Like the damned Pheonix

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)]

I bought a reman brake caliper that I could not bleed. Turns out the inlet was packed with sand blasting material.
Great quality control boys.....

>-----Original Message-----
>From: C Boyko [mailto:roccit_53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:52 PM
>To: 'Neptuno'
>Cc: scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Like the damned Pheonix
>
>Oh Salty's just in need of someone to bug him, he missed Cincy this year so
>I couldn't pester him properly up close and personal. And I suppose I
>should get in the habit of cruising the Vintage forums. But the list has
>been so quiet, and the Scirocco preCincy thread on the Vortex was so much
>fun....it was good to see it revived.
>Cathy
>
>On another topic altogether, are brake rebuilders on crack? I just got a
>caliper for the winterbeater, went to put them on (after procrastinating
>all summer) and the guide pins take a 5.5mm Allen. I dont know about you,
>but my Allen bucket set doesn't have a 5.5mm. (and the stockers didn't come
>off with a 5.5mm, that I know for sure) And I just know I'd stick a 5 in
>there a few years from now and strip the hell out of them. So I used the
>old guide pins. And of course the little end caps from my stock caliper
>won't fit, so salt and water and crap will be in eating them apart anyway.
>Some days it might be better to drop it off and not know what's not quite
>right under there, you know?
>Cathy
>
> On 11:49 am 08/30/07 Neptuno <neptunonc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Oh Salty,
>>
>> Do You really? I started on the tex almost about the time that I
>> started here, and if you stay away from the Drama (Mk III, IV, V
>> forums) you are mostly in the safe.....Come feel the love that
>> permeates from the scirocco mind set...... Hell we have our bad apples
>> here..... I remember hurting peoples feelings for calling the tex,
>> whoreTex, but again I feel that I am contributory where ever I
>> go.......amusing at least.
>>
>> Cheers compadre,
>> El t
>>
>> Eric S <scirocco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I really hate vortex..but, seeing Meze post, I just had to reply :)
>>
>> --
>> Eric
>> www.vintagewatercooleds.com
>>
>> 1981 Scirocco S (TDI swap project)
>> 1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)
>>
>>
>> C Boyko said:
>> > ..the PreCincy thread on Vortex is BACK!!!! Too funny.....:)
>> >
>> > cathy
>> >
>> >
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