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Ben;
Just exactly from where is your leg losing brake fluid?
By "bypassing", one presumes the booster was disonnected from the manifold and brake system, so its essentially ballast (which IMO, with their track record, it was before it was installed)...recycle that thing!...rebuilding is a total waste of time and resources.
If there's no leak, it's a bypassing master cylinder. But if there's a leak, as you state, that's a good indication of what corner to start on. It sounds like it's time for some brake work. Components are available no problem...I suggest you replace both sides at a time (and I suggest a few other things too, see: http://www.intelab.com/swem/service%20notes.htm#Braking%20System
...normally I don't like to do a whole lot more than absolutely necessary, but on a single circuit brake system, I can certainly justify it...and I suggest you do it real soon, before your brakes fail alltogether and you soil yourself for real!
Don't mix brake fluids...that's always the big rule, and you broke it...who knows what exotic reaction may have taken place, and how your seals liked it (or maybe not!). While you're into the brake system, it may be a good time to upgrade. George and I prefer silicon DOT5 fluid. Beware! The new DOT5.1 specification fluid is NOT silicon...it is a further development of the glycol based DOT4 fluid...thanks the DOT braniacs for that misleading nomenclature (logic, what logic!). See also: http://www.xs11.com/tips/maintenance/maint1.shtml
or do a search on Silicon brake fluid...there's lots of good reading out there.
My notes are at: http://www.intelab.com/swem/Amazoning%20with%20Silicon%20Brake%20Fluid.htm
Laundromats are a highly regionalized phenomemon...I suggest you "let your fingers do the walking", to find one, but its probably better to fix your brakes before you need one.
Cheers
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