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Old 02-07-2008, 08:24 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by Jeremy5848 View Post
It's harsh enough that a mechanic who was inspecting the car for a prospective buyer thought the car had a transmission problem. I knew it was not that; the point to me was that the shifts were harsh enough to attract his attention. I'm looking for a problem in the vacuum system that is causing the modulator to have too much or too little vacuum.

Jeremy
T a vacuum gauge into the modulator line and route the hose into the cabin. Drive the vehicle and observe the gauge under different operating conditions.

It should read 10" or so for most driving until you get more than 1/2 way into the pedal.........then it should start dropping toward zero.
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