re
"Oil  fan?  Master brake cylinder?  Do the fan relay  thing?"

there's no 'penalty' in doing the master cylinder any time ..
super easy with the whole dash installed, just remove instrument cluster.

and....
might want to look into lubing the pedal assembly while you have more
access, particularly the clutch pedal push rod clevis pin ..though I think
it's still pretty inaccessible with full dash off.

and yes...on lubing the fan.
I think a lot of people might get nutty over this idea, but I extend the
life of things like fan motors or get them to be quiet again with WD-40
....even just spray down the air intake with fan running,
But warning .....Father Volkswagen would never approve of such an unorodox
repair or service.
YMMV as they say.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: While the dash is off...top priorities?

> Clean your grounds while they're easily accessible.  Headlight relays if
> you're thinking of heading in that direction.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> |Mark Dearing
> |Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 6:45 AM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: Re: While the dash is off...top priorities?
> |
> |In a message dated 4/23/2010 9:10:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> |msouth@GMAIL.COM writes:
> |
> |Oil  fan?  Master brake cylinder?  Do the fan relay  thing?
> |
> |
> |they all are good to do at this time   later  mark d