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• Re: Wrong brake fluid??????????
  Historical mailing list - Dan
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 13:35:51 -0400
  ...Wrong brake fluid?????????? Hi I am reading the Bentley, and suddenly to my scare I read; "Do not add or mix DOT 5 silicone...
• Re: drum brakes
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:45:25 -0700
  ...Randy Bergum 1990 Carat with drum brakes mike miller wrote: > Oh wise list, > > Does anyone know why they still put drum brakes on cars...
• Re: Total Brake Job (longish)
  Historical mailing list - John D. Stepto
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 09:24:53 -0000
  I remember one thing me boss taught me ,while I was working at his shop in State College, was when bleeding brakes of high...
• Re: Power Brake Bleeding- Simple LOW cost Method
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 10:33:19 EST
  The simple way to bleed brakes with one person is: To get about a 3 foot piece of 3 mm vacuum line and a...
• Re: Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:00:54 -0800
  ...Small hole in the vacuum line between engine and vac brake booster Faulty/worn brake booster Vacuum pump or check valve issue, Worn out...
• Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:51:34 -0700
  I did grab the hand brake, and all that happened was a tremendous howling noise that woke up the entire family and startled a...
• Re: Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:59:22 -0400
  ...Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on. > > Hello Everyone, > > I replaced my front brake pads several months ago and the pressure...
• Re: Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:28:28 -0800
  ...The brakes mostly work ok driving around > but if I put the tranny in neutral as I slow for a stop the brakes will...
• Re: brake fluid change
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:24:38 -0500
  Does it use DOT 5 brake fluid? If so, it is silicone based and doesn't have moisture absorption problem of "regular" DOT 3...
• Re: The case of the missing brake fluid.
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 13:30:23 -0600 (CST)
  another weirder answer to the missing brake fluid could be that the BRAKE master is leaking into the booster, hence the dissapearing fluid. Anyone...
• faltering engine, brake light
  Historical mailing list - Rob McGee
  Mon, 18 Nov 1996 07:13:15 -0700
  ...I confirmed that the brake had been off, but the brake light stayed on. > >On the trip home, the brake light stayed on for...
• Re: 4-wheel Porsche di$c brake for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 7 May 2002 09:02:16 -0400
  ...This setup >would be comparable to the 993 turbo brakes and will fit your wheels. > >Whole kit (calipers, rotors, adaptors, brakelines, shims, bolts, >hydraulik...
• Re: Metalic brakes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:24:21 -0600
  I tried a set of double the price metallic brakes with new rotors, and everything else new on my 83 Westy. I never got...
• Re: Flooding in Rear Brakeland ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 10 Jan 95 13:36:52 CST
  ...this has happened on me several times, and i use it as a good indicator that i need to adjust/replace the rear brake...
• Re: A Snow Story (Whoa-vanagon!!!) and Lessons Learned
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:13:39 -0400
  I didn't mean to imply " jacking on the emergency brake". What I meant (and I admit that I was not clear) was to...
• Re: Rear Bearings,
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:17:01 -0700
  Page 46.6 of the latest Bentley shows the rear brake assembly. The backing plate is held to the bearing housing by the 1...
• Brakes-
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:51:55 -0600
  Hey there! We recently replaced the rear brake pads and discovered a leaky cylinder. So we took it to BrakeMasters for new cylinders (and...
• Parking/Brake Warning light
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Sat, 30 May 2009 08:36:33 -0700
  My Parking/Brake Warning light won't come on when the parking brake is engaged.� At first I thought it was a bad bulb...
• Re: '91 Vanagon Brake Shoe Question
  Historical mailing list - Jason Swan
  Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:06:28 -0600
  Thanks, Mark.� I'll double check the springs.� I also appreciate the info about the brake shoes.� I suspected that was a red herring...
• Re: I learned alot about my brakes today....
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:23:45 -0700
  ...I notice a *little* brake fade. (or rather the brakes overall, are just not as good as I think they could be) As for...
• Re: '86 up brake improvent on vanagon??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 00:50:13 -0700
  Better stopping power with the 86 and newer front brakes. Larger caliper and pads, floating type mounting. front brake parts that were changed from...
• Re: Adding rear disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:21:03 -0400
  ...A brake kit >>> that works well with the existing front disc brakes? If anyone has >>> installed on and has experience with it any input...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 17:36:52 -0500
  Right now I'm only getting 1 volt at the brake lights with the pedal depressed. Chris On 12/25/05, Evan Mac Donald...
• Re: emergency brakes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:50:50 -0800
  ...Once this happens, even Hercules could not make the parking brake hold any better because the parking brake cable is not pulling the shoes...
• Re: Big brake conversion
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:23:05 -0600
  ...My right rear brake line also seemed to be somewhat > clogged, but a good stomp on the brake pedal finally got the old crap...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:28:10 -0700
  ...and that was even being easy on the brakes. auto trans always puts more load on brakes.. unless you keep 'er in 2nd for...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 11:10:16 -0700
  oh pish posh David :) Maybe its because the English pioneered disc brake technology you have a bias on the 4th. Mid 50's jag...
• Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 16:58:33 -0700
  ...will DOT4 brake fluid and attentive use of engine >> drag via downshifting pretty much make bigger brakes a non-issue? > > It all depends on...
• Re: Spongy Brakes
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 20:44:47 -0700
  Mike, No adjustment on the rebuilt from kragens of california but the damn spongy brakes stop better than the hard ford brakes ever did...
• Re: disconnect brake line to remove caliper?
  Historical mailing list - Vanman
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:39:24 -0800
  ...My caliper has a solid >steele brake line coming off it. Not a rubber brake hose. I'm thinking either >I'm losing my...
• Re: Rear Brake Confusion - Dennis Haynes
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:43:34 -0500
  Be sure to inspect and correct any problems with hardware assembly on the rear brakes. My rear brakes failed to work properly. I noticed...
• Re: Cheap disc brake upgrade for Vanagons......
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:19:46 -0700
  ...You can get a complete Vanagon rear > disc brake system for > about $1,500. > > Includes hubs, rotors, caliper adapters, calipers, > brake pads, brakelines, > screws...
• Re: Big brake conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:29:42 -0700
  This is no doubt the most common design of brake systems. It applies to Vanagons no question about it. There are brake systems that...
• Brake Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:48:10 +0000
  Hi Vanagon Types I have rebuilt my rear brakes for the first time and now adjusting them for the first time (I have done...
• Re: Adding rear disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:22:11 -0600
  ...A brake kit >> that works well with the existing front disc brakes? If anyone has >> installed on and has experience with it any input...
• My Vanagon is so rusty
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:07:49 -0400
  ...Feels like the park brake is coming up real high. Quick glance at the park brake cables reveals all is intact. Pulled rear brake...
• Re: Brake Light Switches
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:13:42 -0500
  ...Does the Carat - particularly the '91 Carat - use a pair of >> three connector brake light switches - or 2 connector brake light >> switches. >> >> > >
• Brake switch(s)
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:02:13 -0700
  The bus (84 Waterboxer) has been idle for the last two weeks, since I found out the brake lights don't work. Found time...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - DOT brake/PS fluids
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 04:07:19 -0600
  Larry, I wonder when they began measuring brake fluid by the foot???LOL! Kidding aside - Definitely run ONLY the DOT 4 in the Vanagon...
• Master Cylinder brake light switch
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:54:34 -0400
  For those who have thought that their master cylinder was bad, could the cause be a leaking brake light switch? How often do the...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 6 Sep 2011 22:18:07 -0700
  ...The other fade is cause when the brakes, rotors and calipers get really hot and cause the water in the brake fluid to turn...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:28:02 -0700
  ...alistair On 2011-09-11, at 6:26 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > Brake rotor "paint"? To stop brake squeal? Coat the friction surface of...
• Re: 90 Westy - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:42:38 -0700
  ...You can get in trouble 'assuming' with brakes ..supposing it repsonds to self-adjusting, but the brake shoe material is cracked or unbonded from...
• How to replace the brake master cylinder. - long -
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 15:10:50 -0800
  ...Loosen the two metallic brake lines going to the front and rear brake circuits. One brake line is on the center right side blocking...
• Re: Soft brakes
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 22:32:07 -0700
  ...as you push on the brake, a piston moves that forces oil down the lines to the brakes to eventually stop your bus. This...
• Re: Vanagon Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 23:48:10 -0000
  ...Vanagon Brakes > > > Hello > When I brake hard, the front of the van drops down. Because of this I > believe the front disc brakes provide...
• Re: bleeding brakes
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Tue, 25 May 1999 21:53:57 -0600
  ...She pumps the brakes while I crack open the bleeder till the brake peddle goes to the floor, then I tighten it back up...
• Speaking of weird brake behaviors...
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:08:15 -0400
  Volks I have read over the years about squishy brakes on the vanagon. I recently began having the opposite problem oddly enough. I have...
• Re: Brake Light Troubleshooting Tips?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 11:09:08 -0700
  ...The brake lights worked fine for them. The mechanic said he had to replace the right brake light bulb. Which I thought I had...
• Parking brake cables
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:32:21 -0500
  In checking my rear brakes (1991 Westy), I found that when the parking brake is engaged, the passenger side cable engages the brake on...
• Re: Adjusting Parking/Emergency Brake
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 31 Aug 2022 22:16:21 -0600
  ...How brake adjusters work for Vanagon Rear Drum Brakes > > | | | > How brake adjusters work for Vanagon Re... > | > > > The author is saying that to adjust rear...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:12:01 -0400
  ...alistair On 2011-09-11, at 6:26 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > Brake rotor "paint"? To stop brake squeal? Coat the friction > surface of...
• Re: braided SST brake lines
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 03:34:26 -0500
  ...braided SST brake lines >I can't seem to get my e-brake on any chicks. >How do you do it??? > >> -----Original Message----- >> From...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 12:59:49 -0700
  Not to mention the ease of maintenance with disc brakes, reason enough in my book to convert every wheel you own. Angus Angus Gordon...
• Re: Third Brake Light
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:54:00 EST
  I observed and evaluated every third brake light assembly on minivans on the road today. I found that the external-mount/low-profile 8...
• Re: Brake smell
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:42:33 -0700
  ...brakes after doing a brake job? If > so, for aproximately what time period? Front pads and disks, rear shoes and > wheel cylinders, and brake...
• audi based big brakes
  Historical mailing list - mario m
  Mon, 15 May 2006 18:05:44 -0700
  Has anybody noticed that volkscafe has a new audi based front brake replacement listed in the "New Items" catagory. Is this the same kit...
• Re: Some brake tech/ideas (long)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:30:15 +0000
  All vanagons have anti-lock brakes. >From: Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> >Reply-To: Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re...
• Re: Looking for a fog light switch kit - Any vendors have one?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 13:08:07 -0800
  Helmut Zeidler wrote: > >Actually, the rear fog light is intended for the space which > >is used for brake light in North American Vanagons, and...
• Re: Brake fluid
  Historical mailing list - moritz schmid
  Fri, 4 May 2018 14:44:51 -0400
  I have been using Valvoline brake fluid for the last few years without an issue and it says compatible with DOT3/4. https://shop...