"[...] a bit of a pain but much nicer than removing the dash."

I've had root canals that were less trouble than removing the dash.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.

On 05/07/2012 09:49 AM, pickle vanagon wrote:
> I just did this a few months ago without removing the dash.  I removed the
> dash to do the heater core a while back so I had nothing else to do in
> there.
>
> there's a write-up someone did on thesamba:
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=401822
>
> Although that thread is mostly about him putting in a bigger booster, it
> still has some photos of the basic procedure.
>
> (note: when you unbolt the clutch cylinder, you leave the lines attached so
> no clutch bleeding should be necessary)
>
> All in all I found it a bit of a pain but much nicer than removing the dash.
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> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:15 AM, fonman4277@comcast.net<
> fonman4277@comcast.net>  wrote:
>
>> I have a friend who replaced his power brake booster withOUT removing the
>> dash. I'm still waiting for him to explain how he did it, I just don't see
>> how it is possible.
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "David Beierl"<dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
>> Date: Sun, May 6, 2012 19:58
>> Subject: Dash removed/re-installed
>> To:<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>
>> At 07:30 PM 5/6/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>> If anyone can think of anything else I should have done -- just keep it
>>> to yourself. I'm not going back in unless something is broke.
>>
>> You didn't grease the clutch clevis?  It's sure to fail within a
>> thousand miles now.  Better check out Alistair's method for greasing
>> it without taking the dash out.
>>
>> Oh never mind, you've got an automatic.
>>
>> :->
>> d
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