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so ive been working on my sister's 1984 Chrysler new yorker with around 150k miles that is an automatic and i cant get brake pressure while the car is running in fact the engine seems to bog down when brakes are pressed but i cant find a vacuum leak 


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That thing is 38 years old. The brake booster is probably shot and leaking internally.


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If you can't find a vacuum leak in the large hose running between the intake manifold and the booster, then, as Chuck pointed out, your brake booster has gone South.


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