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I think prodart340 hit the nail on the head,you can loosen the master cylinder bolts and put shims in between firewall and master cylinder as a temporary measure to test this theory,it sounds like the culprit Right on prodart!!!

Do I put the shims between the master cylinder and the booster can? or the booster can and the firewall?
How thick of shims?
Thanks for the input and ideas guys thats what I like about this forum.
Ray