod seals have to stretch ov...

We got a blizzard Christmas day. This John Blue pump was made in the 50's for LPG or anhydrous ammonia transfer. It has a piston motor t...

They don't make them like this any more, 4 stroke chain drive and very little plastic. The starter recoil spring had come unhooked becau...

I'm using the caveman c-clamp method of compressing the accumulator so the lock ring can be removed. There is an official tool for this...

Scrounged up three Bendix hydraulic brake boosters to maybe make one like I want. The top one is from a 99 Astro van, center Dodge flatbed a...

There was a 20 lb propane bottle I could not get to fill so I decided to cut the valve apart and do an autopsy. The "new style" bo...