Hi Eric.  What material did you use to deaden the sound, and are you happy with it?

Thanks
Jeff

> On Jun 29, 2017, at 6:17 PM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> 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.