Stan, I in just about ready to install my new 1.9l NA motor with trans from
82 air cooled.  This is in my 82 Westy Diesel.

I swapped the rear flex line to the slave cylinder last night with a new
one, as the other was cracked and original equipment.
All the fluid ran out of the system, obviously, and it was ugly stuff.

Is the hydraulic clutch system not tied in directly with the brake system?

Do I need to clean out the vacuum booster as well and bleed the entire brake
system too?

I should look it up in Bentley but I was up until 3:30am last night sanding
and painting the engine rack mount tubes, cleaning engine compartment... AH,
I could eat breakfast off the battery shelf, it's so clean.

Thanks, Bryan
Bryan Belman       Pt. Pleasant, NJ
1990 Audi 200 Turbo (Money Pit)
1982 Westy 1.9l NA (In process)
1970 Type1 Std. Beetle (This one is done)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: Brake help needed

> You need a master cylinder. Thats it short and sweet.
> When you install it be sure you get all of the brake fluid out of your
> vacume booster, use rags, suction and then clean it with alcohol.
> Change to DOT4 brake fluid and bleed the complete system and clutch
> slave.
> I just did this job last week on an 81 Westy.
>
> Stan Wilder
> 83 Westfalia Air Cooled
>
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 15:26:45 -0700 Steven Edmundson
> <stevo@SPRINTMAIL.COM> writes:
> > Van: `82 Vanagon Westfalia
> > Prob: Brake pedal goes to the floor when trying to stop
> >
> > Ever since I got the van the pedal would SLOWLY make it's way to the
> > floor if preasure was not kept on it at a stop. Yeah, yeah, I SHOULD
> > have fixed it long ago but I didn't. Now when I push the pedal it
> > rapidly falls to the floor a the while making a kind of wooshing
> > sound
> > (like brake fluid being pushed through a valve) coming from the
> > master
> > cylinder.There is no brake fluid leaking from anywhere that i can
> > see.
> > I'm guessing that the master cylinder is in serious need of a
> > rebuilding
> > but wanted to get some opinions first. Tell me what you think.
> >
> >
> > PS. I tried to use the search function but it was just taking WAY to
> > long (20 min and going).
> > _______
> >
> > Stevo
> >
> > My `97 GTI
> > <http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1497939&a=12321481&f=0>
> >
>
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