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• Re: master cylinder, where is it
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 26 May 2003 11:05:31 -0500
  Brian, the brake and clutch fluid reservoir are the same tank. It is located directly in from of the driver, behind the instruments. You...
• Re: 85' power steering fluid leak? AM noises!
  Historical mailing list - Randy Huyck
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 20:50:03 -0800
  Check the underside of the engine hatch to see if there's a stripe where fluid has been coming out around the shaft of...
• Re: Brake Fluid Loss
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:11:08 -0700
  ...Are there 3 cylinders and are they all linked to each other so as to cause the loss of all brake fluid with the...
• Re: Brake hydraulic pressure
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:12:39 -0400
  ...I tend to believe the statement regarding the 'low moisture absorption' brake fluid keeping the water seperate from the fluid, and bringing on other...
• Re: Brake Fluid Reservoir-----Where?!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 4 Feb 2004 16:06:38 -0500
  ...I > can't find the Brake Fluid Reservoir anywhere. I know, I know...I could get > underneath it in the mud and snow but...
• AUTO TRANS
  Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 08:09:04 -0800
  ...Three, when I drain the gear oil from the final drive this weekend will I be able to visually tell I have auto fluid...
• Re: Tubing for Brake Fluid recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 18:07:29 -0700
  Hi, I think you might be talking about the hose coming off the side of your brake fluid reservoir. That's not for the...
• Re: Oil is Killing our Cars?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:33:50 -0800
  ...Allison� will only cover repairs in which the transmission had been operated with TranSynd� or an equivalent fluid which meets the TES-295 specification...
• Re: tranny fluid service
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 18:38:47 -0500
  ...ways to get the fluid > from the bottle into the hole without making a terrible mess and wasting > valuable fluid? sorry if this has...
• Re: brake question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:46:33 -0400
  ...Regardless of whether a brake system is filled with DOT 3 or DOT 4 brake fluid, DOT 4 fluid is safe and advisable for...
• Brake and Power Steering Fluids, replacing them.
  Historical mailing list - Psychic Trucker
  Mon, 04 Mar 1996 20:07:38 +0500
  I want to change my brake and power steering fluids on my 1985 vanagon. What is involved with these procedures, should i save the...
• changing the tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list - Gina
  Wed, 10 May 2000 21:09:26 -0400
  Hi Volks, Quick question...is there a separate drain plug for changing out the transmission fluid in a 4speed or do i need to...
• Re: Overfilling transmission fluid.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 15:33:08 -0700
  ...sitting sideways on your workbench). ??? matthew > Can anybody think of any potential problems with overfilling the > transmission fluid (i.e. above the fill hole)?
• Typical Operating Temp Range of Automatic Trans Fluid???
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:51:02 -0700
  ...Anyone know the typical operating temp range of Automatic Trans fluid in a 2.1L Vanagon? Thanks Kevin ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make...
• Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on.
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:38:22 -0600
  Good Afternoon Bob et al, When you were driving with the parking brake engaged, you heated the rear brakes and boiled the fluid. Now...
• Re: Leaky rear cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:57:30 -0500
  Hi Roger, Did you bleed out all the brake fluid when you changed the cylinder? Brake fluid should be flushed and replaced with new...
• Re: is power steering fluid generic?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:00:03 -0400
  Go with a good quality ATF fluid. I used Amsoil, and my steering is running the smoothest ever. Be sure to check your PS...
• Brakes Fixed. Thanks!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:57:06 -0800
  ...No change in brake fluid level over a period of months. No signs of leaking fluid anywhere. Brakes were bled, pads changed, calipers inspected...
• Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 01:05:07 +0200
  ...I thought the advantage of the DOT 5 silicone brake fluid was that > it didn't absorb moisture and that's why it's...
• Re: AT Fluid Burping out of ATF Dip Stick Tube? Causes Trans Malfunction, 88 Auto
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:29:48 -0400
  Larry, I think there is some sort of part in the AT where the fluid goes through a series of narrow passages almost like...
• Re: leaking clutch master cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - Herr Wibo Fichten
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:20:58 -0400
  ...You shouldn't delay this repair very long, as brake fluid eats paint (attacking your floor under the carpet) and is hygroscopic, that is...
• Re: A/T was run with low oil too long ...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:20:58 -0400
  ...When the fluid is foamy from overfill the Vanagon trans wont shift, and slips. Foamy acts like low fluid. Trans will slip and reengage...
• Re: Brake Fluid
  Historical mailing list - Trina Lindal
  Fri, 13 May 2005 10:52:13 -0700
  ...The Bentley told me where to find the front window washer fluid... AFTER I filled the rear one and still didn't have any...
• automatic tranny fluid level
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:19:21 -0500
  ...to overfill the beast! Seems as if I should see solid red but I'm not getting it as I add tranny fluid. Thanks
• Brake Fluid Capacity, 88GL
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:39:08 -0400
  ...cylinder this weekend, and figured I'd swap out the hydraulic fluid as well. How much should I have on hand? thanks, Matt Sutton...
• Recomended Brake Fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 19 May 2006 12:47:58 -0400
  ...people love redline MT90 transmission oil, so I was wondering if there is a special brake fluid that vanagon people like over others. Chris
• Re: ATF fluid
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 08:49:41 -0700
  ...Should I change the fluid and filter or, leave it alone. the fluid still is red just like it came out of the bottle...
• Re: wisdom of brake fluid res. location
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 09:04:26 -0500
  Removing the brake fluid from the rug is easy. Remove the rug completely, hose it off, throw a little soap on, scrub with a...
• Re: Vanagon Floor Pads Available?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 19:45:42 EST
  ...The driver's side mat is impregnated with some type of fluid .. > maybe brake fluid and when I take a longer drive, the fluid...
• Re: wisdom of brake fluid res. location
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 01:12:52 -0500
  mark brauer wrote: > I've switched my Vanagon over to DOT 5/silicon fluid, with excellant > results. I wouldn't reccommend doing this unless...
• Re: Brake pedal fades to floor at stops
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 14 May 2008 07:28:19 -0400
  ...You most likely have a bad master cylinder, and fluid is leaking past the seals. You could have a fluid leak elsewhere, but if...
• Re: Help: the VW morons spilled brake fluid on my electrical wiring...
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Fri, 24 Dec 1999 07:18:54 +1100
  ...After just replacing my clutch master and slave cylinder I also had the dreaded brake fluid on the front floor- and yes I also...
• Re: VC fluid - take a chance on this
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:57:48 -0700
  ...its a shear thickening fluid, the shear is what does it, temp rise a by product. also, mohan (paper on my blog too) shows...
• Re: starting engine w/out tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list - karl filc
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:52:16 -0000
  ...starting engine w/out tranny fluid > Tomorrow I will finish installing the engine and transmission in my 1982 air cooled Westy after a long...
• Re: leaking power steering?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 19:49:43 -0400
  I believe in changing the fluid every two years. I use the Mobil 1 synthetic ATF. My rack now has 191K on it with...
• Re: 84 Vanagon, will not shift into gear, Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:22:03 -0600
  Interesting that I replied yesterday to check the fluid level as I had BTDT, & this am went out & my brake/clutch fluid was low...
• Re: Automatic transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:21:46 -0700
  ...so my suggestion was for a more conservative 'minor' changing of some of the fluid.. to move it in the direction of healthier fluid...
• Re: Transmission leak
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Fri, 2 May 2003 21:10:58 -0700
  Hi, there are several seal from where transmission fluid can leak: the torque converter seal, which will leak at the point where engine and...
• Re: no clutch pedal resistance & no clutch engaging
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Wed, 27 Dec 2000 01:33:31 -0600
  ...Look for traces of fluid inside the boots, indicating either bad seals or corroded cylinder. If the fluid hasn't been regularly changed, corrosion...
• Re: brake and clutch fluid reservoirs
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 11:37:52 -0500
  ...brake and clutch fluid reservoirs I don't think having the brake and clutch reservoir above all the electrical connections in the dash is...
• Re: brake pad replacement
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:22:40 -0500
  ...you could push brake fluid back > up and out of the fluid reservoir in the dash, unless you remove some fluid > first. This is...
• Re: 88 GLstarts, stalls immediately
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:42:49 -0400
  Maybe remove the air box and spray some starting fluid into the afm, and see if it starts.If it starts with fluid , you...
• Re: SUDDEN POWER STEERING FAILURE
  Historical mailing list - Robert Wing
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:14:37 -0400
  ...beware of the ps fluid shower. Quite a bit of fluid can build up in the boots and it tends to go in every...
• Re: Bad juju?
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:01:21 -0800
  I have, for years, used a plastic gatorade bottle with an inch of fluid in the bottom and a small hose sized to fit...
• Brake Fluid Changing
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 22:53:45 PDT
  ...fluid was ever replaced - so now that I know this I hope I'll never have the same problem with my vanagon... >Brake fluid...
• Re: Automatic Transmission sometimes has to wake up...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:01:47 EDT
  In a message dated 4/19/05 11:44:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dmcc@DIMENSIONAL.COM writes: > Fluid level is good, maybe a...
• Re: master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:46:56 -0700
  When one "bleeds" the MC they are priming it with fluid. That way less air is introduced into system. This means less air to...
• Brake Fluid
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:05:11 -0400
  ...I checked around town, and no one had Castrol GT/LMA brake fluid, which I've used for years in VW's. No NAPA...
• Re: Weak Brakes - '88GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:49:40 -0700
  hi John, you say 'brake fluid is up'... but you didn't start driving a van that's been sitting 10 years and not...
• Re: changing auto trans fluid - amsoil?
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:54:36 -0700
  ...as far as the torque converter just plan on changing the fluid several times . . . no more than ten changes . . . maybe just four . . . and drive...
• Re: clutch woes
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:42:27 -0600
  ...If you know it off hand, great but the brake and clutch share the same fluid reservoir so old fluid from the brakes may...
• Re: FLUIDS for VANAGONS
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 18:24:51 -0500
  ...Steven Dodson wrote: > > Hello all! Just wanted to clarify the fluids issues. I have been scrounging > through the recent archives because I had remembered...
• Re: starting engine w/out tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 19:40:52 -0500
  ...starting engine w/out tranny fluid Tomorrow I will finish installing the engine and transmission in my 1982 air cooled Westy after a long...
• Re: moaning, steering rack and me
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 10 Dec 2016 08:16:53 -0800
  ...siphon out the old steering fluid and replace it with new one http://lucasoil.com/products/problem-solvers-utility/lucas-oil-power-steering-fluid...
• Re: Erratic AT....Sea Foam flush.......?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 17 Apr 2005 22:33:12 -0500
  Use Ford Type F fluid in your automatic. It has more grabber's in it for limiting clutch pack slippage, and will retard the...
• heated window washer fluid ... a question
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Mon, 10 Oct 94 08:29:45 CDT
  ...if you get the fluid toooo hot, wouldn't you be risking shattering the windshield/windscreen in the dead of winter? like when the...
• RE: Power Steering Puddle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 12 Mar 97 04:24:31 UT
  ...the old fluid is Pentosin, at $20+ a litre and you need about 1.25l to do the job. It is lower viscosity than...
• Re: oil out of concrete
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:43:03 -0500
  i use starting fluid and it works well at all temps for all oils that i have encountered so far. you want to have...
• power-steering fluid
  Historical mailing list - Mark Schrope
  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 14:23:35 -0400
  ...I want to change the power-steering fluid in my 89. Both the Haynes and Bentley and the manual say to use ATF Dexron...
• More - -Manual transmission fluid fill
  Historical mailing list - George Chapman
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:56:58 -0700
  ...Just finished the task of changing the fluid in my 91 GL manual transmission to Redline MT90. It seems to make a clear difference...