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• Re: Brakes: out of the frying pan, and into the fire!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 21:25:52 -0500
  Vacuum line to the brake booster. Also would explain the idle problem. Part of that line includes the vacuum check valve. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Remove rear axle nut no e brake?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 7 May 2016 17:33:04 -0700
  ...Can the big rear axle nut be removed with bus in gear, wheel chicks but no e brake? ( parking brake) Thanks. Neil. -- Neil n...
• Re: Brake fluid --- WHOOPS
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 9 Aug 2003 10:07:05 -0700
  ...At 09:54 AM 08/09/2003, you wrote: >Hey Group, >I was just bleeding my brakes and I managed to spill some brake...
• Re: B-r-r-r-a-a-a-k-e-s
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:41:20 -0700
  ...Then stop with the emergency brake. I pull off > the top of the console so I can see the brake reservoir. Fluid is in...
• Front Disc Brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Mon, 15 May 2000 15:39:07 -0700
  Over the past several months, I recall reading pros and cons of brands of disc brakes for an 85 vanagon. Simple question, hope for...
• Bleeding brakes
  Historical mailing list - J. Stefanovich
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:17:25 -0700
  When using a pressure bleeder, when do I do the clutch? I think once I did it after the rear brakes and another time...
• Was: Mystery Loss of Power At Startup - now Adjusting Parking Brake or Emergency Brake
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:44:18 -0400
  Yesterday, Dennis Haynes replied that improper adjustment of the parking / emergency brake could be the cause of the problem this thread raised. He said...
• Re: brake bleeding question
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:32:30 -0400
  Hi Todd, Pedal height is really set by the rear brake adjustment. But if the pedal is spongy or if the brakes have limited...
• Re: clutch/brake bleed order
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 2 Aug 2013 21:08:05 -0700
  Clutch feeds from higher on the reservoir as a safety (your clutch will stop working before your brakes quit). This could enter into the...
• Re: Brakes completely died.
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:47:41 -0400
  Yep - sounds like a rusted brake line. To find it, crawl under the van to the spot where you think the leak is - bring...
• Re: Spongy Brake Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pinnell
  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:10:40 -0400
  ...I will go ahead and order an overhaul kit for both rear brakes. I'll let you know what happens. Thanks for the quick...
• Re: Rear Brake Shoe Spring Clips
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 2 Oct 2010 16:01:30 -0700
  ...If they sell brake shoes, they'll sell you that tool. More below: On Oct 2, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans...
• Re: That's it, I've had it. (Driving with brake on)
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 13:14:26 -0700
  You could just attach something like a bungee from the e=brake to the steering wheel whenever you use it, to remind you. I...
• Re: The case of the missing brake fluid.
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Jan 95 14:02:34 EST
  > > >> > >>another weirder answer to the missing brake fluid could be that the BRAKE > >>master is leaking into the booster, hence the dissapearing fluid. > >> > >>Anyone...
• Re: Brake light sensor switch adj.
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:13:43 -0500
  ...I also checked the brake section in the Bentley, but did > not see any mention of a brake switch. Brake light switches generally live...
• Re: Brake fluid DOT 3-4-5-?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 4 Apr 1999 11:43:01 -0400
  ...If you get the brakes hot, the fluid will boil, and that create air (boiled brake fluid) in the lines, just as you need...
• Re: third brake light delight
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 07:45:44 -0800
  ...Todd '88 Westy developtrust wrote: > I had a friend step on my brakes after I installed my third LED brake light at the top...
• Re: Foot actuated parking brake
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:46:42 -0700
  ...Foot actuated parking brake > > >> Just wondered if anyone has ever successfully modified the parking >> brake to a foot-pedal type. How I would love...
• Re: Bleeding brakes - 1.9 - questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Nov 2011 20:19:56 -0800
  ...resulting in low pedal and poor brake performance . as I mentioned recently .. there was a Diesel Westy I worked on that had iffy brake...
• Re: Brakes went out
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:57:17 -0400
  ...Have you been recently doing any brake work? Sometimes if you compress the front calipers it can push junk up into the MC and...
• Re: Comments on Splittie (brake circuits)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 22:54:41 +1200
  >>ok--the brakes--properly adjusted brakes are very adequet--gotta remember >>they are vintage 66. ever try to stop a 66 muscle car--not...
• Re: Vanagon + LED Brake Lights + AudioVox CCS-100
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Wed, 6 May 2020 14:44:59 -0700
  Because the cruise control uses the brake light to trigger disengaging, it checks the brake light circuit is working before it'll engage, too...
• Re: front brake hoses too short?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 2 Aug 2014 18:09:29 -0400
  Are your calipers on upside-down? Here a pic of my Westy with early and late style brakes: http://s16.photobucket.com/user/misterpolak...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:58:13 -0400
  ...Are these pressure bleeders (attach to brake fluid reservoir and push fluid through), or vacuum bleeders (attach to brake caliper/cylinder)? The latter ones...
• Brake line replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Robinson
  Fri, 13 Oct 1995 01:18:40 -0400 (EDT)
  ...You see I bought this '66 Westy with no brakes ('cept hand brake). I look in the master cylinder and jar, and both are...
• brake pedal low--questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 03:16:31 EDT
  My brake pedal is getting low but comes up where it belongs with a pump. Since the parking brake needs an extra click to...
• Re: Comments on Splittie
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:08:51 -0500
  >ok--the brakes--properly adjusted brakes are very adequet--gotta remember >they are vintage 66. ever try to stop a 66 muscle car--not...
• brake pad replacement
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:18:22 -0800
  ...Last weekend I took the old front disk brake pads out and was trying to replace the pads with new ones. However, I wasn...
• Brake fluid composition? UV leak detection
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 7 Nov 1995 19:35:47 CST6CDT
  ...What exactly *is* brake fluid made of? I know there are 'alcohols' etc. but i'd like a specific formulation. What i want to...
• Re: hissing brakes
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:43:30 -0600
  >When i first fdrive my 1980 Westy, the first time i step on the brakes i >hear a faint hissing noise (vacuum?) coming from...
• Re: Self adjusting rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 21:34:18 -0700
  ...All the brake > hardware hwre appears OK. Do other Vanagons self adjust by backing up and > appling the brakes? > > Regards, John > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends...
• Low Brake Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Baird
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:45:30 -0500
  On my 85 Wolfie Auto, the brake pedal seems low. I have changed the fluid and adjusted the rear brakes, bled all the calipers...
• Re: Squeaking Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:36:17 +0000
  >Lots of people refer to disk brakes squeaking when they are applied, but >mine have taken to squeaking when they are not applied. Any...
• Re: bmw brake booster "upgrade"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 6 Nov 2011 19:25:18 -0800
  ...or upgrade to the later type vanagon brakes ( though I just did read of a case with those later brakes installed and the poster...
• Re: Reply to: Was EV slap, Now electricals, HELP!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 Jul 1996 07:29:35 -0700
  At 1:37 PM 7/30/96, sean bartnik wrote: > Tim, > Sounds like on your most recent brake problem that the brakes were just...
• Re: Big Brake options
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 9 Jun 2021 23:53:43 +0000
  My Subie Converter also does Big Brake Conversions.  While initially test driving with the mechanic on my new EJ22 conversion, I asked him about...
• Re: Why do my brakes squeak?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 07:19:02 -0400
  Your brake squeak because the preson who did the pad replacement last, did not take reasonable precausions to prevent this problem. FIND A NEW...
• Re: brake booster
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:31:14 -0500
  In general, brake boosters do not wear but they fail. They fail in one of two ways. They either fail to provide assist or...
• Re: Notes on new stock sized rotors
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 24 Jun 2019 09:33:43 -0700
  ...at Brake Performance site... now I have difficult choices to make (which is which?) :-) as it now the Premium Cross Drilled & Slotted Brake Kit...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:50:25 -0600
  On Mar 26, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Bryan Feddish wrote: > Also, the brakes don't feel "great" because I > have new pads up...
• Brake light cluster question
  Historical mailing list - rob wilke
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 17:14:33 -0700
  Was just replacing my brake light bulb on my 87 Syncro gl and saw an extra hole. I was wondering if anyone knows what...
• Re: Brake fluid replacement
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Sun, 21 May 2000 07:28:40 -0500
  ...In a recent NASCAR auto race, front brake discs were seen glowing > red. "The Professor" reports brake engineers advise this requires > 1300 degrees F...
• Re: Follow up - parking brake questions. Was: Frozen emergency brake
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:16:36 -0500
  ...Follow up - parking brake questions. Was: Frozen emergency brake >> >> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Luke Bakken <luke.bakken@gmail.com...
• Re: Clutch and Slave stuff
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:03:36 -0400
  Sounds like the brake master cylinder is leaking into the brake booster. When you have the old master cylinder off, use a suction device...
• Re: Bigger Brakes was: My thoughts after hearing some responses
  Historical mailing list - Wagner, James W., , SAF/AQPS
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:33:16 -0500
  ...Bigger Brakes was: My thoughts after hearing > some responses > > > Ken: > > A dumb question: Since the front brakes will now have > more "oomph", wouldn't...
• Re: Brake
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:42:04 -0600
  ...But there is more than brake adjustment to consider. If the brake cylinder is a different diameter, the shoes are different or the drum...
• brake hissing?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:42:16 -0400
  I've noticed that with hard brake application, I slight hissing sound can be heard coming from under the dash in our 83 westy...
• Re: Brake Fluid vs Hose Material
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:32:49 -0800
  > Does anyone offhand know what the black outside/blue inside hose that > connects the brake fluid reservoir to the clutch master cylinder is made...
• Re: Parking/Brake Warning light
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 30 May 2009 09:51:58 -0600
  My '87 Syncro Westy has a switch at the e-brake, just like the ones on the doors. Don't know what year/kind...
• Re: Retrofitting power steering-is it worth it?/BRAKES
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Tue, 5 May 1998 16:38:02 -0700
  Dennis Haynes writes: > For a real treat, the 86 and >later brakes can also be installed. The spindles will bolt right up and >you...
• Re: Brake lights went out
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Sun, 6 May 2001 15:26:43 -0600
  ...Don't know what year your Vanagon is, but the typical wiring for the brake lites is from a fuse to the switch to...
• Re: Stiff Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 17:23:27 -0500
  ...Stiff Brakes Does anyone know if the Vanagon has a brake booster? I have an '82 and it became harder and harder to stop...
• Re: Power Brake Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 07:59:09 EST
  ...If nothing else, not having the power assist allows you to better sense the firm pedal of a brake system which is purged of...
• Re: Brake Pedal Pulse Questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:53:16 -0400
  ...I may have to do this however as room to do brake work is limited. The UCA bushings should be doable but rear brake...
• Re: Led Brake lamps and audiovox cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sat, 10 Aug 2013 18:26:52 -0700
  Hey William, I'd be tempted to install a separate switch, on the brake lever itself (like you get with the GoWesty Rostra kit...
• Re: Disc brakes on pre-'71 buses.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Feb 96 11:42:38 +0100
  ...The pressure will not overcome the springtension on the brake shoes, the shoes will not 'brake'. A disc brake doesn't have return springs...
• Re: Brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Hung
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 17:19:35 -0500
  > Now I've got a question. > > I've noticed a tendency for the '91 to develop what I'll call soft > brakes after a...
• Re: Brakes, reprise
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:09:47 -0400
  Buzz isn't from the dash, but under the front of the vehicle :( I see a rusty device down there with brake lines going...
• Re: weird little brake noise - thanks
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 1 Jun 2003 21:21:58 -0700
  Thank to everyone for the numerous and quick responses - ranging from "no problem, don't worry about it" to "all your brakes might be...
• Brake Booster question
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 15:58:38 -0900
  ...Have a question about a possible vacuum leak from the brake booster. When I depress the brake pedal I hear a very low-level...