And,how about adding some sound deadening material while it is easy to cover the front.  Should make a nice difference with road, wind, and rain sounds.  I reached a bit over half of mine and it is a nice improvement .  I’ll do the rest if the dash or when the dash comes out.

Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto Westfalia 

> On Jun 29, 2017, at 5:40 PM, Jaime Forero <jforero@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
> 
> You might:
> See if heater motor needs replacement. You might take the heater assembly out and clean the heater core. 
> See if heater and vent controls need adjusting or cables replaced
> See if radio antenna needs replacing. Routing the cable‎ is easy with dash out.
> See vacuum booster is OK as well as lines to it
> See if master cylinder is leaking as well as the clutch master cylinder.
> See about cleaning the common ground plug.
> 
> General cleaning.
> 
> Cheers
> Jaime
> 
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>   Original Message  
> From: J.C.
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 12:15 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Reply To: J.C.
> Subject: Any repair recommendations while dashboard is removed?
> 
> Following up on my "brake pedal not retracting' question from a while
> ago, we finally got her into the shop and the diagnosis is that it's
> the brake booster (thanks for the pointer Ken!)
> 
> My new question for the list is as to what repair/replacements we
> might want to do while the dash is completely out. Would love to save
> on duplicate labor costs if we can.
> 
> This is for an 85 Westy.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 1:27 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
> <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Had this same problem on a VW Bus recently. It was the brake booster.
>> There is a spring inside that which allows the pedal to return. We have
>> them available on our site at www.vanagain.com if you need one.
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, May 17, 2017, 2:22 AM J.C. <dougm+sfbayrangers@kzsu.stanford.edu>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Question for the list, that I haven't found a definitive answer for:
>>> My girlfriend's 85 Westy has an issue wherein the brake pedal isn't
>>> retracting into the resting position. Thus, the brakes are dragging
>>> (and the temporary solution has been to use one's foot to retract the
>>> pedal while driving.) The brakes themselves don't feel mushy/soft,
>>> thus it doesn't seem to be a master cylinder issue, or air in the
>>> lines.
>>> 
>>> My 1st thought was that there was an issue with the spring, but (as
>>> well as I could tell) it doesn't appear to be broken, and it does
>>> appear to be attached.
>>> 
>>> Does anyone have an idea as to how to diagnose and repair?
>>> 
>>> (Searched the 1st 8 pages of results from a search of the archives but
>>> couldn't find anything.)
>>> 
>>> Thanks.