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Subject:Re: Brake problem
From:Jere Hawn
Date:Tue, 27 May 2003 23:41:09 -0700

Hi Chris,

When I bled the brakes in Mar I got a little air from the left rear... I'll
look again this week end.

Can there be a leak that only lets air in and no fluid out?

Jere

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris DeLong [mailto:green536@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 11:35 PM
To: jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Brake problem

Bench bleeding is not so necessary and I doubt it killed a new MC. I would 
check the condition of your rear brakes. It has been know for slave 
cylinders to bleed air into the system. Although you didnt mention if you 
had been getting air when you were bleeding the brakes; if you were then you

might have another problem.

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
>Reply-To: Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Brake problem
>Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 21:36:31 -0700
>
>Hi All,
>
>
>
>Can anyone provide some assistance on this brake problem?
>
>
>
>My pedal fades very very slowly.  So I change the master cylinder and I've
>bled the system from the furthest brake forward no change.  I spoke with a
>local car mechanic and he said that the cups in the cylinder have reverses
>themselves because I did not bench bleed the new master cylinder.  He
>couldn't explain why there was no change from the original master cylinder.
>I checked for leaks: none.
>
>
>
>TIA
>
>Jere
>
>90 GL
>
>88 GL

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