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On 1 Nov 2002, at 7:11, Doug Brashear wrote: > Jim, rest assured that, if a little more bleeding doesn't help, I'll be > removing the master cylinder and sending it to you. Are you still at the > Yuma Drive address? Yeah, it's often hard to be sure that the fluid level is really going down. BTDT. My experience is that if you're not really sure, it isn't really leaking. OTOH, very slow leaks are possible over months of time, but they never give you any symptoms at the pedal. Yes, I haven't moved in 22 years. > My brakes worked great about 3 months ago...and while I was doing the > welding and all the m/c always had fluid in it, so I doubt surface rust is > the problem. If it is an internal leak, though, I wouldn't be surprised - in > my haste to start welding I didn't plug the tubes leading to the removed feed > lines, and am sure something made its way in there :-( Dirt is always a possibility. Yes, it would have been a good idea to tape over those hoses just to prevent the possibility, but you can also get rust from the feed tubes that breaks off when you disconnect the hoses, so there are lots of ways to get surprised here. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/