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by phaedrus 5948 days ago
I can't see why that would be necessary.

The vacuum assist is just that - an assist. The brakes still work if you don't have it, you just have to put some extra force on the pedal. It isn't even that much force; I've driven older vehicles that don't have any assist at all and it's not that much harder to push the pedal.