gone postal
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- St. Augustine, FL
I bought this Jeep a few weeks ago and the previous owner told me that the power brake booster is bad (pedal only travels half way and is rock hard - ABS equipped '91 - :nosmile Anyway, I was degreasing the engine bay today and came across this connector that is unplugged. I took some pics and it appears as if it runs to the power booster pump (I think that's what it is?). I'm afraid to plug it in in case something detrimental would occur - I figure he unplugged it for a reason. Is this what it goes to and could you think of any reason why it'd be unplugged? I thought that I read the pump would automatically turn itself off if it overheated / ran too long, etc. I'm starting to wonder if the booster pump is what was bad and not the brake booster/master cylinder assembly as I previously thought.
Also, if it indeed is the booster pump that is bad, anyone have a ballpark estimate on cost? What could i expect from a junk yard and how long / hard to install? What if I bought new and had a shop do it? I HATE working on brakes, but if it's going to be ungodly expensive for a shop to do it, maybe I'll suck this one up (assuming there aren't any special tools, etc required)
Also, if it indeed is the booster pump that is bad, anyone have a ballpark estimate on cost? What could i expect from a junk yard and how long / hard to install? What if I bought new and had a shop do it? I HATE working on brakes, but if it's going to be ungodly expensive for a shop to do it, maybe I'll suck this one up (assuming there aren't any special tools, etc required)
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