Evan, that "remote brake booster" situation sounds a lot like a Hydrovac. Maybe the engineers in the early 1950's who came up with that system on the big rigs didn't just fall off Lil' Abner's turnip wagon after all!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!