Not fixed yet. Ordered a new MC though. Will reinspect the rear shoe
setup, but doubt I made a mistake there.

Cheers
matthias

On Jan 12, 2007, at 6:34 AM, Mike Riley wrote:

> -----
> how did you fix it? it would be informative to the rest of us,
> it is not helpful  to say I had that problem without saying how you
> fixed it.
> mike
>
>
>> Date:    Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:54:14 -0800
>> From:    neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: Re: bleeding bloody brakes
>>
>> On 1/11/07, Matthias Kuster <matthiaskuster@verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> I am looking to get some input on my brakes for a 1984 Westy:
>>>
>>> I have replaced front calipers, ................
>>
>> On my 81 I have two bleed screws per caliper. Your's may too. Maybe
>> gravity bleeding from bottom screw would help get all air removed.
>> Though if air was in system, pedal would be spongy, so air in lines
>> may not be culprit......hmmm....
>>
>>>
>>> I have bled the system now the 7th time with a pressure bleeder
>>> at 20
>>> psi, ....... I have also done it just with the pumping method
>>> once, with a
>>> hose attached to bleeder screw and submersed in liquid.
>>>
>>
>> Try gravity bleeding system.
>>
>>
>> Are you sure shoes are adj. close enough to drum?
>>
>> On my van I went through something similar. I had replaced rear
>> cylinders, shoes, hardware, drums, MC, and one steel line. I bled the
>> system a few different ways trying to fix this:
>>
>> after pushing pedal once, and when van running I would get good pedal
>> pressure/height and it would stay that way while driving. But in the
>> morning, first push of pedal, cold, engine off, it would go right to
>> floor. Shouldn't happen that way. There should have been some pedal
>> height even with booster off.
>>
>> I posted questions and got some really good tips from vanagon,
>> wetwesties and diesel vanagon. I was also told by local Vanagon
>> mechanic that there are check valves on the MC that may allow this
>> symptom to happen.
>>
>> Try searching vanagon, diesel vanagon, wet westies lists under:
>>
>> "Eng. off/cold; brake pedal goes to floor. Eng. on/pump pedal;
>> pedal height ok."
>>
>> "Brake problem (Long. Am at wits end. Archives down. Please help!)"
>>
>> "Brake problem. Am at wits end. Please help!"
>>
>> or various permiatations thereof, or simply use "bleeding"
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> --
>> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
>>
>> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>>