I just finished changing my alternator and drove around all day fine, except for the fact that I forgot to tightened my front right rim. But that's fixed. So I was driving around and stepped on the breaks. Those fuckers didn't work. The ebrakes work, but the pedal didn't. It was stiff and hard just like when the car is off. I have no idea how this could happen. I checked the break fluid and it's fine.

power steering or something maybe. i dunno. check your belts
make sure they are tight enough. they should have little give when u push on them.

Hey Killer, check to see if your brake vacuum hose is hooked up to the booster. Also check to see if you have fluid in both reservoirs. Your e-brake will work because it is a direct mechanical link to the rear set. Look to see if something is damaged near that wheel that was loose too...

BTW, was that your coffee "breaks" or your car "brakes"??

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where is that vacuum hose to the booster?

Back of t he manifold to the brake booster on the drivers side firewall.



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Well when I went to look, one of them big vacuum hoses did come off completely. Then when I reconnected that shit, the brake pedal is still tight, just like when the car is off. anybody else ever had this happened where the brake pedals just suddenly give out like the car wasn't on? WTF? I just replaced the alternator today.

Did you actually start the car after you reconnected it? It works off engine vacuum dude. No vacuum = tight pedal and bad brakes.

yes Master Darkone, I did. I had ExtremeRS on the chat. He guided me through and we came to the conclusion that it's the brake booster.

ok who has expriences taking out the brake booster, speak up. After talking with extremeRS, we figured out the booster went bad. i can't suck or blow through that vacuum line, but I can when I disconnect it from the brake booster.

edit* now we think it may be the cylinder. Because when I take off the vacuum line from the booster, i can hear a gush of air coming out from where the line hooks up to the booster. Anyone else have any insight?

it feels no different with the booster connected, the engine running? Does it stop when you hook it back up the right way?

Otherwise, probably a bad booster.

It's the booster, because when I loosened one of the brake lines to the cylinder and stepped on the brakes,the fluid comes gushing out. The vacuum with check valve is ok. It has to be the booster. Now who know's how to take it off?

the engine runs fine regardless if the vacuum line is hooked up or not. I took out the booster today and sucked on that nipple that goes to the intake. It was like blowing into a coke bottle but just the opposite. I can suck in very, very little air. Matt and I are thinking it's the booster. Regardless I went and ordered a new one for 154. Questoin though. That metal arm coming out of the booster that hooks on to the brake pedal. Was that suppose to stay on the brake booster or come off too? Because I turned the core in with that arm attached to it.