Have to pitch in my own "brake comittee" siting.
While replacing front brake calipers i had to cut the bracket holding brake
hydrolic fitting to part of suspension instead of caliper. Not only was it
designed by committee but members surely were under
influence of vast amount of booze.
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy

"Paschall, Mack" wrote:

> >I've come to the conclusions that Vanagons were built by committee.
>
> Most definitely!
>
> > I had to remove the oil filler neck in order to remove this darned hose,
> > which means that I had to drain the oil, too!
>
> While replacing my brake lines I found a truly interesting site: the "T" for
> the rear brake lines is situated *above* the transmission.  To get to it one
> would have to drop the transmission.  I took the path of least resistance
> and bought another "T" and just routed the lines in a much more
> direct/easily accessible fashion.  BTW I got the "T" (aka brake fluid
> distributor?!) from Rocky Mountain Motorworks for $6.00 (very helpful people
> with great service); it isn't listed for a Vanagon, it is listed for the
> older bus but is the same item.
>
> Mack
> '87 Syncro Weekender