That's certainly a bargain price. I think the price that I quoted was from the VW dealership.

David Clarkson

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Hundt <dhundt@bendbroadband.com>
To: dvdclarksn <dvdclarksn@aol.com>; vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:34 am
Subject: Re: hissing relays?

          If it does turn out to be a faulty brake booster,  this would save you about $649.25
 ?
 http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/details/QQVolkswagenQQVanagonQQCentricQQBrake_BoosterQQ19801991QQCE160-dot-88202.html?apwcid=P1135867996W43b3f85c7ab9e&apwidtZrd3U7
 ?
 Don
    ----- Original Message ----- 
   From:    dvdclarksn@aol.com 
   To: dhundt@bendbroadband.com ; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
   Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 9:15  PM
   Subject: Re: hissing relays?
   

   Didn't think of    that but if I were losing vacuum there wouldn't the pedal be feeling different    and coming up (away from the floorboard) more? I will check it though to see    if a hose is loose or something else is out of sorts.But no it can't be the    booster cause that part is about $750.00 new-yikes!? I'm thinking about    an upgrade with it eventually. Seems as though I have read that the E30?    or E36 series BMW can be modified to fit a vanagon and provides more    assistance to go along with other brake upgrades. I'm the service manager at    our local BMW dealership and I know one of my techs has bound to have a good    used one for sale. For the life of me I can't figure out why or how a relay    could make a hissing sound. I will listen again with my "listening tube"    (approx. 18" long piece of automotive hose with about a 1/4" I.D.) before I    tear the dash apart. Well going to do that anyway to fix the blankety blank    odometer, ribbon cable conn. problem and radio issue. Put it on the Westy    project list I guess.

David Clarkson
90 westy with a serpent in the    dash

   

   

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Hundt    <dhundt@bendbroadband.com>
To: dvdclarksn <dvdclarksn@AOL.COM>;    vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tue, Jun 7, 2011 8:04    pm
Subject: Re: hissing relays?

   

Your brake booster is in roughly the same location as the relays, that may  
 be where your hissing is coming from. 
 Don 
 ----- Original Message -----  
 From: "David Clarkson" <dvdclarksn@AOL.COM> 
 To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> 
 Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 9:45 PM 
 Subject: hissing relays? 
  
  
 I've been listening for something on my vanagon for a while. There is an  
 audible hissing noise that seemed to come from one or both of the relays  
 used for the very common headlight upgrade. I thought at first that there  
 was some sort of grounding problem tied into either the amp, crossovers or  
 stereo receiver but recently disproved that when the radio was disconnected  
 completely and removed. I have also had pulled the fuse on the amp as well.  
 I still had the hissing noise that would continue for about a second after  
 the engine was shut off. The noise occurs whether the headlights are on or  
 off. My question is could this be a grounding problem with the relays or  
 simply one or both of the relays themselves? This is the second pair that I  
 have had after one got broken when it came loose in the dash and when a fuse  
 for the relay power was damaged it melted down the other. The original pair  
 did not cause any hissing but it seems that I changed something like maybe  
 the grounding point for the relays. Anyone out there had a similar problem  
 or maybe some explanation or fix. I have heard of buzzing relays? before but  
 not one that mad a hissing sound like air being let out of a tire. Thanks  
 for any insight that anyone can offer. I'm thinking that I might just buy a  
 couple more and maybe get a slightly more expensive and hopefully better  
 quality relay. With this 21 yr. old van that is approaching 300k on a  
 rebuilt engine I really am tuned into any noises especially one that might  
 mask a more serious noise. 
  
 David Clarkson 
 1990 Westy Ssssssss....