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Oh, a challenge, you say? Let's rock! The '65 shop manual says: Dimension a, to be measured from the tip of the push rod to the center of the attachment hole, is 5.649" or 143.5 mm. It may vary by 5 mm due to various tolerances in the frame. This measurement is only to be used upon replacement of the push rod and only if the original push rod can not be used as a measurement. The important measurement is to get 1 mm of clearance between the tip of the push rod and the beginning of the master cylinder piston hole. This equates to 5-7 mm movement at the brake pedal, which should only be adjusted by moving the brake pedal stop plate. Dimension a should never be messed with or else! :) My opinion: As to your 150 mm, this sounds outside the specified maximum so I'd adjust it only if you are sure some dumb PO messed with it or if maxing out the stop plate will not give a correct measurement, otherwise just try to use the stop plate. Have fun, Everett Barnes The Volkswagen Type II and III Experience everettb@prodigy.net http://ebus.simplenet.com/Volkswagen >I challange someone other than Jim A. to help answer my question. >Winner gets a cold beer next visit to Portland. > Section 2-4.5 of the Bentley suggests that it is very important not to >mess with the factory Master Cylinder brake pushrod length. Just to >impress this upon us, they show a diagram with the critical dimension >"a". Well, they never do say what dim. "a" is!! Anyone? > >P.S. My pushrod has a rounded off looking nut, and measures exactly >150mm from tip to center. Did the PO mess with it?