Brake problems

[kervinridgley@earthlink.net (Kervin)]

I replaced the master cylinder a year and a half ago.  I hope it gets a
little dryer so I can get things right again.

Decker wrote:
> 
> Hi Kervin;
>     I think you might need a new master cylinder. I have resurrected many
> dead A1 VW's and if they have set a few years and the rear wheel cylinders
> leak when you replace the rear wheel cylinders and bleed the brakes you blow
> the master cylinder. I guess there is crud in the master cylinder bore
> beyond it's normal travel and with bleeding one crosses that threshold and
> it's all over. In an A1 that hasn't had brakes bled in many years I would
> guess it is almost a 50 - 50 change that one will have to replace the master
> cylinder when one bleeds the brakes.
> Brian Decker
> 
> > I put on some new park brake cables this weekend, replaced all the
> > springs in my drum brakes and put in some super blue brake fluid.  I got
> > to use my new pressure bleeder.  What a nice tool!  Anyway, I was
> > helping two other friends at the same time and kinda lost track of what
> > I was doing. I stepped on the brake pedal without the drivers side drum
> > on the car.  Fluid came out the brake cylinder.  I didn't think it was
> > that big of a deal, but now it's like I only have half braking power.
> > There is twice the pedal travel and pumping the brakes does not make
> > things feel any different.  Does it sound like I did something bad to
> > the passenger side brake cylinder?  It's a re-man unit from auto zone so
> > I can just take it back, but I wanted some thoughts from the list.
> > Along the same lines, I'm thinking about going to rear discs.  Do the VW
> > A2 discs really fit on if I just flip them over?  I'm going to the junk
> > yard this week for a tranny, so i thought I'd look for some of those
> > calipers if they will work.
> > --
> > Kervin
> > 86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80% and lots of other numbers and letters
> > 88 Gti 1.8 16v Not done and now it's winter :(
> > 00 tt600
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Kervin
86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80% and lots of other numbers and letters
88 Gti 1.8 16v Not done and now it's winter :(
00 tt600