Getting some new Michelin tires on the Silver Fox today and decided to walk to harbor freight to kill some time. Walked out with a Mity-vac and an assortment of other must haves.

Got home and un-hooked the the brake servo vacuum hose (19mm connection to the break booster). Got a reading of between 15-17 hg, very bouncy. I then realized that I should unhook the 2 smaller connections (off of the Ts) and in the process snapped both Ts. I was even "trying" to be careful. So I guess I will be ordering a new brake servo vacuum hose . anyway I got a reading from the closest point to the vacuum pump, it was where the first T broke. I got a solid 17hg reading.

Questions is, since I will be ordering a new hose, should I also order a rebuild kit for the vacuum pump? From what I have found reading on here, it should be 23-25hg.

2nd question (and I guess this also might answer the first is this). Since I have owned her, about 3 months, she has always taken a few seconds to shut down. I can turn off the key, get out and start to lock the door before it turns off. I always assumed this was the shut-off valve. In my attempt to temporally fix the brake servo hose (super glue, random hose, etc...) I have been unable to hook back up one of the smaller hoses that I presume leads to the shutoff valve. At present when I turn the key off, she just not shut off. However, If I hook the mity-vac to the small vacuum line I was unable to hook back up to the break servo hose and give the mity-vac a few pumps she shuts right down. So I would presume that given the proper amount of vacuum pressure the shut off valve is working just fine. Anyway this kind of leads me back to my original question in that the vacuum pump is not giving strong enough vacuum to shut the car right off.

Thanks for any help on this.