On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:17:23 -0700, Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET> wrote:

>I replaced the rear shoes on my 84. SBS shoes now.  Had the drums turned,
>they are within spec.  Replaced one wheel cylinder that was weeping.  Bled
>the

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using the brakes...Anybody?
>  PS: My brake MS is relatively new..last March..My fluid was replaced at
>the time of the new brake and clutch cylinder..
>
>  Don Hanson

I just realized that the hydraulic cylinder I've replaced two times in my
van is really the clutch MC, not the brake.  Do the symptoms I've tried to
describe sound like maybe my brake MC is problematic?

  I'm getting a little short for time, having a trip to Utah coming next
weekend, so I want to get the van 'finished' and correctly.  I could see
snow on the trip, so I want the brakes working without any unexpected or
unpredictable behavior.  Should I throw a master cylinder at the
problem..and should I go for the high priced spread MC or is the "european
copy" gonna be ok for a poor fella (now) who is not a "Van-atic" owner?

  Don Hanson