Resolving Hydroboost Brakes and Power Steering Noise Issues - I Was Worried! 

In your description you apologize about talking to much...which with your knowledge you should NEVER apologize for talking! The people tuning in should be tuning in to receive your knowledge! I am a huge fan of your content and highly enjoy your detailed explanations. I also noticed you telling your wife to "make sure that camera is focused" Haha. In her defense maybe slow down a little bit and let the camera focus in on the stuff. I am the same way in rushing around when you are in the middle of something haha. Keep up the good content and I am excited to see this COE finished!

It is a treat and a privilege to be the proverbial 'fly on the wall' watching you as you work. Never boring, always teaching, with humour and reality injected. Many thanks to Lady Debbie for helping us to observe your genius at work. That is one proper COE build, can't express how much I'm loving the details! It's good to see Meka also😍🇯🇲

WATCHING DENNIS WORK REMINDS ME OF MY DAYS WORKING WITH MY FATHER IN OUR MACHINE SHOP...IF HE NEEDED TO ADAPT TO COMPLETE A PROCESS HE JUST FABRICATED THE ADAPTER...DENNIS IS AN ARTIST!

Team Taylor Rocks ! Thanks for learning me how to fix that noise......... Love the show.. Let the good times roll !

There is no need to apologize for your commentary. I'm thankful for you sharing your thought process and actually show it being done. Once again your craftsmanship and attention to detail is second to none. Thank you Dennis for this channel and thank you Debbie for filming, ordering parts and most importantly pumping the brakes to bleed the system! 😊 Great video, keep them coming please and thank you!

I like your ingenuity. Work smarter not harder.

You have multiple shadows, Mika, Groot and Debbie. This is awesome!

Your channel has turned out to be my favorite, also get a woke out watching you jog around your shop!

Awesome work Dennis, thank you for sharing!

I’ve been waiting patiently for years for you to work on this project. It’s my dream project. Totally loved the 57 build from the start. You remind me of my foster dad. He restored a 39 ford de lux sedan to winning concurs competitions from scratch. Learning all the skills he needed as he needed. The 39 was in a similar state as the GMC CO. We also restored a 39 Chevy sedan, 2x Ford 49 Jailbird (shop trucks)38 Ford Coupe. His son and I were 16 when he started. He was a self made man. Studied hard at night tech then onwards gaining qualifications as an Electrical Engineer. He and his wife built an Electrical Engineering business from 1 workshop to an Industrial Complex. It wasn’t until I was 32 and I’d cut out the sills on my Girlfriend’s 65 Peugeot, shaped replacements from sheet metal and replaced rusted metal that I realised the gift he’d imparted to me at a young age. Salute to you sir even though you’re younger than me. Alex reminds me of my cousin. She was the snot nosed kid in my uncles workshop building go Karts and tinkering with engines. She’s a grandmother with a crazy collection of cars she’s restored herself. She rebuilt her families Engineering Business after it was run into the ground. We were all lucky to be exposed to hands on skills when we were young. Something that happened in 1978 was that we found a garage in a small town NZ which had been a Ford, Chevy dealership since post W2. It had new parts replacements in stock from 34 onwards. It had just been sitting there after the owner retired in the early 60s. An amazing experience. My foster dad and his buddy brought everything. Those parts were used to restore more than 50 different project cars. My dad always had US cars and my uncle was the same importing new cars up until 1978. Sitting in hospital for the past month trying to recover from a broken leg from a fall.

I could listen to you talk through troubleshooting things like that all day!

Dennis I think everyone who watches your channel is hear to listen to you talk so we all learn something so TALK and never shut up fantastic vid btw

I learned exactly right now what the extra piece for my Strange master cylinder was for last year. (I have manual brakes) This is my you are a value adder to my RU-vid diet.

Dennis , you are a true craftsman. I love watching your videos and listening to you explain everything. Can't wait for your next video!

Thank you Dennis. I could watch and listen to you all day. You have so much many skills and you are a great teacher. Please keep doing these videos and teaching us. I am 70 years old and love learning from you. And no, you do not talk too much. Please talk all you want and we will keep listening and learning. I can see and understand why Alex is as skilled as she is at her young age. She has learned from one of the Great ones, her father. Thank you again.

I CAN WATCH DENNIS PAUTS AROUND HIS SHOP FOR A GOOD LONG WHILE. HE'S ONE TO GET THE JOB DONE AND NOT OVER THINK ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS 🎉

The way your mind works amazes me. Thank you for sharing your infinite wisdom.

I had to go with a PSC pump with external tank and that fixed my noise all together. Them guys are good . Love the build can’t wait to see it in person. I can see there is a lot of little details that most people don’t see but I do and love that stuff. Keep up the great work .

nothing like the ramblings of an old mechanic dad gotta love dennis straight to the point via a short cut or two and wulla problem fixed keep it going dennis love the laid back content and work on the 'old' truck😁cheers from down under

Dennis you need to make a safety stop for those cab cylinders so it prevents if it was to leak down while your under the cab. Awesome build!

All I can say is thank you, Dennis, so much. I learn so much from you every time I watch. I wish I could spend a week working with you for free because the education I would get would be invaluable. The problem I see is I dont think I could keep up with you.

Getting the air out of the hydraulic assisted steering and brakes, required some good thinking. 👍 Thanks for showing how you did it.

An absolute genius at work! Please continue to show us how you solve the problems you some times create

How do you remember where everything is at? It’s such a pleasure watching you work. Even if I never use one of your ideas, it seems I always learn something new. Thank you Dennis and Debbie

Only 5 years! My project car has been apart since the beginning of 2007. I got all my past friends' cars done in that time and can't get any help in return. Be thankful you have Alex, I have six kids, and not one likes being in the garage.

I love this build. I have had so many of the same problems on my builds over the years. I arrived at many of the same solutions! So cool.

Excellent video, Dennis. I specifically like your detailed narrative as you perform your task.

Great content thanks for sharing, never stop learning!

Great episode. Can't wait to see this with all the sheet metal and interior

Very cool project, thanks for sharing! Incredible camera focus and control!

Nice to See a COE build. Wish I had the room to put one for a project. Thanks for sharing.

Another wonderful video, I bet it's hard not listening to your music. I always need music. Thanks again Dennis 😅

Let the GOOD TIMES Roll !

Dennis, I really appreciate it when you started your own RU-vid videos..!! I started visualizing my own fabrications when building model cars with modifications to how I saw different possibilities. That went into my first vehicle, 29 Model A flat back cab. At 19, I sold my 56 Nomad to build a 55 wheel standing Chevy Gasser. The Nomad was highly modified. Tognottis Auto World would give Race Parts at times because I was tearing the centers out of Clutch Disc's, breaking several U-Joints in a weekend. One night, my Drive Shaft ended up looking like a large Tezzler Stick. The Differential broke the mounting pads on the springs, with the Pinion housing taking out my Gas Tank. So after all of that, I decided to sell that Nomad and build a 55 Chevy Gasser. I sold the Nomad on July 4th, 1969, and finished the radical , Wheel standing small block two-tone Green 210 two door sedan by the second week of September 1969. I often see your 55 Gasser in the background. Your daughter Alex is a fantastic driver. Be proud.. Enjoy life and love what you do, and love your family..... Rich, from Northern California.

Hi Dennis, came across your show today. Found it to very interesting, funny and enjoyable. Great work, Dean, Australia

Outstanding! Love the very detailed descriptions of everything.

Dennis you are the man. So glad you made the jump.. any time I get the chance to watch a educational video I'm on it .

Dennis love your videos and your sense of humour. I wish you'd jumped into the world for RU-vid sooner, your a natural

It's always worked out best for me to use all matching parts for hydroboost. More specifically I often use 86 c30 parts. Any time I've mismatched year models I always have a problem with bleeding or hard to steer and stop. I really enjoy your videos. Good luck.

You certainly get your steps in, thanks for sharing.

Great episode, Dennis. Thanks for another great video. Always learn something off of one of your videos. This thing is going to look next level wicked when it's done...

Great episode , so good to see you going about your shop, it confirms some things I do in mine. Love the thought process and information. Very much appreciated. Looking forward to more.

Dennis I had the same problem with the hydroboost setup on my 54 Ford Ranch Wagon and I also figured the bubbling in the fluid was causing the noise. I solved the problem by going to Power Steering Components and using their vented reservoir from the road racing group. It has a check valve and a vent on the top. Problem solved thanks for the great video

Thank you for sharing your experience and genuine knowledge. That COE is going to be SO KOOL! It already looks great and the design you put into it....WOW

My daughter's tell me that all women know that men can't multitask. I'd like to show all those women this video ! Congrats on your new channel and keep sharing that knowledge !

I'm loving it , shouting at the phone along with you lol. Worked really well 👍. Going to be a cool truck ,all the best Danny UK 🇬🇧

The videos are great ! Your knowledge and level of skills are nothing short of AMAZING. Thanks for sharing your knowledge so some of us can better our own skills.

Dennis, keep doing what you are doing. You guys are fine. You'll get your footing. Thanks for sharing the typical problems encountered when working on a hot rod. Looking forward to see how you resolve them and what it took. Nice work on resolving the power steering issue. I think you had so much air trapped in the system, once you pulled the air, the fluid went down. System was low on fluid with air entrained in it. I would like to see your shifter in the cab and the cable path. How tight a radius you can go with the cable you used and where you sourced the cable. I am working on a 1950 Chevy COE, sorry, 454/4L80E behind the cab. I used all brakes from a 1995 3500HD, hydroboost, master cylinder and front and rear disc brakes (Dana 80 rear) and PS pump.. Point being, everything came from the same truck as GM designed it.

Great video don’t you just love it when a plan comes together.

Good video Mr Taylor

Awesome Design, fabrication and implantation! 👍👍

Oh, Dennis. I forgot to make a suggestion for your COE. Look at the Power Steering Pump with the Separate Remote Reservoir on the 67 Chevelle Big Block. That's how my 67 Chevelle Big Block is from the factory. The Pump Canister mounts to the back of most GM P/S Pumps. The Remote Filler Tank, Mounting Bracket, and Filler Cap are available online at Original Parts Group (OPGI), or AMD. Just a thought. Rich, now age 75.

That’s a pretty cool build! Now I can’t wait to see it finished. I have always loved those trucks.

Thanks Dennis, Debbie and Doggos for an interesting fix.

Love your channel. Enjoy watching you solve problems in a rational manner and fabricate what you need,

Fire it up, turn the wheel back and forth until it foams up then turn it off until the foam settles and start over again! I promise it will quiet down. I had the same problem and it took around twenty cycles before it cleared up on mine. I love the show, I hope you stay at it

Great educational video Dennis you knocked it out of the park . Great job filming also it isn’t easy to keep up with a moving target like Dennis I’ll bet

Really enjoyed the episode and the ongoing series ... Cheers👍

We love the history, no need to apologize

that is why grandpa kept a pile of spare parts and a metal pile -because he couild always use on some car he was working on. also he kept intertubes and pieces of gaskets, boits and metals washers. i miss ridin in his 49(?) stuedabaker truck in the mid-60s. great job dennis and debbie! hello mika and red dog -what shopdogs david from van buren ar.

I think your videos are great, you put a lot of miles on your feet in a day it’s great keeps you in shape

Great result! Really enjoy your channel 😊

It’s always a pleasure to watch your videos! The knowledge that flows is amazing. I was wondering if the problem persists if you couldn’t modify the pressure cap to incorporate a check valve in a line to the intake for vacuum. Figure out what pressure the reservoir needs to be maintained at and set the check valve for a pound or 2 above that so incase the pump is caveating and aerating the fluid when pressure builds the air would be drawn out. Just spitballin here. Anyway the COE is looking real good and is an engineering masterpiece! Be safe have a great trip to the PIR show!!!

There are a couple reasons for having pressure in the reservoir. 1 is, if you have a small reservoir and high suction rates the pressure helps force the oil into suction. Some of the equipment I work on, particularly some of the older logging processors put either boost or chassis air into the reservoir to help keep all the pumps fed. Not saying it couldn't happen, but I've never personally had any issue running the return into a T or a Y as long as it's sized large enough. I've got 1 bump and 1 dent side Ford I converted to hydroboost running off the stock Thompson pump with a t for the return. Did the same on my 55 3100 Chevy that I converted to hydroboost on the frame so I could run the stock pedals. Although I do like diesel, there is nothing wrong with a nice big block like that and it's a beautiful build no matter what it's powered by.

Thanks Dennis & Debbie, like l have said before, l call you (teacher) and for good reason❕️so simple it's aggravating, while putzing with cars trucks... I have run a steering wheel left to right and over and over until enough air was out of the system to send the vehicle down the road with the customer and the knowledge that the steering would get smoother and quieter with some miles. Thanks Dennis 😊✌🏻🧡 🇨🇦.

I thought the hydro boost being so much higher than the pump might be a problem since air rises. Maybe a port at the booster would let you vacuum pull fluid up to that level there by eliminating a lot of the air from the pump on up? For many years GM mounted a remote fluid reservoir for additional capacity on 3/4 and 1 ton trucks. Love your work, admire your skills Dennis.

Can't wait to see the doors back on and what style of review mirrors you choose ,,,Brilliant video, Thank yall,,😊

Nice info. Been having bleeding issues with my Duramax. Gonna build an adapter and try this. Nice COE. Love how compact it is.

Hey Dennis, you are a wealth of information don't stop talking it is very interesting.

Keep the great work dennis hope you have a great weekend

What a great job man I love the way you work you are so talented and you don't half ass anything I get tired of seeing people that are hacks teaching people bad habits that not good for someone to get there learning from someone doing things that are not safe and done wrong. Thanks for your videos😊

Dennis, I want to see you back behind the wheel of your Nova !!!

I can tell you it’s been my common experience with GM pumps that the pumps that came off the heavy service trucks were the ones you wanted for the Hydro boost assist… Standard pumps don’t move enough static pressure to keep the system happy… Basically cavitates… Also gotta have an extreme reservoir to keep up with the system demands

Great video man. Once again you knocked it out of the park!!!

Were here to hear you talk Dennis dont ever apologize we want to hear what the wizard has to say you rock man never change how you make videos and explain to us 👍🏻oh that that coe sounds sweet

Dennis , Gm shows to bleed the p/s system you need to jack the front end up off the ground then with the engine off turn the wheels from lock to lock slowly 40 times and then leave it for awhile do it again and then let it sit a long time top off the fluid and try it again.I have done this procedure for years and it works, no noise ofter that.

that is a nice truck Dennis! I remember the video Alex made of it you were going to build a sleeve to put the wrench inside the hood for the steering bracket. good looking ol' truck! thanks to "HOT 🔥 RODS BY DENNIS TAYLOR.

Thank you for sharing with us!

I recall back working on Hummvs in the army they recommended lifting the front tires off the ground and turn the wheels back and forth to get the air out.

Dennis, you are the man! love this truck

I use to do all the power steering work for Mack truck the first 8 years they had it. Foaming is usually a sign that air is getting in it. This can be from the reservoir, pump seal or a line. Check them.

I've done so many of those hydro boost and they are so ridiculous to bleed I'm totally making that exact same fitting. Thank you

It's an absolute joy to watch you work sir, I have some experience with everything you went through with the hydroboost, I'm handicapped and drive with hand controls so I need extra power power brakes if that makes sense and the larger piston in the master so it shortens the stroke, but I have one question and sorry if you talked about this and I missed it but these steering wheel disconnects are so nice these days, why didn't you use one of those for your steering

Awesomeness older fellas rule to teach the youngsters

Like all the talk and even the trial of making things work

If you elevate the front tires off the ground and take the load off of them and then turn the wheels lock to lock the air with come out faster without cavitating the pump. I have seen new pumps ruined during the bleeding procedure with the front wheels on the ground.

I have multiple 03-04 2500hd duramax trucks and they have rear dual piston caliper disk brakes with dual front piston calipers brakes in case you can use that info in the future. They have hydro boost on them and we usually upgrade the hydro boost to a 2006 or newer for easier braking.

Dang , your video just gets better, good job!

Thinking on y’all’s steering coupling, over length bolts, drilled like for cotter pins, with hairpin clips would make for good insurance that a bolt couldn’t fall out, even if it was to loosen…

There ps cap has to hold some pressure with a hydra boost application, if it was vented like normal, the fluid would gravity bleed down and come out the cap. I’ve fixed noisy pumps on cars when people have replaced every thing on it except one thing, the reservoir. I work in ford dealer and found that the fluid reservoir has a screen in it and it would get dirty and not let the pump draw enough fluid and cause it to cavitation and make you think there’s air. Clean the screens and they shut up immediately.

On bleeding the steering. I do OEM PROTOTYPE. We use a air pwr pump. With tee inline. To put thumb over and let off and on. But your pump got it done.

Have someone fill up the PS reservoir while you crank it for the first time and when it starts keep filling it, this works much better than fill it, shut it off let it sit multiple times, hopefully the reservoir is up fairly high, really cool truck!!!

Really good video Dennis keep sharing the knowledge

Did you try a different terminator box? You wouldn’t be the first person to get a bad one out of the box. You might want to flow check your injectors, one might be sticking closed and leaning the cylinder out to cause the detonation. For the Hydroboost I use the pump from a 70’s Chevy truck with hydroboost or P30 chassis camper, they use a remote reservoir, I bought a Moroso remote reservoir

Can't wait till the next video!!!!!!!!!!!

As being a tech,I have vac p/s systems for years with todays f.w.d cars having miles of line.I always vac fill cooling systems also,its common practice now a days,or you will be get hot spots ,gauge fluctuactions,recommend it highly.

I thought the same thing, that the vacuum pump would suck the fluid in the pump. But there you go. I put that fix in the memory bank. Thanks.

Nice work going to be a solid truck.

Love the content. Hope to see more.

Some of those hydro boost systems had a remote reservoir, mounted above the pump & hydro boost valve. This would force any air bubbles into the reservoir instead of remaining in the lines & pump. In other words the highest point in the system should be the reservoir.