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Old 05-20-2019, 12:20 AM
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When I encountered something similar, re-torque of the caliper bolts seemed to resolve the "shift".
Aren’t those single use bolts? I will give that a try for diagnosis purposes.


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Pull off the main vacuum line connection that screws onto the vacuum pump. Fish around in there and see if any debris or the vacuum check valve broke off. That can clog up and reduce vacuum.
I had to move cars in the driveway so I pulled it out and then back in. The booster/pedal is still very soft, feels more like my Chevy pickup then any w123 I’ve owned. Not clear what that means... but the engine did shut off as normal when I did that vehicle exchange. So I suspect that it may have been my pumping the pedal that affected shutdown due to the firm, pumping motion Imapplied to see if I could get my pedal harder again.

So it begs the question, what made my brake pedal go soft and stay that way?
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