This conversion is available in kit from from this company:
http://www.jaguarspecialties.com/XJ40-overview.asp
Get with them for details.
Good luck
The vacuum pump on a Vanagon diesel engine serves to generate vacuum pressure, crucial for various functions such as powering the brake booster, controlling emissions systems, and operating accessories like the HVAC system's controls.
You probably have air in the lines or the brake booster is losing vacuum. Have the brakes bleed and have someone put a vacuum gauge on the booster,
The brake booster will have a vacuum line going to it on a non abs system.
You are taking too much vacuum away from the vacuum booster in the brake system. Try to find a smaller vacuum hose somewhere else in the engine to use for the Hydro Booster. The boost line for the brakes comes from the primary vacuum port on the intake manifold. Use a secondary vacuum source. That vacuum for the brakes needs to be undisturbed for correct operation of the braking system and the ABS if so equipped.
The check valve for vacuum to your assist is leaking.Normal operation would keep vacuum in the booster,but when the engine is stopped vacuum drains out and you have no assist. Replace the valve.
insufficient vacuum. The vacuum is part of the brake booster. First thing to check is a defective or leaking hose in the brake vacuum system.
Remove the hydroboost unit from the firewall and replace it with the vacuum assisted booster. If you are careful you may be able to do this without disconnecting the brake lines. You will need new powersteering lines and find a vacuum source for the new booster.
Hold Vacuum in the booster during low vacuum conditions. (Basically if you lose your vacuum booster while you drive the one way check valve allows you to have two full stops left of vacuum assist.) they are federally mandated.
If you mean specifically, what type of vacuum, the answer is manifold vacuum. Manifold vacuum is constant and doesn't, change with throttle valve opening, the way ported vacuum does.
From the booster, to a vacuum source on the engine.
It provides the vacuum to operate the brake booster and the shift on the fly system.
was system properly bled? ensure there are no leaks and if there is absolutly no brake pressure it is not a vacuum problem, it's something else.