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Subject:Re: Brake Fluid
From:John Bange
Date:Thu, 12 May 2005 13:59:27 -0700

>I need to check the brake fluid...Ok Im a moron....wher the heck is
the resivoir.
> 
> Thanks...

Heh. Not a moron at all. It's highly non-intuitive compared to most
other vehicles. Sitting in the driver's seat, reach over the top of
the instrument pod and feel the back edge. You'll find two "finger
dents", one each on the left and right. Hook your fingers in there and
lift up. The instrument cluster cover will lift off in the back.
Unhook it on the front (carefully, it's thin plastic) and set it where
you won't sit on it or walk over it. Inside, behind the cluster dead
center in line with the steering column you'll find the cap to the
brake fluid reservoir.

VW engineers were either crazy or ingenious...