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[Tried to send this yesterday, but our stinky server has long since abandoned the Christmas spirit. My 'pologies if this went thru and is a duplicate.] [Yesterday morning] Drove my '72 Square the 10 miles into town. Brakes okay. Stopped to pick up the morning newspapers. Brakes okay. Headed for the restaurant for a nourishing cup of coffee. Brakes okay. Approached a red stop light, pushed on brake pedal...and it went almost all the way to the floor with little resistance and no stopping power. Nothing! Zilch-a-roonie! Nada-mundo! If I had a life, it would have flashed before my eyes. I grabbed the emergency brake handle and yanked it up about level with my ear lobes...and brought the vehicle to a stop. Pumped the brakes a coupla times. Proceeded thru green. Brakes okay. Went to the restaurant (brakes okay) and consumed MANY cups of coffee! Drove to the office (brakes okay) only to find that our server was broken (breaks not okay). Drove home. Brakes okay. Now, when I get the time I will consult the Gospel of St. Muir in his Manual for Motor Morons, but am leaving town for a 5-day trip (not in the square) and won't be able to study on this until next week. Meanwhile, can someone kindly point out the culprit for me? Why would the brake action fail suddenly and totally but then operate normally thereafter? I tend to want to blame our rotten server at the library, but possibly it could be something else. All help will be appreciated. My experience is that even wrong answers from the list are usually better than my right answers! Will read your comments next week. Thanx.... Phil (He means well, but he don't know) Dillard ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe