So, a couple things I’ve found out that I hadn’t read anywhere yet... The OEM brake booster has 3/8 studs on it and the reman ones, because AC Delco is obsolete, will have metric studs and will not include nuts - so you have to source new nuts (35 cents at Lowe’s m10 IIRC). Far as I understand, Cardone is the only one who makes these anymore. See pics The Master cylinder, also Cardone, used a larger diameter flare nut for the back side reservoir so a new line has to be made, or a flare tool, a new inverted flare nut, a pipe cutter, and some finessing to hook it back up. UCA stud nuts rusted beyond use also were found at the Grade 8 section in Lowe’s. Stabilized bar bushing bracket mounting bolts - Lowe’s as well.
In my case this vans been sitting for 5-6 years on flat tires through countless valley monsoons. Shock nuts were not reusable and the new ones did not come with new bolts so I again went to Lowe’s and matched up a nut with the old bolts. I pulled from a scrap yard the few bracket bolts rusted out or missing. The entire old MC and booster was a rusted out, leaky mess.
I included a before and after pic of both sides. I haven’t taken any post-assembly yet.
