March 2006
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/////////who knows of a good place to send a power brake booster//////
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READ ALL OF THIS FIRST 
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I can have yours rebuilt for $200 exchange/$15.00 UPS. /JP
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Ed Strain in Florida at 800-266-1623
markhamb@earthlink.net
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Ed Strain has been advertising in Hemmings for years.  I don't know how he
still gets business.  His "rebuild" consists of cleaning up the unit and
repainting it (and not a very good repaint at that).  When you install the
unit and find it does not work, uninstall and disassemble,,, you find that
he has not even replaced the soft parts.  I don't think he even takes the
unit apart.
Think about  it:  Hemmings circulation, over 200,000; he gets 1% response =
2000 @ charges over $150; a tidy sum.
My comment is from direct experience with a common tredle-vac found on
Chevrolets.
Wish I could remember the guy who did my 63 Avanti booster many, many years
ago.  He was good.
dwcars@bellsouth.net
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I agree, as I had a hydrovac rebuilt by Ed and it came back as bad as it 
went. I sent it back to him and he simply told me it was ok and sent it 
back. I then had it rebuilt by Midwest Rebuilders in Chicago. This one 
works!
Mike W.
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I just checked and I actually still have the one Ed "rebuilt" He charged me 
$200 and if anyone wants it with his tags still on it I will gladly sell it 
for the $200 plus shipping. It does have a nice paint job.
Mike W.
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