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On 2 Sep 2005 at 14:19, type3weezer@comcast.net wrote: > Last time I posted I started out a long discussion about pushrod length. I > believe when we left the discussion there was some debate as to wether it was > 143.5 or 153mm. I went with the bentley (143.5) because you cant set the pushrod > at 153. It's not long enough. (I measure from the tip to the center of the > circle that hooks onto the pedal cluster. Have you changed to a tandem MC? If still simplex, then I'd expect the 143.5mm number to be the right one, but IIRC, there was a +/- 5mm variation possible with that one. > I changed one of the cylinders in the front that had some fluid past the cup. I'd suggest buying a cheap cylinder hone and smoothing down your old cylinder bores as a first step. You can do this in place and it only takes a minute to do. Then clean the inner parts, inspect the edges of the rubber seals, and reassemble. This almost always works and is a good idea even on old cylinders which seem fine, but which have perceptable roughness, from corrosion, inside the bore. The goal is to keep the rust from building up inside to the point where it tears up the lip on the seal. As long as that bore is smooth, the seals are incredibly accomodating. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~