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• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:05:40 -0400
  ...I can always tell if I left the handbrake on when I start to drive if my brake pedal is real firm. Where do...
• need locate brake part for 69
  Historical mailing list - Timothy D.F. Maddox
  Tue, 13 Jun 95 17:21:08 EDT
  ...I need the handbrake levers for my 69 bus, you know, that lever that attaches to your rear brakshoe and your handbrake cable attaches...
• Re: Ignition turned "off", engine stays on. Pull up handbrake engine goes off??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:45:29 -0400
  ...Pull up handbrake engine goes off?? Trust me to have such a strange thing happen. Earlier I posted that my Jetta conversion wouldn't...
• Re: Eight nights in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - nirav patel
  Wed, 16 Sep 2015 09:04:05 -0500
  ...Caused more stress and anxiety than anything else. >> >> I think this must have been handbrake related. The handbrake has lost >> almost all it's...
• Re: Handbreak cable
  Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
  Wed, 13 Jul 1994 21:40:28 -0400 (EDT)
  If any one wants or needs to know how to intsall a handbrake cable for a Vanagon, I just did it and it isn...
• Re: E-brake relocation
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:35:44 -0700
  ...If you want an underdash pull-out > ("umbrella-type") handbrake lever, find a suitable item at a wrecker, > make mounts to fit it under...
• Re: Ignition turned "off", engine stays on. Pull up handbrake engine goes off??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:53:29 -0700
  ...Pull up handbrake engine goes off?? > Thanks Dennis. > > Thanks for writing. > > The blue Vanagon wire connects to the Jetta alternator. The alt light > comes...
• Re: Ignition turned "off", engine stays on. Pull up handbrake engine goes off??
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:07:22 -0700
  ...there's some small gremlin being tweaked by movement of the handbrake cable..... though unlikely. Right now I'm experiencing an on/off power...
• Go Westy products
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:09:11 +1000
  ...If the console is specifically shaped to house the handbrake lever on the left hand side (for LHD) then it is no good for...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:52:39 -0600
  ...I had thought that perhaps I could tighten the > handbrake cable, but reading this makes me wonder if I need to check the > rear...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:13:21 -0800
  ...I had thought that perhaps I could tighten the > handbrake cable, but reading this makes me wonder if I need to check the > rear...
• Update on brake indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Wed, 11 May 2005 22:34:09 -0400
  I checked the switch at the handbrake. Disconnecting the ground does not make the light go out. I removed the connector from the level...
• Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 09:39:15 +0200
  ...Brent, The next time this happens (hopefully never) lower your rigth arm and YANK the handbrake as hard as you can, just until you...
• Re: Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 22 May 2016 11:55:57 -0700
  ...Using the handbrake will push the shoes out and with them not seated > that will wedge,, distort the drum, etc and move out letting...
• '80 Brake Master Fixing Q's
  Historical mailing list
  18 Dec 96 07:29:11 PST
  ...I've bulked up considerably on the right arm from using the handbrake. The LR had been leaking for awhile befor it blew completely...
• Re: E-brake relocation
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 15:07:55 -0500
  ...If you want an underdash pull-out > ("umbrella-type") handbrake lever, find a suitable item at a wrecker, > make mounts to fit it under...
• Re: Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 May 2016 10:37:56 -0400
  ...If the wheels turn free after releasing the handbrake you are probably good to go. As for the handbrake pushing the brakes out even...
• belly pan query
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Sep 1996 15:12:28 -0400
  ...that covers the area between the chassis under the gearlever and handbrake floor area. In the UK all the other belly pans are available...
• Re: Ignition turned "off", engine stays on. Pull up handbrake engine goes off??
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 21:49:12 -0700
  ...IF the brake warning light plug was in backwards, I wonder if I simply provided a ground via the handbrake switch to the coil...
• Re: another brake saga
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:27:06 -0400
  ...stays about as high as it is if you pull the handbrake first, then they must be working... -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:08:56 -0700
  ...I can always tell if I left the handbrake on when I start >to drive if my brake pedal is real firm. > >Where do...
• WHICH WAY to adjust?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 09:50:36 -0800
  ...My handbrake is too high. I would like to know: which way is the righ and the left side should be adjusted. One is...
• Re: Ignition turned "off", engine stays on. Pull up handbrake engine goes off??
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:00:09 -0700
  ...this. > > With engine running, key turned to "off", I pull the handbrake up and > engine stops! > > Did this 3 times exactly the same way...
• Re: beeper for hand brake
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 25 Oct 2014 15:24:46 -0700
  ...Buzzer for handbrake http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7421187#7421187 On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Brent...
• Brake Warning Light Stays On
  Historical mailing list - Jerome Perkins
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:19:41 EDT
  For some time the handbrake warning light has remained lit on my 84 DG engined bus. There is low brake fluid level indicator fitted...
• Re: Lug nut lubrication or not?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:08:23 +1200
  ...book? Probably just the manufacturer protecting itself from litigation-crazy folk who don't know how to do up lugnuts, set the handbrake etc.
• Re: Brake warning light flickering
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:30:16 -0800
  ...I did leave the handbrake on once or twice, could that have messed something up. How do I troubleshoot this? > > -David (1987 Wolfsburg 2...
• Re: Rear Brake Adjustment Reminder
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 08:41:35 -0800
  ...usual symptom of soft brake pedal (which firmed up considerably if handbrake > applied). > > I jacked up the rear of the van and supported it...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:29:38 -0700
  ...I had thought that perhaps I could tighten the >> handbrake cable, but reading this makes me wonder if I need to check the >> rear...
• Re: Speakin' of brakes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 10:24:23 -0800 (PST)
  ...more pedal travel than you would like? Try this, engage the handbrake a bit, not enough to stop you, but enough to get the...
• Rear brakes resend due to reply getting blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 17 Jul 2021 13:51:47 +0000
  ...Now install the handbrake cable and adjust so that the lever almost touches the adjusting rod. It is important that when the handbrake is...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:39:30 -0400
  ...Set the handbrake and hit the brake pedal once. Let go, wait a bit and hit the pedal again. If it stays firm with...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:53:06 -0700
  ...I thought I'd reinstall the fridge relay to solve the "handbrake on, engine off" problem. Didn't help. Related to all of this...
• HELP! Rear brake adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Mark G
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 23:54:53 -0400
  ...I was told by a local mechanic that they could not adjust the handbrake because the rear brakes were shot and needed replacement, and...
• Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:34:30 -0400
  ...And probably the handbrake doesn't work. The crucial bits -- slave cylinder and bottom pivot -- are attached to solid metal. -- David Beierl - Providence RI...
• Re: Brake warning light flickering
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Dec 2011 17:14:38 -0500
  ...I did leave the handbrake on once or twice, could that have messed something up. How do I troubleshoot this? � -David (1987 Wolfsburg 2...
• Trash can Vanagon stoppers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 4 Mar 2009 23:45:33 -0800
  ...It was , I said, asking what that has to do with it? Apparently he went up and released the handbrake while I was in...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:22:47 -0500
  ...I had thought that perhaps I could tighten the > > handbrake cable, but reading this makes me wonder if I need to check the > > rear...
• Re: Rear brakes resend due to reply getting blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 18 Jul 2021 13:41:18 -0600
  ...Now install the handbrake cable and adjust so that the lever almost touches the adjusting rod. It is important that when the handbrake is...
• Re: 78 VW Bus transport
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:33:54 -0800
  And take off the handbrake. Ask me how I know. tim in san jose On 11/28/05, phil cain <bearsvw2000@yahoo.com> wrote...
• Annoying position of Brake and seatbelt warning lamps
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:48:27 -0800
  Just lately, I've forgotten to release my handbrake twice. The warning lamp is exactly obscured by my steering wheel rim and so is...
• Fwd: belly pan query
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Sep 1996 02:20:28 -0400
  ...that covers the area between the chassis under the gearlever and handbrake floor area. In the UK all the other belly pans are available...
• Re: Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 May 2016 22:42:32 -0400
  ...Using the handbrake will push the shoes out > and with them not seated that will wedge,, distort the drum, etc and > move out letting...
• Re: *&^%@ gas gauge!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 7:25:26 EDT
  ...There is no definite point at which the gauge will always say .5 gal left....I have lowered the tank to replace the handbrake...
• Re: HELP! Rear brake adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 21:25:33 -0700
  ...I was told by a local mechanic that they could not adjust >the handbrake because the rear brakes were shot and needed replacement, and...
• Re: Box behind/below driver seat.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 23:29:15 -0400
  ...it should turn...what I hate is having to release the handbrake to do it. Mine stays facing front almost all the time. david...
• Re: Big Brake Kit $575
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 13:08:42 +0200
  ...Second, to use the handbrake, the rotor has a brake drum installed in it (like BMWs have). Many parts --> high prices... If only I...
• Eurovan Brake Light
  Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:25:24 -0400
  ...It functions properly when the handbrake is applied, and has never come on during brake applications. Since there is no Bentley manual out for...
• Re: parking fish?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:40:43 -0500
  ...I have never met a car with brake-warning light that did not combine the handbrake warning and brake-circuit-failure warning in one...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - emergency brake no "catching/holding"
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:31:51 -0800
  ...the US call it an "emergency" brake" It's for parking > ie a parking brake, or if hand-operated (as is normal) a handbrake. > >
• Re: Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums. Need to do a better job at proof reading!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 May 2016 22:17:07 -0400
  ...Using the handbrake will push the shoes out > and with them not seated that will wedge,, distort the drum, etc and > move out letting...
• Re: another brake saga
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:39:13 -0700
  ...stays about as high as it is if you pull the handbrake first, > then they must be working... Huh? Sorry I don't understand...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:13:56 -0700
  ...Bentley wiring typo? > > Thanks Dennis. > > I thought I'd reinstall the fridge relay to solve the "handbrake on, > engine off" problem. Didn't help...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - paul guard
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 10:40:19 +0000
  Have you tried pulling your handbrake on half-way? That's all you need to do for temporary LSD-like action, and it works...
• Loving the mineral oil
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:22:32 -0700
  ...But what really pleased me was how it restored the chalky door handles and handbrake cover. I have the self destructing brown plastic in...
• Stupid Car Tricks
  Historical mailing list - ian Butler
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:58:53 -0500
  ...Front-wheel drive cars are fun in reverse, and sliding around in circles with creative handbrake use. And the bus .. the bus. Mine's...
• Re: slack in e-brake cable?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:03:55 -0800
  ...when the handbrake is off, the adjuster and the cables just dangle about an inch and a half lower than they would be with...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:42:36 -0800
  ...I had thought that perhaps I could tighten the >>> handbrake cable, but reading this makes me wonder if I need to check the >>> rear...
• Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Sep 2022 14:06:10 +0000
  ...Now for the handbrake adjustment. The only way to properly adjust the handbrake is for the drums to be removed so you can see...
• Re: HELP! Rear brake adjustment
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 21:45:53 -0700
  ...I was told by a local mechanic that they could not adjust > the handbrake because the rear brakes were shot and needed replacement, and...