Sounds like it is time for a new master cylinder.  Not hard to change but in
an awkward location behind the instrument cluster.
TEMiller

----- Original Message -----
From: "Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD" <gstylia@TEMPEST.COEDU.USF.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 7:33 AM
Subject: Brake problem

> Vanagon GL 86, 2.1, Gas
>
> Last month, the brakes got soft/spongy. They were braking fine, but at
> the stop lights they would go down to the floor.
> I opened the rear drums and it was time for new shoes and new cylinders.
> I changed both, the brakes work great, but at the stop lights again, the
> pedal seems to be going down again. Not as bad as before and not all the
> time. I opened them again, they looked fine, I readjusted, and it still
> does it intermittently.
> Any suggestions?
>
> georgios
>